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#GE2016 – voting underway in Limerick

VOTING in General Election 2016 is underway in Limerick and across the country. Around 300 polling booths across the city and county opened at 7am and will remain open until 10pm with the votes being counted on Saturday. Voters in the Limerick city ...

26 Feb 2016 at 15:27

Oireachtas Report

Oireachtas report: O’Dea presses Fine Gael on the high cost of insurance

A government commitment in the Programme for Government to reduce the cost of insurance was raised in the Dáil by Fianna Fáil Deputy Willie O’Dea. “The Minister will be aware of a recent report which indicates that in this country the average ...

12 Nov 2018 at 17:17

Community

Minister may meet with Limerick abuse victims

THE Minister for Education and Skills says he is willing to consider a request to meet with some of the men who were sexually abused at Creagh Lane National School in the city more than fifty years ago. However, Minister Richard Bruton has ...

02 Feb 2017 at 07:00

Politics

Limerick TD calls for relaxation of rural planning rules

LOCAL Fine Gael TD Tom Neville has called for the liberalisation of planning laws to allow farmers sell sites to prospective buyers in rural areas. This was one of the measures proposed by Mr Neville to ease to financial pressure on ...

16 May 2016 at 14:20

National News

Covid challenges in the coming weeks - Taoiseach

There are "challenges" in the coming weeks, as efforts to reduce the number of Covid case numbers step up, the Taoiseach has said. Micheal Martin said the restrictions brought in two weeks ago and the "call to arms" to reduce ...

02 Dec 2021 at 15:47

National News

A tip in the right direction: Draft law to give new rights to employees

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has received Government approval to draft a law that will give new rights to employees, which prohibits the use of tips and gratuities to ‘make up’ contractual rates of pay. This will include new ...

27 Oct 2021 at 15:11

Politics

Limerick's O'Dea to vote to keep Dail prayer for 'guidance and wisdom'

FIANNA Fail deputy Willie O’Dea will vote in favour of keeping the Dail prayer later today, saying he uses those moments to pray for “guidance and wisdom”. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will vote this Thursday to amend ...

04 May 2017 at 10:48

Increase in rent prices branded ‘madness’ and ‘proves Government’s plan is failing’

Local News

Increase in rent prices is ‘madness’ and ‘proves Government’s plan is failing’

Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar has defended the Government’s housing plan after Sinn Fein criticised its subsidy scheme for developers and its failure to prevent rents from continuing to ...

12 May 2022 at 15:06

Health

Dail hears University Hospital Limerick is 'black spot for overcrowding'

TDs in the Mid-West have urged the Government to prioritise University Hospital Limerick for the expansion of bed numbers in order to combat the ongoing overcrowding crisis ahead of the winter season. ...

13 Jun 2018 at 17:19

National News

Taoiseach urges public to consider government formation when voting

The Taoiseach has said he wants the public to consider who will form a “stable government” when they are voting, asking whether the country would want to have “50 or 60” independent TDs in the Dail. ...

28 Nov 2024 at 13:37

National News

Labour describes Fine Gael transfer push as ‘desperation’

Fine Gael has been dealt a blow in the final hours of campaigning after the Labour Party described a push by Simon Harris to transfer votes to parties like Fianna Fail and Labour as “desperation”. ...

28 Nov 2024 at 14:31

National News

‘Bittersweet’ moment for Stardust families as Dail reflects on 1981 tragedy

Bittersweet was how many families described the state apology given to relatives of the 48 people who died in the 1981 Stardust fire. About 70 family members and survivors sat in the public ...

23 Apr 2024 at 20:16

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