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Friday 27 November 2020
Coveney said that he was told by Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis that “finance from London shouldn’t be a problem”.
The survey found that a third of people think palliative care is a last resort, when in fact it can be used for a number of years.
“Britain is behaving in an extraordinary way and the British people need to know that,” Coveney said on the BBC.
Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan have also said that further questions need to be answered.
Minister Josepha Madigan made the announcement about a number of new initiatives today.
Novelty glasses, pumpkins and a giant film reel – ministers can be pictured doing some pretty ridiculous things.
Daly has served as junior minister for mental health and older people for the past two years.
Kehoe became embroiled in confusion over the weekend when he said two vessels were docked for maintenance reasons and not for staff shortages.
Agriculture minister George Eustice sent a letter to May today tendering his resignation.
Richard Bruton is to take over the role of Communications Minister temporarily.
Michael Ring’s home county of Mayo received €216,000 in the recent allocation of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme.
A new biography of Varadkar’s rise to power says that he suggested creating anonymous accounts to comment on news stories.
Minister Shane Ross made the announcement today.
The MInister for Transport and former justice minister have been arguing over Stepaside Garda Station.
O’Donoghue was elected to the Dáil in 1977 as a TD for Dun Laoghaire.
He also said that Sinn Féin should explain its policy of abstentionism as it could have influenced the vote on Monday.
A local TD said he has been receiving “numerous emails and calls from concerned constituents who are living in fear” over the past few years.
Danny Healy-Rae got into a shouting match with Minister Brendan Griffin this evening.
The allocation of state board memberships has caused no end of controversy in Ireland in the past.
“I just burst out crying,” the 50-year-old woman says. “I really think this is the highest form of discrimination.”
From the Public Services Card to initiating a Garda investigation over Twitter abuse, it’s been an eventful six months for the Meath TD.
“It’s difficult to say in hindsight whether I would have run such a campaign or not,” says Minister Regina Doherty.
Officially the title is ‘commissioner for happiness and couples’ fulfilment’.
But the Social Protection minister says that other changes to social welfare payments are “in limbo”.
The Sinn Féin deputy leader was subject to online abuse by Walsh.
The woman said she felt “exposed” by being asked the question in such a situation.
“This shambolic process is now making me feel like a second class citizen – I’m being treated unequally because I’m adopted.”
That’s according to new figures shared by the Minister for Justice and Equality.
This means that they will now be available on a free-to-air and live basis for TV viewers.
The Minister of State said she stands by the ideal that there should be equal pay for equal work.
A public consultation is opening for submissions on Monday.
The residents have written to Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy about the issue.
The new Bill is to get Cabinet approval in the Autumn.
The child was doing well in school and had joined the local football club but needed extra psychological supports which the family did not receive.
Eoghan Murphy said that the possibility the help-to-buy scheme had had the opposite effect to that intended is “a concern”.
The Finance Minister says he will not be seeking re-election to the Dáil.
Minister Katherine Zappone said she called 999 as she ‘didn’t see too many gardai’.
Minister Katherine Zappone says it should be replaced with a moment of silence.
As it stands schools are legally permitted to select students based on their religion.
He has been brought to hospital.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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