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 […]
3 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 […]
1 month ago
Budget 2027 is 25 days out and Fine Gael is hinting the fuel excise cut is staying
Ireland’s fuel crisis is still far from forgotten Fine Gael entered the final weeks before Budget 2027 with a clear focus on the cost of living, but the pressure facing households was hard to ignore outside the party’s meeting in Gorey, Co Wexford. At a nearby forecourt, diesel was selling for €2.03.9 a litre, while […]
1 month ago
A bill to ban spiking has been “sitting on a desk” since 2023
Spiking is already a stand alone offence in the north, with a potential 10 year sentence. There is still no stand alone offence against spiking in Ireland, despite a bill passing a Seanad stage in 2023. Spiking is usually when someone is administered a drug or chemical without their knowledge or permission in a night […]
1 month ago
Skyclarys: The €288,000 drug that 200 Irish patients still cannot get
The summer’s health story isn’t going away A demonstration outside Leinster House, a letter signed by 47 members of Fianna Fáil’s parliamentary party, and now a face-to-face meeting with the company that makes the drug. Skyclarys has become one of the most politically awkward health stories of the summer, and it is not going away. […]
2 months ago
Fine Gael TD demands urgent probe into seemingly unwinnable €19 million Lotto jackpot
“This didn’t happen in Ronan Collins’ day.” Fine Gael TD for Kildare North Bernard Durkan has called for an “urgent probe” into the National Lottery draw, arguing that the current jackpot is unwinnable. The jackpot hasn’t been won since the first week of June, rolling over 46 times since then. The current jackpot stands at […]
5 years ago