“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 […]
“That happens in elections.”
Still growing.
The Irish government currently gives funding to political parties that run “people of diversity” as candidates, while FF’s 2024 local election manifesto calls for mandatory “gender targets” in local government boards. Gript’s Ben Scallan asks Micheál Martin about this.