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Take 7: The overnight takeaway to get you through night two

Dec 1, 2024 | rte.ie | Jack McCarron |Barry Lenihan

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Take 8: Lunchtime takeways as count day two rattles on

Dec 1, 2024 | rte.ie | Jack McCarron |Barry Lenihan

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Take 8: The Saturday night takeaways from the Election 24 counts

Nov 30, 2024 | rte.ie | Jack McCarron |Barry Lenihan

As election count ticks on, the numbers are coming thick and fast. Here's seven things to watch from night into morning. 1) The nicknames nicking in It was a good day for candidates whose nicknames appeared on the ballot paper. Fianna Fáil’s Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher is set to make his return to the Dáil after losing his seat in 2020 as is Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, who looks set to land a knockout blow in the Longford-Westmeath constituency.
Take 7: The emerging Election 2024 stories you need to know about

Nov 30, 2024 | rte.ie | Jack McCarron |Barry Lenihan

First counts are rushing in now. During the 2020 General Election, about 30 constituencies filed first counts in the hours between 6pm and 10pm. As we go from evening to night, a clearer picture will emerge of the outcomes, and the transfers... and the stories of Election 2024. Here's a few to watch. 1) The McGahon factor? The first count in Louth is expected in the evening rush. With all boxes tallied at lunchtime, John McGahon appeared to be in trouble.
Family want review into woman's death at UHK published

Mar 6, 2024 | rte.ie | Barry Lenihan

The family of a 34-year-old woman - who died after giving birth at University Hospital Kerry (UHK) - have said they are upset by delays in the HSE external review into her death. Zimbabwe-born Tatenda Mukwata died six hours after giving birth to her fourth child, Eva, by Caesarean section on 21 April 2022. Ms Mukwata lived in a room in a direct provision centre in Kenmare, Co Kerry, with her three daughters.
Dáil hears case of boy left in windowless hospital room

Feb 14, 2024 | rte.ie | Barry Lenihan

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been urged to intervene in the case of a 14-year-old boy who has been left in a windowless room off a hospital emergency department in Co Kerry for the last 56 days. The child is among those impacted by failings in the North Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), with the HSE last year apologising for deficits in care he received, including the inappropriate prescribing of heavy anti-psychotic medication.
Urgent meeting sought after boy assaulted in centre

Oct 19, 2023 | rte.ie | Barry Lenihan |Staying child-free

The Minister of State for Disabilities Anne Rabbitte is seeking an urgent meeting with the HSE and Tusla after learning how a young intellectually-disabled boy was sexually assaulted in a HSE-funded residential care centre. The 12-year-old boy was victim of two separate assaults by another resident at the centre in recent weeks.
Mother seeks answers over assault of son in care centre

Oct 18, 2023 | rte.ie | Barry Lenihan

The mother of a young intellectually disabled boy who was sexually assaulted in a HSE-funded residential care centre is demanding answers for what happened to her son. The 12-year-old boy was the victim of two separate assaults by another resident at the centre in recent weeks. In one instance, the boy was found covered in faeces after he was locked in his bedroom by the perpetrator, with staff at the centre unable to find keys to unlock the door and end the attack.
Joe Deacy's family continues fight for justice

Aug 20, 2023 | rte.ie | Barry Lenihan

St Colmcille's 3-13The Hammers 2-9. It’s a scoreline which may not resonate beyond the 200 people at St Alban’s Irish Club outside London last Saturday but for some, it’s the most important game of the GAA calendar. The annual memorial match brings together family, friends and former club-mates of Joe Deacy, who was killed after a violent assault in Mayo six years ago for which no one has been held accountable.
What to do with derelict properties?

Jul 20, 2023 | rte.ie | Barry Lenihan

What to do with derelict properties? It is a key question of the intractable housing crisis. But politicians differ on the answer. Labour wants a 'use it or lose it rule' for stalled planning permissions and vacant property. "While official figures understate the true scale of the problem, we know that nearly 200,000 homes lie vacant or derelict at any one time here in Ireland," Labour Leader Ivana Bacik told the Dáil last week.