# jonathan-obrien - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Bowing Out
# Bowing Out
The Cork North Central TD said he feels the “time is right to pursue new personal challenges and opportunities”.
# jonathan-obrien - Tuesday 24 December, 2019
# Addiction Services
# Addiction Services
For the last 20 years, methadone has been the mainstay of harm reduction services in Ireland.
# jonathan-obrien - Saturday 13 April, 2019
# League Of Ireland
# League Of Ireland
Gardaí said that they intervened “following a complaint of a minor assault” at the stadium.
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 11 October, 2018
# Banana Maths
# Banana Maths
The Comptroller and Auditor General recently revealed that the wrong rate of rent had been paid on the vacant building.
# jonathan-obrien - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
# Sexual Crimes
# Sexual Crimes
Currently there is life imprisonment for a male who is convicted of incest, but the sentence is three to seven years for a woman.
# jonathan-obrien - Saturday 29 October, 2016
# 404 Error
# 404 Error
The Tánaiste said the force’s new modernisation and renewal programme includes the enhancement of rural access to the network.
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 9 June, 2016
# Education
# Education
Hundreds of students each year are denied supports like readers and scribes and advocates say the SEC needs to widen eligibility criteria.
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 3 December, 2015
# Week's Over
# Week's Over
The Dáil is wrapping up early today and the opposition aren’t happy.
# jonathan-obrien - Friday 25 September, 2015
# Murphy's Law
# Murphy's Law
Dara Murphy is under pressure today after he asked gardaí to drive him from Cork to Dublin Airport earlier this month.
# jonathan-obrien - Wednesday 24 June, 2015
# Internal Affairs
# Internal Affairs
However, it seems 54 members of the Cobh branch in Cork have announced their resignation tonight.
# jonathan-obrien - Tuesday 23 June, 2015
# Internal Affairs
# Internal Affairs
One councillor expelled and another suspended with claims and counter claims. Here’s what we know so far…
# Internal Affairs
# Internal Affairs
Party members in the constituency will hold emergency branch meetings in the coming days.
# jonathan-obrien - Monday 22 June, 2015
# Internal Affairs
# Internal Affairs
Sinn Féin has expelled veteran Cork councillor Kieran McCarthy and suspended Melissa Mullane following a confidential internal review.
# jonathan-obrien - Wednesday 27 May, 2015
# Rat Trap
# Rat Trap
The Justice Minister was recently asked about the health and safety issues at Glanmire and Macroom stations.
# jonathan-obrien - Sunday 19 April, 2015
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 16 April, 2015
# Not Bothered
# Not Bothered
Jonathan O’Brien doesn’t care though.
# jonathan-obrien - Wednesday 15 April, 2015
# Heroin
# Heroin
Jonathan O’Brien’s brother is battling drug addiction.
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 9 April, 2015
# National Movement
# National Movement
Left wing groups in Ireland had been planning to picket the event.
# jonathan-obrien - Friday 6 March, 2015
# Minister For Drugs
# Minister For Drugs
There has been a surge in the number of heroin addicts over the past decade.
# jonathan-obrien - Friday 27 February, 2015
# Pupils
# Pupils
Sinn Féin is calling for more transparency in these payments.
# jonathan-obrien - Tuesday 20 January, 2015
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Jonathan O’Brien clashed with his Labour counterpart in the Dáil last week.
# jonathan-obrien - Friday 16 January, 2015
# Heated Exchange
# Heated Exchange
Eric Byrne asked why Jonathan O’Brien’s family did not “take in” his brother, who is a recovering drug addict.
# jonathan-obrien - Monday 28 April, 2014
# Safety
# Safety
There have been 569 robberies in betting shops across the country in the last three years.
# jonathan-obrien - Friday 25 April, 2014
# Let's Dance
From The Daily Edge
# Let's Dance
Dance like nobody’s watching, Deputy.
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 17 April, 2014
# Not Happy
# Not Happy
Some 171 complaints were made against named officers in 2013, up from 27 in 2010.
# jonathan-obrien - Tuesday 28 January, 2014
# Louise O'Keeffe
# Louise O'Keeffe
The Department of Education called such abuse “a source of national shame”, and noted that the ruling is ‘binding’ on the State.
# jonathan-obrien - Friday 8 November, 2013
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
During Leaders’ Questions yesterday he outlined measures to be introduced by government to address the problem.
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 17 October, 2013
# Silence
# Silence
Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien asked that the Dáil observe the silence “to get some understanding of what those children have to endure”.
# jonathan-obrien - Tuesday 13 August, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
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.
# jonathan-obrien - Sunday 7 July, 2013
# AIB
# AIB
The Finance Minister has said that he cannot intervene in AIB’s plan to raise fees.
# jonathan-obrien - Friday 3 May, 2013
# SUSI
# SUSI
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.
# jonathan-obrien - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
# Bullying
# Bullying
The legislation will strengthen existing laws, as well as putting in place binding mandatory anti-bullying policies.
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 15 November, 2012
# Students
# Students
John Logue was arrested in the Dáil visitors’ gallery last night but was later released without charge.
# jonathan-obrien - Thursday 25 October, 2012
# SUSI
# SUSI
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.
# jonathan-obrien - Sunday 15 July, 2012
# Gardaí
# Gardaí
The Sinn Féin justice spokesman also said that civilians could take over garda admin roles to free them up for front line duties.
# jonathan-obrien - Saturday 7 April, 2012
# In The Know
# In The Know
The new registers of members’ interests have been published. Here’s some random things we learned from reading them.
# jonathan-obrien - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
# Keeping Schtum
# Keeping Schtum
Jonathan O’Brien makes a formal complaint after Alan Shatter refuses to answer dozens of questions submitted in a single day.
# jonathan-obrien - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
# Organised Crime
# Organised Crime
Alan Shatter dismisses calls from Sinn Féin to repeal the Offences against the State Act after last week’s ruling.
# jonathan-obrien - Friday 10 February, 2012
# Adoption
# Adoption
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.
# jonathan-obrien - Tuesday 6 December, 2011
# Budget 2012
# Budget 2012
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.
