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This evening, GAA-Réabhlóid Shóisialta, airs on TG4 at 7.45pm. Jerry spoke to AnnaMay O’Connor Mullins, producer and co-director of the documentary, and two members from Kerry’s Golden Era, Jimmy Deenihan and Mickey Ned O’Sullivan. Separately, Jimmy Deenihan, as a former Fine Gael minister, pays tribute to the late Gerard Lynch, who was former Fine Gael TD for North Kerry.
Up to 1,100 people hit by the so-called superflu are predicted to be in hospital over Christmas week. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Minister For Health, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire joined us on Newstalk Breakfast.
Up to 1,100 people hit by the so-called superflu are predicted to be in hospital over Christmas week. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Minister For Health, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire joined us on Newstalk Breakfast.
Paul Cleary, Acting Assistant Garda Commissioner, followed by a debate between Dr. Ilan Wall, lecturer in the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway & Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD
There are calls for more clarity on a new policy regarding roadside memorials for victims of road accidents. Michael Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Tipperary South and Chairperson of the Dail Transport Committee and Susan Gray, Founder of PARC road safety group discuss.
Memorials to crash victims on the side of many roads will be banned under new powers from The Government. Roadside tributes will not be allowed on Motorways, dual carriageways, regional or local roads where the speed limit is 60kph or above. So reports the Irish Daily Mail this morning. We discuss further with Michael Murphy, Chair of the Oireachtas Transport Committee & Fine Gael TD for South Tipperary.
Memorials to crash victims on the side of many roads will be banned under new powers from The Government. Roadside tributes will not be allowed on Motorways, dual carriageways, regional or local roads where the speed limit is 60kph or above. So reports the Irish Daily Mail this morning. We discuss further with Michael Murphy, Chair of the Oireachtas Transport Committee & Fine Gael TD for South Tipperary.
Minister for Defence Helen McEntee today unveiled a €1.7 billion defence spending plan that will run until 2030.The Minister described this plan as "absolutely essential". Its aim is to speed up the modernisation of the Defence Forces and improve defence capabilities across land, air, and sea, as well as online from cyber attacks.Joining Ciara Doherty to discuss this is Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South-West, Catherine Callaghan, Fine Gael TD for Carlow-Kilkenny and member of the Oireachtas Committee on Defence and National Security and Conor Gallagher, Crime and Security Correspondent for The Irish Times.
Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD, Kildare North, Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin TD, Galway East, Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats TD for Kildare North and Mary Regan, Political Editor, the Irish Independent.
Our panel tonight is Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD, Kildare North, Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin TD, Galway East, Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats TD for Kildare North and Mary Regan, Political Editor, the Irish Independent.
Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD, Kildare North, Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin TD, Galway East, Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats TD for Kildare North and Mary Regan, Political Editor, the Irish Independent.
Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD, Kildare North, Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin TD, Galway East, Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats TD for Kildare North and Mary Regan, Political Editor, the Irish Independent.
A new plan to improve the assessment of needs process was discussed today in Cabinet.It comes as autism campaigner Cara Darmody starts another 50-hour campout outside Leinster House.Waiting lists for assessments of needs have long surpassed times set out in the guidelines, which state the assessment must be carried out within six months…Joining Jonathan Healy to discuss is Minister of State for Disability and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid West Emer Higgins, who brought forward this plan.
We were speaking to our own reporter Kyle Butler a little earlier on the show of the tragic events that took place in Offaly over the weekend. After a petrol bomb aimed at a house in Castleview park, Edenderry tragically claimed the innocent lives of two, four-year-old Tadhg Farrelly and his 60-year-old great aunt Mary Holt. We get reaction from John Clendennen, Fine Gael TD for Offaly
We hear from Joan Carthy, Irish Wheelchair Association's National Advocacy Manager and our panel of Neale Richmond, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown and Minof State for International Development & the Diaspora and and Cian O'Callaghan, Dpt. Leader of the Social Democrats and TD for Dublin Bay North and Claire Kerrane, Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon.
Neale Richmond, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown and Min. of State for International Development & the Diaspora, Cian O'Callaghan, Dpt. Leader of the Social Democrats and TD for Dublin Bay North and Claire Kerrane, Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon.
Neale Richmond, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown and Min. of State for International Development & the Diaspora, Cian O'Callaghan, Dpt. Leader of the Social Democrats and TD for Dublin Bay North and Claire Kerrane, Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon.
