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15th December 2024 - 21st December 2024
the morning lead
Ireland’s first medically supervised injection centre to open, nine years after it was approved
Service users said they have been “treated like lepers” but will finally have a safe, non-judgemental place to go, Eddie Mullins told us.
The MSIF was first proposed at Cabinet nine years ago, almost to the day, on 15 December 2015
Plans for the facility were beset with objections, but it will finally open in the coming days
Dublin's inner city has been "ravaged by addiction and drug use over many, many years", MQI CEO Eddie Mullins said
This month
December 2024
Cautious Optimism
Syrians in Ireland 'overwhelmed with joy' at fall of Assad regime but some 'worry deeply' about future
“My uncle and his two sons were murdered because anti-government slogans were written on their house walls,” one man told us.
your storiesAre you a Syrian living in Ireland? We want to hear your thoughts on the fall of the Assad regime
ballot boxerThe Monk, the Cope, the... Chicken: How these nicknamed candidates fared in the election
Aodhán Ă“ RĂordáinLabour should not go into power with FF or FG, Ă“ RĂordáin says - but Bacik doesn't rule it out
Last month
November 2024
Laois
'It has to be my time': Willie Aird elected to the Dáil... after 45 years as a councillor
Charlie Flanagan’s retirement paved the way for Willie Aird to finally run for the Dáil.
Explainer
General election: How does PR-STV work and should I vote the whole way down the ballot paper?
Allow us to explain.
HospitalsHealthcare workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action amid 'staffing crisis'
CabinteelyCyclist dies two weeks after road traffic collision involving car in Cabinteely, Co Dublin
General Election
Here is where Ireland's political parties stand on Gaza
Many Irish voters feel passionately about the Palestinian cause and want their public representatives to do more on the issue.
RedressMore than €44 million paid to mother and baby home survivors, but some waiting seven months
Department of Justice
'It's farcical': Review into sex work law won't be published until 2025, four years after deadline
Stakeholders hoped the long-delayed report would be published before the end of the year, but the election has further delayed the process.
"It's not shocking that they've kicked the can down the road," Linda Kavanagh, of Sex Workers Alliance Ireland, said
The review has been delayed numerous times since 2020
Weather Warnings
Storm Bert warnings in place, with Status Red alert for rain in effect across Cork and Galway
The highest accumulations of rain is expected in west Cork and west Galway.
High CourtNikita Hand: 'I hope my story is a reminder that no matter how afraid you might be, speak up'
Weather Forecast
Storm Bert: Nationwide wind and rain alert tomorrow, with three counties under Orange rain warning later
There is a strong likelihood of status orange wind warnings in western and northwestern counties.
sleet and snow
'Significant snowfall' forecast as five Munster counties upgraded to Orange snow-ice warning
An existing Yellow low temperature weather warning is in place in every county today.
the morning lead
Staff at day centre have to boil kettle to bathe service users with intellectual disabilities
There has been no heating at the day centre in Islandbridge for months, an employee said.
Portable heaters are being used to keep service users warm, as staff contend with leaks and dampness
The employee said the situation is "Dickensian" and unsanitary
