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Water strikes underway at eight local authorities across Ireland

Union members are striking at eight local authorities across Ireland today (August 2). The industrial action is taking place due to what Unite the Union calls "a lack of engagement" over member concerns regarding a Workplace Relations Commission ...

02 Aug 2023 at 10:26

National News

Households to get extra monthly credit for electricity bills

The Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has confirmed that electricity customers will receive a payment of €89.10, spread between March and September of this year. The impact for bill paying customers will mean that their ...

09 Feb 2023 at 16:10

National News

TV licence should remain core part of RTE funding, says minister

The television licence should remain a core part of funding RTE, according to Paschal Donohoe. The public expenditure minister said the conditions attached to 40 million in funding earmarked for RTE next year involved ensuring the ...

19 Nov 2023 at 17:04

Local News

Public Services Card under fire from Limerick opposition TDs

THE fallout from the Public Services Card scandal has continued to reverberate through Irish discourse. Fianna Fail’s Spokesperson for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Willie O’Dea TD discussed the controversy. “Since its ...

20 Aug 2019 at 13:00

National News

Martin signals 12-euro pension increase as he dismisses ‘mischief and spin’

The Tanaiste has signalled a 12-euro increase to weekly pension payments as he dismissed reports of coalition rows on social welfare as “mischief” and “a phony war”. Micheal Martin’s comments come amid reports that Fine Gael had ...

30 Sept 2024 at 20:07

Local News

#VIDEO: Everything Limerick people need to know about the Public Services Card

THE Public Services Card has dominated headlines across the country in recent weeks as it is now becoming compulsory to carry one in order to avail of other public services further to social welfare. The card was introduced in ...

30 Aug 2017 at 12:55

National News

Greens want Citizens’ Assembly to examine ‘complexities’ of four-day work week

The Green Party has called for a Citizens’ Assembly on a four-day work week in order to comb through issues such as people’s pay and its effect on the public service. Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman said it should be ...

18 Nov 2024 at 17:31

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 year’s ...

27 Nov 2024 at 14:58

National News

Disinformation has become ‘global scourge’, minister says

Government funding for fact-checking services should be explored, according to a new strategy from the Department of Media. The Disinformation Strategy, published on Thursday, outlines a range of measures to promote ...

17 Apr 2025 at 11:28

National News

Government and cross-party support for housing activation office, minister says

There is cross-party agreement in Government and in the Dail to establish a housing activation office to “break down the barriers” and build houses at scale, a minister has claimed. Minister for Higher Education ...

04 May 2025 at 14:23

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