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    Sandra Hurley

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    After eight years of investigation, the Commission identified significant failures in Grace's care (stock photo)

    Legal costs of €2.5m awarded to 'Grace' inquiry witnesses

    Legal costs awarded to witnesses at the 'Grace' inquiry have so far amounted to €2.5 million out of the total cost of €13.6 million.

    Politics • 18 Apr
    The register of short-term lets will provide a full picture of the stock of registered tourist accommodation across the State

    Fáilte Ireland to manage short-term lets register

    The Government has published a proposed new law which will create a register of short-term lets by May 2026.

    Ireland • 17 Apr
    Support for Tánaiste Simon Harris' party has dropped three points to 16% (File photo)

    SF most popular, FG support at record low - poll suggests

    A new poll suggests Sinn Féin is the most popular party in the country, while Fine Gael's support has fallen to a record low.

    Politics • 17 Apr
    Minister Browne said the Government has no power to introduce water charges and that 'no legislation exists that alows us to do it'

    SF accused of wasting Dáil time with water charges Bill

    Minister for Housing James Browne has accused Sinn Féin of wasting Dáil time and inventing a phantom to fight by tabling a Bill to prevent the Government from reintroducing water charges.

    Politics • 08 Apr
    Mary Lou McDonald said concerned families and advocates were met by a brick wall while the failures at CHI were known to the Government for years

    Political accountability needed for failures at CHI - SF

    Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said there must be political accountability for the failures at Children's Health Ireland.

    Health • 08 Apr
    Six months out from the Budget, it is already obvious that the long shadow cast by a global trade war will upend the usual arithmetic

    Largesse cannot continue as Ireland enters new era

    Ireland is entering into a new era with its recent economic model potentially consigned to history, writes Sandra Hurley.

    Analysis and Comment • 05 Apr
    The bill would enable gardaí to make direct data requests to tech companies rather than victims going through the courts (stock image)

    Catfishing to be outlawed under proposed law

    Catfishing or impersonating a person online using fake photos would be outlawed under a new bill.

    Politics • 02 Apr
    In the joint letter, the leaders of Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, Independent Ireland and People Before Profit Solidarity accuse the Government of aiming 'to turn democracy on its head' (File image)

    Opposition writes to Taoiseach over speaking rights row

    Opposition leaders have again written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin seeking an urgent meeting to resolve the speaking rights row.

    Politics • 23 Mar
    This is the first fully open contest since 2011

    Speculation rife over runners and riders for Áras

    With just seven months to go until the presidential election, speculation is rife as to a successor to Michael D Higgins, writes Sandra Hurley.

    Analysis and Comment • 22 Mar
    Det Gda Colm Horkan was shot dead in Castlerea on 17 June 2020

    Claim murdered Det Gda Horkan's holster was 'defective'

    The Labour Party has raised questions in the Dáil about the leather pistol holster worn by Detective Garda Colm Horkan who was murdered in Co Roscommmon almost five years ago.

    Politics • 04 Mar
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