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FF TDs would not exclude Sinn Féin coalition after next election
- Politics
- February 8, 2021, 02:29
Almost 20 Fianna Fáil TDs have said they would not rule out holding coalition talks with Sinn Féin after the next general election. It comes after Ta(...)

BusConnects: Over €55m spent by NTA on bus scheme so far
- Irish News
- January 20, 2021, 01:00
The National Transport Authority (NTA) has spent upwards of €55 million on its flagship BusConnects programme, new figures reveal. However, there ar(...)

Miriam Lord: Why did the secretary general cross the road? Because he’s worth it
- Politics
- January 16, 2021, 02:10
Monopoly money is not just for Christmas, you know. So here are some sums. Cross the road outside Government Buildings on Merrion Street and turn lef(...)

Ireland’s vaccine rollout: Can we stay at the top of the EU league table?
- Health
- January 16, 2021, 01:00
HSE chief executive Paul Reid is an avid soccer fan. He said Irish people may feel like the country is 5-1 down in the Covid-19 battle but “we can slo(...)

Next academic year will see 5,000 extra students at college compared to 2 years ago
- Politics
- January 14, 2021, 20:10
Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has confirmed that the 2,225 extra college places secured last year during the controversy over(...)

Covid-19: Taoiseach tells TDs world will be ‘very different’ by June
- Irish News
- January 13, 2021, 20:36
Covid-19 vaccines will make the world “very different” but the State is now facing into the “hardest quarter” of the pandemic, Fianna Fáil TDs have he(...)

Likely to be second quarter of 2021 before differences from vaccine seen – Varadkar
- Irish News
- December 16, 2020, 22:11
It is likely to be the second quarter of next year before people start to see the differences from Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has(...)

‘People need to be given hope’ in Covid-19 messaging, Dáil told
- Politics
- October 1, 2020, 19:07
Hope has been missing from much of the Government’s messaging on the Covid-19 pandemic and “people need to be given hope”, the Dáil has been told. Go(...)

Ireland can learn from German economic response to Covid-19, says Paschal Donohoe
- Economy
- October 1, 2020, 17:26
Ireland can learn lessons from the success of Kurzarbeit, Germany’s short-time work scheme, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe told the Oireachtas b(...)

Number of H1 grades would have been ‘untenable’ without standardisation - Foley
- Politics
- September 18, 2020, 06:27
The number of H1 grades awarded in the Leaving Certificate assessment would have been two or three times higher in some subjects without standardisati(...)