Saturday 3 December, 2022
Tipperary TD Michael Lowry read out a letter in the Dáil from parents of a boy with terminal cancer.
Talks between the EU and UK will be done with an ‘honest heart and an open mind’, says EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
This is the first time the Department of Education has updated its bullying action plan since 2013.
Opening an Irish embassy in the Iranian capital is being kept under review.
The health minister says he hopes the majority of the payments will be made before Christmas.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly got Government approval to introduce an amendment to the text of the Patient Safety Bill at the Report Stage.
AIB and Permanent TSB will follow suit as the State sells off more of its stake in those banks.
The bill will also bring in the requirement of a license for the public display of bodies after death.
Cariban can cost women up to €3,000 over the course of a pregnancy.
Housing will be the main issue of the next election – the Green Party should know this.
Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys will take over the justice brief until 17 December.
Varadkar has said he wants the Housing for All plan implemented more quickly.
It represents a 63% increase on the number of applications received for the same period last year.
Discussions are ongoing on how to alleviate the rising cost for commuters.
Local authorities are currently carrying around €309 million of land legacy debt.
Taoiseach says scrapping the triple-lock is not in the Programme for Government.
Eamon Ryan said earlier this week that he is reluctant to reduce toll charges.
Currently, female councillors are office-holders rather than employees and are not covered by the statutory framework for maternity leave.
The sale of e-cigarettes at events where children are present will also be prohibited.
Toll prices on nine roads are to rise in line with inflation.
Leo Varadkar’s address to the party will be televised live on RTE One tomorrow evening.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says Anglo-Irish relations have ‘improved very significantly’.
Today’s Supreme Court decision could bring Green unease to a head.
Taoiseach says wearing a poppy is not as controversial as some might suggest.
Sunak first UK prime minister to attend the British-Irish Council in 15 years .
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien was criticised for comments he made during a Tonight Show debate yesterday.
Gardaí have said it has a number of concerns from a policing perspective about the legislation around exclusion zones.
Government to pilot the use of social housing as shared accommodation for young people under new youth homelessness strategy.
€4m in funding is being awarded to some well-known venues as well as organisations in rural Ireland.
While Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael take cheap potshots at one another over who is to blame, Sinn Féin only have to sit back and watch the poll numbers rise.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald gives a rallying call to voters to give them a shot leading the country.
McDonald said that “plan B” in resolving issues at Stormont should be one of a joint authority.
The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis is taking place in the RDS in Dublin today.
The health minister says a rise in RSV cases tends to occur at this time each year.
Without a budget it is difficult to commit to new projects across all areas, says Alliance leader Naomi Long.
It is understood the task force could include operations to target low and mid-level drug dealing.
Donations made by TDs, Senators, MEPs across six political parties amounted to €193,511.
On the day of the budget, €11.5 million was allocated to see 133 therapists put back into special schools.
