Marie O'Halloran
Irish Times
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Past articles by Marie:
Dáil votes confidence in Darragh O’Brien as TDs criticise ‘Harry Kane of Irish politics’
Taoiseach says Minister for Housing had taken office at a very difficult time, and was dealing with the issue ‘with great dedication and commitment’ → Read More
Hospitals ‘no place’ for protest says Taoiseach in wake of comments by Archbishop of Armagh
Primate of all-Ireland supports protests, saying it is ‘perfectly reasonable’ to offer alternative options to women ending a pregnancy → Read More
Eamon Ryan ‘asleep at the wheel again’ over failure at Dublin Airport to prepare for cold weather
Mary Lou McDonald hits out over chaos at airport as Taoiseach highlights need to make sure airport operator prepared for de-icing and extreme weather events → Read More
Most learner drivers fail to hand over permits when disqualified
Campaigner says ‘shame on powers that be’ after figures show that just 14.5 per cent of learners surrender their licence when put off road → Read More
‘When you go to the mart, it is 95 per cent men. It can be a difficult place to go’
Pippa Hackett says the problem is ‘there isn’t equality on the ground’ for women farmers who own just 13% of holdings → Read More
Government and Tánaiste accused of ‘pulling a fast one’ on remote working legislation
Leo Varadkar’s proposals on the right to request remote working are ‘pretty useless’, says Social Democrats joint leader Catherine Murphy → Read More
Minister for Education currently on a career break, Dáil hears
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald ‘gobsmacked’ that Norma Foley’s is to cut career breaks while she is on one herself → Read More
TD claims Housing Agency has suspended payments to mortgage to rent operator
Richard Boyd Barrett claims hundreds of people could be living in unsafe buildings due to unrepaired defects → Read More
Government ‘telling fairy tales’ about housing crisis, Sinn Féin leader claims
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath warned Mary Lou McDonald’s policies could ‘further drive landlords out’ of Irish market → Read More
Ireland shows ‘Europe’s best face’, Ursula von der Leyen tells Oireachtas
European Commission president tells Oireachtas ‘there can be no hard Border on the island of Ireland’ → Read More
Paschal Donohoe defends banker pay changes as necessary for Irish-owned banks to compete
Minister for Finance challenged over changes for institutions soon after tracker mortgage scandal → Read More
Taoiseach refuses to withdraw remark that three TDs acted like ‘puppets’ for Putin’s regime
Paul Murphy says Micheál Martin making very serious allegation TDs were ‘agents of a foreign state, particularly a state like Russia’ → Read More
Garda pulled man’s trousers down in drugs search on busy street in Dublin city centre
TD highlights incident as Dáil debates Labour motion calling for decriminalisation of drugs for personal use → Read More
State must act against landlords ‘exploiting housing crisis’ with unsafe rentals, Dáil told
Labour leader Ivana Bacik and PBP TD Bríd Smith highlighted unauthorised accommodation after Irish Times report → Read More
‘No issue’ with creating Oireachtas committee on immigration and asylum, Taoiseach says
Rural Independent TD says State cannot sustain numbers seeking international protections from State → Read More
A ‘mistake’ to estimate final cost of children’s hospital, Taoiseach says
Sinn Féin leader hits out at ‘debacle’ of ballooning costs and asks final price for building that started six years ago → Read More
‘Ukraine is not the only war on our planet’: Minister defends asylum accommodation process
Roderic O’Gorman says Ireland offers protection to men as well as to women and children who suffer ‘torture and persecution’ → Read More
One person dies every 36 seconds of starvation, Dáil told
TDs stand for a minute’s silence to commemorate 90th anniversary of famine in Ukraine → Read More
Women now make up more than 50 per cent of State boards of national cultural institutions
Minister for Arts Catherine Martin tells Green Party conference women are in top role in six of seven cultural bodies under her remit → Read More
Farmers need honesty on climate change not ‘miracle solutions’, Green Party hears
Campaigner says limits must be put on dairy cattle numbers as Irish Rural Association protests outside event → Read More