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Tackling the State’s problems requires structural change to decentralise and redemocratise power
Ukraine says Valentina Matviyenko’s attendance at summit of women speakers ‘disgraceful and should never have happened’
Spending data from 2021 to last month shows OPW spent over €17,000 last year as it faced rolling controversies
Big Jim is best in class, although sluggish start means new intake of TDs are yet to get much of a look-in - and as for Tipperary’s kingmaker...
The rejigged NDP is ‘unprecedented in scale and scope’, said the Tánaiste. It’s also a bit light on detail
The issue is before the High Court due to a legal case taken by Independent Ireland councillor Paul Hogan
Oireachtas defence committee to meet this week to discuss its recommendations on the legislation
Proposed legislation has started to command significant international attention
Closure notices issued to 10 nursing homes in 2024 and seven have closed so far, committee hears
Legislation is back on the Dáil agenda to support government decision-making in the interests of future generations
Independent TD got a cheer from the Gaza protesters corralled beyond Buswell’s Hotel
It remains to be seen if investors will recover from the scare of the pandemic and remote learning
On legal advice, many retailers now operate a “no challenge” policy towards suspected shoplifters. This has to change
Retail theft ‘costs a medium sized grocery store up to €100,000′ every year in a ‘direct hit to the bottom line’
TDs and senators hear how opposition hits power supplies
Danny Healy-Rae makes impassioned plea on behalf of Killorglin publicans ahead of Puck Fair
Dáil Public Accounts Committee to review contract for television and audio coverage of Oireachtas proceedings
Government must invest in port infrastructure, says wind industry lobby group
At the Irish embassy bash in London, guests were focused on the all-consuming question of who will enter the race for the Áras
Kate Duggan says child and family agency has completed two reports reviewing any involvement it had with child’s case
Oireachtas committee calls for full restoration of heavily polluted Lady’s Island Lake in Co Wexford
Proposed Bill lacks necessary clarity and safeguards, officers’ representative says
Proposed increase in personal injury awards has been divisive, yet Micheál Martin took probing question in his stride
Micheál Martin performed a masterclass in sidestepping questions about rising costs
RTÉ group of unions to criticise ‘closure’ of religious affairs programming department
FAI was due to appear before committee next Wednesday
Three firms involved in insourcing received more than €70m in total, new HSE report shows
HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster €100m spent on firms that use HSE facilities and staff after hours to cut waiting lists
Health service report to Minister for Health admits ‘over-reliance’ on so-called insourcing arrangements
Tánaiste Simon Harris says other EU members need to bring forward their own legislation
The regulatory response to this new technology is critical, the Oireachtas committee on AI repeatedly heard
Some people might have been thinking Jim O’Callaghan was chosen to answer questions precisely because of the topic
Draft occupied Palestinian territories Bill published with no reference to banning of services
Payments for provision of Government services are too low, says postmasters’ union
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