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Thursday 21 January 2021
The claim has been circulating around Twitter and Facebook with a close-up image of the burgundy passport.
The new centre is due to start work this month.
It’s understood that officials are heading to Tyrrelstown to put up more signs about where to vote.
The Taoiseach has outlined his referendum plans for the next two years
Direct Democracy Ireland’s Jan Van De Ven was told he could only vote in the locals, despite the fact that he voted in the last European election.
There are some very sensible reasons why hundreds of primary schools will close today to facilitate voting.
Consider yourselves warned… Yes, that includes you, Taoiseach.
In the absence of any competing candidates, voters are simply required to mark “Yes” next to the name on the ballot sheet.
Andrew Doyle said the variation in polling hours in some elections is causing confusion and resulting in potential lower turnouts.
The election is seen as vital for restoring constitutional order after a coup in March last year.
Some of the 750 voters on the islands off the Donegal coast cast their ballots in the referendum today, three days before the rest of the country.
An RTÉ/Millward Brown Lansdowne Poll exit poll indicates that Fine Gael will lead the new government – however Labour may have secured its highest support ever.
A NATIONAL VOLUNTARY collection for survivors of mother and baby homes has been suggested by independent senator Rónán Mullen.
The government is drawing up a redress scheme for survivors on foot of the publication of the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation last week.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that religious organisations should “make a contribution” towards this scheme.
Speaking in the Seanad yesterday, Mullen said the country should consider “whether it would be appropriate to have some kind of national voluntary contribution as part of a redress package to reflect the social and community dimension to this story, along with Church and State contributions”.
“We are all connected with families who are in some way a part of this story,” he added.
We want to know: Should a ‘national voluntary collection’ be set up for survivors of mother and baby homes?
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