Tadgh McNally
Political Reporter at Irish Examiner
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irishexaminer.com | Michelle McGlynn |Tadgh McNally |Gordon Deegan
The Government is to purchase the Citywest Hotel in Dublin which is currently being used to house international protection applicants. Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan is expected to announce the details of the sale of the hotel this afternoon. Citywest has been the subject of much controversy in recent years over its use as an IPAS centre. Last week, protesters against the purchase of the hotel gathered outside Leinster House.
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irishexaminer.com | Michelle McGlynn |Tadgh McNally
Back-to-school payments are set to be extended to benefit the 2,300 children currently in foster care. Minister for social protection Dara Calleary will seek Cabinet approval today, Tuesday, to extend the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance to those who are in receipt of Foster Care Allowance. The once-off payment for 2025 is €160 for children aged between four and 11 on or before September 30, while those aged 12-22 years will receive €285.
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irishexaminer.com | Michelle McGlynn |Tadgh McNally |Sean Murray
A letter has been sent to the European Commission calling for the introduction of mandatory age verification for access to social media. Media minister Patrick O'Donovan, who signed the letter alongside French digital affairs minister Clara Chappaz, said it is time to take action and initiate a European response to the issue.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Tadgh McNally |Sean Murray
Social media firms are to be hauled before media minister Patrick OâDonovan on Monday, as calls grow for tech companies to introduce age verification for users. Mr OâDonovan is due to tell the tech firms the era of the âWild Westâ on social media is coming to an end. The Fine Gael minister has repeatedly called for the introduction of age and identity verification on social media platforms and will tell companies this must take place as a priority.
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irishexaminer.com | Niamh Griffin |Tadgh McNally
The CEO of Children‚Äôs Health Ireland has said she was ‚Äúdismayed‚ÄĚ to be accused of misleading the public accounts committee (PAC) after she appeared before it late last month. It comes after PAC chair, John Brady, said he had ‚Äústrong views‚ÄĚ about the possibility that the committee could have been misled. He had questioned the CEO, Lucy Nugent, on further reviews of CHI practice, to which she said there were two reports outstanding while one was completed.
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People Before Profit TD @paulmurphy_TD has been detained by Egyptian authorities while taking part in a protest march to Gaza. Speaking to the Examiner, Murphy says he's had his passport taken off him and is being held in Ismailia. https://t.co/fvtI7373Kr
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy has been detained by Egyptian authorities. He was traveling as part of a protest march to Gaza and has since been stopped by the Egyptian army. He says his passport has been taken by the army.
He really can't help himself, can he?
Dave Fanning descring Brian Wilson as being "not all there" on Newstalk just now is insensitive at best given he surely knows the background story of what happened to the Wilson brothers