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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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DANNY COST ME MY JOB
MICHAEL Healy-Rae says he was ‘sacked on air’ in a ‘cock-up’ of an interview by his brother Danny, that ‘cost Kerry’ a ministry. The Independent TD for Kerry resigned his junior ministry after Danny Healy-Rae called for Micheál Martin and Simon Harris...
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VACCINE FOR SKIN CANCER
PATIENTS with deadly skin cancer could soon benefit from a revolutionary vaccine that has been shown to slash the risk of their disease returning by almost half. Melanoma is one of the most aggressive and fatal types of skin cancer, with just under...
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DESPERATE PARENTS GO LEGAL ROUTE TO GET PLACE IN SCHOOLS
FIFTY judicial reviews were taken against the Department of Education relating to school places for children with special education needs last year, internal records have revealed. The move to take judicial reviews shows the ‘desperation’ some parents...
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WOMAN TOOK US TO A VENUE ABOVE A SEX SHOP: HOW THIS COUPLE WERE ‘LUCKY’ TO BE STUNG FOR ONLY €500
A WOMAN who hired Claire Lopez as her wedding planner said she was ‘gutted’ when she realised she was being taken for a ride. Samantha Kelly-Findlay said Ms Lopez had come so highly recommended that she had no issues choosing her for the job. But over...
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WATCHDOG WARNS OF ‘CARTELS’ ON PUBLIC TENDERS
CARTEL behaviour in public procurement has been happening for ‘many decades’, the country’s competition regulator believes. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has only recently received new powers of sanction, despite calling for them...
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GARDAÍ ON PATROL AS 20 SCHOOLS GET SHOOTING THREAT
GARDAÍ will be on patrol at 42 primary schools across Co. Carlow today – after almost half of them received threats of a mass shooting. A mystery emailer contacted 20 schools early yesterday morning claiming that there was going to be ‘blood in the...
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PAY YOUR OWN WAY TO STAY, UKRAINIANS TOLD
TENS of thousands of Ukrainians receiving housing supports from the State will not be eligible to remain here under strict new rules. Yesterday, the Cabinet approved measures to wind down the level of supports given to those who have fled the Russian...
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EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR HOMELESS NOW COSTING US €493.6M
‘RUNAWAY’ spending on homelessness services has soared by 570% in the last ten years, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The cost of emergency accommodation from private and thirdparty providers reached an astonishing €493.6million last year. It comes...
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SINN FEIN IS IN TURMOIL AFTER POOR BY-ELECTION OUTCOMES
MAJOR infighting between left- and rightwing factions has engulfed Sinn Féin in the wake of its disastrous by-election results at the weekend, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. And the party is facing pressure from its left-wing allies in Opposition,...
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RTE CHIEF: MY HANDS ARE TIED ON DEAD RADIO STAR’S PAY
RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has sig- nalled he won’t intervene in the case of Seán Rocks’s partner, who has said their family has been left ‘very disadvantaged financially’ by his misclassification as producer. In an email to staff yesterday,...
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20,300
IRELAND’S tech sector saw the biggest loss of jobs in any part of the economy in the first three months of the year, shocking new figures revealed yesterday show. Some 20,300 jobs in IT evaporated at the start of the year, with the number employed in...
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RTE TOLD: CLEAN UP YOUR ACT ON PAY
RTÉ bosses have been told to reveal the true scale of pay to its stars, with its annual list of its top 10 earners branded a ‘waste of space’. Director general Kevin Bakhurst appeared before the Oireachtas Media Committee yesterday where it emerged...
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As Meghan and Harry release dozens of unseen wedding photos, Jan Moir can’t get enough!
WHAT should the world’s most private celebrity couple do to mark their eighth wedding anniversary? Hide under a rock, silently toast each other with fine champagne while snuggled under a blanket – or under a blanket media blackout, at the very...
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CABINET ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH RTE OVER PAY
THE Government fears a proposed salary hike for RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst will prompt a flurry of claims from its star talent, including Patrick Kielty. A new series of pay irregularities at RTÉ that have been disclosed by a ‘scoping...
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ASTONISHING SPAT BETWEEN FF MINISTERS ON OVERSPEND IN EDUCATION
A MAJOR spat is developing between the Higher Education Minis- ter and the Public Expenditure Minister over the plan to levy other departments to pay for an expected €600million overspend in Education. Despite significant private opposition to the...
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MURDERER ON CANVASS WITH THE SF CANDIDATE IN DUBLIN
CONVICTED IRA killer Eamonn Nolan, who murdered a civil servant in front of the victim’s three-year-old son in 1979, has been pictured canvassing for Sinn Féin by-election candidate Janice Boylan. Nolan, who is a senior party official, spent 14 years...
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THOUSANDS ABANDON RTE RADIO OVER NEW SCHEDULE
RTÉ Radio 1 has suffered a punishing drop in listeners across the board – as its new schedule, launched just six months ago, sees thousands tune out. But the national broadcaster declared yesterday: ‘No one is panicking... we will keep going.’ The...
