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Minister Roderic O'Gorman

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2024
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Tusla CEO to meet with Roderic O'Gorman to review report on missing boy Kyran Durnin
Green leader 'certainly open' to new coalition with FF and FG as Labour warn of 'conservative coalition'
Institutions who alter or destroy survivor records could face criminal prosecution
Solution to land hoarding tax impasse expected before Budget day with discussions 'ongoing'
One Galway creche explains why it’s closing its doors despite childcare funding increases
Meanwhile, another Galway creche explained why it has left the government’s funding contract to go it alone and hike its fees.
Sheena Kenny closed the doors of her creche this week, labelling the Early Childhood Care and Education "death by a thousand cuts".
It brought increased paperwork and Kenny had to largely stop working directly with the children herself, instead spending her days in the office.
An increase in fees to cover running costs meant parents started putting their child in other larger, cheaper creches, which she couldn't compete with.
Children's Minister determined to remain in his role if he wins Green Party leadership race
Govt working to create more accommodation for asylum seekers as tents remain on Grand Canal
Number of international protection applicants without accommodation rises to 1,010
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Living expenses for asylum applicants to be increased if state runs out of accommodation
'I cried with my daughter': Ukrainians given four days to leave Dublin hotel and find new school
Childline contacts surge to over 70,000 during three months of Covid-19 restrictions