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Summer Economic Statement: Ministers won't have anything like €8.5bn for Budget 2027
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (554+ words) In just under 11 weeks, the Government will announce Budget 2027, but will be forced to grapple with the question of when is €7bn not really €7bn? Today (Wednesday), as money ministers Jack Chambers and Simon Harris laid out the parameters of the budget,…...
State’s next domestic and sexual violence strategy must be a whole-of-Government plan, advocates say
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (452+ words) The State’s next domestic and sexual violence strategy must be a whole-of-Government plan “in substance, not just in name”, the agency charged with implementing it has said. Cuan, the State domestic and sexual violence body, said the issue crosses so…...
Austria opens police station at Hitler birthplace to deter neo-Nazi tourists
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (690+ words) Austria has opened a police station in the birthplace of Adolf Hitler in an attempt to “neutralise” its toxic legacy, after years of debate over how to stop neo-Nazis visiting it as a pilgrimage site. Hitler was born on 20 April…...
US will destroy bridge or power plant for each Iranian attack in strait – Trump
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (115+ words) President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the US will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The warning came after the US carried out another wave of strikes…...
Ukraine overhauls military top brass for fight against Russia
12+ hour, 50+ min ago (522+ words) Ukraine has pushed on with its fight against Russia’s invasion under new military leadership, after President Volodymyr Zelensky bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief. Ukraine has made significant progress in the war this year, and a rift between…...
Local authority 'mini cabinets' to give more powers to councillors
15+ hour, 39+ min ago (621+ words) Cork County Hall, where councillors meet. "Mini cabinets" to give councillors more power are to be established in every local authority, as part of a major shakeup of local democracy. Councillors are to receive devolved powers, including budgetary oversight mechanisms…...
Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald hold 'extremely constructive' talks on Irish unification
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (437+ words) Speaking after the meeting, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald described the talks with Fine Gael leader Simon Harris as 'extremely constructive'. File picture The leaders of Fine Gael and Sinn Féin have held discussions on Irish unification, with talks…...
Majority of local authorities reached environmental enforcement targets last year
20+ hour, 41+ min ago (452+ words) The most common areas where local authorities struggled to meet targets related to construction and demolition, household waste and discharge licences for the release of wastewater into the environment. File picture The majority of Ireland’s 31 local authorities met the environmental…...
Sex-for-rent laws must be followed with resources and action
20+ hour, 39+ min ago (875+ words) TD Conor Sheehan, senator Nessa Cosgrove, TD Ciaran Ahern, senator Malcolm Noonan, senator Laura Harmon, and Labour leader Ivana Bacik outside Leinster House in April last year ahead of the Seanad debate on the bill to ban sex for rent....
€2.6m cyber defence facility expected to open in March next year
18+ hour, 41+ min ago (475+ words) In a statement to the Dáil, defence minister Helen McEntee said: 'To support this new command unit, my department approved the development of a dedicated IT operations and cyber security block in McKee Barracks to provide the necessary high-end infrastructure…...