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Passport Service received more than a million applications last year for the first time

The Passport Service received more than a million applications for Irish passports for the first time last year, the Tanáiste is set to announce.


GOVERNMENT TO DROP PLAN FOR HATE SPEECH LAWS AS ELECTION LOOMS

In what is being seen as a “victory for free speech”, the Coalition Government will scrap the most controversial provisions of legislation which would have introduced hate speech laws.


BREAKING: MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO ABDUCT CHILD “UNDER HIS ARM” NAMED

Oh dear, sounds like another 'Dublin Dad' has got himself in hot water!   

 


Germany: Train conductors urged not to check tickets of foreigners to keep the peace

So does this apply to (real) Irish people visiting Germany?   Don't hold your breath! 


Dublin dad ‘caught red-handed’ stealing cash from dementia sufferer (89), court hears

Note how this thief preying on the vulnerable elderly is given the moniker 'Dublin Dad' by the press - just like someone you would meet down at the local pub (if you lived in Dublin of course). 

A father of two has been accused of stealing cash from an 89-year-old dementia sufferer after going to her home and “distracting” her.


D HOTEL IN DROGHEDA PAID €5.4 MILLION FOR FIRST 3 MONTHS AS ASYLUM ACCOMMODATION PROVIDER

The list of payments for those providing refugee accommodation for the second quarter of 2024 – covering the months April to June – has been published and shows no fall off in the vast sums being bunged to a whole range of companies and businesses who have happened upon a multi-billion goldmine.  


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