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I WORRYABOUT THE AFRICANS
BERTIE Ahern was denounced yesterday after he was secretly recorded saying he ‘worries about’ the number of Africans coming into the country and the next generation of Muslims. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Fianna Fáil ‘do not approve’ of the former...
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PREPARE FOR MORE AMBULANCE CHAOS
THE health sector was plunged into chaos yesterday as over 2,000 ambulance staff went on strike – with up to five days of action yet to come this month. As protesters picketed outside ambulance bases across the country, patients’ groups said that...
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FUEL PRICE PROTESTS DROVE UP THE COST OF BUILDING
FUEL protests that brought the country to a halt last month were a ‘key factor’ in driving up construction costs and delaying house-building, a new report shows. Roads, ports and critical infrastructure were blocked in a weeklong protest over the...
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‘I’D HAVE BOUGHT DEADLIER WEAPONS’
TRAGIC Carlow gunman Evan Fitzgerald told gardaí that if he wanted to hurt many people, he’d have bought deadlier weapons. According to confidential documents seen by the Irish Daily Mail, Mr Fitzgerald was interviewed by gardaí on the day of his...
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TEACHERS’ DIVERSITY RETREAT IN CARIBBEAN
EIGHT senior teachers at Dublin secondary schools went on trips costing €28,000 to a tropical island in the Caribbean to attend a weeklong ‘diversity, inclusion and mindfulness’ training retreat. Two of the EU-funded trips – one last November and one...
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PARENTS’ SHOCK AT SCHOOL’S UNISEX TOILETS
PARENTS at a new secondary school have branded the decision to use mixed-sex toilets as ‘disgraceful’ and said that it ‘disregards the privacy of girls’. The 1,000-student Educate Together school in Harold’s Cross, Dublin, moved into a new four-storey...
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ADULT MIGRANTS LIVED WITH CHILDREN IN CARE OF TUSLA FOR MONTHS
UP to 181 adult migrants spent an average of two months living among children in Tusla’s care after falsely presenting as minors to immigration officials. Tusla has told the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee that some adults spent 57.6 days, on...
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Off-duty garda who had been drinking with colleagues drove car at 109kph and killed hurling coach in hit-and-run
A FORMER inter-county hurler and coach was thrown 34 metres through the air when he was struck and killed by an off-duty garda who was driving at more than twice the speed limit, a court has heard. The sentencing hearing at Dundalk Circuit Court heard...
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COLLEGE FEES CUT IN DANGER
CUTS to college fees may be scrapped over the ‘decision to levy’ ministers for overspending at the Department of Education, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Minister for Higher Education James Lawless has said levies to cover the cost of bailouts ‘may...
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MINISTER UNDER PRESSURE OVER CANCER FAILURES
HEALTH Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is under pressure from Fine Gael backbenchers following revelations that 80% of the country’s radiotherapy machines must be replaced. Members of her party have previously been told by the Department of Health...
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HALF OF THE ROOMS AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL UNFINISHED
MORE than 2,500 rooms at the €2.2billion National Children’s Hospital have not been completed yet, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said only around half of the more than 5,700 rooms developer BAM is...
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‘Would-be Trump assassin’ mocked security measures at packed event
IT SOUNDED like the muffled popping of champagne corks in rapid succession, but no one opens bottles that fast. They reverberated from the hotel foyer and through the open main door into the Washington Hilton ballroom, where I was sitting at one of...
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NO DOCTORS FOR AIR AMBULANCES
AIR ambulances in Ireland will not be staffed by doctors until after 2029 at the earliest, despite evidence that they would save lives and result in millions in savings for the health service, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. An internal briefing...
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MARTIN ‘IN DENIAL’ OVER FF SUPPORT
FIANNA Fáil is struggling to find people willing to canvass for the upcoming by-election in Galway with the party’s leadership ‘in denial’ over the ill-feeling among its grassroots. The Irish Daily Mail can reveal that John Connolly, the party’s...
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OVER TO YOU NOW MINISTER
THE Government is under mounting pressure to tackle the spiralling cost of living after the EU Commission announced plans for a major relaxation of state aid rules. The EU move will enable countries to use public funds to tackle the short and...
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YOU ALL HAVE TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF BAILOUTS IN EDUCATION
A ROW has erupted at Cabinet after ministers were told they would have to cover the overspending in the Department of Education. The Irish Daily Mail reported last month that the Department of Education required bailouts totalling more than €4billion...
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WOMAN WHO TASERED AND PUNCHED MEN REPOSSESSING HER HOUSE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER COURT HEARING
A WOMAN who tasered one security official and punched another as they repossessed her home has been taken into custody after she refused to enter a good behaviour bond. Lisa Temple, 56, was yesterday given a one-year suspended sentence in Dublin...
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