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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has signalled that immigrant workers already in Ireland may be able to qualify for citizenship under the existing five year rule. This is despite the incoming law change requiring a person be resident in Ireland for eight years.
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Speaking at the launch of his campaign to become the next director general of the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization, Phil Hogan says he was “sloppy” with Covid guidelines in 2020 and that he “disappointed people for sure and I disappointed myself in the way I responded”.
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For a 2nd year in a row, the SocDems think-in has been dominated by a controversy surrounding their Dublin Bay South TD Eoin Hayes. Earlier this month, the Ditch reported that Hayes boasted about cutting 200 tech jobs. He was notably absent from today’s press conference.
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Minister Helen McEntee says it is “completely ridiculous” that a TD who is on maternity leave has to provide a sick cert to ensure they are not met with a financial penalty when they return to work. She called for further reform of the Oireachtas system to remedy the situation.
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One of the leaders of the protest, Christopher Duffy, was standing by as the official groups exited the meeting. He said the protesters have been “put at the kiddies table” by Govt. Asked what it will take to bring protest to an end, he said: “A serious reduction in our costs”
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Ahead of his meeting with NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani later today,Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended him after Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu accused him of being a Hamas supporter. Martin said Netanyahu should “respect” Mamdani’s mandate and not undermine it.
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Sinn Féin TDs have thrown their support behind Macklemore after he was cut from Ed Sheeran’s US tour over his support of Palestine. TD Louise O Reilly says the groundswell of support from Irish people should be a lesson for the FAI, that the upcoming fixture should be boycotted.
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