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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 […]
The Annual ritual surrounding the budget will come to an end on Tuesday 10 october when finance minister, Paschal Donohoe, unveils his first package of tax and spending proposals since his appointment earlier this year. Don’t expect too many surprises though, as most of the expected initiatives have already been well aired through inspired leaks from various […]
The draft for this key policy evades the public interest, with its toothless ‘statutory’ backing.
The Department of Education is under scrutiny as to why it is putting a Gaelscoil under pressure to move from an ideal site in Wickow to an overpriced site in Rathnew.
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Welfare renters are prevented from paying market rents, on the ridiculous pretext that below-market rates can be maintained. This breaches their human rights.
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With the new Dáil term beginning today, any new post-election alignment could be terminal for Micheál Martin’s leadership.
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The DUP is no closer to the backwoods on corruption, abortion, or LGBT rights, than Fianna Fáil was a decade ago, or the SDLP are now.
A Gaelscoil is under inexplicable pressure to move from an ideal site in Wicklow to an overpriced, small, and awkward site in Rathnew.
More agricultural than environmental.