Irish News for May 2018

Irish News, May 31, 2018
Gender Equality Must Be Central To Budget 2019 - FF
Gender equality must be central to Budget 2019, Fianna Fáil's Finance Spokesperson, Michael McGrath, has said. Deputy McGrath called on Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, to make progress on the ...
Irish News, May 30, 2018
No Change To State Pension Age Until New Calculation Systems In Place - FF
Any move to change the age of eligibility for the State Pension should be delayed until a new system for calculating pension entitlements is in place, and up and running, Fianna Fáil's Employment Affa...
Irish News, May 29, 2018
Dept Of Business Has 'No Grasp On Problem Of Ticket Touting' - SF
The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation have been accused of having no grasp on the problems around ticket touting and not understanding the frustration experienced by consumers. Sinn F...
Irish News, May 25, 2018
Jobs At Risk If Govt Fails To Address Competitiveness
Fianna Fáil's Business, Enterprise and Innovation Spokesperson, Billy Kelleher, has warned that jobs will be put at risk if Ireland's competitiveness is not addressed urgently. Deputy Kelleher was co...
Irish News, May 25, 2018
Minister For Transport Accused Of Failing To Address M50 Capacity
Sinn Féin has criticised the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, for his "failure to address the serious capacity issues on the M50 motorway". Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Transport, Imelda Munster, has...
Irish News, May 24, 2018
Fianna Fáil Question Fine Gael Commitment To Dealing With Housing Crisis
Fianna Fáil has questioned the commitment of the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe's, to dealing with the housing crisis. Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Public Expe...
Irish News, May 23, 2018
Man Fatally Stabbed In Caherciveen, Kerry
An investigation has been launched into a fatal stabbing incident in Caherciveen, Kerry. A 33-year-old man suffered serious stab wounds in an incident at Fertha Drive in the early hours of Wednesday ...
Irish News, May 22, 2018
Body Found By Officers Investigating Abduction Of Jastine Valdez
Gardaí investigating the abduction of 24-year-old Jastine Valdez have discovered a body in the Pucks Castle area of Dublin The body has not yet been formally identified but garda have appealed for pr...
Irish News, May 18, 2018
Man And Woman Arrested In Connection With Child's Death Last Year
Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a 10-week-old baby girl in Co Longford in June last year. The child, named as Doriana Kluska, from Cloondara in Longford, died in Temple ...
Irish News, May 17, 2018
Body Discovered In Disused Building In Lucan
A body has been discovered by garda officers who were searching for a missing teenager. No formal identification has yet been made but it is understood that garda searching for 14-year-old Anastasia ...
Irish News, May 16, 2018
Garda Appeal For Help To Trace 14-Year-Old Anastasia Kriegel
Gardaí have issued an appeal for help in tracing the whereabouts of 14-year-old Anastasia Kriegel. The teenager was last seen at her home in Leixlip, Co. Kildare at 5pm on Monday 14th May, 2018. She...
Irish News, May 15, 2018
Tánaiste 'Profoundly Shocked' At Events In Gaza
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, has said that he is "profoundly shocked" at the events in Gaza, in which it is reported that over 40 people have been killed. T...
Irish News, May 15, 2018
New Agri-Food Sector Employment Permit Pilot Quota Launched
A new pilot quota of employment permits for the agri-food sector have been welcomed by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed. "This is a measured response to issues raised ...
Irish News, May 14, 2018
Man And Child Die In Plane Crash In Co Offaly
An air accident investigation has been launched following the death of a man and seven-year-old boy in a plane crash near Clonbullogue on Sunday, 13 May. The remains of the man and child were taken f...
Irish News, May 11, 2018
Man Shot In Leg In Dublin City
An investigation has been launched following a shooting incident in Dublin city on Thursday, 10 May. A man, aged in his 20s, was shot in the leg near Thomas Street in Dublin, in an area known as the ...
Irish News, May 11, 2018
Govt Have 'Questions To Answer' Following New Evidence In CervicalCheck Scandal
The government must answer "urgent questions" raised by new evidence revealed by an investigation of the ongoing CervicalCheck scandal. Stephen Donnelly TD, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, made t...
Irish News, May 11, 2018
Govt Urged To 'Act Immediately' On Mental Health Act
The government has been urged to "act immediately" to resolve the legislative issues arising from a Supreme Court ruling on an unconstitutional section of the Mental Health Act 2001. The section, whi...
Irish News, May 10, 2018
Apple Scrap Plan For Athenry Data Centre
Apple's announcement that it has scrapped plans to build a data centre in Athenry has been described as a "body blow for the west of Ireland". Labour representative in Galway West, Cllr Níall McNelis...
Irish News, May 9, 2018
Appeal Issued For 16-Year-Old Rebecca Wall
Gardaí have issued an appeal for help in tracing the whereabouts of 16-year-old Rebecca Wall. The teenager was last seen in Waterford city on the evening of Thursday, 26 April. She is described as b...
Irish News, May 8, 2018
Legislation Not PR Needed To Tackle Bogus Self Employment
Legislation and not public relations measures are needed to tackle the issue of bogus self employment, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Workers' Rights, David Cullinane TD, has said. Deputy Cullinane was re...
Irish News, May 3, 2018
Housing Minister Accused Of 'Knowingly Manipulating Homeless Figures'
The Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has been accused of "knowingly manipulating the March homeless figures". Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin has called on the Minister to "admit that he an...
Irish News, May 2, 2018
Unemployment Rate At 10 Year Low - CSO
Ireland's unemployment rate has fallen to 5.9% in April 2018, down from 6.8% in April 2017, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This represents a total fall in t...
Irish News, May 1, 2018
Labour Urges Young People To Make Sure They Are Registered To Vote
Young people are being urged to make sure they are registered to vote ahead of the upcoming referendum on the 8th Amendment. Labour Party Director of Elections, Councillor Jane Horgan Jones, said tha...
Irish News, May 1, 2018
SIPTU Announces Event For Children And Families Affected By Homelessness
Trade union SIPTU is to host a "day of entertainment" next week for children and families affected by the homelessness crisis. The event, to be held at Liberty Hall in Dublin on Monday, 07 May at SIP...