Mary Lou McDonald described his absence as an ‘absolute disgrace’. Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin have slammed newly-appointed Taoiseach Simon Harris for not coming into Dáil Éireann on his first full day in the job. Harris succeeded Leo Varadkar in the role on Tuesday (9 April) but has been heavily criticised by the Sinn […]

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Unparliamentary language at its finest. There was furious scenes in the Dáil on Wednesday evening, November 22, as a TD dropped a number of furious ‘F-bombs’ following an interruption from Danny Healy-Rae. During proceedings on Wednesday evening, Deputy Healy-Rae spoke on the topic of Ireland’s foreign policy, expressing his concerns over “unvetted immigrants”, claiming that […]

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“You cannot build peace on the graves of children.” Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has condemned the acts Israel’s actions in Gaza, calling it a “war on children”. Addressing the Dáil on Tuesday, November 14, Minister Harris said, “There’s absolutely no doubt that what Hamas did was despicable, we’ve all condemned it. […]

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Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said he hopes to have the legislation “in law before Christmas”. The Dáil has passed legislation that bans the sale of vaping products to those under 18. According to a statement on the Government’s website, the bill contains “wide-ranging measures to tackle smoking and vaping among children and adults”. These […]

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There are already reports about what you can expect in the Budget. Finance Minister Michael McGrath is set to announce Budget 2024 at 1pm today (10 October) in the Dáil. And ahead of the much-anticipated unveiling of the Government spending plan, An Garda Síochána have revealed that several roads in Dublin city centre have been […]

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There will also be four new constituencies added. Ireland will be voting for 14 more TDs at the next general election with the number of constituencies also increased by four. In the Electoral Commission’s constituencies review, it recommended that the next Dáil has 174 TDs representing 43 Dáil constituencies, up from the current 160 TDs […]

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