# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Sunday 18 August, 2019
Comments by two Fine Gael ministers this week landed them in hot water with students.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 29 July, 2019
With BusConnects yet to progress to its next revised stage, public representatives have been having their say.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 12 November, 2018
Mary Mitchell O’Connor said the positions will be for world-class academics and are not ‘easy jobs’.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 22 January, 2018
Just under half of third level students’ monthly expenditure is provided by someone other than the student, usually a parent or partner.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 6 November, 2017
The junior minister was speaking after criticising “macho” culture in the Dáil.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Saturday 9 September, 2017
The union will ballot its members on the proposed agreement in the coming weeks.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 23 August, 2017
The Minister of State said she stands by the ideal that there should be equal pay for equal work.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 17 July, 2017
It comes after a report last week into universities found “unacceptable” financial practices.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Friday 16 June, 2017
Mitchell O’Connor lost her role as a senior minister at the cabinet table in Leo Varadkar’s reshuffle.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Thursday 23 March, 2017
The Jobs Minister has come under fire with signs of discontent among her staff.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 6 February, 2017
Another 60 jobs were announced at tech company Red Hat in Waterford.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Saturday 28 January, 2017
The minister says her sick mother has lost sleep over some of the commentary about her performance.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
The minister’s policy adviser Jim McGrath is leaving his post as of 20 January.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 4 January, 2017
IDA boss Martin Shanahan said the rental and housing crisis in Ireland is at “pinch point”.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Thursday 29 December, 2016
The Waterford TD believes no party wants an election any time soon.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 26 December, 2016
Labour’s Alan Kelly now finds himself in opposition – and he seems to rather like it.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 5 December, 2016
The studio has filmed iconic movies such as Braveheart and The Field
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Friday 4 November, 2016
Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced 215 new jobs for Dublin and Waterford today.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 2 November, 2016
The former TV3 news presenter is parting company with the Minister for Jobs.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Saturday 29 October, 2016
Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor said the IDA needs to have available properties to offer to prospective investors.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Thursday 27 October, 2016
The minister herself has said: “I don’t mind and I don’t care what people say about me.”
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 12 October, 2016
At present gardaí are excluded from an EU working time directive which states that people working longer than six-hour shifts be granted rest and meal breaks.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Tuesday 20 September, 2016
Jobs Minister Mary Mitchell-O’Connor welcomed the ‘significant announcement’.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Tuesday 21 June, 2016
The numbers employed in the space industry here are set to double to over 1,000 according to the agency.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 13 June, 2016
One minister said the creation of 100 jobs in Ballinasloe is “the equivalent of 1,000 jobs for Galway city”.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 15 December, 2014
Analysis: Paul Murphy has always been upfront about his intention to boycott water charges… and has encouraged others to follow suit.
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The magazine’s annual Christmas party was reportedly like a scene from Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’…
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Tuesday 11 November, 2014
Local sellers hope Ireland will follow the UK’s lead in featuring ‘vaping’ commercials on television.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Tuesday 14 October, 2014
The BreastCheck programme currently offers free screenings to those aged 50 to 65.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 1 September, 2014
At both junior and senior cycle.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 6 August, 2014
There’s a special bond between Mary Mitchell O’Connor and the famous Leinster House steps….
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
Analysis: One male junior minister joked that he’d have to buy a dress given the lack of women – but it raises the question: why weren’t any female FG TDs promoted?
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Thursday 22 May, 2014
From befriending Tom Cruise to stealing each other’s outfits, our politicians have done it all.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
The party’s own candidates feature as typical voters in the video that was given to local election candidates at meetings around the country recently.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 9 September, 2013
At least Mary Mitchell O’Connor won’t feel so alone now.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Monday 1 July, 2013
Last year, there were 273 seizures of Yasmin and similar contraceptive pills in Ireland.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Sunday 6 January, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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“It is impossible to quantify how many deaths have been caused or contributed to in this country by the negative elements of social media,” said Fine Gael TD Mary Mitchell O’Connor.
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# mary-mitchell-oconnor - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
“The most sickening thing last week was to see the Taoiseach on the front page of Playboy magazine,” Mattie McGrath told the Dail.
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Minister on bishop's comments: 'Contraception is fact of life now for women'
Mary Mitchell O’Conner said she agreed with the health minister that religion should not determine health and social policy in Ireland.
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