Homelessness has risen 9% this year
A record number of 17,885 people were in emergency accommodation last month, according to the Department of Housing. The number of adults in emergency accommodation now stands at 12,055, with 5,830 children in emergency accommodation. An increase of 358 people in July, including 171 children. Of the 7,304 single adults in emergency accommodation nationally, 4,881 […]
1 week ago
Farmer, 60s, due in court after alleged attempt to hit Micheál Martin
The man attempted to hit the Taoiseach at the Ploughing Championships. A man has been arrested after a public order incident at the National Ploughing Championships in Co Offaly on Tuesday. It is alleged the man, a farmer, was attempting to confront Taoiseach Micheál Martin and later tried to punch him. Gardai confirmed the man in his sixties […]
2 weeks ago
Fianna Fáil TD allegedly caught “twice the legal limit” awaiting court date
Wexford TD was on his way to Dublin Airport when he was pulled over by officers. Malcolm Byrne has said he is “fully cooperating” with an ongoing investigation following his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving earlier this year. Byrne was arrested early on 28 May at a mandatory garda checkpoint, it was reported by the Irish […]
2 weeks ago
New poll finds almost half of rural Ireland wants Micheál Martin to step down
Almost half of people living in rural Ireland would like to see Taoiseach Micheál Martin step down in 2027. A new Irish Examiner’s Rural Ireland Thinks poll has shown that the race to find a successor for the Fianna Fail leader may soon heat up again. 48% said Martin should stand down in January, while only 19% of […]
2 weeks ago
TD slammed for saying he was “sick” of posts about dead M9 teenagers
Cathal Crowe, a Fianna Fáil for Clare, said he is “sick of seeing people eulogising and heaping praise on thugs”. Five teenage boys died in the crash on the M9. The women and child they hit remain in hospital. In a post on Facebook on Tuesday, the Fianna Fáil TD said the five young men were […]
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