Jane Matthews
Political Correspondent at TheJournal.ie
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2 days ago |
thejournal.ie | Jane Matthews
SOME FAMILIES WHO are facing the highest childcare costs in the country will see their weekly fees reduced from September. The reduction will impact families in around 10% of early learning and childcare providers that are in receipt of core funding from the State. The Department of Children today announced the details of a new maximum fee cap for childcare services that are participating in the State’s childcare scheme.
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2 days ago |
thejournal.ie | Jane Matthews
A DECISION ON whether the Government will scrap or retain Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) is expected in the next week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. The Taoiseach caused panic earlier this year when he said the Government was considering getting rid of the intervention which limits how much landlords can increase rent for properties in certain areas.
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3 days ago |
thejournal.ie | Jane Matthews
CABINET WILL HEAR plans today to boost the number of prison spaces in Ireland in a bid to tackle significant overcrowding. Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan will tell Government that prisons in Ireland are currently operating at 115% capacity, with an 11% rise in the prison population in 12 months. There was a new record high set in mid-April of this year, with 5,394 individuals incarcerated in the State.
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3 days ago |
thejournal.ie | Jane Matthews
THE HOUSING MINISTER is considering introducing a raft of new planning exemptions, including for attic conversions, subdivision of existing dwellings and home extensions to house elderly relatives. Minister James Browne will bring a memo on the matter to Cabinet this morning to update the government on the proposals that are being considered. He will also update Cabinet on plans to exempt cabin homes in back gardens from planning permission.
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6 days ago |
thejournal.ie | Jane Matthews
TWO PEOPLE DIED, hundreds were arrested and cars were set ablaze in France overnight as football fans celebrated Paris Saint-Germain’s stunning Champions League final victory last night, the French interior ministry said today. The epicentre of the euphoria was in Paris, which was a theatre of car horns, cheers, singing in the street and fireworks throughout the night following PSG’s 5-0 triumph over Inter Milan in Munich.
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