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What did Éamon de Valera ever do for us?

Ireland’s memory of Éamon de Valera is complicated by many factors. Diarmaid Ferriter assesses the competing perspectives ...

State pension age must be hiked to age 70 and Triple Lock changed, DWP told

The state pension age must be hiked to 70, the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) has been told. Labour Party Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been told to hike the state pension age to 70 and ...

Why Westminster is easily the most wasteful layer of Government

Newspapers, and this one is no exception, often fill column inches with stories of perceived Government waste. That is quite ...

Labour has to convince reasonable, concerned people that progress is being made on asylum issue

Demonstrations are promised for coming days at a couple of dozen locations across the country where asylum seekers are housed ...

‘Now is your time’: How Michael Healy-Rae led the push for a Heather Humphreys presidential run

Senior Fine Gael politicians are confident former minister for social affairs will not be beaten if country gets to know her ...

Asylum hotel protests expected to swell across UK this weekend - as tensions mount

More demonstrations organised under the Abolish Asylum System slogan are expected across major towns and cities today.

Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy passes away: An orator par excellence who led student, youth and farmers’ struggles in the country

Veteran communist leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, former CPI General Secretary, passes away at 83 in Hyderabad.
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Blackpool councillors clash over asylum seeker hotel issue

Council has been urged to take decisive action to try and end the use of the Metropole Hotel to house migrants – instead ...
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Oxford council won't rule out legal action on asylum seekers

Oxford City Council has not confirmed whether it would take legal action over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.