Written by Kim Leadbeater criticises Streeting over assisted dying bill comments, implying he’s ignoring ministerial neutrality policy Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who has tabled the private member’s bill on assisted dying that will be debated two weeks tomorrow, has said she is “disappointed” by Wes Streeting, the health secretary, saying the new law could cut funding […]
The incoming Trump administration does not pose an economic challenge for Ireland so great that cannot be managed, Mary Lou McDonald said, amid fears of what the Taoiseach has called “transatlantic trade shocks”. In her first comments on Donald Trump’s victory, Ms McDonald said that, during his first term in the Oval Office, Irish corporate […]
Confirming she will correct the record on Tuesday, Ms McDonald said: “What matters is that we respond fully to the young person in question and what matters is that the Dáil record is accurate.” Ms McDonald said the teen will be given “a full, unequivocal apology from me”. “He’s a young person who ought to […]
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