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blue lines
Ever wondered if you'd pass the Garda fitness test? Here's what it's really like
Gardaí invited the nation’s media to Templemore to run sprints, balance on beams and jump farm gates – here’s how we got on.
Child Protection
Tusla struggling to recruit social workers amid large increase in child welfare referrals, CEO says
March Referendums
'A first step for carers and disabled people': Yes Yes referendum campaign launched today
Monday
5 Feb 2024
Gaza
Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia for another Middle East tour a bid to secure Israel-Hamas truce
The North
Taoiseach confident Stormont Executive 'is here to last' following talks in Belfast
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was also at Stormont to mark the restoration of devolution, said “the real work starts now”.
The return of Stormont will see the Treasury release a £3.3 billion package to support under-pressure public services in Northern Ireland.
Sunak said the offer represents “a generous and fair settlement”.
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said he will be making the case that the Executive needs resources to "deliver sustainable public finances".
Stephen Donnelly
Labour criticises Govt as just 3% of those deemed eligible for GP visit card avail of scheme
the morning lead
Sex workers sent death threats after replying to text scam
Very few crimes against sex workers are reported to gardaí, an advocacy group said.
A number of people were threatened with physical or sexual violence
Foreign-national sex workers were targeted by the scam
"The texts and calls turned violent, people saying things like they were going to have a hitman kill them."
Sunday
4 Feb 2024
Local Elections
Govt parties intent on 'getting the facts out' around immigration heading into local elections
Saturday
3 Feb 2024
Speaking from experience
'It's all about the loser': Australia has some advice for Ireland's new electoral commission
Medicines
Government parties' MEPs pick opposing sides in Brussels row with big pharma over drug costs
Border poll
Michelle O'Neill says she will raise referendum on Irish unity when she meets Rishi Sunak
off campus
Vulture funds now own more student accommodation in Dublin than DCU, UCD and Trinity combined
Friday
2 Feb 2024
The North
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill on cusp of becoming NI First Minister as Stormont to return tomorrow
Speaker of the Stormont Assembly will meet with all party whips at midday today to discuss the arrangements for the sitting.
factcheck
FactCheck: The government is not offering tens of thousands to coax Indians to Irish islands
Thursday
1 Feb 2024
Golden handshakes
Media Minister Catherine Martin says latest report into RTÉ points to a ‘dysfunctionality’
Leaders' Questions
'Don't start this nonsense': Pearse Doherty and Tánaiste clash heads over TV licence in Dáil
Department of Justice
Still no sign of review into sex work law - over three years after it was due to be published
Wednesday
31 Jan 2024
threats against politicians
'Sad day for democracy' when TD's constituency office forced to close over security concerns
behind closed doors
Meta would only meet politicians if Oireachtas hearing was private (but here's what they said anyway)
Sponsored
Paralympics and pain: ‘I'd missed the funeral of my coach… It was incredibly upsetting'
Gillette
Jan 31
it's a deal
UK government to replace 'green lane' on goods travelling to NI under new Stormont deal
The DUP has been using a veto power to block Stormont’s devolved institutions for almost two years.
It was announced earlier this week that the DUP was prepared to return to Stormont, dependent on the UK Government implementing certain legislative assurances.
The return will see Michelle O’Neill become the region’s first ever nationalist first minister.
decriminalisation
Bill to legalise personal cannabis use is 'just a tiny step in direction we need to go', Dáil hears
blockades
'Macron, move your ass': French farmers talk to us at the scene of the Paris blockade
Blockades on motorways around Paris have only intensified following concessions, with thousands turning out each day to disrupt traffic.
lawmakers or lawbreakers
Integrity investigation finds 25% of Europe’s MEPs were involved in a scandal
In December 2022, police found €900,000 in alleged bribe cash stuffed in bags at the EU Parliament’s Vice President Eva Kaili’s home. How could corruption of such scale happen at the heart of the EU? Was this just one isolated incident or the tip of the iceberg?
Data collected by The Journal, Noteworthy and other European media partners reveals 3% of MEPs have been convicted by a court.
The months-long investigation unearthed 253 previously reported blemishes.
The most serious cases related to 45 corruption incidents and 44 events relating to fraud and theft.
Tuesday
30 Jan 2024
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
'Need for substantial reform': TDs debate Government response to asylum seekers in Dáil
grand canal / Sallins
'These are not boats, these are families': Committee hears fee hike for fixed income houseboat dwellers 'too high'
Stormont
‘They’re like children’: Mixed reaction to DUP's overnight deal in both nationalist and unionist towns
The health service was the main concern among people in Banbridge and Newry in Co Down.
Housing Crisis
Varadkar: Most first-time buyers in Ireland purchase second-hand homes because they are cheaper
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