Taoiseach and Tanaiste say they would shun coalition with Sinn Fein Simon Harris and Micheal Martin were speaking during a televised debate involving 10 parties. The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024
McDonald accuses parties of treating Sinn Fein voters as ‘second-class citizens’ Her comments came amid increasing focus on coalition permutations after the General Election in Ireland. Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024
Simon Harris calls Michael O’Leary’s teacher comments ‘crass and ill informed’ The Ryanair boss had said he would not hire teachers to get things done, at a Fine Gael event at the weekend. Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024
Government ‘will act immediately’ on Tusla review into Kyran Durnin The child and family agency has held a review into its engagements with the boy and his family. Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024
‘Significant concern’ raised around missing boy Kyran Durnin in August The former family home of the eight-year-old who is now presumed dead was searched by gardai on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2024
Kyran Durnin latest: Police search missing eight-year-old’s family home as part of murder probe Irish premier Simon Harris has said that Kyran has been ‘failed badly’ The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024
‘Challenging’ to pass Occupied Territories Bill before Irish election Substantial changes to the Bill mean that it is unlikely to pass before a polling date is held before Christmas. Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2024
Murder probe police search former family home of missing Kyran Durnin The search in Dundalk, Co Louth, follows the disappearance of the eight-year-old from his home in Drogheda on August 30. Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2024
Kyran Durnin missing: Police search house in Co Louth for clues on 8-year-old’s location The eight-year-old was reported missing from his home in Drogheda on August 30. The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024
Murder probe police search house in Co Louth after Kyran Durnin disappearance The eight-year-old was reported missing from his home in Drogheda on August 30. Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2024
Coalition leaders agree to hold election in 2024 The Finance Bill will go to committee on November 5, a Government spokesperson said. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024
Ireland offering asylum seekers tents amid acute housing shortage New arrivals also given sleeping bags and extra money as they face prospect of sleeping rough The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023
Minister cannot rule out future use of tents to house refugees in Ireland Roderic O’Gorman said it was ‘difficult’ to project how many more refugees would arrive in Ireland by the end of the year. The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Minister: Response to Dublin assaults includes youth work as well as more gardai It comes after the US Embassy warned tourists visiting Ireland to keep a ‘low profile’. The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023 ‘A stain on Ireland’s conscience’: identification to begin of 796 bodies buried at children’s home Between 1925 and 1961, babies and children were interred in the home’s grounds, many in a septic tank
Irish Mirror · Jun 21, 2023 Leo Varadkar vows that childcare costs will be cut in Budget Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was criticised for saying in an interview that he did not know if childcare would be cut by 25 per cent in Budget 2024
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023 Historical convictions for sex between men in Ireland to be disregarded So-called conversion therapy is also set to be criminalised in Ireland, it has been announced on Pride Week in Dublin.
Irish Mirror · Jun 20, 2023 Government confirms that historic convictions for homosexual sex will be quashed Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalised in 1993 but the Government has just confirmed that historic convictions will now be quashed
Belfast Live · Jun 20, 2023 Ulster University's Magee campus gets €56 million funding boost from Irish government Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the expansion will 'foster new jobs and economic growth'
Irish Mirror · Jun 8, 2023 Taoiseach says Ireland cannot 'realistically or legally' stop accepting asylum seekers Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that Ireland cannot stop accepting asylum seekers as he made his way into a Cabinet meeting to discuss whether Ireland should make a €1.5 million contribution to the EU rather than accept 350 international protection seekers
Irish Mirror · May 23, 2023 Refugee centres face threat of arson when locations shared ahead of time, Minister says Ireland is currently accommodating 85,000 Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers
Irish Mirror · May 23, 2023 Anti-asylum protestors 'wrapping themselves in tricolours' is 'disturbing', Roderic O'Gorman says Protesters told the Irish Mirror that they will not move from their blockade outside Airways Industrial Park where accommodation is expected to be provided to over 300 asylum protesters.
Irish Mirror · May 18, 2023 Asylum seeker arrivals at Clare hotel suspended four weeks as blockade talks continue Mr O’Brien travelled to Inch to meet asylum seekers and view the accommodation that they are living in. He also met a small group which he said represented the wider community.
Irish Mirror · May 17, 2023 Unfazed asylum seekers brush off protests outside Clare hotel insisting they feel safe and happy About 20 protestors stood outside the hotel and at each end of the small road on Wednesday - blocking access with traffic cones as the row over the asylum seeker’s being there now spilled into its second day.
Irish Mirror · May 17, 2023 Minister insists refugees are staying in Clare and won't be moved despite protests Senator Timmy Dooley spoke to the Irish Mirror this afternoon after the one hour meeting finished and he said that Mr O’Gorman is considering talking directly to the protesters nex