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'Making people poorer and making people worse-off I think would only exacerbate the problem'

Dublin city rioters should have their social welfare cut and be given punitive prison sentences for wreaking havoc across the capital, last night’s Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting was told.

Ciara Kelly has said that cutting social welfare payments for Dublin rioters would “backfire” as she slammed the idea as “nonsense”.

A design team has been appointed to progress works on permanent welfare facilities for visitors to the Great Blasket Island.An update on the Office of Public Wo...

MAYOR Gerald Mitchell has dropped a political bombshell by revealing to the Limerick Leader he is to step away from public life. The Hospital-based councillor w...

The minister of state for the OPW has said that he aims to bring forward a bill on River Shannon management early in the new year.

All Public Order Unit Gardaí are to be issued with tasers, the Garda Commissioner has announced.

Stopping social welfare payments to rioters would provide their victims with “recognition”, TD Patrick O’Donovan has said. 

Dublin city rioters should have their social welfare cut and be given punitive prison sentences for wreaking havoc across the capital, a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting has heard.

CHRISTMAS celebrations will officially kick off in west Limerick on December 1, with the lighting of Newcastle West's Christmas tree.