Keyword "peadar-toibin" - List of latest news (70 results)

22:39 Pope Francis funeral: Level of State commemoration trails that afforded John Paul II in 2005

Government confirms public flags to be flown at half-mast on Saturday to mark pontiff’s funeral

10/04 Minister knew last year about reports of unnecessary paediatric surgeries, Dáil hears

Pearse Doherty claims thousands of children could be affected as parents speak of procedures a decade ago

07/04 Aontú ‘actively considering’ running candidate in presidential election

Peadar Tóibín says party examining candidates but aware it will be ‘difficult’ to get on ballot paper

24/03 Why is Irish social media star Garron Noone at the heart of a controversy on immigration?

Tiktok personality is known for more light-hearted online content

14/02 International Protection accommodation bill tops €1 bn for first time

Daily average spend of €2.75m per day revealed in new figures released by department

06/02 ‘Great wall of Tara’ another example of ‘Gucci Government’ spending, TD claims

Peadar Tóibín claims OPW has spent 11 years rebuilding Meath graveyard wall with materials costing €124,000

19/01 As UK grapples with Elon Musk’s interventions, there’s no room for complacency here on child protection

A 2023 study found that young people in State care, particularly girls, were being targeted by older men who plied them with gifts, drink and drugs and then exploited them sexually

18/01 What are Dáil speaking rights, what is a technical group and what is the row involving Independents?

Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said legal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benches

17/01 What is a Dáil technical group - and why is there a row about Independents looking to form one?

Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy to determine whether a technical group will be recognised

12/01 ‘Utter frustration’: Taxi drivers upset at 15-minute window for wheelchair-accessible grants

National Transport Authority says portal closed when 2,000 applications were received

05/01 ‘Very challenging’ for new government to be in place after next meeting of Dáil, Fianna Fáil TD says

Minister of State James Browne says ‘significant progress’ made in negotiations before Christmas

02/12 Election 2024 live updates: Stephen Donnelly loses seat as count enters final stretch

Stephen Donnelly becomes Government's most high-profile casualty in general election

30/11 Meath West: Peadar Tóibín (Aon)

Tóibín resigned from Sinn Féin in 2018 over its support for abortion, founding Aontú the following year

30/11 Election 2024 live updates: Exit poll shows tight race between main three parties as counting to begin at 9am

Election 2024: If the exit poll findings are borne out when the votes are counted, it suggests a return of a coalition based around Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is likely

29/11 Olivia O’Leary: If this election campaign has proven anything, it’s that voters are not eejits

Election 2024: Everything will be revealed over the course of this weekend. But in the meantime, we learned a few things during this bumpy campaign

27/11 ‘We’re opposed to ethno-nationalism’: Aontú's Peadar Tóibín on election prospects

Morally conservative party proposes child benefits from fourth month of pregnancy to discourage abortion for economic reasons

25/11 Former IRA member among nursing home early voters for general election

Residents at Maryfield facility in Chapelizod, Dublin, among about 15,300 ‘special voters’ in nursing homes and hospitals entitled to cast their ballots early

25/11 Election 2024 live updates: Support for Fine Gael falls with just days to go before general election

Election 2024: Three largest parties are all within two percentage points of one another as parties embark on a frantic final four days of campaign

21/11 Temperatures plummet on election campaign trail amid blizzard of political promises

While plans differ between some parties on housing, the cost of living and taxes, all of them agree on a few basic tenets around housing

15/11 Justine McCarthy: What’s the point of an election if it inevitably means the same parties get back in?

The shameful and eternal truth about the Irish left is that as long as it stands apart, it falls apart

10/11 Overheard: Rose of Tralee's annual festival of wholesomeness beset by financial problems and legal actions

Plus: Brian Ormond’s shoe business missteps, Peadar Tóibín’s distaste for government funding of media, and effing drama in the Dáil

25/10 Justine McCarthy: Government shouldn’t be so quick to yell Gotcha! at Sinn Féin. Its record on children is shameful

When election candidates coming knocking at your door, will you speak for the children so badly let down by the State?

