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June
June 2024
The campaign trail
Mary Lou can't avoid 'Up the Ra' comment on Cabra canvass but she's not worried about election day
Cabra is McDonald’s home turf, so it was no surprise that she was greeted with a warm welcome on the doors yesterday.
The campaign trail
Leo Varadkar grilled about lack of services for children, Phoenix Park and gout on his home turf
A few constituents in the Fine Gael stomping ground in Castleknock spoke about the new leader Simon Harris.
HousingMcDonald rules out Help-to-Buy 'cliff-edge' for buyers who 'baked in' deposit to their calculations
no longer taoiseachVaradkar: 'I can now be more frank. Trump re-election wouldn't be good for the world'
westportVaradkar says Mayo incident with Harris 'unpleasant' but believes security for politicians 'about right'
May
May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Tánaiste accuses NCH builders of engaging in strategy 'to try and extract more money from the Irish people'
BAM said in a statement this afternoon that suggestions it has not adequately resourced the project were “completely untrue”.
fine gael headache'It looks bloody awful': Disbelief in FG as local candidate steps down over planning allegations
Student AccommodationGovt to expedite legal change to stop student accommodation providers mandating 51-week leases
road accidentsEmergency medicine doctors to crew helicopter response service alongside paramedics in new trial
CabinetCabinet agrees to renew Ireland’s counter-terrorism laws as 'real and persistent' threat remains
mortgage interestFurther cuts to interest rates and energy prices on the cards, says finance minister
OvercrowdingIf second UHL emergency department recommended, it will take 'years' to open, says Donnelly
IsraelIrish diplomats in Israel face isolation and restrictions over Ireland's recognition of Palestine
Housing CrisisMajor housing report criticises government for 'ineffective decision-making and risk aversion'
customer complaintsEir refuses invitation to discuss customer complaints in front of Oireachteas committee
e-healthPlans for long-awaited digital health records goes to Cabinet with push to end paper-based system
Interview
'Ming' Flanagan on independents' popularity, his autism diagnosis and voters' move to the right
After nearly a decade in Brussels, Flanagan tells The Journal he can now see the merits of the European Parliament.
Women in PoliticsBottom of the class: Fianna Fáil running fewer women in local elections than any other party
welfare cuts
Ukrainians in hotels paying for hot meals won't have to do so if payments are reduced
The Ukraine Civil Society Forum says some 13,000 children could be pushed into poverty.
Emergency Accommodation'Work underway' as goverment moves to use Thornton Hall site for asylum seeker accommodation
Migration
Taoiseach says plans to cut social welfare rates of some Ukrainian refugees is 'sensible'
It will not apply to Ukrainians living in pledged accommodation.
12-week lead-in time for streamlining of Ukrainian social welfare payments.
Review of benefits for international protection applicants to be completed within six weeks.
Divorce'People can't move on': TD proposes to reduce divorce waiting period from two years to six months
cabinet agendaBuilding commencements on new homes hit approximately 18,000 in April alone, Cabinet to hear
PalestineIreland aims to recognise Palestinian State on 21 May as Tánaiste hopes more countries will come on board
Cabinet MeetingExtra staff to be hired to improve communications and tackle disinformation on migration
MigrationSunak says UK Govt seeking 'urgent clarification' that no Garda checkpoints will be along NI border
April
April 2024
Interview
How women are treated during pregnancy and when they complain 'isn't good enough', says junior minister
Minister of State for European Affairs says ambitious women are often portrayed as a bad thing.
Minister of State Jennifer Carrroll MacNeill, who has previously spoken about her own experiences with miscarriage, said she found Dáil abortion debate this week 'difficult'
