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15th June 2025 - 19th June 2025
Renting
'I like dogs': Healy-Rae says minister can't tell property owners to allow tenants have pets
17 Jun
43.3k
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INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Citywest Hotel to be bought at a cost of €148 million for international protection accommodation
17 Jun
20.6k
124
BAILOUT CONDITIONS
After 16 years, the banker pay cap of €500,000 is being scrapped
17 Jun
11.5k
32
nothing going on but the rent
It's (almost) all housing as emergency RPZ laws sent to Cabinet with two other housing memos
17 Jun
4.3k
5
budget 2026
Tax cut expectations tempered as ‘two-tier’ child benefit and hospitality VAT rate under review
16 Jun
13.0k
38
Gaza
Aircraft spot checks under consideration to ensure weapons not flown through Ireland
15 Jun
11.8k
55
Last week
8th June 2025 - 14th June 2025
Dublin Airport
Airport passenger cap: Attorney general has given his advice, but there are 'no easy options'
14 Jun
10.7k
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secondary fertility
State-funded IVF to be expanded 'imminently' to couples facing difficulty conceiving second child
Currently only couples with no children are eligible for free fertility treatments.
Christina Finn
13 Jun
9.5k
49
Cost of Living
PSO levy reduction expected but it won't make much of a dent in energy bills for households
12 Jun
8.5k
32
The Morning Lead
The government is considering a scrappage scheme for electric cars
The Transport Minister conceded the government won’t hit the target of one million electric vehicles on the road by 2030.
Christina Finn
12 Jun
75.4k
151
The Morning Lead
'It's not a binary choice': Housing vs data centres claim by top civil servant rubbished by minister
Energy Minister Darragh O’Brien says attracting data centre investment is government policy.
Electricity consumption by data centres increased by 10% in 2024.
Christina Finn
Updated 11 Jun
13.8k
76
Ukraine
Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees to be extended to March 2027
11 Jun
17.8k
rent pressure zones
New rental regulations will allow landlords increase rents if previous tenant leaves voluntarily
Updated 10 Jun
35.3k
83
This month
June 2025
Housing Crisis
Naming new housing tsar a priority for Taoiseach but DPER 'blockage' frustrating the process
5 Jun
5.7k
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Last month
May 2025
Minister for Housing
James Browne speaks to top Housing official over reported comments about 'housing tsar' role
30 May
8.8k
45
Mental Health Crisis
Minister says we need faster responses for people presenting to ED with mental health crisis
30 May
5.2k
26
RTÉ
Taoiseach defends going on Tubridy's podcast as RTÉ boss says he'd like former presenter to pay back €150k
28 May
13.2k
asylum seeker accommodation
Minister to bring forward plans to purchase Dublin's Citywest Hotel
27 May
18.1k
law overhaul
Minister proposes changes to Ireland's new mental health law to deal with involuntary patients
27 May
8.6k
1
housing tsar
'I accept I'm a well-paid person': Nama boss says salary not discussed in housing tsar meeting
21 May
10.8k
Gaza
Simon Harris to bring draft of Occupied Territories Bill to Cabinet next week
21 May
5.9k
Housing Crisis
'Stop screwing up': Mary Lou McDonald tells Taoiseach the government is gaslighting renters
21 May
7.4k
58
Brendan McDonagh
Nama boss who was tipped for housing tsar role to face salary questions at Finance Committee
20 May
21.6k
37
RTÉ SPENDING
Cabinet to hear update on government's plans to bring RTÉ finances under C&AG scrutiny
20 May
4.5k
10 Year Anniversary
Labour's marriage equality event forced to move venues amid protest threats
19 May
19.9k
Freedom of Expression
Role of influencers to be considered under EU's 'democracy shield' plans
19 May
8.5k
47
The Morning Lead
There's been a surge in the number of gardaí leaving within five years of joining up
TD Peadar Toíbín said a lot will hinge on who is hired to be the next Garda Commissioner.
Christina Finn
4 hrs ago
28.0k
33
Housing Crisis
'Highly coincidental' Airbnb launched €100k in rural Ireland grants two weeks after clampdown, says TD
Airbnb’s new grants range from €1,000 to €10,000 and are available to local organisations and community groups.
Two weeks after government announced it is moving to ban planning permissions for short-term lets in towns of more than 10,000 people, Airbnb launched its 'Rural Tourism Fund'
Christina Finn
Updated 18 May
43.2k
67
children's health ireland
'Settlement' allowed former CHI boss keep salary after taking up new role, PAC told
15 May
13.5k
hip dysplasia
'It's damning': Children had hip bones cut into unnecessarily, Doherty tells Dáil
15 May
6.2k
34
hip dysplasia
Over 2,200 letters sent to parents of children who underwent hip surgeries
Updated 14 May
9.7k
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driving test wait times
Fianna Fáil TD says learner drivers should be allowed drive a car unaccompanied
14 May
74.0k
144
Grand Canal
Dublin building collapse example of why derelict site levy should rise, says councillor
14 May
21.4k
19
rising costs
'Cost of a bag of potatoes has doubled': Taoiseach told the cost-of-living crisis hasn't gone away
14 May
21.6k
123
shared equity
Shared equity scheme gets two more years - but Sinn Féin says it will 'make things worse'
Updated 13 May
13.3k
66
us-uk trade deal
Potential risk of differential tariff rates to all-island economy averted for now, Cabinet to hear
13 May
5.4k
20
Random Inspections
'We need to do more on this': Weapons flown through Irish airspace to Israel raised with Harris
8 May
6.1k
35
IRISH SECTOR IMPACTS
EU proposes hitting US-made planes and cars with tariffs if trade talks fail
8 May
5.5k
21
Browne says First Home scheme for second-hand homes being examined but there's concerns about price increase
8 May
11.1k
27
Israel
Harris vows to outline timeline for Occupied Territories Bill promising progress 'within weeks'
8 May
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