24/10 Cab seizes more than €116m in assets over 12 years, with €64.4m transferred to exchequer

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín raises concern over ‘time lag’ between seizure and arrival in State coffers

10/10 Micheál Martin says he was never briefed about alleged Russian spy in the Oireachtas

Peadar Tóibín says Senators ‘sniggered like giddy children’ as they denied being reported infiltrator during Seanad sitting

08/10 Overseas intelligence agencies’ following well worn playbook for recruiting in Ireland

‘Influence operations’ by Russia and China are not uncommon as reports allege an Oireachtas member is working as an asset for Russian security services

08/10 Oireachtas members must beware of overseas intelligence agencies’ recruitment attempts

‘Influence operations’ by Russia and China not uncommon as reports allege an Oireachtas member is working as an asset for Russian security services

08/10 Gardaí have compiled list of Oireachtas members and other people they believe have been targeted by Russians

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín calls on Irish political parties to audit members to see if anyone has received potential contact from Russian intelligence

07/10 Peadar Tóibín was approached to meet Putin in 2017 but ‘wasn’t interested’

Aontú leader calls on political parties to audit members for potential contact from Russian intelligence

26/09 National children’s hospital ‘car crash’ set to be repeated with maternity hospital, Dáil told

Aontú leader claims building, fit-out tender as ‘half-baked’ as contract for children’s hospital and that Government is ‘incinerating taxpayers’ money’

21/09 Jennifer O'Connell: Restricting access to contraception to stop people having sex. Haven’t we tried that before?

Aontú is concerned the proposed extension of the free contraception scheme to 16-year-olds amounts to a State-sponsored behavioural nudge: where their parents got SSIAs or Eircom shares, today’s young women would get Mirena coils

18/09 Free contraception for 16-year-olds amounts to State giving licence for underage sex, says Aontú's Tóibín

Stephen Donnelly is seeking an expansion to the scheme providing free contraception to women – including possibly to 16-year-olds

27/08 Officials concerned about adult asylum seekers claiming to be minors

Internal briefing warns of ‘severe demands’ put on Tusla service for child asylum seekers

04/07 Miriam Lord: Fascinating turnabout as Mary Lou McDonald scoffs at Fine Gael’s claim to be party of law and order

Simon Harris leaps to defence of Helen McEntee after Peader Tóibín decries ‘cynical nonsense’

03/07 Dublin city centre ‘scourged with anti-social behaviour, drug-dealing, gang intimidation’

Mary Lou McDonald says inner-city communities ‘sick and tired’ of sense of ‘threat and dread’, lack of support and services

03/07 Dublin city centre ‘scourged with anti-social behviour, drug-dealing, gang intimidation’

Mary Lou McDonald says inner-city communities ‘sick and tired’ of sense of ‘threat and dread’, lack of support and services

27/06 What is the EU Migration and Asylum Pact pact and why has it been so controversial?

Agreement is standardised immigration control system across member states including tougher borders and holding centres for migrants

08/06 Election results: The candidates and constituencies to watch and what the main parties are hoping for

The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections

04/06 Aontú calls for new border agency to oversee Ireland’s migration system

Peader Tóibín says candidates will be ‘competitive’ in 24 local electoral areas

31/05 Peadar Tóibín gets warm reception in Slane over plan to ‘crowbar’ issues on to Government agenda

Not everyone is promising Aontú a first preference but the European candidate is changing the minds of some traditional voters

20/05 European election Midlands-North-West debate: Eight candidates take part in RTÉ Upfront live

Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh

18/05 European Parliament elections: a few clear leaders and then a mad scramble for seats

Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive

09/05 Substitute bench more important than usual in upcoming European elections

Europe letter: Names on European candidates’ replacement lists matter more than usual with a general election on the horizon

01/05 No interest in Ireland being ‘a pawn in British politics’, says Harris, as he defends McEntee

Aontú's Peadar Tóibín tells Dáil ‘the Minister for Justice does not know what’s happening in the Department’ in light of immigration crisis

27/04 Aontú may be ‘listening’ but party is squeezed on all sides

Party leader Peadar Tóibín calls at ardfheis for Irish Sea border which would impose passport controls on asylum seekers arriving into Northern Ireland

27/04 Aontú calls for stricter immigration checks in Northern Ireland

Party leader Peadar Tóibín calls for an ‘Irish Sea border in terms of people’ at ardfheis in Maynooth

26/04 Do Peadar Tóibín and Aontú have their finger on the public pulse?

