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Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: Sinn Féin no-confidence motion the latest in another worn-out pantomime

This evening's no-confidence motion, Sinn Féin's sixth in the last five years, would, if successful, spark an election and also push an emergency budget off the table as well as delay the actual budget until well beyond September

Tue, 12 Jul, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: When it comes to this budget, even an extra €2.3bn won’t make it easy

Take apart the detail of the summer economic statement and the billions begin to dwindle. In other words — not everyone will get what they want in Budget 2023

Tue, 05 Jul, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: Martin faces fascinating choices when his term as Taoiseach ends

With just six months to go, among the factors Taoiseach Micheál Martin must weigh up before his next move is the possibility that it could precipitate a 'domino effect' Cabinet reshuffle

Tue, 07 Jun, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Greens get bogged down in turf and fail to seize the moment

Elaine Loughlin: Greens get bogged down in turf and fail to seize the moment

With Europe moving away from Russian oil and gas, the Green Party could have seized the moment and framed renewable energy as being about cold hard cash, job creation, and economics

Tue, 24 May, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: Conscientious objectors already limit services at our maternity hospitals

It is not just religious groups denying women access to services, consultants, anesthesiologists and managers can also stand in the way.

Tue, 10 May, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: Bullying claims no shock to Fine Gael members

The resignation of Cork councillor Karen Coakley amid accusations of bullying and 'skullduggery' did not come as a shock to many within Fine Gael

Tue, 03 May, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: It's sick that Ireland doesn't have illness benefit for low-paid workers

Elaine Loughlin: What chance have parents when disabilities minister can’t meet staff?

Anne Rabbitte's bid to speak openly with staff on the ground is being thwarted by HSE top brass. Why are they doing that?

Tue, 26 Apr, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: It's gas that three letters could spell RIP for coalition Government

Liquified natural gas (LNG) is such a contentious issue within the Green Party that any serious move to allow a terminal be built would be a walking matter

Tue, 05 Apr, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: Has Varadkar lost his sense of direction amid sliding support?

Not even Fine Gael seems to know what Leo is up to

Tue, 29 Mar, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

Elaine Loughlin: A century after independence, we still carry so much shame

Equality is doled out in different measures for children with a disability or illness, or those born into poverty or homelessness

Tue, 15 Mar, 2022