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A CLEARER PICTURE is emerging of the state of the housing sector. A number of reports and newly-compiled statistics point to a heavily strained system, struggling to provide even modest levels of supply and affordability. Most households cannot afford a new home within reasonable commuting distance of Dublin, without first stumping up a significant deposit. […]
This March marked the 40th anniversary of Mary Boyle’s disappearance. Ever since she vanished on St. Patrick’s weekend in 1977, a veil of secrecy has shrouded the case of the Donegal schoolgirl who is Ireland’s longest and youngest missing person. There are few scandals that embarrass the establishment more, not least because of the sinister […]
The stolen life of Richard Kerr, including his account of how Ian Paisley strove to cover up child abuse
We are disciplined and motivated, with a new ambition to become a mainstream political choice for people right across this island, and deliver a just transition, protecting our natural world and bringing a fairer economic model.
Is the Irish Labour party finished, is a question that’s been asked for nearly as long as the party has existed. In the last year or so however, or more accurately since a couple of years into the Fine Gael-led coalition, the party’s tail-spinning poll numbers have started to feel symptomatic of a terminal decline. The […]
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The party seeks some momentum with the selection of candidates for key Leinster seats; but a swing back to the party remains elusive
The PD Justice minister was a reforming minister who reacted positively to each new Morris report. His successors have dropped the ball