FactFind: What professions are over-represented (and under-represented) in the Dáil?
Teachers are overrepresented – but so are farmers lawyers, landlords and, unsurprisingly, career politicians.
FactCheck: Where have Fine Gael (and Simon Harris) stood on drug decriminalisation in the past?
Harris’ apparent current position contrasts with that of a cross-party Oireachtas committee on drug use.
Rents up 43% on pre-Covid levels amid calls for increased government support for rental sector
Ronan Lyons, author of the Daft report, called on the new government to ‘give the same priority to the rental sector that has been given to owner-occupiers and social housing’.
How did parties and candidates campaign via online ads in the run-up to the election announcement?
Transparency measures show which parties have spent the most in recent weeks.
Fianna Fáil pledges to ‘at a minimum’ double the Renters’ Tax Credit in the next government
Under Fianna Fáil’s plans, the tax credit could be boosted to at least €2,000.
Norma Foley says there’s enough special ed places for every child in Dublin 15 – but parents disagree
Two parents who sit on the Dublin 15 Taskforce, dispute the Minister’s claim.
Taoiseach says officials are working on a ‘paper’ setting out options for Michael Shine victims
Harris said the first step remains getting legal advice on the publication of a 2009 report.
Law allowing nightclubs to open later expected to go to Cabinet in October, Taoiseach says
Harris said he is satisfied that the legislation has gotten the balance right about public health and road safety concerns.
