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Paul Hosford

Dublin

Political Correspondent at Irish Examiner

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  • 2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford

    Earlier this week, I had a feeling of dread that I would wake up to news of the death of Greta Thunberg, a feeling others have echoed. When I went to sleep on Sunday night, the British-flagged yacht Madleen was sailing headlong towards Gaza carrying just a drop of the flood of aid required to ease the humanitarian disaster in the enclave.

  • 2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Jess Casey |Paul Hosford |Elaine Loughlin

    The Department of Education has stopped short of an outright ban on smartphones for post-primary students, asking schools instead to work on restricting their use. However, all primary schools will implement new policies that ban the use of, and access to, smartphones during the school day. The direction to schools comes as part of national guidance on phone use issued by Helen McEntee, the education minister.

  • 2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford

    The Taoiseach has hit back at the “over-the-top” reaction to “modest” proposals around the rental system. The Government announced sweeping changes to the rental system on Tuesday that will cap rent increases at the rate of inflation. However, during periods of high inflation, hikes for most tenancies will be limited to a maximum of 2%.

  • 2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford

    The department of education says it will re-tender for a central contract to supply mobile phone pouches in the coming weeks, but that schools will be able to purchase their own. Controversy surrounded the Government announcement of a €9m spend on specially designed pouches to lock away teenagers’ phones in an initiative to ban smartphones in post-primary schools in last year's budget, but the Government had insisted the funding would provide value.

  • 2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Paul Hosford

    Revelations that retired senior civil servants and government ministers will be asked to pay back tens of thousands of euros for inaccurate pension deductions have led to criticisms of the department of public expenditure. Minister Jack Chambers made the revelations on Tuesday, but what has happened and what happens next?

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Paul Hosford @PTHosford
10 Feb 25

RT @Elaine_Loughlin: This is causing a bit of a stir, as first revealed in the ⁦@irishexaminer⁩ on Saturday. Taoiseach indicates an end to…

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Paul Hosford @PTHosford
13 Dec 24

‘Grotesque’ embassy book event cost taxpayers over €2k https://t.co/6bGI3USqA4

Paul Hosford
Paul Hosford @PTHosford
11 Dec 24

RT @gavreilly: "My child has special needs... I’ll have to ring my friend. I am on my own. What am I going to? I was relying on this.” htt…