6+ hour, 29+ min ago   (339+ words) Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan’s pitch to make the process of obtaining Irish citizenship more lengthy – from five years to eight – and Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s strangely woolly reasoning for this is best viewed as part of what’s happening in the…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago   (825+ words) irishtimes.com Budget unlikely to resolve surging energy prices Coalition determined to defend data centres with fossil fuel price cuts as they siphon 23% of our energy supply Sir, – Cliff Taylor rightly highlights how the upcoming budget is unlikely to…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1681+ words) On the evening of Tuesday June 9th, Michael was at home with his family when a brick came through the livingroom window, shattering the glass of their terraced home in east Belfast and just missing his three-year-old son. “My child was…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (723+ words) At least 88 families were forced out of their homes as a result of Northern Ireland race riots in June, either through burning or local intimidation, according to figures supplied by housing authorities. As of the beginning of September, fewer than…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago   (529+ words) There is a “risk of harm” to the most vulnerable children and families, including “poorer outcomes” next year if Tusla is included in cost savings to help pay for overruns in the Department of Education, the agency’s chief executive has…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (484+ words) A lack of suitable placements for “exceptionally vulnerable” children in care was the “dominant issue” in more than a sixth of cases before the courts examined in a new report. The ongoing placements crisis – which has meant Tusla’s increasing dependence…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago   (250+ words) Israel has bridled at British foreign secretary Ed Miliband’s accusation of “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians in the “illegally occupied” West Bank. But ethnic cleansing is what it is. The E1 settlement project would forcibly displace over 18 more Bedouin communities in the…...

14+ hour, 59+ min ago   (738+ words) True to form, even on a weekend when his golf course was hosting a record-breaking native winner, Donald Trump still managed to dominate the headlines. His unerring instinct for self-promotion survived even the fraught moment when he had to present…...

19+ hour, 55+ min ago   (536+ words) The First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn…...

15+ hour, 24+ min ago   (755+ words) US president Donald Trump made the surprise announcement that he would remove tariffs from Irish whiskey at the end of his two-day visit to Ireland. It came shortly before he presented golfer Shane Lowry with the winner’s trophy after he…...