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A student's view on the leaders' debate at UL

FOR the first time in 2016, the sun beats down on a Monday afternoon, brightening up Castletroy and highlighting the University of Limerick for what it is – a pretty remarkable campus. By some divine act or by coincidence, it just so happens that ...

16 Feb 2016 at 16:00

Local News

Leaders' debate was a first for Limerick – but failed to ignite

LAST week, it was Bruce Springsteen. But as the Taoiseach Enda Kenny arrived at UL on Monday night, the soundtrack was somehow less The Boss and more Bette Midler. “Everybody’s got a hungry heart,” the Taoiseach sang to voters on national radio ...

20 Feb 2016 at 13:00

National News

Taoiseach and Tanaiste say they would shun coalition with Sinn Fein

Ireland’s premier and deputy premier again made clear their opposition to entering any coalition government with Sinn Fein in the first major TV debate of the Irish General Election campaign. Standing together in the RTE studio, after a random ...

18 Nov 2024 at 22:23

Sport

Government should be able to order football regulator to review decisions – MP

The Government should be able to ask a football governing body to “look again” on key decisions, a Conservative MP has said. Luke Evans told a debate on football governance in England that a mechanism similar to the Government asking the ...

06 Mar 2025 at 16:40

Health

Health Minister accused of 'dodging' debate on Limerick's overcrowding crisis

MINISTER for Health Simon Harris has been accused of “dodging” questions in the Dail surrounding the overcrowding crisis at University Hospital Limerick. Last Tuesday evening, Sinn Fein TD Maurice Quinlivan raised the issue in the Dail. ...

25 Jan 2018 at 15:50

Local News

Behind the scenes at the leaders' debate in University of Limerick

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny looked relaxed and jaunty when he arrived for last night’s much vaunted general election leaders’ debate which took place in the University Concert Hall at University of Limerick. With his jacket casually slung ...

16 Feb 2016 at 12:54

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Six Schools perform with Distinction during EU Model Council Debate on Migration

The results are in from the 2022 Model Council of the European Union debating competition. Six teams rose above twenty-one other schools across Ireland for their convincing portrayal of the positions taken by Justice and Home ...

07 Mar 2022 at 09:58

National News

Fiery exchanges in the first televised leaders debate of Irish general election

Ireland’s political leaders have clashed on housing, public spending and the government’s response to war-ravaged Gaza in the first TV leaders’ debate of the election. The RTE leaders’ debate, which was scheduled for two ...

19 Nov 2024 at 01:51

National News

FactCheck: Leaders’ debate from housing and transport to the children’s hospital

There were over two hours of intense debate and countless claims and counterclaims made by 10 party leaders on RTE on Monday evening. Let’s factcheck some of the standout claims. Sinn Fein and Europe Claim: Fianna Fail ...

19 Nov 2024 at 10:54

National News

FactCheck: Ten claims from the final leaders’ debate of the campaign

(Correction, amends figure in third par from bottom to 829.6 million euros and adds Sinn Fein response in the “Sinn Fein and current expenditure” section) The dust has settled on the final leaders’ debate of this ...

27 Nov 2024 at 14:58

National News

'Not a something, a someone' - Archbishop speaks out as Seanad debates abortion safe zones bill

An Irish archbishop has described life in the womb as "a someone" rather than "a something". Archbishop Eamon Martin made the comments in a statement today (December 13) ahead of Seanad Éireann's debate on the ...

13 Dec 2023 at 12:54

National News

Harris and McDonald face scrutiny over handling of party controversies in debate

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald both faced scrutiny over their handling of controversies involving party colleagues during the televised General Election debate. Fine Gael ...

18 Nov 2024 at 23:33

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