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BUILDERS’ FUEL SUBSIDY BOOST
AN ENERGY bailout for the construction sector is set to become operational in a matter of weeks after three Government departments spent the summer in a ‘row’ over avoiding responsibility for it. The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) confirmed...
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ESCALATING PAY DISPUTE MEANS 17,000 NOW WAITING FOR EIRCODE
UP TO 17,300 properties are waiting for Eircodes to be issued, amid a growing row over pay conditions at Tailte Éireann, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. No new Eircodes have been issued in months due to the pay dispute between surveyors and management...
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HSE DEFENDS FORUM WITH U.S. EXPERT ON MEN BREASTFEEDING
THE HSE has defended a breastfeeding conference over its controversial plans to feature a speaker who specialises in helping men to lactate for ‘sexual gratification’. Pressure is now mounting on Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to intervene...
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WRONGLY IN PRISON
A MAN who allegedly assaulted the mother of his girlfriend was released from prison by a High Court judge last month due to the ongoing solicitors’ strike. The dispute has led to several defendants who did not have legal representation due to the...
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IRISH TOURISTS MISSING IN NEPAL FLASH FLOODING
A DESPERATE hunt was on last night for two Irish people missing following an apocalyptic mudslide in Nepal that is feared to have killed hundreds. More than 400 tourists, including 33 Britons, were among thousands caught in the monster flash flood...
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MINISTERS HAILED HOUSING FIGURES DESPITE WARNING
OFFICIALS in the Department of Housing privately warned that the pipeline for new homes was weakening just weeks before Cabinet ministers hailed ‘strong momentum’ in the Government’s housing plan. Briefing documents prepared for Minister for Housing...
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END THE LEGAL AID STRIKE NOW
PRESSURE is growing on Jim O’Callaghan to end the legal aid strike after the mother of one of the boys who died in the M9 crash said that two hearings were adjourned due to a lack of legal representation. Legal sources have warned that if the Justice...
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118,000 PATIENTS WAITING OVER A YEAR FOR CARE
MORE than 118,000 patients were waiting longer than a year for scheduled hospital care at the end of 2025 – including more than 9,500 people who had been waiting for more than three years, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Internal briefing documents...
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MOLLY MARTENS IS PREGNANT, 11 YEARS AFTER SHE KILLED HUSBAND
TO passersby she is just another expectant mother heading home from the office, one hand resting on her bump, a roll of carpet samples tucked under her arm. But the glamorous blonde in the pale blue dress and wedges is convicted killer Molly Martens...
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Friends tell me Meghan is fully behind this shock move
In revelations that will surprise many, friends of the Sussexes tell the Mail the duchess wants to rekindle Harry’s English side, that the American Dream ‘might not be all that it was cracked up to be’ – and that this really could be a ‘forever return’...
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SEAN QUINN: I’M THE VICTIM OF A MAJOR COVER-UP
DISGRACED businessman Seán Quinn has alleged there was a ‘major cover-up’ by the government in relation to how it handled his assets. The former billionaire is set to release a podcast series in which he seeks to ‘put the true story on record’ about...
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TEENS’ BMW BOUGHT FOR €1,000 FIVE DAYS BEFORE FATAL CRASH
THE car used in the horrific motorway crash which left five teenagers dead was bought for just €1,000 days before the tragedy, it has emerged. The BMW, which gardaí initially thought had been stolen, was bought less than a week before last Sunday...
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You’ll end up in prison – or you’ll end up in the grave
CRIMINALS driving the wrong way down motor- ways will ‘end up in jail or in the grave’, the Justice Minister has said. The Government yesterday scrambled to deal with the fallout from a second incident of young males driving down the motorway into...
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WOMEN AND BOY IN M9 CRASH WERE ON WAY TO A WEDDING
THREE sisters and a seven-year-old child were ‘travelling innocently’ to a family wedding when a car driving the wrong way on a motorway ploughed head-on into their car. Five male teenagers, who were in the other vehicle, died at the scene yesterday....
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McALEESE: QUEEN COULD NOT STAND IAN PAISLEY
QUEEN Elizabeth ‘abhorred’ hardline unionist Ian Paisley and his politics and had ‘no time for him whatsoever’, ex-president Mary McAleese has claimed. Paisley had never been ‘nice’ to the late British monarch, who made a historic State visit to...
