‘Huge loss to a disadvantaged community’: Future of long-running addiction support service in doubt
Number of staff members at Neart le Chéile are being made redundant
Gino Kenny
Medically prescribed cannabis seized and UK-based woman and son ‘interrogated’ at Dublin Airport
Dolores Pickering, an Irish national living in the UK, says Christmas ‘absolutely ruined’ after she and her son - who has been prescribed cannabis for chronic anxiety - are questioned
Dublin Mid-West: the story of the count
People Before Profit’s Gino Kenny loses seat after being squeezed by crowded left and emergence of anti-immigrant candidates
Winners and losers in general election 2024
Close-fought races and the tantalising prospect of power brought relief for the victorious but crushing lows for those rejected by the electorate
Dublin Mid-West constituency candidates list: Bellwether will show if voters are moving to anti-immigrant candidates
Election 2024: Sinn Féin hopeful of gaining two seats despite dwindling poll numbers
Dáil votes by 76 to 53 to accept assisted dying report after Coalition parties allow free vote
Motion says that House will takes note of document which made 38 recommendations as some TDs oppose legislation
Catholic bishops call on TDs to reject proposals on assisted dying in Wednesday’s Dáil vote
Proposals recommend allowing assisted dying in restricted circumstances
People in politics, journalism, judiciary take drugs but do not end up in court, Dáil told
Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says current policy of criminalisation for possession of drugs for personal use is not working
Drug use more ‘a public health issue’ than ‘criminal justice matter’, Taoiseach tells Dáil
Leo Varadkar says Government will give ‘careful consideration’ to Citizens’ Assembly’s drug proposals
Committee on Assisted Dying: State should not have ‘invisible hand’ in a disabled person’s decision to end life, group hears
Many disabled people ‘hugely concerned’ that discussions about assisted dying would inevitably lead to talks on assisted suicide
Euthanasia might be motivated by compassion, but it’s not the most compassionate answer
We don’t need assisted suicide. We need a functioning health service with palliative care for all
Q&A: Halfway through their deliberations, what has the committee on assisted dying found?
The main issues raised are around unintended consequences in the law, such as elderly or vulnerable people being coerced into making a decision
Stephen Donnelly promises ‘in-depth report’ on future costs of healthcare after budget row
HSE chief said last week the health allocation was ‘not adequate for all current costs’
‘You’re breaking up a town’: Electoral map changes split Tallaght and could leave Fettercairn ‘forgotten’
The working-class area of Fettercairn is being moved from Dublin South-West, home to People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, to Dublin Mid-West, home to party colleague Gino Kenny
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