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Children with special needs ‘left in limbo’ over assessment delays, TD warns

Children with special needs have been failed by the State, the Dail has heard. Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said youngsters have been “left in limbo” by long delays in being assessed. He said there are 17,000 children waiting on initial contact with ...

29 Sept 2022 at 15:15

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Support for Sinn Fein on the slide, according to latest poll

Support for Sinn Fein is continuing to slide, with the party down four points in two months, according to the latest opinion poll. The Business Post Red C survey of voter intentions has Sinn Fein at 25%, a fall of four points from the 29% it ...

28 Jan 2024 at 14:00

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Michelle O'Neill as Stormont’s First Minister is a 'historic moment of change'

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance and TD for Donegal, Pearse Doherty, has said Stormont’s first nationalist First Minister provides “a historic moment of change.” Michelle O’Neill has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future ...

04 Feb 2024 at 10:00

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Justice minister voices support for intervention in South Africa/Israel ICJ case

The Irish justice minister has voiced support for Ireland joining South Africa’s genocide challenge against Israel in the UN’s top court. Helen McEntee said she was personally in favour of joining the case but acknowledged the Government ...

28 Jan 2024 at 21:14

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Martin and Doherty clash in Dail over housing

The Government’s affordable housing targets are “pathetically low”, Sinn Fein has said. During a heated exchange during Thursday’s Leaders’ Questions, Sinn Fein finance spokesman Pearse Doherty said that the Government has “failed ...

22 Feb 2024 at 12:45

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LATEST: Tensions flare in Dáil amidst argument over Lowry group speaking rights

The Government and Opposition remain completely at odds over how to resolve a dispute on the speaking rights for independent TDs who supported the formation of Government but did not receive ministerial roles. The Government ...

27 Feb 2025 at 12:12

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Sinn Fein accuses housing minister of spinning damning housing report

Sinn Fein has accused the housing minister of attempting to spin the findings of a report which was highly critical of the Government’s housing policies. Pearse Doherty and Darragh O’Brien clashed on housing in the Dail on ...

23 May 2024 at 14:47

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Pearse Doherty accuses Michael Lowry of burning documents

Independent TD Michael Lowry has been accused in the Dail of allegedly burning documents that may have been of interest to the Moriarty Tribunal. In the Dail on Thursday, Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty issued a broad attack ...

23 Jan 2025 at 18:08

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Department estimates 1.7 million euro recurring cost for phone pouches

The Department of Education has estimated an additional 1.7 million euros in annual costs for the controversial school phone pouch scheme. The figure is based on an estimated 20% replacement rate for the pouches every ...

06 Nov 2024 at 15:32

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No guarantee social and affordable home build targets will be met – Taoiseach

The Taoiseach has said it is uncertain whether the Government will meet targets for building social and affordable homes this year. However, Leo Varadkar said the overall house building target of 29,000 homes for ...

14 Dec 2023 at 15:14

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Chambers held housing data that would have changed election result – Sinn Fein

Minister Jack Chambers “deliberately deceived” the public during the election campaign by ignoring housing data, a Sinn Fein TD has said. The party’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty said that if information ...

13 Mar 2025 at 16:56

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Taoiseach says criticism of his Oval Office housing comments ‘over the top’

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said that the opposition’s criticism to his comment on housing in the White House was “over the top”. During a meeting between Mr Martin and Donald Trump in the Oval Office on ...

13 Mar 2025 at 17:23

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