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Thursday 29 October 2020
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was a key component of its commitment under Ireland’s Diaspora Policy
Ireland will contribute at least €1,050,000 to help those most gravely affected by the cyclone.
People with non-exchangable full licences will now be able to take the driving test after six rather than 12 EDT lessons.
The oft-quoted figure of 50,000 undocumented Irish immigrants in the US has been disputed recently. Is it really much, much lower than that?
Owning a pub and being in Leinster House – seeing the demise of rural Ireland from the outside and the inside.
Matthew Fitzpatrick died in “exceptionally suspicious circumstances.” So what has the government done to help re-open the case?
The Minister announced last week that he will be ending up his career in politics after almost four decades.
It follows a long-running controversy over how a school bus transport scheme for children with disabilities is run.
Over two-dozen ministers will be leaving our shores next month, but who did well out of the annual divvy-up?
Derek Keating asked for an ‘emergency intervention’ to crack down on the social media craze. He was told that would be “simply impossible”.
Junior Education Minister Ciarán Cannon argues that Ireland’s education system needs to incorporate more computer science to empower children for the jobs of the future.
TDs have denied there was a “mad drunken session” as the Dáil debated the abortion bill on Wednesday and Thursday but questions have arisen out of the lapgate incident and the Dáil bar being open until 5am.
The government was appointed two years ago today – meaning senior ministers now have enough service for a pension.
Ciarán Cannon believes that social media does not need to be subjected to any more regulation than is already in place and has hit out at some who do not understand or fear sites like Facebook and Twitter.
€16,079 worth of expenses were deemed to be ‘ineligible’.
A TV interview, planting a tree, “official business” and committee work in Mozambique are among the reasons for some TDs not voting on last night’s abortion bill.
The timing of a government mission to India has been criticised as it comes 48 hours after immigration fees were doubled and a month after the death of Savita Halappanavar.
Department of Education and Skills says the week-long mission to India headed up by Junior Minister Ciarán Cannon was planned months in advance of the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar in Galway.
Small Business Minister John Perry has claimed the most of any government minister in mileage allowances over the past year, new figures have revealed.
A series of parliamentary questions reveal costs of €53,142 to send 12 ministers around the world to mark the national holiday.
Dinny McGinley is off to Glasgow and Michael Noonan will be in France. Here’s where else our government ministers will be jetting off to on 17 March…
Two-thirds of the spending came from the Department of Foreign Affairs, incurred for the visits of the Queen and Obama.
Junior minister Ciarán Cannon says the funding will facilitate a range of new training courses for the hundreds made redundant from the call centre in October.
The European Commission gave Ireland almost €15 million to retrain workers laid off at Dell – but it hasn’t all been spent.
It will be submitted by the end of this month.
The Minister for Education wants to minimise the burdens to third level – but warns that Ireland has “lost its cheque book”.
Ousted TD gets seat – but just for a few weeks until Seanad election.
The party that disbanded after its election slaughter in 2007 sees its former candidates gain ground this time around.
EVERY HOUR – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results of the last 60 minutes. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
MEMBERS OF THE Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) yesterday voted to take industrial action unless the government addresses several issues related to Covid-19 in schools by 30 October.
The issues in question include the need for a comprehensive testing programme, rapid testing and turnaround times, along with resources for schools to ensure continuation of learning if schools are closed or people are self-isolating.
The ASTI president Ann Piggott said: “ASTI members are clearly stating that they want schools to remain open for students during this pandemic.”
She said teachers are “demanding that the government step up” and provide solutions to these issues.
So, today we want to know: Would you support teachers striking over Covid-19 safety concerns?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
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