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The ongoing shortage of qualified substitute teachers is putting major pressure on primary schools across the country. Deputy Joe Cooney, Fine Gael TD for Clare, has urged the Minister for Education to consider allowing ECCE graduates to step in as substitutes for junior and senior infant classes, where their training in early childhood care could make a real difference. To discuss this further, Derrick Lynch was joined by Joe Cooney.
Detached modular homes built in a back garden will be exempt from planning permission under new government proposals and today, these exemptions are available for public consultation.Will it help to solve the housing crisis?Joining guest host Mandy Johnston to discuss this is Minister of State for Planning and the person who is leading on exempted developments, John Cummins, Fine Gael TD for Waterford.
How do we spot the truth from a lie online? Are AI photos and videos getting too convincing? And what can be done to stop the spread of misinformation? Today on The Indo Daily, we hear from our sister podcast The Big Tech Show with Adrian Weckler. Adrian is joined by Ciarán Cannon, VP of Global Affairs with Alison and former Fine Gael TD for Galway East and Damien Mulley, digital communications expert and founder of Mulley Communications. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal // James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South // Sinead O'Carroll, Editor, TheJournal.ie // Tom McEnaney, Media Consultant
Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Fine Gael TD for Limerick County
Is Dáil Eireann serving the Irish public or is it too often a forum for performative antics? Are elected representatives serious about tackling the key issues facing young people?Three first-time TDs - Albert Dolan, Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Kiera Keogh, Fine Gael TD for Mayo, and Paul Lawless, Aontú TD for Mayo, - join The Last Word to reflect on their first Dáil term and discuss what more needs to be done to create a better future for those in their 20s and 30s in Ireland.Catch the full discussion by pressing the 'Play' button on this page!
One of the memos brought to Cabinet today was to approve the making of the ‘Team Ireland' trade mission, an annual event to be held every October in a key market.It's as multiple senior Ministers are set to travel this October to a trade mission.Peter Burke is the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, and Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath, and joins Kieran to discuss.
Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire; Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South-West; Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin
Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire; Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South-West; Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin
Órla O'Donnell, Legal Affairs Correspondent; Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire; Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South-West; Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin
Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire; Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South-West; Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin
Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West, Grace Boland has called for urgent action to boost public transport during major concerts, after reports of fans being stranded or forced to walk home due to limited late-night services.
Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West, Grace Boland has called for urgent action to boost public transport during major concerts, after reports of fans being stranded or forced to walk home due to limited late-night services.
Ged Nash, Labour TD for Louth; and Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, debate
The Government has been accused of "showing complete disdain" for the heritage of the GPO on Dublin's O'Connell Street amid calls for the building to be redeveloped into a significant cultural quarter.Peadar Toibin, TD for Meath-West and Leader of Aontú, and James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, join The Last Word to debate what should be done to revamp the historic site.Catch the full chat pressing the 'Play' button on this page!
More than a year after new laws were introduced to regulate e-scooters, not a single prosecution has been brought for illegal modifications. Joining Shane to discuss this further was Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire.
More than a year after new laws were introduced to regulate e-scooters, not a single prosecution has been brought for illegal modifications. Joining Shane to discuss this further was Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire.
Neale Richmond, Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown; Jennifer Bray, Sunday Times Political Editor Brenda Power, Journalist & Commentator and Peadar Toibin, Aontú Leader
Tánaiste Simon Harris has been telling a trade forum that US tariffs of 10% on exports from Ireland will be the "new normal" but that efforts are continuing to agree 'zero-for-zero' taxes in some key areas. The meeting takes place a week before the scheduled lifting of a pause on higher tariffs by the US president Donald Trump. Peter Burke is the Minister for Enterprise and Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath, and he joined Anton earlier on The Hard Shoulder.Listen here.
Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, discusses upcoming job cuts at Intel's Leixlip plant in Kildare as up to 195 employees will be made redundant.
Anton hosts a debate between Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin's Finance Spokesperson, and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, James Geoghegan over the government's controvsersial plans to redevelop the GPO in Dublin city centre.Listen here.
Colm Burke, Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central, joins The Hard Shoulder after being appointed as the first-ever official spokesperson for Cork. He explains the purpose of the new role and how he aims to address some of Cork's biggest concerns in city and county.Listen here.
Larry Donnelly, lecturer at the University of Galway, Kate O'Connell, former Fine Gael TD, and Gavin Duffy, businessman and former presidential candidate, join Anton Savage to discuss the week's biggest stories — from Kneecap to the presidential election and everything in between.The panel are also joined by CEO of Manna, Bobby Healy, to discuss the rising complaints to drones in Dublin 15.Listen here.
Colm Brophy, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South West and Minister of State in the Department of Justice / Conor Sheehan, Labour TD for Limerick City and the party's housing spokesperson / Elaine Loughlin, Political Editor of the Irish Examiner / Claire Scott, Political Correspondent with The Sunday Times
Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West, Sinead Ryan, consumer journalist and presenter of The Home Show, and Graeme McQueen, Media Relations Manager with the DAA, join Anton Savage for Kieran to explore why Ireland is lagging behind on contactless payments across buses, trains and the Luas — and what's being done to change it.Listen here
Last week Fine Gael launched its ‘Building a Better Dublin' party document. But one section has come up for criticism from Dublin Bus the transport section. The first paragraph of the transport section includes the line: “and they can endanger pedestrians.” Joining Pat to discuss is Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus and the author of the document, James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD and Spokesperson for Dublin.
