Irish politics

SELF

School Meals Scheme: Ballymaloe sauces for some children, “beef of unknown origin” for others

While a huge discrepancy between the standards of the hot meal suppliers for the School Meal Scheme emerges,…

By Lizzie Gore-Grimes

Micheál Martin

AGENDA

As Covid concerns peak again, Taoiseach Micheál Martin on making the big calls

As Covid concerns peak again, Dearbhail McDonald sits down with Taoiseach Micheál Martin to reflect on the challenges…

By Dearbhail McDonald

Mary McAleese the Troubles

AGENDA

Mary McAleese reveals the trauma of her childhood in Belfast during the Troubles

Opening up about her own experiences of life during the Troubles, Mary McAleese said that she’s still dealing…

By Sarah Finnan

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AGENDA

‘Bathed in love’: The inspirational success story of one of Ireland’s Chernobyl children

Once a Chernobyl child in Ireland, today a political leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the rival of Europe’s last dictator…

By Tania Reut

We are, we are constantly told, living in “unprecedented times” but there is something very familiar about the way some aspects of this crisis have played out.
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AGENDA, SELF

The Cabinet Sub-Committee on Covid-19 currently has no women sitting on it. Why?

When it emerged this week that the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Covid-19 has no women sitting on it, many…

By Lynn Enright

BleedinJustice

AGENDA, SELF

#BleedinJustice: One woman’s fight to make free period products freely available in Ireland

Senator Rebecca Moynihan on women's health in Ireland, the BleedinJustice campaign and the importance of public consultation. “We…

By Lucy White

AGENDA

Irish Refugee Council lays out recommendations for ending Direct Provision by 2023

By Lauren Heskin

what's on

LIVING

A new rom-com, a Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe thriller and Mother and Baby Home report: What’s on this weekend

From the unravelling the controversy around Mother and Baby Homes report, to a heavyweight drama and a fluffy…

By Lauren Heskin

Catherine Connolly

AGENDA

“Society did this, a society composed of the powerful against the powerless” Catherine Connolly gives stirring speech on the Mother and Baby Homes report

Language matters, or at least it should, says Catherine Connolly in her moving speech to the Dáil about…

By Lauren Heskin

AGENDA

January lockdown could happen after ‘likely’ Covid Christmas spike

While we're only just out of a six-week Covid lockdown, Government officials have not confirmed but won't deny…

By Jennifer McShane

AGENDA

NPHET to give formal advice to Government on Christmas in two weeks

NPHET will give formal advice to Government on Christmas in two weeks time, on November 26th, Chief Medical…

By Jennifer McShane

Level 3

AGENDA

Ireland to move to Level 3 restrictions from Tuesday

In what has been a worrisome 24 hours in the Irish Covid news cycle, the Irish Government has…

By Jennifer McShane