Laura Lynott

1 day ago | independent.ie | Laura Lynott

Irish-Palestinian man implores Taoiseach to intervene as red tape leaves his family stranded in Gaza Khalid El-Astal with his children Sara (2) and Ali (5). Photo: Mark CondrenAn Irish-born Palestinian man hopes Taoiseach Micheál Martin will ask the Palestinian president to let his father leave Gaza after a damaged passport kept him there. Another Palestinian – the mother of a half-Irish child – needs help to leave Gaza after she could not obtain a passport to travel to Ireland.

2 days ago | independent.ie | Laura Lynott

Irish-Palestinian man implores Taoiseach to intervene as red tape leaves family stranded in Gaza Khalid El-Astal with his children Sara (2) and Ali (5). Photo: Mark CondrenAn Irish-born Palestinian man hopes Taoiseach Micheál Martin will ask the Palestinian president to let his father leave Gaza after a damaged passport kept him there. Another Palestinian – the mother of a half-Irish child – needs help to leave Gaza after she could not obtain a passport to travel to Ireland.

3 days ago | independent.ie | Laura Lynott |Maeve McTaggart

Dylan Phelan (25) placed a €30 each-way double on Diamond Nora at 125/1 and on Rocky’s Diamond at 80/1 but the money hasn’t hit his bankLadbrokes says it is awaiting the results of an investigation into the races by racing authoritiesA stable lad who placed a €30 each-way double bet on two long-shot horses that he works with says he won over €300,000 – but one year on has not been paid a cent by bookmakers Ladbrokes.

3 days ago | independent.ie | Laura Lynott

The plan will see the enforcement of relevant legislation, such as the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 and the Criminal Damage Act 1991, to bolster hate-crime reporting “where property is targeted for hate-motivated graffiti, criminal damage, eg attacks on places of worship”. Divisional crime prevention officers will be utilised to “conduct site security surveys at sites that are high risk, or have been targeted”.

4 days ago | independent.ie | Laura Lynott

Grades are currently marked under distinction, higher merit, merit or achieved. However, by the time children sit their Junior Cycle exams in June, the marking element will be transformed with evenly distributed bands of 15 percentage points. The current grades for a distinction are from 90 to 100. The new band will use 85 to 100, giving more children an opportunity of the distinction grade. The current grade for a higher merit is between 75 and 90, and will change to between 70 and 85.