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<p>Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore required treatment in the ICU. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire</p>

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Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore in hospital after 'medical emergency'

Ms Whitmore is currently hospitalised in St Vincent's in Dublin

<p>Solely electric vehicles accounted for 552 of State-owned vehicles. File photo</p>

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Only 6% of State-owned vehicles are electric or hybrid

Elaine Loughlin: Sweeping change in the next Dáil as political dynasties end

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Politicians are left surveying the lay of the new land

Ratcliffe on Soar coal fired power station near Nottingham, UK, responsible for massive greenhouse gas emissions.

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Review of Ireland's efforts to cut emissions should 'set off alarm bells'

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Appointing male CEO to body helping women enter politics 'the wrong message to send'

Joyce Fegan: Mother and baby homes redress shortfall touches a primal nerve

“There’s a sense that this country and its people are not necessarily behind, nor swayed by the Government's apparent financial prudence on this occasion“

Fri, 10 Feb, 2023

FILE PHOTO An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for a 179-unit apartment development on the site of the Bessborough

Micheál Martin defends mother and baby homes redress scheme

Campaigners and opposition parties have called on the Government to significantly amend the scheme, which will exclude 40% of survivors

Thu, 02 Feb, 2023

Industrial engineers control the automatic arms machine welding robotics in industrial manufacturing factories.

Four government departments miss deadline to publish gender pay gap reports

Transport, Health, and Foreign Affairs have been late publishing reports in the first year it became mandatory, while Housing has yet to publish

Thu, 12 Jan, 2023

Ciara Phelan: Climate targets are easy to set, hard to deliver

The updated Climate Action Plan unveiled by the Coalition yesterday will have to deliver results rather than mere ambition

Thu, 22 Dec, 2022

Dermot Bannon: Knowledge is power in retrofitting and design

National Retrofit Programme facing 'unprecedented challenges', Oireachtas committee told

Inflation and supply chain constraints have been blamed for the slow progreess of the Government's €8bn National Retrofit Programme.

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022

McEntee: Data centres will be taken off grid first if risk of energy blackouts worsens

Data centres will be the first to be taken off the grid if the risk of energy blackouts becomes worse over the winter, the Justice Minister has said.

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022

Ireland's emissions cuts fall short of the legally-required 51%

Government hopes to make up the five-megatonne shortfall through new technologies and the change of land use

Fri, 29 Jul, 2022

Fergus Finlay: We need to put party politics aside to battle the cost-of-living crisis

The very existence of child poverty can only mean we’ve got our priorities all wrong

Tue, 05 Jul, 2022

Government being 'dragged kicking and screaming' to help with cost of living crisis

Elsewhere, Fine Gael senators discussed a motion on giving more to the 'squeezed middle' that pays a 'large proportion of income tax but [are] earning too much to qualify for many State supports'

Tue, 14 Jun, 2022

FILE PHOTO Senior gardai have launched a high-level review into a Jul 15th security breach in which Taoiseach Micheal Martin was

Detailed plan for climate action to come in autumn, says Taoiseach

Warned Government on its own cannot make the difference required, and urged every citizen, industry, and community to act

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021

Extension of parental leave discriminates against single parents, Dáil hears

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman claims the Government's 'hands are tied' due to EU law and cannot make leave transferrable between parents

Wed, 24 Mar, 2021

Bid to retrieve witness tapes as TD seeks to extend the mother and baby commission by a year

It may now be possible to retrieve the destroyed audio recordings of mother and baby home survivors, the children's minister has been told.

Fri, 19 Feb, 2021

Backup tapes may contain erased mother and baby home witness testimony

Survivors of mother and baby homes have been given fresh hope after the commission of investigation said it has found backup files that may contain their witness recordings.

Fri, 19 Feb, 2021

Children exhumed from mother and baby home sites 'may not get coroner's report'

Serious concerns have been raised that hundreds of children buried on the grounds of former mother and baby homes may not get a coroner's report after they are exhumed.

Wed, 03 Feb, 2021

State apology is hard to accept without access to records, say mother and baby home survivors

Government accused of "failing to listen" to survivors, who in many cases still cannot access their original birth certificates

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

Put online safety and digital literacy on school curriculum, say TDs

Online safety and digital literacy must be introduced to the school curriculum, from pre-school to secondary level, to better protect and equip children to thrive in a digital world, politicians and NGOs have agreed.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2020

No State indemnity in frontline workers' childcare plan

The Government's new childcare plan for frontline health workers will not include a State indemnity for childcare providers to cover Covid-19 related claims.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Childcare providers in government plan not covered by their insurance for Covid-19 claims

Broker Arachas wrote to childcare providers saying a Covid-19 exclusion would be applied to their insurance if they take part.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Social Democrats say minority left coalition 'unlikely'

The Social Democrats believe that a left-leaning minority government is "unlikely" to be formed.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

Harris and Donnelly among the last TDs to get their seats after dramatic night of counting

After a long and anxious wait, Mr Harris, along with Fianna Fáil health spokesman Stephen Donnelly and Green Party councillor Steven Matthews, took the final three seats in Wicklow in the 15th count.

Tue, 11 Feb, 2020

Simon Harris retains seat after mammoth Wicklow count

He, along with Fianna Fáil health spokesman Stephen Donnelly and Green Party councillor Steven Matthews, took the final three remaining seats in Wicklow in the 15th count late on Monday night.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

Alison O'Connor: Same old territory for the election of women

It's been a “change” election in so many ways, but one certainty we cling to is that we’re stuck in the same old territory when it comes to the election of women to the Dáil.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

#GE2020: All 160 TDs elected - FF beat SF by one seat

Count centres across the country have reopened this morning as Day 2 of the count gets underway.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

Fianna Fáil's Stephen Donnelly facing fight to hold seat in Wicklow

Fianna Fáil's high-profile health spokesman Stephen Donnelly is facing a tight battle to hold onto his seat.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

Murphy hopeful of four seats for Social Democrats amid coalition talks

Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy said she hopes the party can win four seats in the general election amid expectation that the group will also form part of any government talks.

Sun, 09 Feb, 2020

Former FG campaign manager: Election not addressing impact of Brexit on fishing industry

A leading west Cork fish supplier and former Fine Gael campaign manager has added his voice to criticism of the short timeline for registering for a postal vote in this general election.

Fri, 31 Jan, 2020

Greystones student who drowned had just completed Junior Cert and was 'enthusiastic sailor'

The Irish teenager who drowned in Crete has been named as Laura Dempsey, writes Joyce Fegan.

Wed, 28 Jun, 2017

Crete drowning victim Laura had just finished her Junior Cert exams

The Irish teenager who drowned in Crete has been named as Laura Dempsey.

Wed, 28 Jun, 2017

Women still account for just one in five local councillors

Despite a marked improvement in the local elections, women still account for just 20% of local councillors, write Adrian Kavanagh, Fiona Buckley, Claire McGing, and Noirín Clancy

Fri, 30 May, 2014