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January 24, 2020 No Responses

Belfast Judge Appalled By Delays in Miami Showband Legal Case

A Belfast judge has said he is appalled by delays to an eight-year-old legal case involving the Miami Showband ambush. He gave lawyers a fortnight to sort out issues surrounding disclosure of sensitive security documents to a relative of one...

January 23, 2020 No Responses

Sinn Féin Details Policy on Access to Mental Health Services

Sinn Féin has laid out proposals to tackle issues surrounding access to mental health services. Party president Mary Lou McDonald, along with Pat Buckley, General Election candidate for Cork East launched the proposals today, an issue which Mr Buckley, the...

January 23, 2020 No Responses

Taoiseach Open to Fianna Fáil Coalition After General Election

Leo Varadkar has accused Fianna Fáil of taking credit in areas of government “that suits them” but said he remains open to working with the party after the General Election. Mr Varadkar said his preference would be to lead the...

January 22, 2020 No Responses

Domestic Violence Being Fueled By ‘Rampant’ Cocaine Use in Ireland

“Rampant” cocaine use is fueling domestic violence and dominating family court cases in Ireland, it has been claimed. Recreational use of cocaine has become so widespread it is impacting the lives of people from every economic background, and a rising...

January 22, 2020 No Responses

Eight Medical Abortions Carried Out in The North Last Year

Eight medical abortions were carried out in Northern Ireland last year. The figures were published by the Department of Health just months before changes to the region’s law around abortion will take effect. The total is four fewer than the...

January 21, 2020 No Responses

McDonald Takes Aim at the “Three Wise Men of Failed Government” in Manifesto Launch

Dublin’s Mansion House was awash with green, white and orange – complete with a horse and cart at the gates – as Sinn Féin launched its election manifesto. The site of the first Dáil in 1918, which returned a Sinn...

January 21, 2020 No Responses

Wilson Hits Out at Davos’ ‘Climate Hypocrites’

A DUP MP has hit out at “climate hypocrites” who will “zoom into Davos in hundreds of private jets to lecture the world about stopping consuming fossil fuel”. World leaders are gathering in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the annual...

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Timothy Joseph Vies to be First Traveller TD Elected from Cork

A 24-year-old from Cork has launched a campaign to be the first Cork Traveller TD elected to the Dáil. Timothy Joseph (TJ) Hogan from Farranree in Cork city, will run in the Cork North Central constituency for the upcoming General...

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Ministries In The North Will Not Be Compelled to Provide Same-Sex Marriage

It will not be possible to compel churches or individual ministers in Northern Ireland to provide same-sex marriage, under proposals published by the British Government for consultation. The ceremony has been legalized and from this month couples were able to....

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Stormont Rejects Boris Johnson’s Brexit Plan

The devolved parliament in Belfast has rejected the British Government’s EU withdrawal plan. The position was agreed without dissent following a near three-hour debate in Northern Ireland. It was one of the first substantive acts of business since the assemb...

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