Mary Hanafin
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Crackdown on outdoor drinking in Blackrock after street furniture attracts crowds
- Health
- November 12, 2020
Signs forbidding outdoor drinking are to be erected around Blackrock in south Dublin following large gatherings in the village centre last weekend wit(...)

Sport crosses its fingers yet again as ministerial merry-go-round gets another spin
- Sport
- July 4, 2020, 06:00
The minister for sport stood at the top of the room and gave his usual minister for sport speech. Politicians generally do little to hide their ennui (...)

Wit and warmth: The secret weapons of Irish debaters
- Education
- February 18, 2020, 10:32
It was January 1960. Seán Lemass had recently taken over from de Valera. The arrival of television was just around the corner. The Catholic Church’s v(...)

Supreme Court judge says extension of legal aid should be considered
- Crime & Law
- February 15, 2020, 20:22
Supreme Court judge John McMenamin has called for legislation changing the eligibility limits for legal aid to be examined. Delivering the annual Bri(...)

Cuts threaten cross-Border teacher education co-operation
- Education
- December 3, 2019, 00:00
One of the least-known but most remarkable success stories of cross-Border co-operation between Northern Ireland and the Republic in the aftermath of (...)

Adoption reforms: Why a referendum may be on the cards
- Social Affairs
- July 12, 2019, 03:00
Tuesday, December 10th, 1991: Ireland was in the midst of a vitally important debate about an agreement that would create the European Union as we now(...)

How will votes in the local elections influence next Dáil?
- Politics
- May 31, 2019, 01:00
The results of the local elections will be pored over in the coming weeks to discern trends for the next general election, with strategies and tickets(...)

Taoiseach raises prospect of election but ‘not in next couple of days or weeks’
- Politics
- May 26, 2019, 19:38
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he cannot rule out an early general election but said he was not going to call one in the next couple of days or weeks(...)

Barry Andrews to contest Dublin for FF in European election
- Irish News
- February 17, 2019, 18:12
Fianna Fáil members are frustrated at being associated with the difficulties the Government is experiencing, the party’s candidate for the Dublin Euro(...)

Love is not in the air for Fianna Fáil over confidence-and-supply deal
- Politics
- February 14, 2019, 08:46
Good morning, and happy Valentine’s Day — the day the price of a bunch of roses rises by national children’s hospital proportions. Matters in Fianna (...)