“I certainly wouldn’t be laying blame”: Housing Minister James Browne says population growth is a big driver of the housing crisis. When Ben Scallan puts it to him that most population growth is due to migration, he says migration is only a “small part” of the housing issue.
“That has nothing to do with the question I asked.” “Every time I meet you, you ask me the same questions.” Ben Scallan bumps heads with Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan on the Government regulating “mal-information” – information that’s true, but allegedly “harmful”.
Ben Scallan presses Children’s Minister Norma Foley on the abuse of children in State care and the dozens of minors disappearing on Tusla’s watch.
Social Protection Minister Dara Calleary defends Micheál Martin amid the Jim Gavin debacle, saying: “[Micheál Martin] has been in the trenches with me…he has my full confidence.”
A whole lot of cash.
O’Connor family funeral
“High risk of a custodial sentence”
Yearly increase.
Anti-social behaviour
Money of elderly Australian couple
The statement comes after Mr Gavin’s withdrawal from the presidential race, following the Irish Independent’s report that he owed a former tenant €3,300.
Last chance.