Abortion Bill is Passed in the Dáil
October 23, 2018 No Responses

Abortion Bill is Passed in the Dáil

The Dáil has passed the Abortion Bill. TDs voted by 102 votes to 12 in favour, with seven TDs abstaining. Sinn Féin’s Peadar Tóibín voted against it and now faces suspension from his party. The legislation was drawn up after...
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President Higgins Warns of Return to Violence in Hard Brexit
October 23, 2018 No Responses

President Higgins Warns of Return to Violence in Hard Brexit

President Michael D Higgins has said he shares the concerns of Leo Varadkar that there is a risk of a return to violence if a hard border is imposed post-Brexit. Mr Higgins said: “I do share the Taoiseach’s concern.” The...
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No Time Limit on Confidence and Supply Talks Says Martin
October 22, 2018 No Responses

No Time Limit on Confidence and Supply Talks Says Martin

Talks are beginning between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil this week to discuss extending the Confidence and Supply agreement. It is expected housing, mortgage interest rates and broadband will be high on the agenda. The Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said...
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Seymour Crawford Dies, Aged 74
October 21, 2018 No Responses

Seymour Crawford Dies, Aged 74

Former Fine Gael TD, Seymour Crawford, has died aged 74. Mr Crawford served as a TD for the Cavan-Monaghan constituency from 1992 to 2011, when he retired from politics following the General Election. He was from Drumkeen, Aghabog, Co Monaghan...
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Higgins Has Comfortable Lead According to Latest Polls
October 20, 2018 No Responses

Higgins Has Comfortable Lead According to Latest Polls

Micheal D Higgins is on course to be comfortably re-elected, according to the latest Presidential opinion poll. Another survey shows a rise in support for Fianna Fáil after the budget. Almost seven in 10 people plan to vote for Michael...
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Labour Party To Bring Forward Legislation to Amend Citizenship Laws
October 20, 2018 No Responses

Labour Party To Bring Forward Legislation to Amend Citizenship Laws

The Labour Party has agreed on plans to bring forward legislation to provide for citizenship of children born in Ireland to non-nationals. The decision was made at a meeting of the party’s Executive Board today following the threatened deportation of...
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Irish Government Denies DUP’s Accusations of Brexit Scaremongering
October 19, 2018 No Responses

Irish Government Denies DUP’s Accusations of Brexit Scaremongering

The Government has denied it is “scaremongering” over “despicable, low and rotten” claims Brexit could see a return to violence in Northern Ireland after a DUP politician accused it of using victims of the Troubles. Taoiseach Leo Varadk...
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Tajani May Visit Ireland to Show Support for Brexit Backstop
October 18, 2018 No Responses

Tajani May Visit Ireland to Show Support for Brexit Backstop

European Parliament president Antonio Tajani has said he may visit Ireland to outline the parliament’s support in protecting the Irish border. Mr Tajani met Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this morning ahead of a European Council meeting where he confirmed the parlia...
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Anna Burns Wins Man Booker Prize
October 16, 2018 No Responses

Anna Burns Wins Man Booker Prize

Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish winner of the Man Booker Prize for her experimental tale of sexual coercion, Milkman. The story of an 18-year-old girl’s encounters with sex, sectarianism and social coercion in an unnamed province has...
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Gallagher Says Hard Border Must ‘Never Return’
October 15, 2018 No Responses

Gallagher Says Hard Border Must ‘Never Return’

Presidential candidate Sean Gallagher said he “could not even begin to countenance” the return of a hard border on the island of Ireland post-Brexit. The former Dragons’ Den star said he had first-hand experience of how “very intimidati...
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