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Health Minister wants to see ‘resolution’ to HSE recruitment freeze
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said he wants to see a “resolution” to the HSE recruitment freeze. Mr Donnelly said the recruitment embargo is having an impact on clinical teams and nursing teams being able to do their job.
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Legislative measures to restore 'trust and confidence' of the people and Oireachtas in RTE
Media minister Catherine Martin launches two major reports into culture and governance at the Irish national broadcaster RTE at Government Press Centre in Dublin
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Greens discuss Integration portfolio within Irish Government in Dublin
Minister Eamon Ryan and Green Party leader and Minister Roderic O'Gorman discuss the Integration portfolio within Government at the Green Party Headquarters, Dublin.
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Simon Harris announces Government’s new Dublin City Taskforce
Taoiseach Simon Harris was joined by Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan and Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien in Dublin to announce the Government’s new Dublin City Taskforce. He say he wants the city to become a more 'thriving,...
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Protesters call on Irish national broadcaster RTE to boycott Eurovision
Protesters call on Irish national broadcaster RTE to boycott Eurovision. Includes actor Stephen Rea reading a poem.
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Protest outside the Department of Justice after gardai involved in the death of George Nkencho are not prosecuted
Protest outside the Department of Justice against the decision not to prosecute gardai involved in the fatal shooting of George Nkencho.
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Taoiseach says it would be 'foolish' to discard trends of a rise in asylum seekers in Ireland
Irish premier Simon Harris has said it would be “foolish” to discard the trends observed by workers at Ireland’s International Protection Office that indicates there has been a rise in asylum seekers from the UK. Tanaiste Micheal Martin...
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Eamon Ryan announces new state-supported loan for home retrofitting
Environment minister Eamon Ryan announces a new state-supported loan for home retrofitting.
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Supports to be offered to Stardust families, Taoiseach says
The State is planning to put counselling supports in place for the Stardust families, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said. A day after delivering a state apology to the Stardust families, he thanked them for engaging with him and said he...
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'It takes a little while to sink in' says Stardust victim's family
Hugh and John Muldoon, Gertrude Barrett, and Antoinette Keegan speak outside Leinster House after Irish premier Simon Harris delivered a State apology to the families of the 1981 Stardust fire tragedy.
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TDs speak ahead of Taoiseach's state apology to families of Stardust tragedy
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett and Labour TD Duncan Smith speak ahead of Taoiseach Simon Harris delivering a state apology to the families of the Stardust 1981 tragedy. Speaking on the Leinster House plinth. Forty-eight...
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Dublin delivery driver hailed as knife attack hero will run as councillor in the city
Caio Benicio, a delivery driver who intervened in a knife attack in Dublin city centre, announces he is going to run as a councillor for Fianna Fail in Dublin's north inner city. The Deliveroo driver witnessed the incident on Parnell...
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Tanaiste expresses support for Stardust redress scheme
Micheal Martin has expressed support for a redress scheme for the families of those affected by the Stardust fire. Forty-eight people were killed when the blaze ripped through the Dublin nightclub in 1981. After a more than 40-year...
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Sinn Fein leader - Families and survivors of Stardust fire 'don't want tea and sympathy'
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald speaking outside the Alex Hotel in Dublin, after she met with families and survivors of the Stardust fire, ahead of their meeting with Taoiseach Simon Harris, at Government Buildings, after calls for an...
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Stardust fire solicitor speaks demanding an official state apology
Stardust fire solicitor Darragh Mackin, speaking outside Government Buildings in Dublin, following a meeting with Taoiseach Simon Harris, after families of the survivors and victims called for an official state apology, which Mr Harris...
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Irish premier confirms State apology for Stardust families
Irish premier Simon Harris said he “apologised unreservedly” to the families of the 48 people killed in a fire at a Dublin nightclub in 1981, after a more than 40-year campaign for justice. Families whose loved ones died when the blaze...
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Taoiseach "eager to be in a position to apologise" over Stardust fire tragedy
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he is "easger to be in a position to apologise" over the Stardust fire tragedy. Mr Harris was speaking at the European People's Party conference on the future of European agriculture. Families of the 48...
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Tanaiste responds to allegations former Irish Defence Forces personnel breached arms embargo in Libya
Irish soldiers training troops in regimes subject to international sanctions is an “absolutely unacceptable” undermining of Ireland’s reputation, the Tanaiste has said. It has been reported that departing and former members of the...
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Society and State: Ireland through its Records a new exhibition which opens on Wednesday
Interview and cutaways with Dr Orlaith McBride, director of the National Archives Ireland at a preview of 'Society and State: Ireland through its Records', a new exhibition which opens on Wednesday in the Coach House Gallery of Dublin...
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Minister for Justice Helen McEntee introduces tougher knife crime sentences
Cabinet have approved a proposal from the Justice Minister Helen McEnte to increase sentences for knife-related crimes after new Taoiseach Simon Harris pledged to focus on law and order. These include possessing a knife with intent to...
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Simon Harris says he’s concerned with low numbers of gardai in road policing unit
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he is concerned with the low numbers of gardai in the roads policing unit amid a spike in road deaths, particularly among young people. He said the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has committed to...
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Simon Harris address British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly - full speech
Taoiseach Simon Harris addresses the 66th plenary of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly being held in Co Wicklow.
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I feel more hopeful and optimistic about British-Irish relations for the future, says Taoiseach
Irish Premier Simon Harris says he feels more "hopeful and optimistic" about British-Irish relations for the future, as he gave a speech at the 66th plenary of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, being held in Co Wicklow.
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Michael Martin appeals to Iran to step back to prevent escalation of tension with Israel
Ireland’s deputy premier Michael Martin has appealed to Iran to “step back from an escalation”, after it pledged to retaliate against Israel over the attack on its consulate in Damascus.