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National: 'Keep those lines of communication open' - Taoiseach says no plans to expel Israeli ambassador

Leo Varadkar has made the Governments position clear today when he said there were no plans to expel Israeli ambassador Dana Erlich. The Taoiseach was responding to calls made from opposition party People Before Profit during leader's questions in ...

24 Oct 2023 at 17:29

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Social housing built in 2022 may be highest in the State’s history – Varadkar

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that it has not been possible to find another year on record where more social homes were built than had been in 2022. In acknowledging the Government did not meet its social housing targets in 2022, Mr Varadkar ...

25 Jan 2023 at 16:16

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Defence Forces inquiry to begin as soon as possible, vows Varadkar

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Government wants a statutory inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct, bullying and discrimination in the Defence Forces to begin “as soon as possible”. It follows the publication of an independent ...

29 Mar 2023 at 13:35

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Forgery and sexual offences among reasons for suspension of over 100 Gardaí - McEntee

Over 100 members of the Gardaí are currently suspended, the Minister for Justice has confirmed. Minister Helen McEntee confirmed the numbers during Parliamentary Questions last week (November 30) following a query submitted by Deputy ...

06 Dec 2023 at 10:29

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Sinn Fein accuses Government of ‘sitting on hands’ while household bills rise

The Government has been urged to introduce cost of living measures to help households dealing with rising prices. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the Taoiseach Micheal Martin of “sitting on his hands” while workers are ...

14 May 2025 at 12:45

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'I'm not satisfied at all' - Taoiseach slams Defence Forces' handling of Crotty case

Taoiseach Simon Harris has issued criticism of the Irish Defence Forces – questioning how many of its members are currently “hiding” with convictions for domestic, sexual or gender-based violence. Taoiseach Simon Harris has said ...

25 Jun 2024 at 11:27

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‘Wasteful and costly’ long-term social housing leases criticised

The Government’s policy of providing social housing by leasing properties from the private sector has been criticised as “wasteful and costly” by the opposition. The Business Post reported at the weekend that the State has ...

14 May 2024 at 15:42

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Ireland will not expel Israeli ambassador despite 'war on children' - Harris

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has confirmed the Government does not intend to expel the Israeli ambassador despite the continuation of what he called Israel's "war on ...

14 Nov 2023 at 15:46

National News

Government pushed on introducing ‘transformative’ protocol on disability rights

The government has said they are preparing to ratify a “transformative” protocol on disability rights. Ministers have been pressed to ratify the optional UN proposal on disabilities as some people express ...

27 Feb 2024 at 16:14

National News

Dail hears call for ‘obnoxious inequality’ within RTE to end

The “obnoxious inequality“ that sees leading broadcasters paid vastly more than other workers at RTE must end, the Dail has been told. People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett urged the ...

29 Jun 2023 at 14:38

National News

Government’s cost-of-living package ‘silent on housing’, says Sinn Fein leader

It “beggars belief” that a cost-of-living plan unveiled by the Government does not address soaring rents in Ireland, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has said. During leaders’ questions in the Dail,...

21 Feb 2023 at 15:35

National News

Staff, patients and public ‘feel very unsafe’ at Limerick hospital – McDonald

The Taoiseach has said that University Hospital Limerick (UHL) is funded to be fully staffed, as he was told that patients and workers did not feel its emergency department was safe. Sinn Fein ...

24 Apr 2024 at 14:15

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