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Helen McEntee

This week
27th April 2025 - 3rd May 2025
FactCheck: Are there really more teachers in Ireland than ever before?
Last week
20th April 2025 - 3rd May 2025
Special Needs Assistants who lose positions in a school to benefit from redeployment scheme
Changes made to Junior Cycle grade bands to be applied to upcoming exams
New teachers to get permanent contracts sooner in effort to make teaching 'more sustainable'
Last month
April 2025
Rollout of in-school therapies to begin next year, starting with special schools
Nutrition of hot school meals to be reviewed by health officials
The government is quietly scrapping local committees charged with holding gardaí accountable
The government is rolling out a new initiative: Local Community Safety Partnerships. Not everyone is convinced.
Only a minority of those involved in the government pilot believed it actually improved community safety, The Journal can reveal.
Fears that pupils will 'miss out' on college spots due to lower Leaving Cert grade inflation
Helen McEntee tells Cabinet she's willing to compel schools to open special education classes
The number of schools needing financial crisis help has increased by 540% in two years
Almost half of schools receiving financial guidance are Deis and special schools.
This year
2025
Opposition expected to disrupt Dáil proceedings tomorrow over speaking rights row
Student teachers may soon undergo placement at special schools
McEntee says 'her intention' is that all children with additional needs will be offered a school place in September
Helen McEntee says powers of arrest for public transport police yet to be 'explored’
Last year
2024
New hate crime laws come into force in Ireland from today
Over 2,000 arrested by gardaí this year in crackdown on home burglaries
'Completely inappropriate' to pause decisions on Syrian asylum applications, says refugee council
'It's farcical': Review into sex work law won't be published until 2025, four years after deadline
Martin disagrees with O'Dea's comments that McEntee is the 'worst justice minister' in Ireland's history
Harris 'won't take part in election ruaille buaille' as Fianna Fáil again take aim at McEntee
Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea said Helen McEntee was the “worst Minister for Justice in the history of the State”.
A big spending promise to scrap means test for carers - but FG says it's fully costed
War of words breaks out between Fianna Fail's Jim O'Callaghan and Fine Gael's Helen McEntee
Law allowing nightclubs to open later still on the cards as McEntee says she's committed to reform
Creeslough families plead with Justice Minister to meet them before election
McEntee pays tribute to Heather Humphreys' public service as she takes on role of deputy leader
McEntee's decision to refuse residency to Indian woman in sham marriage upheld in Supreme Court
Legislation allowing Gardaí to direct people to remove face coverings at protests is approved
Civilian staff to take over full responsibility for immigration renewals from Gardaí
McEntee refuses to confirm knowledge about alleged spy in Oireachtas
Law to bring RTÉ under control of Comptroller and Auditor General to be brought to Cabinet today
Justice Minister agrees to meet with Creeslough families who want public inquiry into explosion
Minister says ‘everything that can be done is being done’ on safety as road deaths reach 138
Up to 100 new speed cameras will be rolled out during 2025
Jail terms for selling and carrying knives increase from today
Taoiseach condemns alleged bomb threat at Minister for Justice Helen McEntee's home
Media watchdog given power to fine platforms that don't quickly remove terrorist content online
Creeslough families write to Justice Minister asking for public inquiry into explosion
Hate speech legislation to be dropped from hate crime bill - McEntee
Legislation approved to stop children on trial for murder facing mandatory life sentences after High Court ruling
Garda Training Allowance to be increased in bid to boost garda recruitment figures