On the 28th May, 2025, after 19 months of evasion and 'legal gymnastics,' the Taoiseach stood in the Dail Chamber and admitted what the world has seen in real time since October 2023: that the Government of Israel, under Benjamin Netanyahu, is committing genocide in Gaza.
We are acting in response to a housing crisis. There are blockages to apartment building in the regulations we have, we can see that in the slowdown in our much-needed pipeline of apartments. We are taking decisive action, without compromising on any essential regulations, to ensure apartments are viable to build.
Ireland is a neutral country. A central component of that neutrality up to this point, is the Triple Lock. The mechanism stipulates that Irish troops can only be deployed on overseas missions if approval is granted from the cabinet, Dáil Éireann – and there is a UN mandate. The deployment of contingents of more than twelve Irish troops to any...
Dublin 7 (or Dublin Central in electoral terms) is not some local Dublin area. It remains one of the key entry points into the city centre, (the N7) the other being the Chapelizod By-pass, and the other being (the Phibsborough road), all funneling traffic into the city centre. The 2018 consultation was essentially a public relations exercise as the...
The Cork Echo has reported numerous allegations of poor treatment of elderly Cork nursing home residents, including allegations of abuse, neglect and poor care as well as fears over staff shortages, these include the past five months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
