Taoiseach Defends Large Salaries for Directly Elected Mayors
May 2, 2019 No Responses

Taoiseach Defends Large Salaries for Directly Elected Mayors

The Government has defended the proposed salaries for new directly elected mayors. People in Cork, Limerick and Waterford will have the chance to vote to have those mayors later this month. They would be paid around €120,000 a year, roughly...
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Paisley Jr Suggests The North Should ‘Aggressively’ Pursue Tourists in Dublin
May 1, 2019 No Responses

Paisley Jr Suggests The North Should ‘Aggressively’ Pursue Tourists in Dublin

A DUP MP has suggested that Northern Irish tourism companies should “aggressively” target tourists in Dublin to tell them “you’re in the wrong part of the island”. Ian Paisley Jnr, speaking to delegates from Visit Belfast and Visit Derry during...
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The Family of Lyra McKee Thanks Public for Support
April 30, 2019 No Responses

The Family of Lyra McKee Thanks Public for Support

Relatives of murdered journalist Lyra McKee have thanked people for their support following her “nightmare” death. She was shot dead by a dissident republican gunman linked to the New IRA who fired indiscriminately at police lines during disturbances in De...
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Memorial to Those Who Died in Flanders Unveiled in Dublin
April 30, 2019 No Responses

Memorial to Those Who Died in Flanders Unveiled in Dublin

A memorial to Irishmen who died in Flanders has been inaugurated in a Peace Garden in Dublin. It is thought more than 49,000 Irish died in the conflict, many of whom are buried in Flanders, in northern Belgium. Dublin Lord...
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Dozens Questioned in Garda Prostitution Crackdown
April 30, 2019 No Responses

Dozens Questioned in Garda Prostitution Crackdown

Gardaí have questioned 36 people over the weekend about the purchase of sex. It was made a criminal offence in 2017. Operations were carried out in Dublin, Wexford, Louth and Kildare. A Garda statement said: “This operation reinforces An Garda...
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McDonald Says Sinn Féin Ready to Do a Deal on Power-Sharing
April 29, 2019 No Responses

McDonald Says Sinn Féin Ready to Do a Deal on Power-Sharing

Sinn Féin’s leader has said she is ready to do business on a Stormont power-sharing deal, warning that time has run out on the political stalemate. Mary Lou McDonald said while her party was ready to engage “energetically and positively”...
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ICS Warns that Around 2,000 will be Diagnosed with Bowel Cancer this Year
April 28, 2019 No Responses

ICS Warns that Around 2,000 will be Diagnosed with Bowel Cancer this Year

Approximately 2,800 people will be diagnosed with bowel cancer this year, with 1,000 dying from it, according to the Irish Cancer Society. It comes as patients are waiting more than three months for a colonoscopy. The Irish Cancer Society is...
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Martin Says Same Sex Marriage Referendum Could Break Political Logjam in The North
April 28, 2019 No Responses

Martin Says Same Sex Marriage Referendum Could Break Political Logjam in The North

A commitment to hold a referendum on marriage equality in Northern Ireland may be a way of breaking the political logjam in the region, the leader of Ireland’s main opposition party has said. Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin also backed...
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McAleese Does Not Believe McKee’s Death Will Change Politics in The North
April 27, 2019 No Responses

McAleese Does Not Believe McKee’s Death Will Change Politics in The North

Mary McAleese has criticized groups in the North for sticking to their “red lines” while asking others to give up theirs. The former Irish president was talking on Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh in the wake of the killing of...
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Protesters Take to The Streets of Belfast to Support Soldier F
April 27, 2019 No Responses

Protesters Take to The Streets of Belfast to Support Soldier F

Protesters opposed to the prosecution of a former British serviceman for alleged Troubles offences have gathered outside Belfast City Hall. Soldier F is to be charged with murdering two people after troops opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in Derry...
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