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November 16, 2018 No Responses

Nobel Laureate Juan Manuel Santos Wins Tipperary International Peace Award

The former president of Colombia who brokered a peace deal which ended 50 years of guerrilla warfare has said that the peace process in Northern Ireland played a “key role” in inspiring the peace effort in that country. Nobel laureate...

November 15, 2018 No Responses

Northern Women Will Be Allowed Abortions in Ireland

Minister for Health Simon Harris gave further assurances today that women from the North will be able to access abortions in Ireland. Mr Harris made the commitment during a meeting with Amnesty International, Sinn Féin and a number of other...

November 15, 2018 No Responses

Fianna Fáil Proposes Ban on Piercings and Tattoos for Under 18s

A ban on young people getting tattoos and body piercings is being proposed by Fianna Fáil. Fianna Fáil Public Health Spokesperson Mary Butler is tabling a bill which would prevent body artists from carrying out tattoos and intimate piercings, including...

November 14, 2018 No Responses

Health Department Reaches Agreement with Doctors on Provision of Abortion Services

The Department of Health has reached a contract agreement with the Irish Medical Organisation for providing abortions at GP surgeries and other community settings. Welcoming the development, the Health Minister Simon Harris said it is up to doctors to choose.....

November 14, 2018 No Responses

Charity St Vincent de Paul Expects to Help 50,000 Families This Winter

Around 50,000 families are expected to be visited by St Vincent de Paul this winter. The charity is currently receiving over 1,000 phone calls a day from people in need. St Vincent de Paul says they were expecting to see...

November 14, 2018 No Responses

Former Taoiseach Says Brexit Deal ‘Seems To Address Most of the Issues and Positions That We Are Concerned About’

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says that from an Irish perspective the proposed Brexit deal which British Prime Minister Theresa May will put to her Cabinet today “seems to address most of the issues and positions that we are concerned about.”...

November 13, 2018 No Responses

Government Dismisses Speculation on Brexit Breakthrough

The Government has dismissed reports of a breakthrough in the Brexit negotiations as “speculation”. A spokesperson for the Government said “no agreement” has been reached on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and that “nothing had been confirmed”...