Sinn Féin's Jonathan O'Brien won't be contesting the next general election
The Cork North Central TD said he feels the “time is right to pursue new personal challenges and opportunities”.
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The Cork North Central TD said he feels the “time is right to pursue new personal challenges and opportunities”.
For the last 20 years, methadone has been the mainstay of harm reduction services in Ireland.
Gardaí said that they intervened “following a complaint of a minor assault” at the stadium.
The Comptroller and Auditor General recently revealed that the wrong rate of rent had been paid on the vacant building.
Currently there is life imprisonment for a male who is convicted of incest, but the sentence is three to seven years for a woman.
The Tánaiste said the force’s new modernisation and renewal programme includes the enhancement of rural access to the network.
Hundreds of students each year are denied supports like readers and scribes and advocates say the SEC needs to widen eligibility criteria.
The Dáil is wrapping up early today and the opposition aren’t happy.
Dara Murphy is under pressure today after he asked gardaí to drive him from Cork to Dublin Airport earlier this month.
However, it seems 54 members of the Cobh branch in Cork have announced their resignation tonight.
One councillor expelled and another suspended with claims and counter claims. Here’s what we know so far…
Party members in the constituency will hold emergency branch meetings in the coming days.
Sinn Féin has expelled veteran Cork councillor Kieran McCarthy and suspended Melissa Mullane following a confidential internal review.
The Justice Minister was recently asked about the health and safety issues at Glanmire and Macroom stations.
It was a team effort (sorry).
Jonathan O’Brien doesn’t care though.
Jonathan O’Brien’s brother is battling drug addiction.
Left wing groups in Ireland had been planning to picket the event.
There has been a surge in the number of heroin addicts over the past decade.
Sinn Féin is calling for more transparency in these payments.
Jonathan O’Brien clashed with his Labour counterpart in the Dáil last week.
Eric Byrne asked why Jonathan O’Brien’s family did not “take in” his brother, who is a recovering drug addict.
There have been 569 robberies in betting shops across the country in the last three years.
Dance like nobody’s watching, Deputy.
Some 171 complaints were made against named officers in 2013, up from 27 in 2010.
The Department of Education called such abuse “a source of national shame”, and noted that the ruling is ‘binding’ on the State.
During Leaders’ Questions yesterday he outlined measures to be introduced by government to address the problem.
Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien asked that the Dáil observe the silence “to get some understanding of what those children have to endure”.
Fianna Fáil finance spokesperson Michael McGrath says the Government should soften the budget adjustment this year, but Sinn Féin’s Jonathan O’Brien says the important issue is where the cuts are coming from.
The Finance Minister has said that he cannot intervene in AIB’s plan to raise fees.
Sinn Féin’s Jonathan O’Brien says keeping more of last year’s staff would help to avoid a repeat of 2012′s chronic delays.
The legislation will strengthen existing laws, as well as putting in place binding mandatory anti-bullying policies.
John Logue was arrested in the Dáil visitors’ gallery last night but was later released without charge.
New figures show that 65,000 students applied under the new student grant system – but decisions have been made on just 12,000 applications so far.
The Sinn Féin justice spokesman also said that civilians could take over garda admin roles to free them up for front line duties.
The new registers of members’ interests have been published. Here’s some random things we learned from reading them.
Jonathan O’Brien makes a formal complaint after Alan Shatter refuses to answer dozens of questions submitted in a single day.
Alan Shatter dismisses calls from Sinn Féin to repeal the Offences against the State Act after last week’s ruling.
A poll found that three-in-five people in Ireland are in favour of same-sex couples adopting but the government has no plans to legislate for this.
As Michael Noonan began to deliver his speech in the Dáil chamber, Jonathan O’Brien was already delivering the news on cigarettes, the USC, and other tax rises.