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Limerick Senior Citizens club enjoys a very Merry Christmas!

THERE was a big turnout for the Limerick Senior Citizens Club annual Christmas dinner held in the Best Western Pery’s Hotel in Glentworth Street last week. Guests from throughout Limerick city and county enjoyed an evening of food, drink, music, ...

27 Dec 2016 at 13:00

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Urgent step change in approach to drug use needed, says citizens’ assembly chair

Ireland requires an urgent step change in its approach to drug use, the chair of the citizens’ assembly has said. Paul Reid was commenting as the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use reached the halfway point of its programme of work after a weekend ...

25 Jun 2023 at 13:19

National News

Ireland needs to find better ways to deal with illegal drug use – Varadkar

Ireland needs to find better ways to deal with illegal drug use, the Taoiseach has said at the outset of a new citizens’ assembly examining the problem. The assembly, comprising 99 randomly selected citizens reflective of the Irish population ...

15 Apr 2023 at 16:17

National News

€10 million garda overtime funding to tackle Dublin drug dealing and antisocial behaviour

Overtime garda funding of €10 million will see gardaí tackle street drug dealing and antisocial behaviour, following a number of serious assaults in the capital in recent weeks. An Garda Síochána has confirmed that it has started to use the ...

22 Aug 2023 at 11:18

National News

Govt approves deployment of soldiers to help evacuate Irish citizens from war-torn Sudan

The government has approved the deployment of Defence Forces to assist with evacuating Irish citizens from Sudan. The approval was confirmed by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Tánaiste Micheál Martin today (April 23) due to the "extremely ...

23 Apr 2023 at 16:32

National News

Two men arrested after gardai seize almost 2 million euro of illegal tablets

Two men have been arrested after gardai seized almost 2 million euro of illegal tablets in searches in Dublin. As part of Operation Citizen, the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT), with the assistance of other regional units, carried out ...

12 Oct 2024 at 17:30

National News

Leo Varadkar has not formed a view on decriminalising drug use

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he has not formed a view on whether the use of drugs like cannabis should be decriminalised or regulated. It comes after an Oireachtas justice committee recommended that “a policy of decriminalisation is ...

25 Dec 2022 at 00:01

National News

Ireland must act to preserve access to clean drinking water, Government warned

Ireland risks losing access to clean drinking water sourced from the island if it fails to act to protect its biodiversity, the Government has been warned. The head of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss outlined the ...

05 Apr 2023 at 15:10

National News

Gender equality referendums planned for early March – Varadkar

The Government is aiming to hold two referendums on gender equality in early March, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. In line with the recommendations on gender equality made by the Citizens’ Assembly, people will be ...

22 Nov 2023 at 11:30

National News

Second Citizens’ Assembly meeting on directly elected mayor ends

The second meeting of the Citizens’ Assembly on a directly elected mayor of Dublin has concluded after hearing from various mayors from the city and abroad about what the role can entail. Mayor of Greater Manchester ...

22 May 2022 at 18:03

National News

Citizens’ Assembly in ‘humbling and eye-opening’ visit to drug treatment centres

The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use has visited drug treatment centres in Coolmine in Blanchardstown and Merchants Quay Ireland to learn more about the “lived experience of drugs use”. Members had the opportunity ...

14 May 2023 at 15:33

National News

Citizens’ assembly on agriculture the wrong model, says farming group

A proposal to set up a citizens’ assembly on agriculture and food production is “ill thought-out” and “the wrong model”, according to a farming group. Irish Labour Party Cork East TD Sean Sherlock said that a ...

06 Aug 2022 at 12:00

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