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'Fundamentally regressive' - TD tells Dáil to dump carbon taxes

A People Before Profit TD has told the GOVERNMENT it's "criminal" to impose carbon taxes on vulnerable people and has suggested abolishing it altogether. Richard Boyd Barrett made the comments during Private Members Business in Dáil Éireann today, where he...

06 Oct 2021 at 14:17

National News

Case of Omicron variant of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland

...to the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 and, today, we are confirming that one case has been identified in Ireland. “The GOVERNMENT has announced updated travel measures for all passengers travelling to Ireland from Scheduled States. "In the first instance...

01 Dec 2021 at 13:34

Covid-19

Latest national Covid figures released

A TOTAL of 1,051 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) this Sunday afternoon. It is a drop on yesterday's figure of 1,586. There are no figures for counties released over the weekend. As ...

03 Oct 2021 at 17:30

National News

Students to protest accommodation crisis outside Dáil today

...without increase in living spaces. They stated on their Twitter page that their calls have received "no response from GOVERNMENT" and that "many students deferring, dropping out or sofa surfing".

23 Sept 2021 at 11:47

National News

'Proceed, pause or proceed with some safeguards' - Minister Harris says Government must decide on ease of restrictions

Minister for Higher and Further Education Simon Harris as said the GOVERNMENT must decide whether to proceed, pause or proceed with some safeguards as it considers the next stage of easing Covid-19 restrictions. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Minister...

15 Oct 2021 at 12:05

National News

New poll finds huge majority backs cigarette ban for under 21s

...raised from 18 to 21, new research shows. The Irish Heart Foundation says the findings send an overwhelming message to GOVERNMENT that the public wants decisive action to save a new generation from the “health catastrophe” of smoking – which claims...

16 Nov 2021 at 13:08

National News

Social enterprise projects across fourteen counties to benefit from €300k in funding

Over a quarter of a million euro in funding has been announced for twenty five social enterprise projects across fourteen counties. Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, today announced the support of €12,000 cash to ...

05 Nov 2021 at 12:45

National News

'Women's healthcare has always taken a back seat' - TD calls on Government to fast track legislation

Labour Dublin Bay South TD Ivana Bacik has called on GOVERNMENT to fast track her legislation to provide paid leave to women who suffer early miscarriage. Speaking in advance of The Good Summit at Trinity College Dublin, Deputy Bacik said there is a...

27 Oct 2021 at 11:45

National News

'Supply has not caught up' - Expert warns of rising fuel costs

...in demand, supply from the oil producing countries has not been able to keep up and this could take time. In addition, GOVERNMENT tax increases in the recent budget of two cent on a litre of petrol and 2.5 cent on a litre of diesel, in addition to...

27 Oct 2021 at 11:10

National News

Funding announced to help food producers diversify and develop post Brexit

...Gael Senator has said. 22 projects in the dairy and meat sectors across the country are to receive funding from the GOVERNMENT’s Capital Investment Scheme for the Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products. Senator Cummins said: “Funding in...

09 Nov 2021 at 15:45

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Thank You The Longford Branch of the Alzheimer’s Association of Ireland express their appreciation to all who supported their recent church gate collection. With the generous support of everyone €260 was donated to this worthy cause. Winter ...

25 Oct 2014 at 09:57

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