UK politics

UK politics

I went too far in comments about the gap between urban and rural Ireland, and I did not mean to annoy anyone.

Statistics show that between April 2019 and March 2025, 104 children died with temporary accommodation recorded as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill-health or death.

Royal Mail is currently managing 77 per cent of first-class mail deliveries on time, significantly below the regulatory benchmark of 93 per cent, indicating a serious decline in service standards.

"Walked up the hill too soon." This was the terse rebuke from a Fianna Fáil official after the Sunday Independent revealed last month that homeowners were in line to earn up to €14,000 tax-free by renting out newly built modular units in their back gardens.

Mahmood stated, 'Claims I was chasing Reform votes were just a way of delegitimising the point of view that I bring to the table. It's also a way of delegitimising the perfectly valid, legitimate views of millions of people in this country, including ethnic minorities in this country.'

When a minister names a nationality in parliament, rather than a behaviour or a particular type of crime, they do not describe a problem, they create a target.

Witnessing pugnacious questioning resulted in her breaking down, sobbing and struggling to breathe. The committee chair failed to prevent the tone from escalating.

"I don't fully understand the reasons that I'm in the position I am in, but that is for a separate process for me to try to get to the bottom of."