“A digital platform should be established.”
Argument on the campaign trail.
Half of the law-and-order pledges Fianna Fáil made in its 2019 local election manifesto have re-appeared in their 2024 manifesto. Ben Scallan asks Education Minister Norma Foley why the public should believe her party will achieve these if they didn’t over the last 5 years.
“Fairness and choice.”
Dublin Lord Mayor Daithí de Róiste speaks to Gript about a new housing development in Dublin 1 beside the Ilac Centre. He also discussed people “acting the maggot” at the Dublin-New York Portal project, saying.
Repeat.
Surge in numbers.
All over the place.
Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman says his Department is projecting around 22,000 asylum seekers arriving in Ireland this year – a dramatic increase on the 13,000 that arrived last year.
During Covid, the Irish government closed schools for longer than the OECD average. Ever since, the trend of students missing school days has been seen at a much higher rate nationwide. Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman says he doesn’t think these are linked.
Unable to secure accommodation.
As soon as I heard the lineup for the first European election debate last night, my expectations immediately dropped through the floor – and yet the reality still somehow managed to disappoint. Over the course of 45 minutes on Virgin Media’s ‘The Tonight Show’, five Dublin candidates went head to head, including Fianna Fáil MEP […]