Sinn Féin politicians and party activists have been involved in at least 18 legal actions against media organisations, journalists, public representatives and other individuals over the last decade or so, a Sunday Independent analysis has found.
THE health service is to get a bailout of €960 million for this year as part of €4 billion in supplementary estimates signed off by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
Last June, in the Fine Gael parliamentary party room at Leinster House, Leo Varadkar confronted his critics head on. It was just a few days after the Sunday Independent and other papers ran stories in which Fine Gael TDs privately questioned the Taoiseach’s leadership and speculated about changing horses in advance of the next general election.
Media Minister Catherine Martin is pushing to abolish the TV licence fee and replace it with direct taxpayer funding for RTÉ a move that puts her on a collision course with Coalition colleagues.