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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

National News

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

... to 1.4 billion euro as of December 2019. The original completion date in the tender document was August 2022. Asked by SINN FEIN TD David Cullinane whether the total cost is likely to exceed 1.43 billion, Mr Gunning replied: “Yes, it will be, it will...

05 Oct 2022 at 15:00

National News

Taoiseach rejects accusations of spin over energy disconnections pledge

...in the Budget to mitigate the impact of soaring costs, including a 600 euro electricity credit for households. Earlier SINN FEIN leader Mary Lou McDonald said households struggling to pay their bills remain “in danger” of disconnection, despite the...

05 Oct 2022 at 19:59

Northern Ireland

Strength of Creeslough community hailed in service to remember blast victims

...the Co Donegal church on Saturday evening. Also in attendance was Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar and SINN FEIN president Mary Lou McDonald. SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and SINN FEIN’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill were also in...

08 Oct 2022 at 21:55

Northern Ireland

Taoiseach visits site of petrol station explosion that killed 10 people

...will not console someone who has lost a loved one and we have to be with them. We will be with them for quite some time.” SINN FEIN leader Mary Lou McDonald, the leader of Ireland’s main opposition party, also visited Creeslough on Saturday evening, as...

08 Oct 2022 at 22:23

National News

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

...waiting, we have communicated with them to say we will have all these applications processed by the end of this month.” SINN FEIN TD Brian Stanley said he “doesn’t buy” that main server and its backup failed. “I would have thought there would have been...

05 Oct 2022 at 19:18

Northern Ireland

Jimmy Nesbitt: Debate on NI’s future should be led by people not politicians

...also did not participate. Ireland’s deputy premier and leader of the Fine Gael party Leo Varadkar gave an address, as did SINN FEIN President Mary Lou McDonald. Mr Varadkar said a united Ireland would only succeed if its creation is endorsed by strong...

01 Oct 2022 at 18:47

National News

Ireland does not have ‘luxury’ of seeing serial objections stall home building

...housing projects to the degree that we are in this country,” he told RTE Radio One. Mr Martin was particularly critical of SINN FEIN, reiterating his claim that the party has objected to about 6,000 houses in Dublin alone, but he acknowledged that all...

02 Oct 2022 at 16:07

National News

Concrete levy will put ‘burden and pain’ on to ordinary homeowners – McDonald

...will put the “burden and pain” on homeowners rather on those responsible for construction defects, the Dail has heard. SINN FEIN leader Mary Lou McDonald called on the Government to scrap the controversial measure during Leaders’ Questions on Tuesday....

04 Oct 2022 at 18:07

National News

Ex-Sinn Fein councillor willing to appear as witness in Regency court case

A former SINN FEIN councillor is willing to appear as a state witness in relation to the 2016 Regency murder of David Byrne, a court has heard. In light of this new evidence, the trial of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch for the murder of Mr Byrne was adjourned for a...

03 Oct 2022 at 18:21

National News

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall being assessed for the Witness Protection Program

Former SINN FEIN councillor Jonathan Dowdall is being assessed for the Witness Protection Program after giving a statement to gardai that implicates another or others in the murder of David Byrne, who was shot dead at the Regency Hotel in 2016 as part of...

03 Oct 2022 at 13:04

National News

'Disgraceful' - Flags and images on nationalist bonfire condemned in NI

... flags, hate slogans and effigies. There was widespread condemnation after photographs emerged of hanging effigies of SINN FEIN president and vice-president Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill, as well as Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, on a...

15 Aug 2022 at 18:00

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