Dublin City Council will today honour famed poet and nationalist, Lady Jane Wilde, with a commemorative plaque at 1 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. The literary figure, beloved mother to playwright Oscar Wilde, lived at the address for many years, and her weekly literary salons put her at the centre of Dublin’s cultural life. Born in […]
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Activists and TDs have welcomed the recommendation that peat harvesting in Ireland be resumed in 2022, after a public outcry greeted the sudden closure of Irish operations and the subsequent importation of both peat moss and peat briquettes into the country. The Irish Independent reported this morning that “the Government’s working group is expected to […]
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Labour’s Aodhan Ó Ríordáin has been strongly criticised for using the phrase “get them out” while urging the Labour Party’s 2021 Conference to end religious patronage in schools. The Dublin Bay North TD told Labour delegates that religious patronage in schools needed to be ended, adding: “If that requires a referendum, we should do it and […]
The alliance mean that Ireland will now actively seek to curtail new licensing for exploration and undertake other measures to phase out oil and gas production.
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