Harry Manning

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald called on Government to reinstate energy credits

McDonald calls on Government to reinstate energy credits

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on the Government to reinstate energy credits, warning that people are "anxious and scared" about the bills which are going to land this winter.

Ireland • 19 Nov 25

Motion calling on Govt to urgently present OTB passes

A joint-Opposition motion calling on the Government to urgently present the Occupied Territories Bill and pass it through the Oireachtas before the end of the year has been carried.

Ireland • 19 Nov 25

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan address the Dail

Criminal acts should not dictate IP policy - O'Callaghan

The Minister for Justice has said it is extremely important that extreme behaviour or criminal acts do not dictate policy on international protection.

Politics • 05 Nov 25

Learner drivers to sit test after 4 years to renew permit

Drivers on learner permits for longer than four years will have to take a driving test before they can renew their permit under new regulations.

Ireland • 06 Nov 25

People at a Fastway protest at Leinster House

Calls for Govt support following Fastway receivership

Fastway couriers and employees are calling for Government support after its parent company went into receivership last week.

Ireland • 05 Nov 25

Richard Boyd Barret gesture as he speaks in the Dáil chamber

Boyd Barrett calls for new radiation oncology machines

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has called for cancer services to be properly resourced and supported in his first speech since returning to the Dáil.

Politics • 05 Nov 25

Several thousand people are protesting outside a centre for international protection applicants at the Citywest Hotel in south county Dublin.

Govt accused of rhetoric that fuels anti-immigrant views

The Government has been accused in the Dáil of using rhetoric that is fuelling anti-immigrant sentiment.

Politics • 04 Nov 25

A yellow crane looming over an almost complete apartment building site surrounded by scaffolding

'Contradiction' hampering housing delivery, cttee hears

Irish developers and society as a whole are operating under a "major but rarely discussed contradiction" that is hampering the delivery of homes, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

Politics • 04 Nov 25

Patrick Sarsfield is best known for his defence of Limerick against the forces of William of Orange in 1690 in an event known as the Siege of Limerick

Defence Forces members join search for Sarsfield remains

Members of the Defence Forces have joined a search for the remains of Patrick Sarsfield in Belgium, as a campaign to try repatriate the Irish war hero back to Ireland enters its final phase.

Munster • 26 Oct 25

Campaign to spoil presidential vote launched in Dublin

A campaign encouraging people to spoil their vote in the upcoming Presidential Election has been launched in Dublin city centre.

Presidential Election • 17 Oct 25