#oireachtas-support

#oireachtas-support

Following mediation, a settlement had been reached between Palmerstown Temporary Accommodation (PTA) Ltd and the Minister for Justice, allowing the matter to be struck out.

A bomb threat was sent to Garda Headquarters, warning that a device would be detonated near a garda station if authorities acted heavily against fuel protesters.

The collector general has secured six debt judgments against James Geoghegan in the past six-and-a-half years for a total of almost €550,000.

The Government is considering the possibility of enhanced tax credits for multinational companies, which include major players like Apple, Eli Lilly, and Microsoft.

The catastrophe of the Iran war and the homegrown chaos of this week has once again laid bare the urgent need to reduce our vulnerability to the never-ending cycle of energy shocks.

INTO members warned the GAA that while they were not telling the organisation what to do, the Cumann na mBunscol competition is in INTO-run schools and teachers find it unacceptable for a major firm, which has investment links to Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems, should be sponsoring an Irish children's competition.

Hundreds of gardaí have formed an effective ring of steel around the city centre. Protesters did not resist the move to free up the country's main thoroughfare.

Michael Cahill was caught driving at 190kmh, overtaking a stream of traffic and getting aggressively close to a van to force it to change lanes.

The power-sharing coalition's principal parties, Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist party (DUP), are locked in chronic feuding that has severely hindered legislation and governance, creating a perception of drift and neglect.

Barry Cowen expresses regret over his dismissal from the Agriculture Minister position six years ago, acknowledging that both he and his party have learned valuable lessons from that experience.

Our manifesto sets out a new direction for Wales one rooted in fairness but driven by ambition. We will take action where it is needed most - cutting NHS waiting times, supporting parents with the cost of childcare, raising standards in our schools, and growing a stronger Welsh economy that works for our communities.

I was one of the four in 10 people regularly freezing their ass off in town trying in vain to hail a taxi last December. I'm also with the 57pc of those recently surveyed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) who say there are simply not enough taxis in their area.

Plus, King Henry's new conquest, RTÉ and TG4 make nice, and the clickbaity WSJ Browsing through the annual reports of the National Gallery and National Library for 2024, both published last week, we noticed how modestly the people who guard our cultural heritage are paid. Dr Audrey Whitty, the director of the library, got a salary of €127,868 that year. There are no bonuses or benefits-in-kind attached to the position. And the director of the National Gallery, Dr Caroline Campbell, was paid €128,724.

The chief executive of Rowing Ireland did not attend an Oireachtas committee hearing into the safeguarding of high-performance athletes at the organisation in what was described as an "extraordinary meeting before it ever started".

Staffing changes paused following mailing mix-up The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and education ministers held urgent calls last weekend as a PR crisis over the provision of special needs assistants (SNAs) to schools was unfolding. The "early" transmission of notices to schools over staffing had just been realised, and Coalition leaders foresaw the distress that was about to be unleashed on schools and the disability sector.

If there are two commandments in Irish politics - get thyself elected and mind thy seat - there might be room for another about boosting thy salary. But do government wages in this country need an overhaul?