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The government will today publish a five-year National Maritime Strategy aimed at protecting Ireland maritime interests and enhancing national security and defence. The strategy will also strengthen protections around undersea cables and energy connections in Ireland's waters. All to discuss with Helen McEntee, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence and Fine Gael TD for Meath East.
The government will today publish a five-year National Maritime Strategy aimed at protecting Ireland maritime interests and enhancing national security and defence. The strategy will also strengthen protections around undersea cables and energy connections in Ireland's waters. All to discuss with Helen McEntee, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence and Fine Gael TD for Meath East.
The Minister for Justice should reconsider his position on introducing a standalone offence for crimes against retail workers. That's according to James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South who explain why to Anton this morning.
James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South / Conor McGuinness, Sinn Féin TD for Waterford / Jen Cummins, Social Democrats TD for Dublin South-Central /Ciara O'Loughlin, political correspondent, The Irish Mirror
James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South / Conor McGuinness, Sinn Féin TD for Waterford / Jen Cummins, Social Democrats TD for Dublin South-Central /Ciara O'Loughlin, political correspondent, The Irish Mirror
The Minister for Justice should reconsider his position on introducing a standalone offence for crimes against retail workers. That's according to James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South who explain why to Anton this morning.
Kieran O'Donnell, Minister of State for Older People and Housing & Fine Gael TD for Limerick City and County /Darren O' Rourke, Sinn Féin TD for Meath East & Party Spokesperson on Education and Youth / Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for Dublin Central & Party Spokesperson on Health
Kieran O'Donnell, Minister of State for Older People and Housing & Fine Gael TD for Limerick City and County /Darren O' Rourke, Sinn Féin TD for Meath East & Party Spokesperson on Education and Youth / Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for Dublin Central & Party Spokesperson on Health
Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West / Sorcha Clarke, Sinn Féin TD for Longford Westmeath and party's Mental Health spokesperson / Duncan Smith, Labour TD for Dublin Fingal East and party's Foreign affairs and Trade spokesperson /Craig Hughes, political editor, The Irish Daily Mail
Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West / Sorcha Clarke, Sinn Féin TD for Longford Westmeath and party's Mental Health spokesperson / Duncan Smith, Labour TD for Dublin Fingal East and party's Foreign affairs and Trade spokesperson /Craig Hughes, political editor, The Irish Daily Mail
Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West / Sorcha Clarke, Sinn Féin TD for Longford Westmeath and party's Mental Health spokesperson / Duncan Smith, Labour TD for Dublin Fingal East and party's Foreign affairs and Trade spokesperson /Craig Hughes, political editor, The Irish Daily Mail
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Minister for Health and Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, reacts to the decision by on An Coimisiún Pleanála to overturn planning approval for the proposed development of a new critical care wing at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.
Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth / Donna McGettigan, Sinn Féin TD for Clare / Ken O'Flynn, Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central / Maeve McTaggart, political correspondent, Irish Independent
Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth / Donna McGettigan, Sinn Féin TD for Clare / Ken O'Flynn, Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central / Maeve McTaggart, political correspondent, Irish Independent
Klaudia Barrett, renter / Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth / Donna McGettigan, Sinn Féin TD for Clare / Ken O'Flynn, Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central / Maeve McTaggart, political correspondent, Irish Independent
Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth / Donna McGettigan, Sinn Féin TD for Clare / Ken O'Flynn, Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central / Maeve McTaggart, political correspondent, Irish Independent
Micheál Carrigy, Fine Gael TD for Longford – Westmeath, Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD for Dublin Rathdown and Gabija Gataveskaite, BBC Dublin Correspondent.
Micheál Carrigy, Fine Gael TD for Longford – Westmeath, Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD for Dublin Rathdown and Gabija Gataveskaite, BBC Dublin Correspondent.
Online safety expert Eoghan Cleary joins the panel of Micheál Carrigy, Fine Gael TD for Longford – Westmeath, Louis O'Hara, Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD for Dublin Rathdown and Gabija Gataveskaite, BBC Dublin Correspondent.
Joining Brendan to talk through the Sunday Newspapers are former Fine Gael TD for Waterford, John Deasy; Political Correspondent at The Irish Examiner, Louise Burne; Professor of International Relations at UCD, Ben Tonra; Director and Co-Founder at Fenton-Fitzwilliam, Lorna Fitzpatrick; and White House Columnist with The Hill, Niall Stanage.
Today's panel of Minister Colm Brophy, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South-West and Minister of State for Migration , David Cullinane Sinn Fein TD for Waterford and Labour Senator Laura Harmon discussed government's housing plan.
James Geoghean, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin, Sinn Féin TD for Wicklow Wexford, Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD for Wicklow and Jack Horgan Jones, Political Correspondent, The Irish Times.
Conor Swaine, a business owner from Enniscorthy joins the panel of James Geoghean, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin, Sinn Féin TD for Wicklow Wexford, Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD for Wicklow and Jack Horgan Jones, Political Correspondent, The Irish Times as the fallout from the recent wet weather continues.
Children as young as seven coming to school on drugs and being used as drug mules. Fine Gael TD for Louth Paula Butterly told the Oireachtas Justice Committee what she has been hearing in her constituency and Paula explained all to Pat this morning.
Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, Duncan Smith, Labour Party TD for Dublin Fingal East & Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence and Matt Carthy Sinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan and Spokesperson on Justice, Home Affairs, and Migration.
Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, Duncan Smith, Labour Party TD for Dublin Fingal East & Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence and Matt Carthy Sinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan and Spokesperson on Justice, Home Affairs, and Migration.
Greenland's Minister for Business and Energy Naaja Nathanielsen joins the panel of Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West & Min. of State at the Dept. of Children, Disability and Equality, Duncan Smith, Labour Party TD for Dublin Fingal East and Matt Carthy Sinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan.
New data centres will soon be allowed to be built in the capital and greater Dublin area.In the previous Government, Eamon Ryan had introduced restrictions due to issues around energy constraints on the electricity grid.Today, Enterprise Minister Peter Burke announced a 17-point plan called the ‘Large Energy User Action Plan' or LEAP, which would enable the rollout of sustainable data centre development between now and the end of the decade.Joining Ciara to discuss this is James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South and Deirdre Duffy, CEO of Friends of the Earth Ireland.
The Oireachtas Transport committee is to draw up an action plan with the aim of reducing fatalities on Irish roads. To discuss the potential of the plan, Ciara is joined by Chair of the Transport Committee and Fine Gael TD, Michael Murphy, and Jimmy Cleary of Success 4U Driving School.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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, Michael Collins, Leader of Independent Ireland, TD for Cork South West, 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, 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.
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
Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central and Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, discuss Tánaiste Simon Harris' comments on immigration.