Former European commissioner Phil Hogan has sought the Government’s backing to put his name forward for a senior job leading the food security agency of the United Nations (UN). The Department of Agriculture had canvassed for potential names the Government could consider nominating as a candidate to be the next director general of the UN … Read more
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan. Photo: Collins Children as young as seven are arriving to school high on drugs, a Dáil committee has been told. The Oireachtas Committee on Justice has also heard that people in one rural community are sitting outside drug dealers’ homes “to intimidate them in reverse” in response to drug-related violence. Source … Read more
The Government is set to reject a recommendation from an Oireachtas committee to have a “formal legal review” before Irish troops are sent abroad on peacekeeping missions once the triple lock is abolished. The Cabinet is likely this morning to approve plans to push ahead with the abolition of the triple lock, which requires UN … Read more
A Meath county councillor says she was subjected to a racial attack, including being “spat on”, in Navan town on Friday night. Nigerian-Irish Yemi Adenuga was walking back to her car in the centre of Navan on Friday night when she was approached by a man who asked if she was “Yemi”. She said it … Read more
The Taoiseach and up to 10 Ministers will visit the United States as part of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations, the Dáil has heard. Minister of State for the Diaspora Neale Richmond said the Government will announce a “St Patrick’s Day trade missions, representatives and also office holders” to travel globally. “Now is exactly the … Read more
Let me make an observation as somebody who writes about Irish politics and society for a living: Donald Trump might as well be the Irish Government’s best friend. Why do I say that? Because never in my adult life has a government gotten away with so exclusively focusing on international affairs to the exclusion of … Read more
Reading the European Parliament is a tricky business. The absence of a party whip system means there are constantly shifting majorities that make predicting the outcome of contentious votes difficult. Sometimes MEPs vote along national lines, sometimes in step with their European political groupings. A back room deal may have been struck for support on … Read more
Imagine you are sitting outside on a clear day with the sun shining and a motorbike goes straight through your back garden. That is how one resident in Blanchardstown described the noise of the delivery drone service that operates in the Dublin 15 area. The sound of the drones has been likened to a tractor … Read more
Broadcast chiefs to appear before Media Committee this afternoon Former RTÉ journalist and television presenter Evanne Ní Chuilinn is now a senator. Photo: Mark Condren Senator Evanne Ní Chuilinn has said she is not afraid to ask her former employer RTÉ tough questions when the national broadcaster appears before the Media Committee today. RTÉ representatives … Read more
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