Turbine Investigation Team (TIT) Exclusive: The Day in the Life of a Government Advisor
Our chief investigator here at the Turbine Investigation Team (Or Top TIT as he’s most commonly known) recently got the chance to lift the veil on what a day in…
Landlords v Renters – Budget 2024’s Winners and Losers
Budget 2024 has come and gone with, it is perhaps fair to say, little fanfare. The prevailing mood post-budget day has been subdued, with nothing earth-shattering emerging from the speeches…
Government to Offer Free Contraception for Women Aged 17-25
Free contraception will become available for women aged 17-25 from September under The Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Act 2022. A significant number of people in Ireland will benefit from…
The Pandemic Has Upended Economics | Will Governments Keep Up?
Earlier this year, the Department of Finance announced its expected budget deficit for 2020 to add up to around €19 billion. Yet, expenditure sustained, and the government continued to announce…
Covid-19 Rental Protection Scheme Extended To Summer
Tenants who have been, and continue to be, affected economically by Covid-19 will be granted protection into the Summer season. According to a report in the Irish Examiner, Minister for…
Direct Provision White Paper & Student Activism
This week the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman published a white paper setting out the governments plan to abolish direct provision. The proposals include the…
Simon Harris: “He works hard for the money” but not for the students | Opinion
In early 2021, Minister for Education Norma Foley’s inconsistent, reactive decision-making regarding schools’ reopening became a focal point of public governmental criticism. In the shadow of that issue lives the…
USI Calls on Ministers to “Protect” Student Renters to Avoid “Accommodation Nightmare”
The Union of Students Ireland (USI) has set out a list of six emergency measures which they believe are required to protect student renters. On Tuesday, the USI called on…
Legislation Agreed by Cabinet for “Economically Focussed” Department of Higher Education
On the 13th of July, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD, welcomed government approval to publish legislation to establish his department as a…
UCD Residences to be “Filled as Normal” Despite No Clear Guidance from Government
Deputy President and Registrar of University College Dublin (UCD), Professor Mark Rogers, has this week outlined plans regarding on-campus student accommodation for the coming academic year. Despite ongoing concerns over…
Next Government set to Further Criminalise Hate Crime and Speech
The Programme for Government negotiated by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party has pledged that the incoming government will enact further legislation “within 12 months” of its formation…
Government Response to Constitutional Convention Reforms Amounts to Empty Political Lip Service
The fourth and final report from the Constitutional Convention on political reform in Ireland quietly passed through the Dáil this November with an ambiguity that broached apathy. The manner in…