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    President Higgins and Sabina depart Áras an Uachtaráin

    Watch: President Higgins departs Áras an Uachtaráin

    President Michael D Higgins departed Áras an Uachtaráin as his term as President of Ireland came to an end.

    Ireland • 11 Nov
    Simon Harris

    Harris 'shouted down by bully' as SF criticises Budget

    Tánaiste Simon Harris has said he was being "shouted down by a bully" during a heated Dáil exchange with Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty.

    Politics • 06 Nov
    Minister of State for Insurance Robert Troy pictured in 2022

    Bureaucracy acting as hidden tax on progress, warns Troy

    Bureaucracy, indecisiveness, and institutional inertia is acting as a hidden tax on progress, a Minister of State has warned.

    Politics • 05 Nov
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    Cowen urges Taoiseach to seek better nitrates deal

    Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen has called on the Taoiseach to pursue a better deal for farmers on the nitrates derogation.

    Politics • 05 Nov
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    Anger amongst FF TDs after no confidence list revealed

    Several Fianna Fáil TDs have expressed anger that their names were included on a putative list of rebels plotting a no confidence motion in party leader Micheál Martin.

    Politics • 06 Nov
    David Cullinane holds a paper as he speaks in the Dail chamber

    High rents, energy bills hitting households, says SF

    High rents, rising insurance costs and soaring energy bills are all hitting households, the Dáil has heard.

    Politics • 05 Nov
    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
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    Yates did not flag potential conflicts with Mediahuis

    Political commentator Ivan Yates did not flag any potential conflicts of interest when he talked up Jim Gavin's chances of winning the presidential election on the Indo Sport podcast last September.

    Ireland • 04 Nov
    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
    Ministers will meet to discuss signing off on contributions of between €15 and €238 per week (stock image)

    State accommodation for Ukrainians capped at 30 days

    New arrivals from Ukraine will only be allowed stay in State accommodation for 30 days under changes agreed by a Cabinet sub-committee this evening.

    Ireland • 03 Nov
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