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Sunday 25 October 2020
Over 6,000 students received new grades following an error with the system.
Patience is running out among some supporters of Irish unity, namely Sinn Féin.
Large crowds gathered around the Dáil this afternoon.
The Dáil voted to send the Dying with Dignity Bill to committee stage earlier this week.
The Dying with Dignity Bill passed to committee stage last night.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin subsequently apologised to Michael Healy-Rae.
The Dying with Dignity Bill will be subject to a Dáil vote on Wednesday.
Peadar Tóibín TD made the comments as TDs were debating the government’s Living with Covid-19 plan.
The proposed legislation would allow medical professionals assist terminally ill persons end their own life.
Legal experts David Kenny and Conor Casy say there is ‘too much at stake’ to do nothing about hybrid or virtual sittings.
TD Paul Murphy has called or cross-party support for the Bill.
It was confirmed earlier that Health Minister Stephen Donnelly felt unwell this afternoon and is now isolating.
The Dáil was recalled early this year to deal with Covid-19 and the reopening of the country.
Micheál Martin said that the Dáil would not be recalled this week.
The late-night sitting saw business stopped twice and a minister vote against the government.
Cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss the advice from NPHET.
Up to 100 people protested today against the Government’s failure to fully reopen day services for adults with disabilities.
Martin will be paid almost €1,500 more than Varadkar was in the last government, despite a 10% cut to the official level of pay.
Both Labour’s Alan Kelly and the Social Democrats’ Róisín Shortall said the apology “is too late”.
The INMO said that it would be “inhumane” to not increase healthcare staff ahead of a second Covid-19 wave.
Footage of Ryan asleep in the Dáil on Thursday night went viral.
The Offaly-based TD was removed from office by the Taoiseach earlier this week.
Footage of Ryan asleep in the Convention Centre last night has gone viral.
The move also extends to hallways and work spaces and includes TDs, Oireachtas staff and reporters.
HSE advice shifted from self-isolation to asking people to restrict movements.
Questions of how Barry Cowen’s personal information was shared are likely to rumble on.
Meanwhile, Minister Simon Coveney said yesterday there were only 16 people on a flight from Dallas about which concerns had been raised.
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland said there had been a ‘gross and serious breach of confidentiality’.
Seán Ó Foghlú said students coming out of teaching college this year will be “a main source” of extra staffing.
The drug is used to treat SMA which can develop in babies and toddlers and can significantly reduce life expectancy.
Micheál Martin says Hiqa should compile a report on what happened.
Teachers’ unions will appear before the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee today.
The Louth TD said he is delighted to be nominated.
A worrying picture will be painted when representatives from a number of sectors address TDs today.
The Seanad is due to meet at the Dublin Convention Centre on Monday morning.
The count results from the Green Party, Fianna Fáil, and Fine Gael are expected to be announced.
“He never let us down, the people he had sworn to serve,” the Taoiseach told the Dáil today.
Fórsa was critical of the Department of Education in a submission to the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee.
The Taoiseach says the civil service is currently ‘very white’.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said there has been diplomatic contact between Ireland and the UAE on the issue.
WE’RE LESS THAN a week out from the scariest night of the year.
Halloween will look somewhat different this year but there’s nothing stopping us breaking out the box of decorations, throwing on a witch’s hat and doing up the outside of the house.
Cobwebs, ghouls and goblins, a scary pumpkin, there’s plenty of inspiration around at the moment as more and more people gear up for the 31st.
This morning, we want to know: Have you decorated your house for Halloween?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
A couple of afternoon showers
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
Clouds breaking, rain ending; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
