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# New term

This year
2023
# open all hours
Housing, healthcare, cost-of-living and late-night pub opening on the agenda as Dáil returns
Varadkar looking for a ‘fresh start’ to his tenure as Taoiseach as he tries to shake up Govt priorities.
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Jan 15th 2023, 7:00 AM
Last year
2022
# New term
Dáil back after summer break with a cost-of-living Budget and rotating Taoiseach on the agenda
The next two weeks will be whirlwind.
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Sep 14th 2022, 7:50 AM
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# Your Say
Poll: Should the government delay reopening schools after Christmas?
The INTO has called for primary schools to stay closed until at least 11 January.
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Dec 30th 2020, 9:03 AM
# new term new rules
Students will be required to maintain at least one metre distance when schools return
Face coverings will not be mandatory but students will not be discouraged from wearing them.
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Jul 1st 2020, 6:33 PM
# one for the diary
Varadkar says bumper day of elections and referendums will be among 'busiest days in Irish politics'
The Taoiseach says 24 May will feature a range of different votes.
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Jan 14th 2019, 4:16 PM
# the next season
The Dáil's back today. Here are 7 things to look forward to in the new political season
An election looms…
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Sep 22nd 2015, 7:30 AM
# let's be cops
Inside Ireland's Police Academy: Here's what the new batch of Garda recruits will be facing...
The first new Garda recruits in five years are about to start in Templemore – and college top brass have high hopes for “the cream of the crop”.
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Aug 27th 2014, 10:50 PM
# Dáil
They're back: Here are 8 questions we're asking ahead of the new Dáil term
The Seanad is also back but will it be abolished? We look at that and seven other questions ahead of the return of TDs and Senators this week.
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Sep 16th 2013, 6:45 AM
# limited term
Guess how many students have signed up for UCC's alcohol-free accommodation?*
*You know the drill — when we write the headline like this it’s either a really big or a really small number.
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Sep 14th 2013, 7:15 AM
# In Figures
By the numbers: the new Dáil session
The figures that you need to know as the new Dáil session begins.
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Sep 29th 2010, 12:36 PM