Organisation: Fiachra

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Watch: Cork musician fuses trad music, dance and Milanese fashion

Shot in a Dublin tenement house, it features a ghost haunting the rooms in surreal projection setups, fashion loaned from the runways of Milan, and dance sequences by Fiachra.

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Apple to start paying €13bn into holding account

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Election plans set to take a back seat to referendum debate

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15 questions the Oireachtas committee wants answered

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Government Chief Whip Regina Doherty backs ’civil disobedience’ plans on pylons

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Aleppo mayor in impassioned plea to European Council

Q&A: Relaxed mortgage rules: What has changed?

Fiachra Ó Cionnaith looks at changes the Central Bank has made to mortgage rules and answers the questions that arise. 

Thu, 24 Nov, 2016

Enda Kenny manages to dodge the Eighth Amendment bullet

The deal with Independents means there will be no decision on the divisive abortion issue under the Taoiseach’s watch, writes Political Correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Style on the slopes in the Dolomites region of northern Italy

Fiachra Ó Cionnaith took a trip to a five-star resort in the Dolomites region of northern Italy. Think outdoor hot tubs and well stocked wine cellars.

Sat, 15 Oct, 2016

You can’t call for tax reforms without admitting something needs reforming

Fine Gael says there is nothing wrong with tax system but also wants to reform it, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

After the scandals, Olympic ticket inquiry has work cut out

A fortnight on from the first ripples of the multimillion-euro Irish Olympics ticket touting claims, two Irishmen are in a Brazilian jail, international arrest warrants are out for a billionaire football club owner, and a Government inquiry has been launched, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Sat, 20 Aug, 2016

Red tape means justice delayed is justice denied for ‘Grace’

Six months after plans were announced to set up a State inquiry into the ‘Grace’ abuse scandal, the case still faces delays, writes Political Reporter Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Wed, 27 Jul, 2016

Irish Water Q&A: Charges face watery grave as parties play for time

After protracted negotiations between the two major parties many questions remain over the future of Irish Water and the water charging regime, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Thu, 28 Apr, 2016

Future of Irish Water hangs in the balance

After another 24 hours of crunch talks between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, the future of Irish Water remains in the balance, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Thu, 21 Apr, 2016

Dáil has sat just twice since the election but TDs get paid €1.2m

Thousands have been paid out to ministers who failed to get re-elected, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Fri, 01 Apr, 2016

Q&A: How did Irish Water become central to potential coalition deals?

The utility is suddenly the focus of deals to form a coalition. How did that happen? asks Political Reporter Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Thu, 03 Mar, 2016

Ghosts of yesteryear still stalking the corridors of Co Offaly

Five years after the crash, ex-taoiseach Brian Cowen has been vindicated and Fianna Fáil is winning back voter trust, his TD brother Barry tells political reporter Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Sat, 20 Feb, 2016

Despite his insistence, Tony O’Brien is defending the indefensible

Not informing a family that they were placing a vulnerable relative with people accused of the most horrific abuse is absurd and, in PAC members’ views, negligent, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Wed, 03 Feb, 2016

Sex abuse cases: HSE apology is hollow without explanation

Health body accepts ‘failings’ after leaving mute woman with family that sexually and physically abused her, but little will change until reports into the matter are published, writes political reporter Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Wed, 20 Jan, 2016

Enda meets yet another happy citizen

During the boom, then taoiseach Bertie Ahern was, in his own eyes, Ireland’s last socialist, a claim widely lampooned as unbelievable, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Mon, 19 Oct, 2015

Unsafe school build raises questions about others

Fire safety controversies have blighted apartment blocks and now a school, prompting Fiachra Ó Cionnaith to ask where go from here

Tue, 06 Oct, 2015

JobBridge creates another battleground for the Government

Thu, 20 Aug, 2015

Time for Leo Varadakar to stand up and be counted

Six months after taking up politics’ poisoned chalice, the honeymoon may finally be over for health minister Leo Varadkar, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2015

Hitting the slopes of Meribel in France

Michael Schumacher’s tragic accident at Christmas threw the renowned French skiing resort of Meribel into the centre of an international media storm, but Fiachra O’Cionnaith assures that this shouldn’t convince skiers to steer clear of slopes.

Sat, 04 Oct, 2014

Does the rise house prices mean we are headed for another property bubble?

With Dublin house prices described as an ‘uncomfortable boom’ and prices in commuter counties starting to rise, Fiachra Ó Cionnaith asks are we really headed for another property bubble?

Sat, 06 Sep, 2014

Could Asprin be the miracle pill for preventing cancer?

On Tuesday researchers revealed that aspirin — the little white pill we all take for granted — could be a breakthrough medicine in the fight against cancer. But with serious health risks also linked to its long-term use, what do the findings really mean? Fiachra Ó Cionnaith reports

Thu, 07 Aug, 2014