Palestinian President to Visit Ireland Next Weekend
September 16, 2018 No Responses

Palestinian President to Visit Ireland Next Weekend

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Ireland next weekend accompanied by a high-level delegation, it has been announced. The stopover will come on President Abbas’s journey to the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York. President Abbas will pay...
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New Poll Shows Higgins Headed for Landslide Victory
September 16, 2018 No Responses

New Poll Shows Higgins Headed for Landslide Victory

President Michael D Higgins is heading for a landslide re-election, according to a new poll. A Sunday Business Post/Red C poll on the presidential election released today puts the incumbent as the front-runner on 67% support. The opinion poll puts...
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Children Increasingly Caught Up In Human Trafficking in Ireland
September 15, 2018 No Responses

Children Increasingly Caught Up In Human Trafficking in Ireland

It has emerged there were children among the 512 recorded victims of human trafficking in Ireland between 2009 and 2016. A new report on child exploitation suggests the problem is much worse than previously feared and recommends new vigilance for...
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IMO Issues Warning Over Hospital Waiting List Times
September 15, 2018 No Responses

IMO Issues Warning Over Hospital Waiting List Times

The Irish Medical Organization (IMO) says there is a growing fear among Irish people about accessing healthcare in Ireland. It comes as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar disputes recent waiting list figures, saying there is a lot of “double counting” going on...
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Almost Three in Four Irish People Agree With Medicinal Cannabis Use
September 14, 2018 No Responses

Almost Three in Four Irish People Agree With Medicinal Cannabis Use

There’s been a slight rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs in Ireland. A new report from the Department of Health shows illegal drug use went up by 1.9% between 2010 and 2015. Cannabis continues to be the...
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Sinn Féin Calls for Lowering Voting Age to 16
September 13, 2018 No Responses

Sinn Féin Calls for Lowering Voting Age to 16

Sinn Féin has proposed lowering the voting age in Ireland to 16 in a bid to reform the electoral system. The party launched its document on electoral reform on Thursday, and said lowering the voting age is the pathway to...
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President Trump Postpones Ireland Visit
September 13, 2018 No Responses

President Trump Postpones Ireland Visit

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that US President Donald Trump has postponed his visit to Ireland. There was uncertainty over his visit to Dublin after a Washington official said they was still finalizing whether Ireland would be a stop on...
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Juncker Pledges ‘Loyalty and Solidarity’ with Ireland
September 12, 2018 No Responses

Juncker Pledges ‘Loyalty and Solidarity’ with Ireland

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said the EU will always show “loyalty and solidarity” with Ireland on the issue of its border with Northern Ireland. In his annual state of the union address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg,...
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Scally Report into CervicalCheck Program Finds ‘Whole-System Failure’
September 12, 2018 No Responses

Scally Report into CervicalCheck Program Finds ‘Whole-System Failure’

The Scally Report on the inquiry into the CervicalCheck screening program has been published today. The 170-page report was compiled by Dr Gabriel Scally and provides analysis of and recommendations on the crisis after it emerged that dozens of women...
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Fianna Fáil Merger with the SDLP a Work in Progress – Martin
September 11, 2018 No Responses

Fianna Fáil Merger with the SDLP a Work in Progress – Martin

Micheál Martin has said talks of a Fianna Fáil merger with the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) to contest elections in Northern Ireland are a work in progress. Speaking at his party’s Think-In today in Malahide, Co Dublin, Mr...
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