A look back on the stories of the week on our Friday Forum. Joining Pat this morning on the panel was Fine Gael TD for Louth Paula Butterly, Labour TD for Dublin Fingal East and spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence Ducan Smith and Christina Finn, political editor with Thejournal.ie.
Michael Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Tipperary South and Chair of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, Pa Daly, Sinn Féin TD for Kerry and Party Spokesperson on the Environment, Energy and Transport, Brian Mahon, Political Correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail.
Michael Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Tipperary South and Chair of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, Pa Daly, Sinn Féin TD for Kerry and Party Spokesperson on the Environment, Energy and Transport, Michael Collins, Leader of Independent Ireland, TD for Cork South West, Brian Mahon, Political Correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail.
The National Transport Authority will begin a phased rollout of contactless payments on Local Links from today, which they expect to be fully operational across all 15 Local Link offices by the end of 2026. Speaking to Shane this morning was Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West.
The National Transport Authority will begin a phased rollout of contactless payments on Local Links from today, which they expect to be fully operational across all 15 Local Link offices by the end of 2026. Speaking to Shane this morning was Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West.
A recruitment campaign for Therapists to the new Education Therapy Service has been launched today by the Government.Joining Ciara Doherty to discuss is Minister for Disability, and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West, Emer Higgins.
he Tánaiste is leading tributes to former Minster of State and Clare TD Donal Carey, who passed away overnight, at the age of 88. The clarecastle native was first elected to Clare County Council in 1974 and served as a TD for the Clare constituency from 1982 to 2002, while he also served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1981 to 1982. In 1995, he was appointed by the Rainbow Government on the nomination of John Bruton as Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with responsibility for western development and rural renewal and Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht with responsibility for the Gaeltacht, holding the posts until the change of government in 1997. His son Joe Carey was a Fine Gael TD for Clare from 2007 to 2024, while his daughter Leonora Carey ran for Fine Gael in last year's General Election. Fine Gael Leader, Tanaiste and Minster for Finance Simon Harris says Donal Carey's “legacy of service and his contribution to Irish public life and to the Fine Gael family will always be remembered”. Paul Murphy, Fine Gael Councillor spoke with Alan Morrissey on Wednesday's Morning Focus. Photo (c) Simon Harris via Facebook
Cabinet is set to approve immigration measures on Wednesday, which are expected to include new rules, meaning someone won't be able to apply for citizenship until five years after being granted asylum.It's as EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner visits Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan today in CityWest.Joining Ciara Doherty to discuss this is Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin TD for the Cavan Monaghan Constituency and the party's spokesperson on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire.
Our panel of Alan Dillon, Fine Gael TD for Mayo and Minister of State for Small Business and Retail & Circular Economy, Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for Dublin Central and Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal West are joined by abuse survivor Sonya Stokes.
Alan Dillon, Fine Gael TD for Mayo and Minister of State for Small Business and Retail & Circular Economy, Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for Dublin Central and Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal West.
Our panel of Alan Dillon, Fine Gael TD for Mayo and Minister of State for Small Business and Retail & Circular Economy, Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for Dublin Central and Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal West are joined by Mark Sweeney, Donated Goods Strategy Manager, Oxfam Ireland.
Emer Currie, Fine Gael TD for Dublin West, Réada Cronin, Sinn Féin TD for Kildare North, Aubrey McCarthy, Independent Senator and Cuan Ó Seireadáin, Political Correspondent, Radio na Gaeltachta.
We hear from Fiona Jennings, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at ISPCC as well as the panel Emer Currie, Fine Gael TD for Dublin West, Réada Cronin, Sinn Féin TD for Kildare North, Aubrey McCarthy, Independent Senator and Cuan Ó Seireadáin, Political Correspondent, Radio na Gaeltachta.
As the country battles with a cold snap our panel of Emer Currie, Fine Gael TD for Dublin West, Réada Cronin, Sinn Féin TD for Kildare North, Aubrey McCarthy, Independent Senator and Cuan Ó Seireadáin, Political Correspondent, Radio na Gaeltachta discuss what is being done to tackle the cost of living.
Our panel of Senator Fiona O'Loughlin, Fianna Fáil Deputy Lead in the Senate, Donnchadh O'Laoghaire, Sinn Féin TD for Cork South, Independent Senator Eileen Flynn and Christina Finn, Political Editor, The Journal are joined by Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North to discuss the news that Paschal Donohoe is resigning from politics.
The Government today published its new housing plan: 'Delivering Homes, Building Communities: An Action Plan on Housing Supply and Targeting Homelessness'.It aims to deliver 300,000 new homes by the end of 2030 which the Government has described as “ambitious, but also realistic”.John Cummins is Minister of State for Local Government and Planning and Fine Gael TD for Waterford. He joins Ciara Doherty to discuss.