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MEDICS TREATING PATIENTS WITHOUT TRAINING
ADVANCED paramedics are not properly trained to carry out complex medical procedures, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. An internal report into air ambulance crews has identified critical gaps in care and shortfalls in the service. The major review,...
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MINISTER: I WON’T FIX PARKING FEES AT OUR HOSPITALS
THE Health Minister said she will not intervene in the car park charges set by hospitals, as new data shows parking revenue more than doubled in four years. Figures from the HSE show that patients and families spent a record €17.76million on parking...
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HOSPITAL ‘SHELVED’ REPORTS ON FIRE HAZARDS
MANAGEMENT at Connolly Hospital in Dublin voided incident reports of a number of fire safety breaches which posed a risk to patients, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Unauthorised electrical and construction works carried out at the hospital caused...
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‘GARDAÍ TOLD: DON’T ENGAGE STOLEN CAR IN M50 CRASH’
THE Garda watchdog is investigating if officers were told not to engage with a stolen car with eight teenagers inside it as the vehicle drove the wrong way down the M50, sources say. The Irish Daily Mail understands that the stolen car, which had been...
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I KNOW I’M NOT GETTING BAIL
AFTER a decade-long battle to bring him back home, Daniel Kinahan’s court hearing last night lasted 12 minutes and 36 seconds, during which he admitted: ‘I know I won’t be getting bail.’ At 6.31pm yesterday evening, the Irish government jet carrying...
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SUPERMAC’S WINS BRITISH BATTLE IN WAR AGAINST MCDONALD’S
FAST-food chain Supermac’s has won the latest round of the ‘battle of the burgers’ with its rival McDonald’s – and is now set to expand into the lucrative UK market. The Irish-owned chain, with around 120 outlets here, has been locked in a...
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REPORT ON DATA CENTRES REWRITTEN TO SUIT STATE NARRATIVE
AN ‘independent report’ into the country’s data centres was rewritten after requests from the Department of Enterprise to ‘present a strong narrative’ to support the sector’s expansion. The Irish Daily Mail can reveal that there was extensive...
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IRISH FAMILY OF DESIGNER SUING OWNER OF THE YACHT SHE DIED ON
THE family of an Irish fashion designer found dead on board a luxury yacht in the US are planning to file a $50million wrongful death suit against the investor who owned the boat. Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, 33, met with Christopher Durnan on the night...
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WATCHDOG WARNING ON VETTING GARDAI
JUSTICE Minister Jim O’Callaghan has been criticised for failing to implement vetting procedures and drug testing for gardaí, more than five years after the reforms were promised. A scathing new report by the policing watchdog has said ‘no significant...
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No wonder Ariana is feeling the strain
ON FRIDAY night, Ariana Grande took to the stage at Montreal’s Bell Centre. Draped in an ethereal, flowing white dress, she gripped her microphone and moved a little stiffly around the stage – but her voice was as magnificent as ever. As she belted...
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UP TO 47,000 HOMES WITH PLANNING ARE STALLED
ALMOST 47,000 new homes in Dublin have stalled, with building yet to begin, despite the fact they have been granted planning permission. The Department of Housing admits that it does not have data on the exact number of uncommenced permissions...
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HEATWAVE FUELLED CRISIS IN HOSPITALS
THE heatwave of recent weeks sparked a summer trolley crisis in Irish hospitals, with more than 10,000 patients without a bed in July for the first time since records began. Doctors have told how patients with heatstroke, severe sunburn, dehydration...
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ANTI-TERROR UNIT HUNT SEX PEST CALLER
ANTI-TERROR gardaí have been tasked with tracking down a man who has been sexually harassing scores of women councillors across the country by making explicit phone calls. More than 70 women councillors from across the political spectrum have reported...
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Glen Hansard, troubadour with a rasping growl that could become as fragile as gossamer
OSCAR-WINNING musician and homelessness activist Glen Hansard has been remembered for his talent, humility and heart following his death in a motorcycle crash in Co. Dublin. Hansard, 56, who had become a father for the first time less than four years...
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TWO-WEEK WAIT TO SEE YOUR GP
ACUTE GP shortages in the commuter belt – and in rural areas – are leaving people waiting up to two weeks to see their doctors, it has been warned. Commuter areas are among the worst hit, as they are dealing with large, sudden inflsuxes of people...
