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All changed, changed utterly, as Troy Parrott takes flight. There was five minutes and 12 seconds of additional time played when Parrott poked a Liam Scales header, from a Caoimhín Kelleher hit and hope, into the Hungary net. The 3,000 Irish fans in the upper deck of the Puskas Arena needed a second to realise what had just happened. Only a second, mind. The silence of the other 64,000 souls insid...

North Louth residents opposed to plans to the compulsory purchase of lands for the new Dundalk-Carlingford Greenway voiced their opposition at a national protest at Dáil Éireann this week. The demonstration was led by the National Greenway Action Association, and lobby groups from around the country, including local IFA branches and members of the ‘Protect the Cooley Peninsula’ campaign. Jimmy Qui...

As we approach Christmas and the prospect of warm fires, gifts, good food and time off to spend with loved ones, it’s easy to forget those who may not have a home for Christmas. Through the ‘Home for Christmas’ campaign, Depaul urges the people of Ireland to build hope and help provide the foundations for a real home for those living in emergency homelessness accommodation for months or years on e...

The proliferation of Tricolour flags on poles around Navan was the subject of debate at last week's meeting of Navan Municipal District with concerns being raised about the influence of the far right in the issue.  Independent Councillor Alan Lawes said he felt that this was space given to the far right. “They want a reaction, they want a reaction from the likes of us. They can be considered...

US President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release files involving the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal. "We have nothing to hide, and it's time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party," Mr Trump wrote on social media shortly after...

Creche owners say they are “gearing up to close the country down” by closing creches indefinitely until the Government meets their demands in an ongoing row over funding the sector amid rising business costs. It comes as new figures show 151 creches withdrew from a government funding scheme over three years, saying it is not fit for purpose, with some parents told their creche bill could be as gre...

Three men and two women who died in Saturdays tragic two car crash were all in their early 20s and were from a number of areas across the northeast. 23-year-old Chloe McGee and 21-year-old Shay Duffy from Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan; 23-year-olds Alan McCluskey and Dylan Commins, both from Drumconrath, Co Meath; and 21-year-old Chloe Hipson, from Lanarkshire, Scotland. All five were travelling in...

Louth County Council won’t remove dead rodents lodged in cavity walls, a spokesman told councillors at the monthly meeting of Ardee Municipal District. Cllr. Pearse McGeough asked if the local authority could intervene when social tenants are faced with a situation where rats or mice have entered their home and become lodged under floorboards or in cavity walls. Councillor McGeough joined us on Th...

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Over 70 per cent of adult vapers believe banning fruity flavoured vapes would push people back to smoking. It comes as Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is planning to introduce a ban on flavoured vapes aimed at children. According to a Red C Poll, one in three ex-smokers say they will return to smoking if fruity flavours are banned, with almost half saying they will buy these flavours abr...

Sexual assault survivor Hazel Behan is praising the Joint Committee on Justice for listening to victims and recommending the abolition of counsellor's notes as evidence in sexual assault cases. The recommendation was put forward by the committee today, which says the practise violates a victim's right to privacy and confidentiality. Hazel Behan, who was assaulted in Portugal in 2004, says the comm...

Consumers are facing into a costly Christmas as groceries, energy bills and even pints are all rising in price. Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that inflation is now at its highest level in a year-and-a-half. A survey shows that most consumers are planning to cut back on their spending this festive season as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite. Economist Austin Hughes...

Drogheda/East Meath Fianna Fáil Councillor, Stephen McKee, is calling once again on Meath County Council to carry out urgent road safety measures at Mounthanover Junction on the Beamore Road. Cllr McKee stated; ‘I have been raising road safety issues at Mounthanover Junction over a period of time now and the accidents at this black spot only continue; with two more crashes in recent...

The Government has defended the removal of annual targets for housing delivery, with the Minister for Housing saying they "can become a distraction". James Browne said that data on completions will be available each year. Taoiseach Micheál Martin also defended the absence of annual targets, saying it was difficult to put yearly precise figures on private sector delivery in particular. This morning...

Sinn Féin TD for Meath East, Darren O'Rourke, has said the government must end the rip-off and cut the cost of driving.  Deputy O'Rourke was speaking as the party moved a Dáil motion this week that calls on government to stop hikes, end the financial penalties for paying motor tax in instalments, reverse the latest carbon tax increases on petrol and diesel, and to stand up to insura...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was giving it the big ‘ní neart go cur le chéile’ in his speech at the COP30 climate change leaders’ summit in Brazil last week, as he stressed the need to act with “unity and with more urgency”. But in carefully-worded remarks midway through his speech on Thursday, he said that the “spirit of common purpose is weakening” and the world’s attention is being divert...

Drogheda City Status Group has utterly rejected a suggestion by Taoiseach Micheál Martin that Drogheda could have its Borough Council restored, saying that such a move would be simply not good enough, falling way short of what Drogheda need. Anthony Murphy, PRO of Drogheda City Status Group, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us in more detail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

The Government has been accused of "actually worsening the housing crisis" after the publication of its National Housing Plan, which the Taoiseach has claimed amounts to "the most unprecedented investment in housing ever". Minister for Housing James Browne said he believes the measures will reduce homelessness figures, and deliver a "real shift in how we get housing moving in this country". The st...

MEP Barry Andrews is beginning a four day visit to Ukraine with the HALO Trust The HALO Trust charity that clears and manages explosives around the world. Barry Andrews joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"You can't let your guard down," says Andrew Boylan, whose poultry farm is only 16km from the latest outbreak of bird flu in Co Monaghan. The latest cases were detected in a flock near Clontibret, close to the border with Northern Ireland. It is the third confirmed outbreak in less than a week. Andrew Boylan joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Ac...

Weather events similar to Storm Éowyn could become more common in future, an Oireachtas committee has heard. The Joint Committees on Climate, Environment and Energy, and Housing, Local Government and Heritage met on Wednesday to review Storm Éowyn and storm preparedness. Climate Committee member & Social Democrats TD for Wicklow, Jennifer Whitmore, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk...

Senior Ministers will sign off on the Government's long awaited housing plan this morning. Its' understood it will be called 'Delivering Homes, Building Communities.' There will be a commitment to fund 12,000 social homes a year in a bid to tackle the homeless crisis. While an expanded use of compulsory purchase orders by the Government is also likely to feature. Ber Grogan from the Simon Communit...

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A new national study by Amárach Research and AI Consultant Karen Howleyfinds that 42% of Irish employees now use AI for work, a 15-point increase since May, but most are doing so with limited oversight or formal governance. We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), the national independent advocate for reducing alcohol harm, announceD the launch of End the Silence 2025 – a series of three events that take place on Tuesday 11 November, Wednesday 12 November and Saturday 15 November. End the Silence forms part of Alcohol Action Ireland’s initiative Silent Voices, which seeks to raise awareness of the issues arising...