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Ryan Tubridy has not repaid RTÉ €150,000 that he received for two promotional events that did not take place. I would like him to pay it back, obviously - Kevin Bakhurst, Director General, RTÉ. #HowIrelandWorks #RyanTubridy #RteSecretPayments

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Silkway Airlines illegally transported missile launchers for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) F-35 fighter jets through Irish territory – just weeks after The Ditch told government the airline was using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Tel Aviv. www.ontheditch.com/idf-missile-...

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PROMINENT former loyalist terrorists attended last week's anti-immigration protest in Dublin as they continue to forge an unlikely alliance with tricolour-waving far-right nationalists in the Republic -Debbie McCann

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Concerns raised weeks ago over Brendan McDonagh's housing tsar pay - Jennifer Bray The bungling of a crucial appointment sparks fury among the coalition partners Sources in Fianna Fail have accused Harris of trying to assert “dominance” while shirking responsibility

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The minister for justice is to propose a significant reform to the sentencing system that would let judges impose community service orders on individuals convicted of crimes that would ordinarily carry a custodial term of up to two years. - John Mooney

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Government set to fall short of housing targets again this year, experts fear -Wayne O'Connor Commencement notices, a metric in many housing forecasts, down 61pc in the first quarter of this year. It will be hard to have homes ready in next 12 mths or so if work has not started on them already.

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The new chairman of the public accounts committee is “open to having a conversation” with its members about compelling the Farrelly Commission to appear to answer questions. - Jennifer Bray John Brady, the Sinn Fein TD who on Thursday will chair his first meeting of the powerful PAC

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IRISH court officials have instructed agents in this country to locate disgraced MMA star Conor McGregor and serve a summons on him, alleging sexual battery, which has been issued by a US court. - Patrick O'Connell

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The government’s new “housing tsar”, Brendan McDonagh, will be seconded from the National Treasury Management Agency (#NTMA) on his existing salary of €430,000, with his new office set to cost roughly €2 million to run in its first year. #HowIrelandWorks #HousingDisaste

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CHEMOTHERAPY procedures for children are being cancelled because the IT system at the country's largest paediatric hospital is 'totally inadequate', two whistleblowers have claimed. -Valerie Hanley - Mail on Sunday

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The #FFG Housing Disaster... FEARS are growing across Government and the construction industry that new home builds will plummet to just 25,000 this year - despite the appointment of a new 'maverick' housing tsar to speed up housing delivery.

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A chief superintendent has initiated High Court proceedings against the garda commissioner Drew Harris and the Department of Justice, alleging they were targeted after exposing the cancellation of tens of thousands of emergency 999 calls by colleagues. - John Mooney

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20 seconds. The news of the record numbers of people in homelessness that was announced this afternoon is relegated to the 9th item of the @rtenews #sixone this evening. Over 15,400 people in emergency accommodation in March including 4,675 children who are homeless. #HomelessCrisis #Mar25

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HS€ TWENTY senior Health Service Executive employees retired with golden handshake deals worth more than €400,000 over the past five years. #HowIrelandWorks #GoldenHandShakes

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Lowry’s Speaking Rights Row Mary Lou McDonald urges Verona Murphy to resign The Sinn Fein leader said that the ceann comhairle had lost the confidence of the opposition a row in the Dáil over speaking rights

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More RTE staff earning over €100,000 despite cost-cutting plan The number rose by more than 20 last year; but with more than 60% of top earners being men the broadcaster's gender pay gap remains

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#TUSLA has repeatedly refused to answer when it became aware that the owner of a firm it paid €10m to run accommodation for vulnerable children in care was a convicted fraudster. (Ideal Care Ltd) #HowIrelandWorks

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Y€S Minister Michael Healy-Rae appoints his son, Councillor Jackie Healy-Rae, as his ministerial adviser Councillor in line for up to €104,000 at his new position #HowIrelandWorks

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Even lower than Varadkar...tiktock Tanaiste Fine Gael has slumped to its lowest level of support in the history of Business Post/Red C poll dropping to 17 per cent with the party now five points behind both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin.

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🤫FF TDs Sold a Pup by #Mehole A Bonanza For Lowry in Speaking Rights Slots Seven Independent TDs will get FOUR times more speaking time than FF backbenchers #LowrysLackeys

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Profits at firm owned by Michael Healy-Rae TD increased to over €800,000 last year Separate accounts for another Healy-Rae firm show that it recorded post-tax losses of just under €27,000 last year

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Are women safe in Fine Gael? Every other month, another story emerges about the treatment of women within Fine Gael. #chilling

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A reminder that in the run-up to the recent General Election, government parties told us that 40,000 new homes were built last year. The real figure was 30,000.