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WIND ENERGY ‘GRIDLOCKED’
IRELAND is losing enough wind energy to power every household in Dublin, Westmeath and Wicklow because the electricity grid is not strong enough to carry it, new research shows. The grid is struggling to keep pace with the country’s renewable energy...
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IT’S NOW TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC, Ms FORBES
THE Dee Forbes saga has returned to haunt RTÉ after photos published at the weekend showed the ex-DG shopping and socialising in public. Two Dáil committees want to cross-examine Ms Forbes as soon as possible after the photos were revealed in The...
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Zendaya channels her inner Liz Taylor
ONE of her latest films is an ambitious retelling of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey – which has ignited global interest in the original Greek myth. But Zendaya was less Athena and much more Cleopatra on the red carpet last night. The actress, 29, paid...
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200,000 DEFECTS IN CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
AN explosive Cabinet memo has laid the blame for delays to the new National Children’s Hospital with main contractor BAM. More than 200,000 defects at the site are described in the confidential memo as ‘unprecedented’ and the National Paediatric...
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SOLICITOR TO GET €31K FOR ONE DAY’S FREE LEGAL AID
A SOLICITOR will earn over €31,000 in criminal legal aid fees for a single court appearance repre- senting a client charged with 130 money laundering offences, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Invoice data reveals the solicitor submitted claims to the...
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POLICING DILEMMA AS GARDA DEPUTY ‘RETIRES’
THE Deputy Garda Commissioner responsible for security during Ireland’s EU presidency is to quit her role and will leave the force in November. The Irish Daily Mail can reveal that Deputy Commissioner Shawna Coxon informed the force yesterday of her...
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CYCLISTS FACE A CLAMPDOWN
THE Government is ‘considering’ forcing cyclists to put registration plates on bicycles and wear high-visibility vests and helmets as part of a major road safety clampdown. The measures are being considered alongside a suite of new restrictions on...
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OVER 16,000 ARRIVE AT AIRPORT WITHOUT PASSPORTS
MORE than 16,000 people have arrived in Dublin Airport since 2020 without passports. The total figure does not include the passenger traffic for the Cork, Shannon and Knock airports. In 2022, the year Covid lockdowns ended, a record 4,968 arrived at...
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PROPERTY REGISTER BACKLOG HITS 80,000
TENS of thousands of property sales have stalled amid a massive backlog of 80,000 applications at the land registration body, the Irish Daily Mail has learned. Frustration is growing among politicians over the delays, including some whose constituents...
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6,300 ON DOLE FOR A DECADE
MORE than 6,300 people have been on Jobseeker’s Allowance for a decade or more, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Last night, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said there was ‘no shortage of jobs out there’ and that social welfare should not ‘become a...
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TOW TRUCK CRACKDOWN ON EU FUEL BLOCKADES
GARDA chiefs have hired tow truck firms from the North to break up any fuel protest blockades targeting the Irish EU presidency after one of the force’s main providers refused to cross pickets earlier this year. The cross-border companies will join...
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Alison Chawke turned to a supporter in shock and mouthed: Am I going to jail?
A SON and daughter of publican Charlie Chawke were jailed yesterday – for 18 months and one year respectively – after admitting to viciously assaulting two men. Bill Chawke, 31, and Alison Chawke, 41, attacked the innocent men, without provocation, at...
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JAMEY’S BOYFRIEND ARRESTED IN JORDAN ‘AFTER US PRESSURE’
THE boyfriend of murdered Jamey Carney has been arrested in his native Jordan after a week-long international search following intense diplomatic pressure from the US. Ahmad Al-Saqar, 28, was held by Jordanian police over the weekend, five days after...
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WEEKS AFTER WIFE’S DEATH PENSIONER IS TOLD: GET OUT OF YOUR HOME
A FORMER member of the Defence Forces is facing life on the streets – just weeks after his wife’s death – as a local council demands he leave the couple’s home. Anthony Mangan, 70, buried his spouse Teresa only a month ago. He told the Irish Daily...
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APOLOGISE, AMBASSADOR
FORMER Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has called on the US Ambassador to Ireland, Ed Walsh, to apologise for posing for pictures in a pub owned by disgraced MMA fighter Conor McGregor. In a cutting rebuke of the Ambassador, Mr Varadkar accused Mr Walsh of...
