Keyword "james-lawless" - List of latest news (33 results)

21:43 Moves besides permanent contracts essential to addressing staff shortages, TUI delegates told

Spiral of growing teacher workload and stress ‘unsustainable’, says union general secretary Michael Gillespie

08/04 Thousands of students with households incomes of up to €100,000 missing out on college grants

Less than half of estimated eligible learners have applied for €500 grant for college fees

04/04 ‘Skill, baby, skill’: Plan to attract global research leaders to Ireland following US trade shock

Minister for Higher Education says Ireland will lead with ‘talent, science and skills’

02/04 Boosting grants instead of cutting college fees could be fairer way to support students - Minister

James Lawless hints that €1,000 reduction could be cut this year, leading to increase in fees for many

01/04 ‘Punch to the gut’: Students condemn potential €1,000 rise in third-level fees

Minister signals the €1,000 cut to third-level fees could be reversed this year

01/04 Third-level fees could increase next year as end to cost-of-living supports mooted

Annual ‘student contribution’ has been lowered to €2,000 from €3,000 for past three years

26/03 Woman student harassed by 200 young men in WhatsApp group, Dáil hears

University of Limerick student alleges shouting and bullying behaviour with no remedial action taken by accommodation provider when first contacted

03/03 Review aims to bring supports for Ukrainian students in line with those for Irish nationals

New Minister for Higher Education briefed on review as well as Leaving Cert grade inflation reform and apprenticeships backlog

19/02 Minister to seek Dáil approval for membership of Cern research centre

Ireland expected to complete accession process in 2026, says James Lawless

19/02 Q&A: It promises to boost research, industry and education. So, why has it taken so long for Ireland to join Cern?

Technologies developed in Geneva have helped transform medicine, space, energy and ICT

19/02 Republic may become member of European research centre Cern ‘early in 2026’

Move would open doors for Irish researchers to participate in cutting-edge scientific programmes

18/02 Crisis in academia: ‘I love research, but I don’t see any security or stability in it’

Lack of funding, precarious work and intense competition mean the once-revered job of lecturing has become less attractive as a viable long-term career

01/02 Irish hauliers ‘really angry’ with delay to meeting with new Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien

Drivers claim O’Brien is not following through on compensation promised by his predecessor over the closure of Holyhead

24/01 Micheál Martin’s jobs for the boys – no female TDs promoted by Taoiseach as just three given senior cabinet posts

Taoiseach Micheál Martin did not promote any of his female TDs to senior cabinet jobs when announcing his new Government.

23/01 Who’s in the Cabinet? All the Ministers appointed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and their roles

Simon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at Justice

18/01 Ministerial and public frustration at driving test delays led to Road Safety Authority break-up review, board said

Agency claimed it was reducing waiting lists, but Department disagreed, correspondence shows

29/12 ‘You can’t cook to save your lives’ and other quotes of the year

Planet Business: Pivots, experiments and the beauty of everyday life all feature in this round-up of the things people said in 2024

22/12 Hauliers seek €60m a month in aid to cope with Holyhead port closure

Seen and heard: Port damage to hit prices; City library tender; Johnny Ronan’s Bewley’s deal; Mercury Engineering jobs; Oatier eyes Dublin flotation

06/12 US airlines urge politicians to act on Dublin passenger cap election pledges

Airlines for America lobby wrote to outgoing Minister of State at Department of Transport James Lawless as well as other senior politicians

15/11 Kildare North constituency profile: Transfers between Coalition parties could see one of them return second TD

Election 2024: Impending retirement of Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy sees a gap open up in the constituency

09/10 Explainer: what can be done to tackle driver distraction?

Outgoing RSA chair Liz O’Donnell has called for use of mobile phones while driving to be ‘stigmatised’

02/10 Transport chiefs plan to break up Road Safety Agency and start big projects using Apple proceeds

Budget 2025: Eamon Ryan favours investing in metropolitan rail in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford

10/09 Minister describes Dublin Airport passenger cap as ‘antiquated’

Comments from junior transport minister James Lawless come ahead of meeting with Michael O’Leary

06/09 Airlines must move away from dependency on Dublin Airport, says Minister

Carriers to be told any new routes can be catered for at Shannon, Cork or other regional airports

02/08 Intel’s staff at Irish operation await news on jobs cuts

Intel plans to cut 15,000 positions globally but it is not yet clear what impact this will have on its 4,900 employees in Ireland

28/07 Junior transport minister supports idea of mandatory CCTV in taxis

Remarks come after driver Raymond Shorted sentenced to 17 years in jail for rape of two passengers in his taxi

21/07 Households who fail to pay TV licence may face immediate fixed-charge notice

Viewers may need to key in a code to access publicly funded content

19/07 Prospect of major overhaul of Road Safety Authority with some functions moving closer to department

It comes as work is ongoing on review of agency which has been under pressure amid rising numbers of deaths on Irish roads

16/07 Cork and Shannon airports to get €4m

Cash will aid in cutting greenhouse gas emissions

27/06 Dara Calleary returns to Cabinet as new Government super junior minister

James Lawless appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Transport

13/02 Oireachtas committee queries lottery betting ad exemption in new gambling Bill

Minister asked why proposed law excludes State-owned draws

06/06 Fianna Fáil TD amends 2022 register of interests for two expenses-paid trips to Qatar and London

James Lawless said he had been of view that the trips fell squarely within his duties as a parliamentarian and did not need to be declared

15/05 ‘I really miss my old life. I loved my job ... I miss working. I miss being pain free’

Hit-and-run victim Valerie McAllorum Ryan calls for changes to children’s sentencing laws after life-changing incident