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The number of homeless people in Ireland has jumped to 15,378, a new record. The figures, released by the Department of Housing, show there were 10,725 adults and 4,653 children in emergency accommodation in February. #HomelessCrisis #HowIrelandWorks

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did you know Judge Michael Moriarty said one of Lowry’s “most reprehensible” actions was pocketing £34,500 (€43,806) that Dunnes Stores had designated as Christmas bonuses for workers in his refrigeration company, Streamline Enterprises? #LowrysLackeys

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Water supply upgrade at asylum centre in Co Kildare halted by planning status issue -Mark Tighe The Ryevale Lawns Residents Association said the extent of the “misinformation” given to the High Court is shown in the fact that five of the nine residents named in the case were not even at the site

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Going for broke SOARING prices will cost the average household almost €2,500 a year as the Government comes under pressure to reverse its plan to end cost-of-living supports.

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‘It’s like I went to sleep and woke up in 1940’ — rape survivor Hazel Behan on seeing Donald Trump with his arms around Conor McGregor Rape survivor and activist Hazel Behan does not believe former MMA fighter Conor McGregor stands a chance of becoming the next Irish president.

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TV producer who was pictured with Conor McGregor during his meeting with Donald Trump in the White House is a former British paratrooper who served in Northern Ireland. #PE25

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The Irish in America ##StPatricksDay2025

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THE country's best-known civil servant told the public ethics watchdog a controversial document leaked by former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar never ceased to be classified and confidential - Ken Foxe #SIPO #LeoTheLeak #HowIrelandWorks

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THE Department of Housing has been accused of downplaying the true number of people languishing on council home waiting lists.

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A FAR-RIGHT leader is under criminal investigation after he claimed - without providing any evidence - that a 15-year-old boy was allegedly 'gang raped' by a group of Roma men move to prosecute Ireland First chair Derek Blighe signals first move by gardai to clamp down on widespread disinformation

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Parliamentary Paralysis Grubby Deal When asked if Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael should be dealing with Independent TD Michael Lowry? ▫️No - 62% ▫️Yes - 25% ▫️Dk - 13% ◽️59pc of the public back the opposition in the speaking-time row, compared with just 26pc for the #LowrysLackeys #Dáil34 Spindo

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Developers and housing experts warn up to half of 69,000 homes ‘started’ in 2024 will never be built - Killian Woods Government has celebrated the commencement of thousands of homes, but experts have called for a “granular trawl“ over homebuilding data www.businesspost.ie/news/develop...

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The businessman Peter Casey has confirmed that he will stand in the forthcoming presidential election for a second time. -Ian Begley #PE25 www.thetimes.com/article/6288...

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Dail bike shed official got €7,500 retirement bash - Claire Scott Maurice Buckley's send-off in Dublin as Office of Public Works chairman was a lavish affair #OPW ##HowIrelandWorks www.thetimes.com/article/d7e6...

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They Lied To Win The Election. Simon Harris claimed close to 40,000 homes would be completed months before controversial letter from Darragh O’Brien - Tabitha Monahan

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GOVERNMENT spending on spin doctors could break the €10m barrier as newly appointed ministers staff up with well-paid advisers. ##HowIrelandWorks

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MORE than 500 student accommodation beds were left empty for a year, resulting in their offshore owners being eligible to secure a lucrative State contract to house asylum seekers, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal. - Colm McGuirk The Benbulben Court.and Milligan Court apartments in Sligo

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Dáil abandoned as the opposition refused to allow Lowry get speaking time from the opposition while supporting the Government. #Dáil

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‘Why did our healthy son die?’ – grieving parents await review into care received by Logan (6) at Cork hospital - Eilish O'Reagan ..they waited for two to three hours before her son was seen and tests were carried out. “We got a room at around 3am,” she said. His pain out of 10, he said nine.

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TEACHER Enoch Burke has been released from prison for Christmas - and now owes the State a total of €193,000 Mr Burke is still receiving his full teaching salary as his dismissal from Wilson's Hospital School in Co. Westmeath is under appeal.

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President Higgins today hosted a credential ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin for the Ambassador of Italy, H.E. Nicola Faganello, and Ambassador of the State of Palestine, H.E. Jilan Abdaljamid

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President Michael D Higgins says it is ‘slander’ for Israeli minister to accuse Irish people of antisemitism over Gaza stance

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The @sinnfeinireland leader, after a tough year, has had a great campaign @MaryLouMcDonald 🥇🎆 It's time for change #GE24 #VoteLeftTransferLeft #MaryLou

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FINE Gael scrambled to deal with Simon Harris's interaction with a care worker with frantic messages to RTE to over how the broadcaster planned to handle the now-viral video. Chilling RTE declined to comment on the accusations of pressure being put on them by Fine Gael #GE24

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Fine Gael Meltdown #GE24 Irish Times poll: Simon Harris under pressure as Fine Gael support slumps six points

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