Jennifer Bray
Irish Times
Dublin, D, Ireland
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Attorney General warned ‘substantial evidence’ needed to extend eviction ban
Cabinet told extending moratorium would be a ‘breach of trust’ with landlords → Read More
Eviction ban: What measures are proposed to counter homelessness when moratorium ends?
One change would see landlords selling up required to offer property to tenant first → Read More
Plan to cut car use: Congestion charges and 400% parking charge hike options divide Coalition
Ryan to bring memo to Cabinet with aim of creating a new strategy to change how road space is used → Read More
Department defends new hospital consultant contract despite concerns
The contract, due to start on Wednesday, will see extended hours in the evenings and at weekends → Read More
Eviction ban extension may make exception for landlords ‘rehoming’
The Coalition is considering extending the current ban on evictions with additional exceptions for landlords, it is understood. The three party leaders are due to meet on Monday evening to discuss available options, with Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien also set to attend. It is understood that there are three options under consideration, with no final decision made yet. The first option… → Read More
Labour Party calls on Niall Collins to make further Dáil statement on planning application
Minister of State for Skills Niall Collins argues planning permission was properly granted → Read More
Holly Cairns: ‘They say rural Ireland is so conservative. It’s not true and it’s kind of insulting’
New Social Democrats leader on how the 2018 abortion referendum was her introduction to political activism, and the electoral challenge posed by Sinn Féin → Read More
Holly Cairns a breath of fresh air for Soc Dems, but leadership will be tested soon
Honeymoon period for new party leader unlikely to last long as major challenges lie ahead → Read More
Windsor Framework: EU countries begin to raise questions as they pore over deal with UK
The deal has a tough audience in Paris, which backs a sterner approach to protect single market → Read More
Ireland on track to procure significant emergency electricity supplies, Cabinet told
Employers could be forced to reveal approximate salaries for advertised jobs under new laws → Read More
Cost of living: One-off welfare payments being considered as part of Government package
Coalition keen to ‘normalise’ State’s financial outlay as inflation stabilises and to provide assistance to workers → Read More
Refugee housing: Over 200 asylum seekers told no accommodation available on arrival
More than 200 international protection applicants told no accommodation available upon arriving into State → Read More
Coalition under growing last-minute pressure on hospitality cost of living measures
The 9% VAT rate currently in place for the industry is due to expire at the end of the month, when it will revert to the previous 13.5% figure → Read More
Mary Lou McDonald faces her biggest challenge yet, five years after rising to the top of Sinn Féin
After nearly 20 years playing the ultimate long-game, can the party leader transform it from one-time political pariahs into a party of government? → Read More
Abortion review expected to be sent to Minister within weeks
Barrister Marie O’Shea last year appointed as independent chairwoman of review into State’s abortion laws → Read More
Nursing home charges: Ex-special adviser to Mary Harney defends legal strategy
‘As soon as there is litigation against the State, there has to be a legal strategy,’ says Oliver O’Connor → Read More
Varadkar defends strategy aimed at containing State’s potential liability on nursing home charges
Taoiseach says he does not recall being briefed or authorising the legal strategy → Read More
Nursing home charges: Micheál Martin ‘not aware’ of two memos detailing State’s strategy on refunds
Varadkar tells Dáil he ‘must have been’ briefed about the ‘legitimate’ legal strategy → Read More
Government to discuss proposals to time-limit supports for refugees
Ministers to discuss State’s ongoing humanitarian response to war in Ukraine as Government examines ‘all options’ to tackle accommodation crisis → Read More
More than 5,000 adopted people yet to receive personal records
Thousands of applications have been made following the enactment of the Birth and Information Tracing legislation, but a significant backlog has built up → Read More