The Tánaiste will today travel to the United States for a series of engagements in New York and Washington, D.C. In New York, the Tánaiste will undertake engagements in support of Ireland’s campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, the election for which will take place next year. In Washington DC, the…
The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018 (the “Bill”), which was published in January 2019, is currently at the committee stage in the Dáil and has already sparked quite the debate among cabinet members. The Bill aims to provide more protection for tenants and if enacted in it’s current form will substantially increase the obligations of…
Councillor Pádraig O’Sullivan has cautiously welcomed the Little Island Traffic and Transportation Study, which was presented to Cork County Council members yesterday. However, the Fianna Fáil councillor argues that the number of employees working on Little Island is far more than the figure Cork County Council has reported. “Cork County Council maintain that approximately 8500 employees…
With 2019 well underway and Christmas a distant memory, now is the time to look forward. A new year with new possibilities stretches out in front of you and your business. This time of year is full of good advice – social media, the news paper and radio shows are all talking about making…
Some people have seen from the very outset that the changes that have been enforced on traders in Cork city centre would contribute to a fall off in customers visiting the city, a fall off in confidence in seeing the city as a necessary place to visit, a fall off in budding entrepreneurs considering setting…
Is Resignation the Answer, or Does it Just Pose More Questions? I got into a spat on Twitter over the weekend with a public policy analyst over the new National Childrens Hospital. We got off on the wrong foot, and having apologised for my contribution to that, I invited her to come on The Opinion…