Paul Hosford

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford

If a week is a long time in politics, five years is equivalent to a geological era. Go back a little over five years, and Jim O’Callaghan was the forgotten man of Fianna Fáil. Overlooked for a Cabinet position — ostensibly in favour of a party interloper in Stephen Donnelly — O’Callaghan rejected Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s offer of a junior role, saying he would focus of strengthening the Fianna Fáil party.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford |Tadgh McNally

The Taoiseach has rejected claims from a senior civil servant that Ireland faces a choice between providing energy for data centres or housing. Oonagh Buckley, secretary general at the Department of Environment, Climate and Energy, told an event on Wednesday that data centres had used up the spare capacity in the energy grid, which would require policymakers to make stark choices.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford |Tadgh McNally

A Fianna F√°il TD  has apologised for claiming in the D√°il that no British soldiers had ever shot or bombed the civilian population of Ireland. Clare TD Cathal Crowe has formally corrected the D√°il record over his comments, after significant criticism was levelled against him. During a speech in the D√°il on Wednesday on Gaza, Mr Crowe said the ongoing bombardment of Gaza and withholding of aid is the ‚Äúworst we have seen in our lifetime‚ÄĚ.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford

The Tánaiste has hit out at the "genocide" being carried out by the Israeli government while defending his own government's record on Gaza. During a heated exchange with independent TD Catherine Connolly at Thursday's Leaders' Questions, Simon Harris said that the Irish government had called out Israel's actions in Gaza. “We are the first government in the EU to say what Israel is doing is genocide. It is genocide," Mr Harris said.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford

An ad promoting RTÉ's news output, which will feature paid extras, has cost €77,000 to date, with a total budget of €100,000, TDs and senators have been told. Filming has taken place in recent weeks for a promotional film which outlines a day in the life of three high-profile reporters, but has prompted some backlash from staff for its use of extras in the newsroom and what have been described as "props".