Deirdre Duffy
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Children’s hustings: ‘You are meant to be someone kids like me can look up to’
- Politics
- February 4, 2020, 18:53
A young girl took the microphone and the room was silenced. A panel of politicians assembled to address the concerns and questions of Irish children p(...)

Voluntary groups are ‘holding rural Ireland together’
- Irish News
- January 30, 2020, 20:48
State funding for charities needs to be done on a multiannual basis and for a minimum of three years, The Wheel has stated. The organisation, which r(...)

Election 2020: Dublin Central constituency profile
- Politics
- January 21, 2020, 14:26
Dublin Central (four seats) Current: 1 SF, 1 FG, 1 Ind Mary Lou McDonald is the only near certainty for election in Dublin Central, which for decade(...)

Cyclists disappointed at scrapping of Bill setting ‘safe distance’ for overtaking
- Irish News
- January 2, 2019
Road safety campaigners have said the Government could learn from the success of British police forces in prosecuting motorists who do not keep a safe(...)

Election monitors recommend expanding Irish voting rights
- Politics
- July 25, 2018, 19:07
The State should consider removing the 18-month limit on Irish emigrants returning home to vote and should also consider allowing expanded postal voti(...)

Two sides prepare for frantic final days of a long campaign
- Politics
- May 21, 2018, 05:00
We’re into the final week of this long and divisive campaign. Just a few days remain until repealers and retainers alike hold their breath and wait fo(...)

Repeal campaign to launch umbrella group next week
- Irish News
- March 12, 2018, 19:04
Campaigners for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment plan to launch their nationwide umbrella campaign next week in Dublin under the banner “Together fo(...)

White, male and angry: revenge of the nerds
- Culture
- January 25, 2017, 05:00
A group of students and teachers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently got together to start a Men’s Project. It was “a six-week course ope(...)

Sinead Lynch’s parents thank neighbours for support
- Irish News
- August 12, 2016, 17:12
The parents of Irish Olympic rower Sinead Lynch have thanked their neighbours and friends for helping to “soften the blow’ of their daughter’s disappo(...)

Opening of second special court to speed up hearing of gangland cases
- Crime & Law
- February 9, 2016, 21:35
The next available trial date in the Special Criminal Court is more than two years away but this will shorten immediately when a second court begins o(...)