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.
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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.
In 2022 Darragh O’Brien accused Carol Nolan of undermining “social cohesion” because she warned that his government’s ‘no cap’ asylum policy would lead to crisis. Asked if Nolan now deserved an apology, Roderic O’Gorman said: “I certainly don’t think she’s owed an apology, no.”
FLASHBACK: A Fianna Fáil Senator previously said there’s “no question” but that 16-year-olds would vote for the government due to their climate policies, while a Sinn Féin TD said 16s should vote as they’re “more engaged” with issues like climate change and Black Lives Matter.
No rhyme or reason.
“A threat to everything we hold dear.”