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Saturday 31 October 2020
He was first elected to the Dáil in 1992.
The National Youth Council of Ireland has called for a €22m investment to resolve the issue.
Armenian national Ilabek Avetian suffered devastating injuries at the hands of a scrambler bike in a north Dublin park earlier this month.
Fifteen cyclists died in road traffic incidents last year.
Tommy Broughan told the Minister for Justice that it has been “hugely distressing” for people in his constituency.
The Department of Social Protection said processing times vary for different payments, depending on the qualification criteria.
More than 2,500 fines issued to learner drivers caught without a qualified driver were also unpaid.
It was jubilation for three candidates, and total desolation for Labour’s Aodhán Ó Riordáin.
They didn’t overstate how close this massive five-seater could be.
It’s over 10,000, with 2,352 waiting for over a year.
It would bring us in line with a number of our European neighbours.
Nearly half of those were in Mountjoy Prison.
Figures show most of the disqualified drivers haven’t given back their licences.
7,000 people have been waiting for a scan for more than one year.
The move had been called for to address the rise in serious incidents of knife crime.
Just more than 1,200 have been carried out over the past three years.
A fully trained auditor can bring in €800,000, according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.
Treatment and intervention provided by a range of services, making it difficult to ascertain just how much the State spends on alcohol addiction, according to the HSE.
In the wake of the resignation of the Beaumont Hospital Clinical Director, a local TD wants psychiatric services in Dublin examined.
Almost 239,000 of these cards have been issued in Dublin.
Homeowners who had their loans with IBRC are said to be anxious, but the Finance Minister says he cannot get involved.
The government will almost certainly oppose the motion and ensure that it does not pass when a vote is held tomorrow night.
Tommy Broughan’s pressing ahead with the ‘Brighter Evenings Bill’ despite Alan Shatter’s suggestion that we just “get up earlier”.
The state has finished paying off the penalties related to environmental issues – they amounted to €3,648,000.
Róisín Shortall, Patrick Nulty and Tommy Broughan want people to vote Yes in just over a week’s time.
The Justice Minister will not be using the new Oirechtas inquiries law to establish a new inquiry into the Valentine’s Night fire which killed 48 people in 1981.
A plan to bring Ireland into line with Central European Time could gain us 300 hours of ‘useful’ sunlight a year.
The Dáil will today debate whether to stop moving clocks forward and back twice a year. What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea?
The party leader has come in for fierce criticism in recent days.
A group of Labour TDs who are no longer part of the Labour parliamentary party are hoping to secure additional rights.
However most than 3,500 behaviour warnings, the first step to an ASBO, have been issued – including 1,200 to children.
The Passport Service is looking at the possibility of implementing an automatic reminder service that would alert passport holders by text or email that their document is due for renewal.
Department of Justice figures show that less than only 35 drivers – of 107 involved in fatal accidents – have been tested.
Tommy Broughan said new laws would help avoid tragedies like the Harold Shipman murders in the UK – where it was alleged cremation helped the killer conceal his crimes.
The European Commission has approved the extension of the government bank’s guarantee – for six months longer than needed.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Tommy Broughan has been expelled from the Labour parliamentary party after he voted against extending the controversial bank guarantee scheme.
A Labour TD described the decision to put the project on hold indefinitely as “dreadful” but Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said we don’t have the money.
Outgoing Fine Gael candidate Terence Flanaghan has been returned to Dublin North East.
WELL, IT’S HALLOWEEN, the spookiest day of the year.
Among many traditions for Oíche Shamhna is the barmbrack.
There was a bit of chatter on social media yesterday about how the loaves should be cut after a woman posted a photo of a “crime scene” in which her husband had cut the barmbrack into triangular slices, as you would with a birthday cake.
So, today we want to know… What’s the correct way to slice a barmbrack?
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Tracy Ward explains how burnout affects us – and what to do if we’re feeling it.
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