The conservative one-TD party is riding high after being the only party to call for no-no votes in the family and care referendums so disastrously lost by the Government parties in March

19/04 John McManus: Helen McEntee frets about knife crime, although the evidence fails to show a big rise

Playing the law-and-order card may be a savvy political gambit, but hard facts stand up the argument

13/04 Sinn Féin is now out of touch with its own supporters, claims Aontú leader

Mary Lou McDonald ‘wrong-footed’ on major issues as party seeks centre ground to secure majority, Tóibín tells podcast

06/04 Referrals of child sex offenders to diversion programme almost double

Most children are rejected from the programme, meaning they must face court proceedings

21/03 Leo Varadkar resigns: Martin and Ryan to insist Taoiseach's successor commits to Coalition going full term

Opposition parties demand early general election as Taoiseach shocks country by announcing he would resign as Fine Gael leader immediately and step down as the head of Government in early April

20/03 Varadkar resignation as Taoiseach leaves Opposition parties calling for general election

Colleagues pay tribute to outgoing Fine Gael leader as Mary Lou McDonald says announcement is ‘critical moment in Irish politics’

15/03 If the No side were ice-cream they’d lick themselves and Leo’s US photo op balls-up

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Ministers’ relief to go wheels-up for St Patrick’s Day

14/03 Public ethics watchdog had ‘no role’ in examining NGO referendum spending

Lack of independent scrutiny raises questions about spending of public money in family and care referendums

10/03 Referendum profiles: The No campaign’s key players and moments

Spoils of victory have been picked up by those individuals and groups who urged the public to mark X in their No columns

09/03 How the Government lost - and the No side won - the care and family referendums

Five reasons why the Yes side failed and the No campaign won the day

07/03 Taoiseach says No vote in referendums would be ‘setback for Ireland’

Yes and No sides hold final press conferences ahead of Friday’s voting on the amendments on family and care

06/03 Inclusion of ‘durable relationships’ in Constitution would result in ‘solicitors’ paradise’, says Aontú

Party leader Peadar Tóibín appeals for ‘No-No’ vote in Friday’s referendums

03/02 Who’s who? The Yes and No camps in the March 8th family and care referendums

Referendum countdown: Here is how many of the most prominent organisations recommend you vote - and why

03/02 Miriam Lord’s Week: Footwear gaffe sees Micheál Martin ‘do a Garret FitzGerald’

Wearing odd shoes an ‘occupational hazard’ for Tánaiste; Peadar Tóibín and Heather Humphreys lock horns over rural regeneration; and a Tardis replica excites Paschal Donohoe

24/10 Coombe lab resumes CervicalCheck work after six-month interruption

National Screening Service says accreditation issues of cervical cancer screening lab have been resolved

07/10 Minister for Justice ‘distracted by culture wars’ instead of tackling crime, Aontú leader says

Peadar Tóibín tells party’s ardfheis that Helen McEntee is focused on hate speech legislation rather than crime and policing

27/09 Miriam Lord's Dáil Sketch: Leo Varadkar offers little comfort to Ordinary Decent Protesters

Taoiseach accused of adopting a ‘let-them-eat-cake’ approach to childcare providers who warn they may have to close due to inadequate funding, excessive regulation and heavy-handed bureaucracy

26/09 Miriam Lord: Leo Varadkar offers little comfort to Ordinary Decent Protestors

Taoiseach accused of adopting a ‘let-them-eat-cake’ approach to childcare providers who warn they may have to close due to inadequate funding, excessive regulation and heavy-handed bureaucracy

09/09 Nearly 4,000 cases of suspected child abuse referred to gardaí by Tusla

Figures show social workers sent more than 700 cases of suspected abuse to the Garda in one month

17/08 Record number of more than 100,000 ‘adverse incidents’ notified in health service last year

More than 550 deaths in 2022 were associated with such incidents in trend linked by HSE to increased reporting but described as ‘jaw dropping’ by TD

07/08 How did the hate speech Bill find itself at the centre of a swirling culture war?

Irrespective of whether the Bill makes it into law, individuals and organisations in Irish society must a find a way of being kind while robustly defending free speech

10/07 Navan rail woes: a booming commuter town won’t see its railway line reopened for 13 more years

The Co Meath town’s population has exploded over the past 20 years, and many locals say the proposed 2036 completion date for a new rail service will be far too late

07/06 More than €1.48 billion in damages paid by State after claims related to health service since 2018

Some 10,038 healthcare-related claims were received by the State Claims Agency between 2018 and 2022

06/06 Twenty homeless people died in Dublin in first four months of 2023

Five of those who died were under the age of 30, in data released to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín

25/05 Government not putting review of abortion law on ‘long finger’, Dáil told

Immediate priority must be to expand availability of termination in hospitals and tackling ‘uneven geographic spread’ of GPs providing services, Tánaiste says