The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action has published its Report on Reducing emissions in the transport sector by 51% by 2030. The Report contains almost 50 recommendations. Among them is a call on Government to examine the possibility of introducing a new ‘charges’ regime for road users that would include setting ‘potential targets […]
There were chaotic scenes on South William Street in Dublin city centre last night as large crowds of mostly young people gathered to socialise at the beginning of a sunny bank holiday weekend. RTÉ reported that a number of people were arrested and missiles were thrown at Gardai after a number of public order incidents […]
Garda had to intervene almost 15,000 times under the Mental Health Act 2001 according to information released to the Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan by the Minister for Justice. The Independent TD had submitted several Parliamentary Questions to the Minister asking for the number of Garda interventions involving persons self-harming or harming others […]
Tusla CEO Bernard Gloster has said that a member of the general public received an “extortion type email” after sensitive info was leaked in the recent HSE cyber attack. The HSE hack also reportedly impacted the State childcare agency as well. “A member of the public received a suspicious email that would have included their […]
Just under 2,300 asylum applications were processed in 2020 – a third less than the previous year. Minister of State at the Department of Justice, James Browne, explained how a total of 2,276 applications were successfully processed last year. “Despite these challenges, 2,276 applications for international protection were processed to completion last year, which is […]
William Hampton’s estate has now gifted the party almost £3 million.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum owns a stud farm in Co. Kildare.
An interim report on deaths amongst homeless people has found almost one in ten deaths occur on the streets or outdoors, and that the median age of all those who died was 43 years – though it was just 33 for women. The research said that while mortality for single people experiencing homelessness was high, rates of […]
HSE head Paul Reid has said that the recent cyberattack had a “devastating impact” on the health service which could not be overstated, and that less than 25% of its devices had been restored to date. According to Reid, many of the basic tools needed to treat patients were “completely disarmed.” “We continue to make […]
Michael Healy-Rae TD has ripped the government on their extended covid powers, saying that it gives them a “blank cheque”, and said that many people will “never forgive” the government for the lockdown measures. Speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday, the Independent Kerry TD explained why he would not be supporting the bill. “My colleagues […]
Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry has said that “paranoia and scaremongering” is behind criticism of the crowds gathering in the city, and slammed Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan. Speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday, MacSharry harshly criticised the attitude that society was recovering economically from the covid-19 lockdown. Marc McSharry (Fianna Fáil) on the scaremongering […]
“There is a bit of overkill on it.”