This morning a journalist contacted me and told me they had direct knowledge of calls made by the Garda Commissioner to journalists during 2013 and 2014 in the course of which the Commissioner made very serious allegations of sexual crimes having been committed by Sergeant Maurice McCabe.
Speaking under Dáil privilege, Labour leader Brendan Howlin made allegations about the garda commissioner.
The Deputy has just recounted a ‘dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi’ story.
Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl’s reaction to Howlin’s remarks.
In all the years I have been attending the hospital, I have never before seen the sheer number of sick children and parents in attendance on that grey morning. After circling the hospital several times in a desperate search for a parking space – a routine familiar to the parents of sick children – we eventually gained access to the ground floor outpatients department. In a scene that was reminiscent of a hospital in the developing world, it was so crowded there that we had to enlist the assistance of a porter to clear a path through the press of humanity so that Eoghan’s wheelchair could pass by. This, I repeat, is not the fault of frontline staff.
Tom Clonan wrote about his own experience with the “steady, inexorable decline” in Ireland’s health service over the past fifteen years.
President Trump wasn’t impressed with the suspension of his travel ban being upheld.
They will provide a controlled place for people to inject, but will be much more than that – a place to rest, have a chat and access the services people need.
Drugs minister Catherine Byrne on the introduction of supervised injecting centres.
I had nothing to do with this terrible crime.
Ian Bailey spoke to RTÉ’s Drivetime about his appeal to Taoiseach Enda Kenny for help in his upcoming trial for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
As far as this place is concerned, I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the House of Commons.
The speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, a former Conservative MP, said he is “strongly opposed” to Trump being allowed to speak in parliament.
Go buy Ivanka’s stuff, is what I would tell you. It’s a wonderful line. I own some of it… I’m going to give a free commercial here: Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.
Kellyanne Conway, a key aide to Trump, ended up in hot water over her plug of the president’s daughter’s clothing line.
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