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June
June 2024
The campaign trail
Mary Lou can't avoid 'Up the Ra' comment on Cabra canvass but she's not worried about election day
Cabra is McDonald’s home turf, so it was no surprise that she was greeted with a warm welcome on the doors yesterday.
Christina Finn
6 Jun
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Leo Varadkar grilled about lack of services for children, Phoenix Park and gout on his home turf
5 Jun
Green MEP candidate tests water supplies for nitrates as she canvasses in Ireland South
5 Jun
Canvassing in inner city Dublin: bins, bikes and, yes, immigration (but not how you might expect)
30 May
The campaign trail
Leo Varadkar grilled about lack of services for children, Phoenix Park and gout on his home turf
A few constituents in the Fine Gael stomping ground in Castleknock spoke about the new leader Simon Harris.
5 Jun
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Housing
McDonald rules out Help-to-Buy 'cliff-edge' for buyers who 'baked in' deposit to their calculations
5 Jun
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no longer taoiseach
Varadkar: 'I can now be more frank. Trump re-election wouldn't be good for the world'
5 Jun
24.2k
westport
Varadkar says Mayo incident with Harris 'unpleasant' but believes security for politicians 'about right'
4 Jun
15.1k
May
May 2024
LE24
Far-right candidates will 'get a shock' come election count day, says O'Gorman
31 May
18.2k
Parents' Leave soon to be extended to nine weeks
31 May
19.2k
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Public Accounts Committee
Tánaiste accuses NCH builders of engaging in strategy 'to try and extract more money from the Irish people'
BAM said in a statement this afternoon that suggestions it has not adequately resourced the project were “completely untrue”.
Updated 30 May
47.0k
Migration
1,000 asylum seekers to be accommodated at Thornton Hall by the end of June
29 May
27.9k
fine gael headache
'It looks bloody awful': Disbelief in FG as local candidate steps down over planning allegations
29 May
25.8k
Student Accommodation
Govt to expedite legal change to stop student accommodation providers mandating 51-week leases
28 May
8.9k
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road accidents
Emergency medicine doctors to crew helicopter response service alongside paramedics in new trial
28 May
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Cabinet
Cabinet agrees to renew Ireland’s counter-terrorism laws as 'real and persistent' threat remains
28 May
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mortgage interest
Further cuts to interest rates and energy prices on the cards, says finance minister
27 May
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Housing
Harris wants taxation and planning related to the bulk buying of homes to be reviewed
Updated 27 May
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Overcrowding
If second UHL emergency department recommended, it will take 'years' to open, says Donnelly
23 May
12.4k
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Israel
Irish diplomats in Israel face isolation and restrictions over Ireland's recognition of Palestine
23 May
11.8k
israeli trade
Harris confirms he has received 'recent' legal advice on Occupied Territories Bill
23 May
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state recognition
Palestinian flag to be flown at Leinster House next Tuesday
Updated 22 May
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Housing
Inter-departmental group to be set up to consider proposals on a referendum on housing
22 May
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Housing Crisis
Major housing report criticises government for 'ineffective decision-making and risk aversion'
Updated 21 May
17.8k
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Migration
Modular and prefab units to be used to house asylum seekers on Thornton Hall site
21 May
23.5k
customer complaints
Eir refuses invitation to discuss customer complaints in front of Oireachteas committee
21 May
20.2k
e-health
Plans for long-awaited digital health records goes to Cabinet with push to end paper-based system
21 May
10.1k
Interview
'Ming' Flanagan on independents' popularity, his autism diagnosis and voters' move to the right
After nearly a decade in Brussels, Flanagan tells The Journal he can now see the merits of the European Parliament.
19 May
20.0k
Women in Politics
Bottom of the class: Fianna Fáil running fewer women in local elections than any other party
18 May
15.0k
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welfare cuts
Ukrainians in hotels paying for hot meals won't have to do so if payments are reduced
The Ukraine Civil Society Forum says some 13,000 children could be pushed into poverty.
17 May
29.8k
Emergency Accommodation
'Work underway' as goverment moves to use Thornton Hall site for asylum seeker accommodation
Updated 16 May
32.4k
Artificial Intelligence
This is NOT a photo of Paschal Donohoe skydiving
16 May
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Analysis
Welfare cuts impacting Ukrainian mothers and elderly done under Govt's guise of 'equality'
15 May
15.4k
Housing Crisis
Rent Pressure Zone caps extended until December 2025
14 May
8.7k
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Migration
Taoiseach says plans to cut social welfare rates of some Ukrainian refugees is 'sensible'
It will not apply to Ukrainians living in pledged accommodation.
12-week lead-in time for streamlining of Ukrainian social welfare payments.
Review of benefits for international protection applicants to be completed within six weeks.
Updated 14 May
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Divorce
'People can't move on': TD proposes to reduce divorce waiting period from two years to six months
14 May
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cabinet agenda
Building commencements on new homes hit approximately 18,000 in April alone, Cabinet to hear
14 May
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Mayo
Man arrested on suspicion of stalking Fianna Fáil Senator Lisa Chambers
10 May
12.1k
Palestine
Ireland aims to recognise Palestinian State on 21 May as Tánaiste hopes more countries will come on board
9 May
4.5k
Cabinet Meeting
Extra staff to be hired to improve communications and tackle disinformation on migration
Updated 2 May
15.5k
Migration
Sunak says UK Govt seeking 'urgent clarification' that no Garda checkpoints will be along NI border
1 May
24.2k
April
April 2024
Interview
How women are treated during pregnancy and when they complain 'isn't good enough', says junior minister
Minister of State for European Affairs says ambitious women are often portrayed as a bad thing.
Minister of State Jennifer Carrroll MacNeill, who has previously spoken about her own experiences with miscarriage, said she found Dáil abortion debate this week 'difficult'
21 Apr
14.2k
friendship groups
'I joined the Oireachtas Israeli and Palestinian friendship groups — but I'm no longer involved', says junior minister
21 Apr
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