Laura Lynott

6 days ago | independent.ie | Laura Lynott

Cistercian College in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, will become a co-educational secondary school after being founded as a single-sex institution in 1905. Colm Malone, the president of Cistercian College, said: We want to cater for entire families, for boys and girls, for sisters to attend the same as their brothers. It’s a hugely historic decision, as Cistercian College has been a boys-only school for 120 years.

6 days ago | independent.ie | Laura Lynott

Cistercian College in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, will become a co-educational secondary school for the first time since it was founded in 1905. President of Cistercian College Colm Maloney, told the Irish Independent: “We want to cater for entire families, for boys and girls - for sisters to attend the same, as their brothers. It’s a hugely historic decision, as Cistercian College has been a boys only school for 120 years.

1 week ago | sundayworld.com | Laura Lynott

ITV News carried out a year-long investigation into the story, which the broadcaster said shows women and babies were deported from Britain and incarcerated in state institutions because the mothers were unmarried. The mothers then had their children forcibly adopted. The investigation also found evidence of falsified birth certificates and allegations of "people trafficking”. The children, now adults, often only found out they were British citizens decades later.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Laura Lynott

Labour TD Alan Kelly has called on Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to take action after being contacted about the matter by a Dublin bar worker who highlighted the issue. Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI) said 0.0 lagers and stouts were a gateway to alcohol and wants clarity on children drinking 0.0 products. Mr Kelly told the Irish Independent he was approached by someone who had refused a man buying pints of beer who wanted a non-alcoholic version for a child.

1 week ago | sundayworld.com | Laura Lynott |Mary Regan

'HIGHLY EXPLOITATIVE' | The move will come as part of a new Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025Up to one in 20 students have been propositioned with a sex-for-rent scenario. Image posed. Photo: GettyLaura Lynott and Mary ReganToday at 10:34Long-awaited laws banning sex for rent will go to the Cabinet today. Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan will ask the Government to draft, as a matter of priority, laws which he argues would address “highly exploitative behaviour”.