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Internet safety recommendations ‘not implemented’, committee told
- Irish News
- February 21, 2018, 16:15
Ronan McGreevy None of the recommendations made by a Government-appointed group on internet safety have been implemented four years on, according to(...)

Plan to limit school places for children of past pupils to go
- Education
- June 2, 2016, 17:11
Minister for Education Richard Bruton is expected to drop the previous government’s plan to limit the number of places schools may set aside for child(...)

Clare Daly claims foster father lobbied Michael Noonan
- Oireachtas
- February 3, 2016, 01:00
The foster father in the southeast abuse controversy contacted then minister for health Michael Noonan to have his “beloved daughter’’ kept with the f(...)

Cameron mindful of Irish concerns on Brexit, say officials
- Politics
- November 9, 2015, 01:00
British prime minister David Cameron is mindful and understanding of the Government’s serious concerns about the implications of Britain leaving th(...)

Tánaiste says procedure in place to deal with social welfare recipients in debt
- Oireachtas
- May 8, 2015, 01:01
The Department of Social Protection used long-established principles in dealing with social welfare recipients with debts, Tánaiste Joan Burton told (...)

Joan Burton says abortion laws do not serve women well
- Politics
- December 19, 2014, 13:31
Tánaiste Joan Burton has said she agrees with Minister for Health Leo Varadkar’s comments that the current abortion laws are “too restrictive”.Ms Burt(...)

Taoiseach Enda Kenny runs gauntlet of water protesters
- Irish News
- November 16, 2014, 12:50
Opposition to waters charges continued today outside the Mansion House in Dublin where demonstrators mounted a protest as Taoiseach Enda Kenny atte(...)

Cleaners in schools ‘not best use’ of JobBridge
- Politics
- September 18, 2014, 18:19
Tánaiste Joan Burton has said that the practice of certain schools seeking cleaners, special needs assistants or teachers through JobBridge was “no(...)

Ó Cuív says Bruton’s remarks about Easter Rising ‘delusional’
- Irish News
- August 4, 2014, 19:29
Former taoiseach John Bruton’s belief that Britain would have ceded independence to Ireland without an armed struggle has been described as “delusi(...)

Former taoiseach says Easter Rising ‘unnecessary’
- Irish News
- August 4, 2014, 01:00
The Easter Rising and subsequent War of Independence were “completely unnecessary” because Home Rule was already on the statute books, former taoiseac(...)