Tánaiste Simon Harris says he would like to see planning exemptions for IPAS centres eventually “phased out”, but that it is not “possible” to do so now.
“If we’re to manage the immigration system, we need to have knowledge of who’s here”: Ministers Sean Canney and Noel Grealish say that the Government should have checks at the border to ensure that individuals who are given deportation orders do, in fact, leave the State.
Ben and Jason discuss a report from Extra.ie this week, which revealed that the National Treasury Management Agency was scammed out of €5 million through a sophisticated phishing scam.
“We have an enormous amount of regulation in this country”
Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
On this week’s episode of The Long Game podcast, Ben and Jason discuss the Irish Government’s mixed signals on whether or not they will revisit the hate speech bill.
Housing Minister on why delivering housing is so hard: “Over the last number of years we’ve made a lot of decisions that I think were very good in isolation with really good intentions, but when you add them up, what we’ve actually done is tied ourselves in regulatory knots.”
A UN Committee has asked Ireland to re-run the Family and Care referendum, saying they were disappointed with last year’s result. Tánaiste Simon Harris’ response: “We absolutely will not be doing that.”
Thousands gathered in Dublin today at the All Ireland Rally for Life. Organisers say that the 50,000 abortions that have taken place since Repeal have set a grim record and that the government’s policies are effectively aborting Ireland’s future.
Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau issue statement after successful prosecution of members of drug trafficking gang after €157m seizure.
A Cork TD has warned that the threat of cartel-linked drug imports arriving by sea is “a serious worry”.
Ben and Jason discuss Roderic O’Gorman and Co’s defiant trip over to Hungary to participate in a banned pride parade, and how it represents “circus politics” at its very best.