Joe McHugh

Darragh O’Brien to bring memo to Cabinet on revised scheme for rebuilds in Donegal and Mayo

Resistance among campaigners to multiple parts of scheme

Coalition TDs ponder impact of aspects of tax and spending plan on different sectors of society

Parliamentary party meeting hears support for 100% redress to remedy defective buildings

Minister not ruling out 100% redress for owners of homes affected by building defects

Gaelscoil Eoin on Haddington Place is first all-Irish school to open in the Dublin 4 area

Rural TDs warn of crumbling support for parties unless mica redress issue dealt with

Coveney tells Oireachtas committee it is possible to find pragmatic ways of addressing issues around Northern Ireland Protocol

Principal of Stepping Stones School in Co Meath says buildings are falling apart

Unpublished examination options paper sheds light on choices facing Government

Minister becomes first pregnant Cabinet member in the history of the State

Dublin and Stormont governments urged to ‘sit in a room and hammer out an agreement’

James Lawless, Fergus O’Dowd, Kathleen Funchion and Neasa Hourigan among appointees

Union calls for review of substitute cover before end of the month

The country crew were not about to let the Dubs bag all the top parliamentary party jobs

Department of Public Expenditure briefing contains warnings on several fronts

Students will have to wait until September 7th to receive their grades this year

Campaigners say many schools in affluent postcodes reluctant to set up special classes

Several TDs from west get posts, but not everyone in the parties has been placated

Jack Chambers and Niall Collins appointed Ministers of State as Jim O’Callaghan and Joe McHugh turn down roles

Regional imbalance rectified with appointments from constituencies along west coast

Party leaders yet to finalise list of ministers of State, but there will be disappointments

In Northern Ireland one-metre rule deemed sufficient since Monday

Richard Bruton, Eoghan Murphy, Charlie Flanagan, Joe McHugh among those left out

Moves follows campaign to highlight impact of ‘holiday hunger’ during pandemic

Professor is Ireland’s only winner of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were forged out of the bitterness of an ancient quarrel

Eamon Ryan set to head up new department responsible for climate and transport

Many children have regressed since schools were shut, and some have lost key skills which they learned over years

Remedial work on all 40 schools built by Western Building Systems to finish end 2021

Colleges to provide exemptions for students where they cannot get a calculated grade

Disability groups to tell Covid-19 committee of children excluded from summer supports

Government planning for a ‘full return to school in late August and September’

Cabinet unlikely to drop 14-day quarantine restrictions despite aviation taskforce calls

Teaching staff will not be required to wear personal protective equipment

Minister wants schools opened fully in September using ‘class bubbles’

Government initiative aims to deliver support to thousands of vulnerable students

Parents know ‘blended learning’ is no substitute for a real education. It sells us all short

Students would only be able to attend one or two days a week if rule not changed, says Minister

Rising concern over vulnerable children losing key skills due to school closures