The government needs to provide funding for businesses and other public buildings to ensure there are baby changing facilities in all bathrooms. That's the call from Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire Barry Ward who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.
Simon Harris, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Fine Gael TD for Wicklow
Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Migration and Fine Gael TD for Dublin West, Marie Sherlock, Labour TD for Dublin Central and Christina Finn, Political Editor with TheJournal.ie.
Michael Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Tipperary South;Ken O'Flynn, Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central; Malcolm Noonan, Green Party Senator; Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Correspondent for the Irish Independent
Michael Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Tipperary South;Ken O'Flynn, Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central; Malcolm Noonan, Green Party Senator; Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Correspondent for the Irish Independent
Killian Woods, Senior Business Reporter with The Business Post; Michael Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Tipperary South;Ken O'Flynn, Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central; Malcolm Noonan, Green Party Senator; Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Correspondent for the Irish Independent
Michael Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Tipperary South;Ken O'Flynn, Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central; Malcolm Noonan, Green Party Senator; Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Correspondent for the Irish Independent
Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Sinead Gibney, Social Democrats TD, and Tabitha Monahan, Political Reporter with the Irish Independent, join Anton Savage to debate the major stories of the week.From the CHI report being sent to Gardaí and Ireland's stalled housing targets, to aid access in Gaza, climate warnings from the EPA, and the political fallout from Liam Cunningham's remarks ahead of the Gaza flotilla's arrival.Listen here.
Emer Currie, Fine Gael TD for Dublin West; Martin Kenny, Sinn Fein TD for Sligo-Leitrim; Lauren Boland, reporter with The Journal; Niamh Lambert, Regional Manager, Victim Support at Court; Trina O'Connor, Criminologist.
James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South; Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central; Ray O'Donoghue, Night-Time Economy Advisor for Dublin; Mark Davies, Night-Time Economy Advisor for Drogheda; Edel Doran, Night-Time Economy Advisor for Sligo Town; Conor Sweeney, Night-Time Economy Advisor for Kilkenny
James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South; Gary Gannon, Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central; Ray O'Donoghue, Night-Time Economy Advisor for Dublin; Mark Davies, Night-Time Economy Advisor for Drogheda; Edel Doran, Night-Time Economy Advisor for Sligo Town; Conor Sweeney, Night-Time Economy Advisor for Kilkenny
Calls have been made for a national database for dog microchip registration to replace the current four database system to aid a crackdown on dog breeding regulation, and enable dog wardens to identify the dogs involved in attacks on livestock…But, how essential is a central database?Joining Kieran to discuss is Maeve O'Connell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, who is calling for the change, and Limerick-based Veterinarian, Donal Ryan.
Emer Higgins, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid- West and Minister of State for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment // Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West & party spokesperson on housing // Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Reporter at the Irish Independent // Oisín Coghlan, Spokesperson, The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
John Nichols, National Affairs correspondent for The Nation; Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North; John Brady, Sinn Féin TD for Wicklow; ; Frances Black, Independent Senator; Louise Burne, Political Correspondent for the Irish Mirror
Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North; John Brady, Sinn Féin TD for Wicklow; ; Frances Black, Independent Senator; Louise Burne, Political Correspondent for the Irish Mirror
Joe Neville, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North; John Brady, Sinn Féin TD for Wicklow; ; Frances Black, Independent Senator; Louise Burne, Political Correspondent for the Irish Mirror
Today, Tánaiste Simon Harris will ask the Cabinet to approve the drafting of the general scheme of a bill to prohibit the importation of goods from illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. To discuss further along with Ciara was Barry Ward, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoighaire and Senior Counsel and Mairead Farrell, Sinn Fein TD.
10 years ago today, Dublin Castle was the scene of celebrations after the historic victory for Marriage Equality.One of the people involved in the campaign and who was there on that day 10 years ago was Fine Gael TD for the Cork South-Central Jerry Buttimer.Kieran escapes the Newstalk studio and joins him to discuss.
Should young teenagers have a say at the ballot box? Today, Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly is bringing forward a bill that could shake up Irish democracy, proposing the voting age be lowered to 16.Is this a good cause to increase political engagement in our system, or is this too much responsibility, too soon?Social Democrat TD for the Kildare North, Aidan Farrelly, and James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD for the Dublin Bay South join Kieran to discuss.
Cathy Bennett, Sinn Féin TD for Monaghan // Naoise Ó Muirí, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay North // Olivia Kelly, Dublin Correspondent at the Irish Times // Claire Scott, Political Correspondent with the Sunday Times
Neale Richmond, Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown
Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Migration, and Fine Gael TD for Dublin South West // Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD for Wicklow // Jennifer Bray, Sunday Times Political Editor // Louise Burne, Political Correspondent with the Irish Mirror
Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central
Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD for Wicklow and Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West