Educate Together raises concerns with department amid parents' dismay over plans to move school
Labour TD Ged Nash told the Daíl this week that the planned move was a “ridiculous, wrong-headed decision [that] needs to be overturned”.
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Labour TD Ged Nash told the Daíl this week that the planned move was a “ridiculous, wrong-headed decision [that] needs to be overturned”.
Connolly defeated Government-backed Fergus O’Dowd 77 votes to 74.
The Louth TD said he is delighted to be nominated.
Fine Gael general election candidates have been given a document targeting Fianna Fáil’s housing policy.
The football body are in a mess, and they can’t rely on the State to bail them out.
Fran Rooney says questions need to be answered in relation to John Delaney’s departure over the weekend.
Delaney’s resignation was announced by the FAI at 11.15pm on Saturday night.
The Louth TD said people were concerned about Bailey’s abandoned case against the Dean Hotel.
Fine Gael TD Fergus O’Dowd believes a ‘full forensic audit’ of the association’s finances is necessary.
The HSE is yet to contact the family featured in the programme, says Fine Gael TD Fergus O’Dowd.
Minister for Sport Shane Ross has said Irish athletes were treated ‘shambolically’ in terms of ticket allocation.
A report in today’s Sunday Business Post suggests that a Fine Gael motion on such a tax is unlikely to be challenged by Fianna Fáil.
Michael O’Dowd is running for Renua against his brother, former minister Fergus O’Dowd.
The party insisted today it was “strongly committed” to increasing the number of female TDs in the next Dáil.
His change of heart is thought to have come on foot of conversations with senior party figures including the Taoiseach Enda Kenny earlier this week.
Peter Fitzpatrick has told party members in Louth he will not be seeking their nomination.
Councillor Sharon Tolan received the anonymous message yesterday morning.
A Louth TD was unhappy at the county being left off the map for ‘Ireland’s Ancient East’.
Fergus O’Dowd is calling for a referendum to be held next year.
Meanwhile, the Taoiseach said he wants to ensure that water charges are ‘affordable’.
Want to keep your 30,000 litre allowance? Irish Water will need to keep your PPS number indefinitely.
Performance-related awards are not bonuses, an Irish Water spokesperson has said.
The former junior minister launched a fierce attack on the Government in a newspaper this morning, saying Irish Water had become an “unmitigated disaster”.
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Some 5,000 people have been affected by the closure of the Irish Deaf Society’s National Advocacy Service.
Terence Flanagan said that planning laws needed to be updated to include tree height.
Legislation means Independent TDs must list themselves as ‘non-party’ or else leave a blank space.
Fianna Fáil’s proposal to overhaul the upper house will be opposed by the government.
Fergus O’Dowd said he stood over his comments that “the whistleblowers did a fantastic job”.
Minister O’Dowd confirmed this evening that participation in these programmes must be voluntary.
The Oireachtas heard a lot more about Irish Water today, with the Dáil and Public Accounts Committee both sitting into the evening.
Fergus O’Dowd said that the €50 million spend at Irish Water will be scrutinised, but was forced to defend the agency’s exemption from Freedom of Information requests.
The independent TD could be in trouble with Dáil authorities after an outburst in the chamber this morning.
Changes to the question time have been criticised but the government chief whip has defended the new format following near-farcical scenes in the chamber on Thursday.
Minister of State Fergus O’Dowd was the highest profile Government representative present as they were asked to request a debt writedown by Independent TDs
The Garryhinch Water Project has been long mooted as an alternative and sustainable water supply for the Greater Dublin area.
The European Council report says that Ireland has improved, but needs to devolve more power to local authorities.
Minister of State Fergus O’Dowd defends James Reilly’s handling of Health – and despite reports of €1 billion of total cuts, says some areas are improving.
Junior miniser Fergus O’Dowd has said that the state should provide an environment that encourages companies to take the risks involved in exploration.
Offshore explorers have welcomed the new push to figure out exactly what may lie under Ireland’s western waters,