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Fianna Fáil backs keeping State pension age at 66
Age ‘should not go beyond 66′, that ‘modest’ PRSI rises could fund this, says Taoiseach
Politics
Welfare increases and tax changes to significantly exceed planned €1.5bn
Strong political and community opposition to the HSE’s proposal to replace the ED at the hospital with a 24-hour medical assessment and injury unit
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Opinion and Analysis
What will moving the budget forward do for the cost-of-living crisis?
Inside Politics: Move gives backbone to Government’s argument that it takes people’s struggles seriously, without giving Opposition a win
Miriam Lord: Militantly bland Michael McGrath bravely brushes off budget begging
One almost feels sorry for Opposition TDs when they have to face the accountant from Cork
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Government risks creating expectations that can only be disappointed come budget-time
Domestic abuse plan finally on the agenda - decades later
There are four pillars to the plan: prevention, protection, prosecution and policy co-ordination
Oireachtas
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Department to engage ‘intensely’ with schools to open special classes - Foley
More than 100 children with special educational needs do not have an appropriate school place
‘Alarming’ spike in fatal road crashes to date this year, with 83 people killed
Committee hears of increase in number of motorists found to be under the influence of drugs during Covid-19 pandemic
Law to deal with Dwyer appeal could cause difficulties in investigating serious crime
Committee hears criticism of rushed process to update Ireland’s data retention laws
Ireland could be dealing with cost of living crisis for years, says Varadkar
Tánaiste was responding in the Dáil to Sinn Féin’s renewed calls for a summer budget