Oireachtas committee to investigate the funding of Mary Robinson Library
The library is due to be built in Mary Robinson’s family home in Ballina.
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Sinn Féin’s Peadar Tóibín says human connectivity will be replaced by automation with staffless hours.
View ArticleNational Museum 'working hard to fix prolonged, systemic bullying of staff'
In an unusual event, senators on the committee said that they were uncomfortable with their Chair’s line of questioning.
View ArticleA prolonged culture of bullying and stress: What's going on at the National...
There are concerns that staff’s complaints aren’t being dealt with comprehensively after the National Museum got an easy pass at committee last week.
View ArticleRanked - the counties where you're most likely to have received penalty points
Some counties with the worst road fatality records in Ireland incur the least penalty points in the country.
View ArticleMale drivers rack up penalty points twice as often as women over a decade
Since the introduction of penalty points Ireland’s male drivers have received the lion’s share of fixed charge notices for road infractions.
View ArticleIn Navan, Co Meath, there are more vacant properties than there are people on...
Whole swathes of the Flower Hill neighbourhood in Navan currently stand derelict.
View Article'My mother doesn't sleep': No operation in sight for woman who has already...
Catherina Tobin says she is being discriminated against by the government because she’s a public patient without health insurance.
View ArticleEmergency department workers pin blame for hospital wildcat strikes on HSE
Navan emergency department was just one of many experiencing serious staff shortages as a result of the strikes this evening.
View ArticleHow many HSE doctors does Navan hospital's emergency department have? None
Four of the five locum/agency doctors at the hospital’s emergency department went on wildcat strike two weeks ago in a row over plans to slash their rate of pay.
View ArticleSome western counties have nearly twice as many gardaí on the streets as...
The spread of gardaí around the country displays a clear imbalance according to new figures.
View ArticleSinn Féin TD says people need 'Minister Joe Duffy' to get action on...
“Why, in 2017, must women use the front pages of newspapers to achieve justice and a workplace free of harassment and bullying?”
View ArticleNo free vote for Sinn Féin TDs and senators on abortion
The party voted to reaffirm their position to repeal the Eighth Amendment.
View ArticleLocals turn out in numbers to protest proposed drug rehab centre in Co Meath
The new Narconon centre in the rural village of Ballivor has been linked with the Church of Scientology.
View ArticleSaunas and high vitamin doses: The discredited Scientology-backed drug rehab...
There have been a number of protests against Scientology’s presence in Ireland.
View ArticleThe government has no idea if people are serving on more state boards than...
The allocation of state board memberships has caused no end of controversy in Ireland in the past.
View ArticleFresh harassment and bullying allegations have emerged at the National Museum
Minister Josepha Madigan’s response to the allegations was labelled “very unsatisfactory” in the Dáil.
View ArticleScientology-linked group's 'drug treatment centre' won't be subject to...
An opposition TD says he’ll bring in legislation to cover such centres himself unless the government takes action.
View ArticleMcDonald: 'I would prefer if Peadar Tóibín was not speaking out on abortion...
The Sinn Féin leader said party members that vote against party policy in the Dáil will face consequences.
View ArticleEach side playing the blame game as fallout from the Prime Time debate...
Cora Sherlock has denied pulling out of last night’s Prime Time debate.
View Article'G'wan Mary Lou!' - Sinn Féin's leader is a hit on the canvass but insists...
McDonald says her first campaign as leader is not practice for a general election.
View ArticlePeadar Tóibín: 'One child’s life is more important than my job, and every...
The Sinn Féin TD said he will oppose such proposals in the Dáil.
View ArticleTóibín concedes he may not be able to run under Sinn Féin banner at next...
He also confirmed that he won’t be resigning from the party.
View ArticleClontarf Hospital lost 26% of its staff in just two years
Clontarf Hospital lost 41 staff between 2016 and 2017.
View ArticleGardaí release number of drink driving arrests - 15,000 more than previously...
Currently all crime data released by the gardaí is considered to be ‘under reservation’, ie of insufficient quality, by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
View Article'Disciplinary proceedings' to be initiated against Tóibín for breaking ranks...
The Termination of Pregnancy Bill passed by 102 votes to 12.
View ArticlePeadar Tóibín suspended from Sinn Féin for six months for voting against...
Tóibín said the issue of abortion is far more important than his job in Leinster house.
View ArticleTóibín says he only learned he had lost Culture Committee chairmanship when...
Last week, Tóibín was suspended from the party for six months.
View ArticlePeadar Tóibín resigns from Sinn Féin and hints about setting up a new party
The TD was suspended from the party for six months because he voted against the abortion legislation in the Dáil.
View ArticleTóibín signs up two members to his new 'Euro-critical party' which aims to...
Sinn Féin councillor in Kildare Ide Cussen resigned from the party earlier today.
View Article'It's archaic': Request to collect more data on women who seek abortions...
“What’s the ethnicity about? Is that to find out if we have immigrants in this country who avail of health services as women?”
View ArticleCavan councillor quits Fianna Fáil to join Peadar Tóibín's new party
O’Reilly was critical of Fianna Fáil leadership in her departing statement.
View ArticlePeadar Tóibín: 'Some in Sinn Féin are hurt and angry and are not talking to...
Tóibín talks about his new party, his hopes for the local and general elections and why some old colleagues are not on speaking terms with him.
View ArticleIreland's newest political party is called 'Aontú' but what does it mean?
The latest party in the Irish political landscape so far has a membership of around 1,400.
View Article'There is extraordinary division in Ireland': Aontú to stand 60 candidates in...
The party will officially launch at an event in Dublin on Saturday.
View ArticlePeadar Tóibín hits out at larger parties: 'If you vote Fianna Fáil, you get...
Aontú has 53 candidates running in the local elections.
View ArticleAontú sets its sights on Dáil seats as new party wins a handful of seats in...
Aontú won three seats in the local elections in the south, and one seat in the Northern Ireland local elections.
View ArticlePeadar Tóibín tells Dáil that family at centre of Holles Street termination...
Tóibín was speaking to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar under Dáil privilege today.
View Article'Heartbroken': After defeat in 2018, what's next for Ireland's pro-life...
Activists are taking a long view, as they hope to one day change Irish abortion law.
View ArticleTD told he has no right to speak on behalf of beef farmers in High Court
Peadar Tóibín tried to make representations in the ongoing Liffey Meats case.
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