Edward Timmins, Fine Gael TD for Wicklow, Roderic O'Gorman, Green Party leader and TD for Dublin West, Paul Lawless, Aontú TD for Mayo and Louise Burne, Political Correspondent, Irish Examiner.
Our panel of Edward Timmins, Fine Gael TD for Wicklow, Roderic O'Gorman, Green Party leader and TD for Dublin West, Paul Lawless, Aontú TD for Mayo and Louise Burne, Political Correspondent, Irish Examiner discuss the new housing plan which was unveiled by government today.
Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth, Martin Kenny, Sinn Féin TD for Sligo Leitrim, Michael Fitzmaurice, Independent Ireland TD for Roscommon Galway, Mary Regan, Political Editor with Independent Newspapers.
Our panel of Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth, Martin Kenny, Sinn Féin TD for Sligo Leitrim, Michael Fitzmaurice, Independent Ireland TD for Roscommon Galway, Mary Regan, Political Editor with Independent Newspapers and Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh, Lecturer in Law at the South East Technological University discuss today's inauguration.
Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth, Martin Kenny, Sinn Féin TD for Sligo Leitrim, Michael Fitzmaurice, Independent Ireland TD for Roscommon Galway, Mary Regan, Political Editor with Independent Newspapers.
Transport for Ireland currently has five applications for smartphones, which include a journey planner, a leap card top-up, taxi driver database, an app for public transport tickets, and an app for local services in parts of Mayo, Limerick and Kerry. But is it time that the TFI rolled all of these apps into one single, user-friendly platform? That's the call from Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West, Grace Boland.
Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State for Disability and Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Sorca Clarke, Sinn Féin TD for Longford-Westmeath and Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South West.
We hear from Tara Shine, CEO at Change by Degrees on what happened this week at COP 30 and our panel of Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State for Disability and Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Sorca Clarke, Sinn Féin TD for Longford-Westmeath and Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South West.
Our panel this week are Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State for Disability and Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Sorca Clarke, Sinn Féin TD for Longford-Westmeath and Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South West.
Almost a quarter of Uisce Éireann staff earned a salary over one hundred thousand euro last year.Officials from Uisce Eireann appeared before the Public Accounts Committee earlier today outlining how over four hundred staff earned one hundred thousand euro or more last year…Uisce Eireann also outlined that it will be beyond 2030 before the Greater Dublin Drainage Project will be up and running, which was identified as necessary over a decade ago.Newstalk's Chief Reporter Barry Whyte was monitoring this meeting, and joins Ciara Doherty to give the latest updates. Also joining to discuss is James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, and member of the PAC committee.
The Government has been accused in the Dáil of using rhetoric that is fueling anti-immigrant sentiment. This follows claims from Tánaiste Simon Harris that opponents are trying to ‘shut down' debate on immigration For more on this, we heard from Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD and Spokesperson for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration & John Clendennen, Fine Gael TD for Offaly.
Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie has lodged an appeal against his conviction for raping a woman while in Boston for the St Patrick's Day celebrations last year.Some 88 pages of character references for Crosbie were provided to the court, including testimonies from his wife, parents and many people who worked with him in Dublin.His uncle and his younger brother Kiefer Crosbie, a former UFC fighter, also submitted character references, as did a former primary school teacher, a school principal and a member of the Capuchin Order.But, should we allow character references similar to those submitted in this case to be read out in court?Joining Andrea to discuss is Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD and Criminal Barrister, Noeline Blackwell, Human Rights Lawyer, Consultant and Online Safety Coordinator with the Children's Rights Alliance, Miriam Henry and Paula Doyle.
Naoise Ó Muirí, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay North // Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal // Jennifer Bray, Sunday Times Political Editor // Kevin Doyle, Group Head of News at Independent.ie
Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central and Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, discuss Tánaiste Simon Harris' comments on immigration.
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working, and Government should reconsider its policies "in a very serious way. To discuss this Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth and Vice-Chair of the Oireachtas Justice Committee.
Joining Brendan to analyse the Sunday newspapers and Catherine Connolly's election are Irish Times' political editor, Pat Leahy; former Fine Gael TD, Noel Rock; Sunday Times' columnist, Alison O'Connor; VP of Academic Affairs at Mary Immaculate College, and former Labour candidate, Niamh Hourigan; and former Fianna Fáil minister, Mary Hanafin.
Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Fine Gael TD for Limerick County