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Saturday 24 October 2020
Public hospitals earned just over €11.7 million from car parking fees last year.
Targeted Facebook ads allow political parties to select who they want to see the advert by age group, gender and where they live.
The taoiseach said that it was a ‘principled’ position.
Sinn Féin has criticised the head-to-head debates between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.
The party is also considering legal action against RTÉ for not including Sinn Féin.
Some credit the short-lived opposition for helping to expose the ‘cash for ash’ scandal.
The Dublin councillor was criticised yesterday for comments he made about Varadkar’s heritage.
Sinn Fein has pledged to restore the pensionable age to 65
Leo Varadkar said this evening Paddy Holohan’s apology was “good enough for him”.
Adams said the long hair came about because of a bet with Martin Ferris.
As well as a Prime Time debate for Martin and Varadkar, another Claire Byrne Live debate will feature leaders of multiple parties.
The UK Prime Minister was urged to follow through on funding commitments to Northern Ireland during his visit today.
A new powersharing deal was agreed by the North’s main parties last night.
The Stormont executive will now sit tomorrow after a three-year impasse.
Three years to the day since the collapse of the Assembly, the Sinn Féin leader in the North said talks are still “a work in progress”.
The photo, which Simon Byrne posted on Twitter, attracted considerable criticism.
The Cork North Central TD said he feels the “time is right to pursue new personal challenges and opportunities”.
UUP leader Steven Aiken said he was unsure of how close the parties were to a deal.
A snap election could be called if a deal is not reached by 13 January.
Peter Brooke said that it was “difficult to envisage a military defeat” of the IRA, and compared Ireland to Cyprus.
Before Christmas, there had been hopes of a breakthrough in talks.
MEP Matt Carthy responded today to comments made by Micheál Martin about a United Ireland border poll.
Sky-high premiums aren’t covering the cost of a ‘compo-culture’ but servicing the industry’s profits, writes Pearse Doherty.
The fight over the Irish language remains the key stumbling block.
“All the old certainties are gone,” Sinn Féin president mary Lou McDonald said.
The latest results from the 18 constituencies in the North.
After an SNP surge and a DUP collapse, what happens now?
There were gains for the SDLP, Alliance and Sinn Féin during a bad night for the DUP.
The Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019 was brought forward by Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin.
The bill would see rents frozen for the next three years.
The Dáil is set to debate legislation proposed by Sinn Féin today.
“The Rent Pressure Zones are not working,” housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin said.
For the first time in years, many races in Northern Ireland are proving difficult to predict.
Fine Gael suffered a blow after failing to win any seats in four contests.
The two private companies operating JobPath have been paid €207m.
The Sinn Féin bill would see dog owners face a fine if they couldn’t produce a litter bag.
The DUP leader also shared her thoughts on an Irish unity poll.
The party has been dealing with the aftermath of controversial comments made by by-election candidate Verona Murphy.
Michelle O’Neill was re-elected as the party’s vice-president last weekend.
The former Sinn Féin leader claims two convictions he received in the 70s were unlawful.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
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