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MINISTER’S HEALTH SCARE IN BRUSSELS
MINISTER Patrick O’Donovan collapsed while on Government business in Brussels and was rushed to hospital earlier this week. It is understood that his wife has flown to the city to be at his bedside. After a query from the Irish Daily Mail yesterday,...
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U.S. ENVOY CONDEMNED FOR VISIT TO MCGREGOR’S DUBLIN PUB
THE US Ambassador to Ireland has been accused of ‘trivialising sexual violence’ after visiting a pub owned by disgraced MMA fighter Conor McGregor. Social media posts uploaded at the weekend show Ambassador Edward Walsh at the Black Forge Inn in...
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MANHUNT IN KERRY AFTER WOMAN IN HER 40S BEATEN TO DEATH AT HOME
GARDAÍ launched a manhunt last night after a young mother was brutally beaten to death in her own home. Jamey Carney, in her 40s, died in her bedroom on the Muckross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry, yesterday, and is believed to have been found by her...
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BEND IT LIKE TRUMP: FURY OVER RED CARD FOUL PLAY
WORLD soccer was in crisis last night after Fifa reversed the suspension of US star Folarin Balogun after a call from Donald Trump. Critics warned the integrity of the beautiful game was at stake after the US president admitted asking Fifa boss Gianni...
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SF INTERNAL SPLIT WIDENS OVER POLICY ON HUNTING AND COURSING
SINN Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald ‘doesn’t want any more hunting ban’ motions to come before the party’s membership, as a fractious internal row continues. The Irish Daily Mail can reveal a split in the party over whether to continue support for...
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WALL THAT WILL COST US €660,000
A COUNCIL has spent more than €660,000 to restore a wall located in a ditch the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The restoration work on the aptly named ‘ha-ha’ wall, located within the grounds of Marlay Park in south Dublin, is six months behind...
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Inside Tay-Tay’s big day
WHEN it comes to secrets, Taylor Swift knows how to keep a few. From her careful selection of inner-circle girlfriends who famously never snitch, to playing coy about the true identities of her male muses, she knows how to control the narrative. So...
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LABOUR LEADER REPEATED FALSE STORY ON MAYOR
LABOUR leader Ivana Bacik falsely told party members that their newly elected Mayor of Galway Helen Ogbu came to Ireland in 2006 after the assassination of her husband, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. An investigation by the Mail can reveal that...
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FORECOURTS ARE WARNED: DON’T GOUGE
TÁNAISTE Simon Harris has warned forecourts not to hit consumers with fuel price shocks when excise duty cuts expire at the end of this year. The Government yesterday approved the extension of fuel price subsidies of up to 32c until September 1, when...
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Labour city mayor’s website deleted after queries about date of her husband’s murder
NEWLY elected Mayor of Galway Helen Ogbu has deleted her website, which had contradicted interviews she gave about her life when she arrived in Ireland. Labour councillor Ms Ogbu claimed that she came to Ireland with her family in 2006 ‘seeking safety...
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CABINET TO BE TOLD: YES, YOU CAN MAKE TAX CUTS IN THIS YEAR’S BUDGET
PROPOSED tax cuts are expected to be backed by a report into dealing with the cost-of-living crisis by the powerful Budgetary Oversight Committee. The report, due this week, will give Tánaiste Simon Harris’s tax-cutting plans a major shot in the arm...
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UISCE EIREANN’S €13.1M IN BONUSES DESPITE FAILURES
UISCE Éireann has defended paying performance bonuses of €13.1 million to staff in 2024, despite almost 60% of treatment plants failing to meet standards. The utility is facing calls to explain why the eye-watering bonuses were paid out to senior...
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FUNDING IS PAUSED FOR NGO THAT WELCOMES MIGRANTS
FUNDING for a group that works with migrants, asylum seekers and refugees has been paused by the Department of Justice over ‘concerns’ about the management of its finances. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) under the spotlight is a community...
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Why are we thinking of decriminalising heroin and cocaine?
A RECOMMENDATION by TDs and senators to decriminalise all drugs has sparked outrage and been branded by doctors as ‘very dangerous’ as it will lead to ‘more broken lives’. Members of the cross-party Joint Committee on Drugs Use have called for the...
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CASH FOR RURAL ROADS RUNS DRY
RURAL road maintenance is ‘in crisis’ after fuel inflation caused many local councils to blow through their budgets, the Irish Daily Mail has learned. Local roads have been left damaged, potholed or even shut in some regions since the start of the...
