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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mike Finnerty

    Metrolink for South-West Dublin should be government priority, not fare increases, says Crowe (opens the original)

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    Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-West Seán Crowe has said that the government should reject further increases in public transport fares and instead set a clear objective to make MetroLink South West a reality this side of 2040. Speaking in the Dáil, Crowe said “public transport is essential public infrastructure. It connects people to work, education, healthcare, family and community” He said “the government should reject further increases in public transport fares and instead begin a serious trans

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mike Finnerty

    Finglas children with additonal needs are being failed by government, warns Hearne (opens the original)

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    Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne has said that the government are failing children with additional needs in Finglas. The Dublin North-West TD told the Dáil that schoolchildren in his constituency, who were promised additional school places, have yet to receive them. “Most children are into their fourth week of school, but five-year-old Roman from Finglas still has no school place. Roman has been diagnosed with autism and a global developmental delay. Roman and his mother have been scandalously fa

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mike Finnerty

    Government culture card idea "watered down" says opposition (opens the original)

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    The government’s idea of a culture voucher has been criticised for lacking in ambition by the opposition. In the traditional government party style of drip-feeding certain Budget measures to the public ahead of the publication date in order to drum up public interest, a €100 culture voucher for 16-year-olds was announced. The voucher can be used on the likes of theatres, cinemas, and concerts. Sinn Féin Senator Chris Andrews said it was a case of the government copying the opposition’s homework

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mike Finnerty

    Households footing bill for data centres, new report finds (opens the original)

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    Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has launched a report examining whether data centres are paying their fair share. And the big question from the report? It asks whether households are being forced to pay the bill for upgrades to Ireland’s electrical grid. The report, titled By Design, Not by Default: How Regulatory Discretion Socialises the Cost of Data-Centre Expansion in the EU: A Case Study of Ireland, was written by Eve Ryan, a researcher from Trinity College Dublin. The report examines the regulat

  5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Mike Finnerty

    Northside councillors call for tougher action on anti-social behaviour in apartment blocks (opens the original)

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    Councillors from the North Central Area have said that more action is needed to tackle anti-social behaviour in apartment blocks. Sinn Féin councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha has said that approved housing bodies “must take more responsibility.” The Donaghmede councillor was speaking at the monthly meeting of Dublin City Council’s North Central Area Committee. The Sinn Féin councillor told the Committee that residents of a local apartment block on the Northside, with 93 units, had seen non-residents

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