A 2023 study found that young people in State care, particularly girls, were being targeted by older men who plied them with gifts, drink and drugs and then exploited them sexually
Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said legal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benches
National Transport Authority says portal closed when 2,000 applications were received
Minister of State James Browne says ‘significant progress’ made in negotiations before Christmas
Final count finished in Cavan-Monaghan with the make up of the 34th Dáil now complete
Fianna Fáil leader says he sees clear path to government while Fine Gael leader expresses confidence that his party will play significant role in Coalition formation talks
Tóibín resigned from Sinn Féin in 2018 over its support for abortion, founding Aontú the following year
Election 2024: Everything will be revealed over the course of this weekend. But in the meantime, we learned a few things during this bumpy campaign
Rival parties pressed on possible coalition arrangements in final campaign events before polling day
Election 2024: Sinn Féin’s fortunes will come down to the national performance on the day
Election profile: Morally conservative party proposes child benefits from fourth month of pregnancy to discourage abortion
Residents at Maryfield facility in Chapelizod, Dublin, among about 15,300 ‘special voters’ in nursing homes and hospitals entitled to cast their ballots early
‘I don’t think fair people will judge me on 40 seconds,’ Harris says following backlash over disability worker interaction
While plans differ between some parties on housing, the cost of living and taxes, all of them agree on a few basic tenets around housing
The shameful and eternal truth about the Irish left is that as long as it stands apart, it falls apart
Plus: Brian Ormond’s shoe business missteps, Peadar Tóibín’s distaste for government funding of media, and effing drama in the Dáil
In 2O23 some 1,782 complaints regarding small public service vehicle drivers were recorded, with nearly half connected to a taxi driver’s failure to provide cashless payment
When election candidates coming knocking at your door, will you speak for the children so badly let down by the State?
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín raises concern over ‘time lag’ between seizure and arrival in State coffers
Peadar Tóibín says Senators ‘sniggered like giddy children’ as they denied being reported infiltrator during Seanad sitting
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín calls on Irish political parties to audit members to see if anyone has received potential contact from Russian intelligence
‘Influence operations’ by Russia and China are not uncommon as reports allege an Oireachtas member is working as an asset for Russian security services
Aontú leader calls on political parties to audit members for potential contact from Russian intelligence
Aontú leader claims building, fit-out tender as ‘half-baked’ as contract for children’s hospital and that Government is ‘incinerating taxpayers’ money’
Aontú is concerned the proposed extension of the free contraception scheme to 16-year-olds amounts to a State-sponsored behavioural nudge: where their parents got SSIAs or Eircom shares, today’s young women would get Mirena coils
Stephen Donnelly is seeking an expansion to the scheme providing free contraception to women – including possibly to 16-year-olds
Internal briefing warns of ‘severe demands’ put on Tusla service for child asylum seekers
Simon Harris leaps to defence of Helen McEntee after Peader Tóibín decries ‘cynical nonsense’
Mary Lou McDonald says inner-city communities ‘sick and tired’ of sense of ‘threat and dread’, lack of support and services
Agreement is standardised immigration control system across member states including tougher borders and holding centres for migrants
The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
Peader Tóibín says candidates will be ‘competitive’ in 24 local electoral areas
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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