The final bill for the long-awaited National Children’s Hospital will now exceed €2 billion, the Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has told Cabinet colleagues.
Ireland has found itself as a European outlier in its broad public support for Palestine throughout the ongoing war in Gaza. But how do these acts of solidarity impact the conflict people are outraged by? In the most recent Ireland Thinks poll in the Sunday Independent, 79pc of people felt that Israel’s response in Gaza amounted to genocide. Throughout the country people are marching, holding protests, but also taking action on the high street and in sporting arenas.
Former Independent minister Finian McGrath is plotting a potential Dáil comeback at the next general election, saying “there is plenty left in the tank yet, baby!”.
SINN Féin will wait until the Government announces its position on the future status of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland before announcing its own policy, a senior party TD has said.