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LIES EXPOSED BY A LETTER
FORMER DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been warned he is facing a ‘lengthy’ prison term after being found guilty of 18 historical sexual offences against two women when they were children, during a 23-year campaign of abuse. A letter of apology he...
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EARN €1,000 A WEEK BEFORE YOU PAY TOP RATE OF TAX
WORKERS will be able to earn up to €1,000 a week before they pay the 40% top rate of tax under new plans. Budget 2027 will be the first step of a grand strategy by Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris, who is ‘on the hunt for a legacy’, one...
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WE’RE SICK OF THE VIOLENCE
STAFF at Oberstown child detention centre said they were forced to take industrial action after they were attacked with weapons and their lives and families were threatened, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Talks between the centre and Fórsa trade...
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CRACKDOWN ON LEGAL AID SOLICITORS CHARGING ON THE DOUBLE
SOLICITORS could face criminal charges if found to have charged clients privately to rep- resent them while also being paid under the legal aid scheme. The Department of Justice confirmed yesterday it is ‘actively investigating’ claims that this was...
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HARDLY ANY SCANS DONE IN HOSPITALS AT THE WEEKEND
THE number of scans taking place in hospitals here at the weekend is so low that the average rate was recorded as 0% last year, a damning internal HSE report reveals. Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has now ordered consultants to fix their...
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SOLICITORS URGED TO ‘MAXIMISE’ LEGAL AID
SOLICITORS are being encouraged to ‘maximise’ criminal legal aid payments by assigning multiple staff to individual cases, a confidential Department of Justice report has warned. The documents, obtained by the Irish Daily Mail, show that one legal...
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ESPIONAGE RISK IN UNIVERSITIES
THE Cabinet is set to approve new security guidelines for third-level institutions amid international concerns over espionage, intellectual property theft and foreign interference. Minister for Further and Higher Education James Lawless will bring a...
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THE HOUSING CRISIS IS TO BLAME FOR FALL-OFF IN MARRIAGES
THE housing crisis has caused the marriage rate to fall to its lowest recorded level outside the pandemic years, a leading bishop has claimed. Bishop Denis Nulty warned that the decline in marriages is a concern not only for the Church but for the...
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ISRAELIS MOCK THE FAI GIVING UP ‘HOME COMFORT’
THE Israeli Football Association has taunted the FAI over its decision to ‘give up home comfort’ by moving the upcoming Nations League fixture between the countries outside of Ireland to be played behind closed doors. The Football Association of...
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FG: CHAMBERS’ DEPARTMENT ACTING LIKE A DICTATORSHIP ON CUTBACKS
GOVERNMENT departments run by Fine Gael ministers will cough up almost €75million more than their Fianna Fáil counterparts to fund the €646million bailout in Education, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. But the clawback has sparked allegations from...
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ROTUNDA: WE HAD TO CAVE IN
THE Rotunda was left with ‘no option’ but to cave to the Health Minister’s demands that public-only consultants stop treating private patients after funding was threatened. This is despite a ‘strong feeling in the board’ that they were right to be...
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PENSIONER’S TREATMENT LAYS BARE BED CRISIS IN HOSPITAL
A PENSIONER with severe high blood pres- sure was discharged from hospital in the small hours of the morning – despite protests by medics – and refused readmission to her nursing home, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The patient, who is nearly 80,...
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TDS PLEAD FOR €10,000 PAY HIKE
OIREACHTAS committee chairs are seeking to boost their pay by up to €10,000 a year – and it could cost the taxpayer almost €300,000 extra per annum, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. At present, Oireachtas committee chairs – who are nominated by party...
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ROTUNDA TOLD: NAME DOCTORS MIXING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CARE IN YOUR HOSPITAL
THE Rotunda has defended its position on subverting Government policy to allow private care in the public-only hospital on foot of a major HSE investigation into its consultants. In a statement to the Irish Daily Mail, the hospital said its ‘priority...
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CHILDREN OF 11 BEING USED BY CRIME GANGS TO FERRY DRUGS ON SCRAMBLERS
CHILDREN as young as 11 are being used by criminal gangs to ferry drugs using scramblers, a senior garda has said. The head of the Garda Dublin Metropolitan West region has vowed to eradicate the ‘epidemic’ of the bikes from the streets of the...
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