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Varadkar: New paid leave law should not require proof of domestic abuse

An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that a new paid leave law should not require proof of domestic abuse. The Fine Gael leader made the comments while speaking to the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. His comments echo those of Sinn ...

05 Oct 2022 at 13:44

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New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro

The cost of the new National Children’s Hospital will exceed 1.43 billion euro, an OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE has heard. National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) chief officer Derek Gunning told the Health Committee the total cost of the project may not be...

05 Oct 2022 at 15:00

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Aer Lingus receives 6,500 compensation applications after IT system failure

...its check-in and boarding services were severely disrupted. Senior representatives from Aer Lingus appeared before the OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE on Transport and Communications. Lynne Embleton, chief executive of Aer Lingus said that for almost ten hours, they had no...

05 Oct 2022 at 19:18

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Electric Ireland customers could see bills rise by 30% more, committee hears

Electric Ireland customers could see their energy bills increase by a further 30% in the coming months, an OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE has heard. The energy supplier’s pricing and trading manager David Vickers said much of the increase in wholesale gas prices had already...

04 Oct 2022 at 18:41

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Repudiating mother and baby home report would have ‘huge consequences’

...of the report, which relates to the legislation underpinning independent commissions of investigation. Mr O’Gorman told an OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE that a process “with the capacity to record, preserve and recognise survivors’ personal accounts, presents the most...

04 Oct 2022 at 18:11

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Electric Ireland ‘had no choice but to increase prices’

...Ireland had “no choice” but to increase prices after international wholesale gas prices rose by more than 1,000%, an OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE has heard. TDs and senators were told that Electric Ireland was “very aware” that increased prices are “difficult for...

04 Oct 2022 at 14:18

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Campaigner criticises Government’s exhumation plans at Tuam mother and baby site

A Dublin woman, whose brothers were born at the former Tuam mother and baby institution, has said the Government’s plans to exhume the bodies of infants at the site “does not go far enough”. Anna Corrigan said she “fears” that by focusing on the Co ...

15 Aug 2022 at 17:41

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Longford long Covid cases to hit 3,025

Ireland will “sleepwalk into a crisis of chronic illness” if we don't take action now on the fallout of Covid 19 Independent TD Denis Naughten has said. An analysis of HSE data by Deputy Naughten suggests that Longford's projected 3,025 long Covid ...

15 Aug 2022 at 14:38

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Longford could be hit with 3,025 long Covid cases

An analysis of HSE data by Deputy Naughten suggests that Longford's projected 3,025 long Covid cases will be the second lowest in the country. Deputy Naughten has provided the first analysis and county-by-county breakdown of the 336,451 adults ...

17 Aug 2022 at 12:00

National News

HSE boss accused of ‘insincerity’ during terse exchanges with TD

...service boss Paul Reid has been accused of “insincerity” by Independent TD Verona Murphy during terse exchanges at an OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE meeting. The Wexford TD claimed Mr Reid’s “insincerity won’t wash for one second here”, adding that she “does not put up...

29 Sept 2022 at 14:08

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6,000 pupils ‘left on the side of the road’ after school bus fees waived

School children are being “left at the side of the road” due to failures in the school transport system, an OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE has heard. Sinn Fein’s Donnchadh O Laoghaire said the Department of Education should have anticipated the capacity issues that would...

21 Sept 2022 at 14:50

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Paid domestic violence leave should be based on an ‘honour system’

...on an “honour” system, rather than forcing victims to prove they are entitled to leave through a doctor’s sick note, an OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE has been told. Dr Laura Bambrick, head of Social Policy and Employment Affairs at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions...

22 Sept 2022 at 14:14

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