Angry flea circus buzzing around ‘woke’ Helen McEntee goes beyond the usual political sniping
Willie O’Dea called her 'the worst minister for justice in the history of the State' while Jim O’Callaghan said she had copied his ideas
Willie O'Dea
Limerick City constituency profile: Biggest issue is concern over services at University Hospital Limerick
Election 2024: Almost half the candidates also contested the race to become Ireland’s first directly elected mayor
Support within both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael for Taoiseach to call early election
Pressure building in wake of better than anticipated Local Election results for main Coalition parties and poor performance by Sinn Féin
Government made a hames of it, but where were the Men for Mothers brigade until now?
The far right regards the vote as a big breakthrough, as they should
Referendums’ defeat leads to divisions between Ministers over blame for failed campaign
Coalition politicians turn fire on proposed hate crime law, saying new legislation should be abandoned
How did the hate speech Bill find itself at the centre of a swirling culture war?
Irrespective of whether the Bill makes it into law, individuals and organisations in Irish society must a find a way of being kind while robustly defending free speech
Ireland has longstanding defence arrangement with RAF, confirms O’Dea
Former Minister for Defence says government receives intelligence from RAF on suspicious aircraft in Irish skies
RTÉ payments controversy: ‘Very hard to see how a criminal case could be made’
Description of payments as ‘consultancy fees’ incorrect but likely not criminal, says experts
Transgender prisoners: where should they be housed?
In devising a new policy on the housing of trans inmates, prison managment faces some difficult choices
Logan Jackson given approval to move from Limerick prison to UK jail
Tracey Tully, mother of boxer killed by Jackson in unprovoked attack, says she is ‘sick to my stomach’ at decision by Simon Harris
Health service expected to get bailout this year of over €300m
Reports of Government tensions over next year’s education budget due to costs of pay, pensions
Budget 2020: Brexit impact to hit social welfare increases
Boost to payments likely to be lower as Donohoe makes allowances for ‘no-deal’ scenario
‘Draconian’ bogus self-employment law will hurt economy - Ibec
Changes to employment definitions would have ‘distorting impact’, Oireachtas committee told
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach on Tour loses the run of himself
When a politician says a journalist isn’t interested in the truth it’s usually because that politician can’t handle the truth
Social welfare Bill promotes use of public services card as ID
Proposed legislation would remove restrictions on using the card as proof of identity
Boy (2) remains critically ill after sixth-floor balcony fall
Toddler left family on ground floor of Limerick hotel and travelled in lift to top floor
Varadkar to seek approval for Christmas social welfare bonus
Provision for payment not included in Government estimates
Over €235,000 in aid paid to households hit by flooding
Department of Social Protection says payouts likely to increase in coming weeks
FF councillor made ‘no contact’ with Garda after road incident
O’Dea confirms he was involved in traffic incident for which he was not prosecuted
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