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Helen McEntee

FactCheck

FactCheck: Are there really more teachers in Ireland than ever before?

30 Apr

9.3k

Education

Special Needs Assistants who lose positions in a school to benefit from redeployment scheme

24 Apr

29.4k

junior cycle

Changes made to Junior Cycle grade bands to be applied to upcoming exams

22 Apr

15.5k

Education

New teachers to get permanent contracts sooner in effort to make teaching 'more sustainable'

21 Apr

20.4k

Department of Education

Rollout of in-school therapies to begin next year, starting with special schools

19 Apr

13.8k

food review

Nutrition of hot school meals to be reviewed by health officials

Updated 11 Apr

12.9k

104

The Morning Lead

The government is quietly scrapping local committees charged with holding gardaí accountable

The government is rolling out a new initiative: Local Community Safety Partnerships. Not everyone is convinced.

Only a minority of those involved in the government pilot believed it actually improved community safety, The Journal can reveal.

10 Apr

14.3k

Points Race

Fears that pupils will 'miss out' on college spots due to lower Leaving Cert grade inflation

9 Apr

12.2k

teacher shortage

Helen McEntee tells Cabinet she's willing to compel schools to open special education classes

8 Apr

23.1k

The Morning Lead

The number of schools needing financial crisis help has increased by 540% in two years

Almost half of schools receiving financial guidance are Deis and special schools.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

4 Apr

8.6k

speaking rights

Opposition expected to disrupt Dáil proceedings tomorrow over speaking rights row

24 Mar

7.4k

special schools

Student teachers may soon undergo placement at special schools

24 Mar

11.8k

Education

McEntee says 'her intention' is that all children with additional needs will be offered a school place in September

13 Feb

12.8k

Public Transport

Helen McEntee says powers of arrest for public transport police yet to be 'explored’

16 Jan

13.3k

Hate offences

New hate crime laws come into force in Ireland from today

31 Dec 2024

26.9k

Operation Thor

Over 2,000 arrested by gardaí this year in crackdown on home burglaries

21 Dec 2024

7.9k

Asylum Seekers

'Completely inappropriate' to pause decisions on Syrian asylum applications, says refugee council

Updated 10 Dec 2024

26.5k

Department of Justice

'It's farcical': Review into sex work law won't be published until 2025, four years after deadline

Órla Ryan

24 Nov 2024

11.3k

War of Words

Martin disagrees with O'Dea's comments that McEntee is the 'worst justice minister' in Ireland's history

18 Nov 2024

8.5k

GE2024RIRA

Harris 'won't take part in election ruaille buaille' as Fianna Fáil again take aim at McEntee

Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea said Helen McEntee was the “worst Minister for Justice in the history of the State”.

16 Nov 2024

29.4k

131

GE2024carers means test

A big spending promise to scrap means test for carers - but FG says it's fully costed

16 Nov 2024

8.3k

GE2024

War of words breaks out between Fianna Fail's Jim O'Callaghan and Fine Gael's Helen McEntee

15 Nov 2024

16.5k

112

GE2024

Law allowing nightclubs to open later still on the cards as McEntee says she's committed to reform

15 Nov 2024

7.0k

Donegal

Creeslough families plead with Justice Minister to meet them before election

23 Oct 2024

4.6k

Helen McEntee

McEntee pays tribute to Heather Humphreys' public service as she takes on role of deputy leader

Updated 20 Oct 2024

45.1k

143

Minister For Justice

McEntee's decision to refuse residency to Indian woman in sham marriage upheld in Supreme Court

18 Oct 2024

27.4k

Cabinet

Legislation allowing Gardaí to direct people to remove face coverings at protests is approved

15 Oct 2024

13.1k

Department of Justice

Civilian staff to take over full responsibility for immigration renewals from Gardaí

14 Oct 2024

39.7k

Cobalt

McEntee refuses to confirm knowledge about alleged spy in Oireachtas

13 Oct 2024

14.5k

Cabinet

Law to bring RTÉ under control of Comptroller and Auditor General to be brought to Cabinet today

8 Oct 2024

8.0k

creeslough explosion

Justice Minister agrees to meet with Creeslough families who want public inquiry into explosion

7 Oct 2024

4.7k

Helen McEntee

Minister says ‘everything that can be done is being done’ on safety as road deaths reach 138

3 Oct 2024

9.5k

125

budget 2025

Up to 100 new speed cameras will be rolled out during 2025

3 Oct 2024

20.7k

maximum sentences

Jail terms for selling and carrying knives increase from today

30 Sep 2024

15.2k

Bomb Threat

Taoiseach condemns alleged bomb threat at Minister for Justice Helen McEntee's home

29 Sep 2024

22.7k

coimisiún na meán

Media watchdog given power to fine platforms that don't quickly remove terrorist content online

29 Sep 2024

3.5k

Helen McEntee

Creeslough families write to Justice Minister asking for public inquiry into explosion

Updated 24 Sep 2024

9.6k

Hate speech

Hate speech legislation to be dropped from hate crime bill - McEntee

Updated 21 Sep 2024

25.5k

178

aged out

Legislation approved to stop children on trial for murder facing mandatory life sentences after High Court ruling

18 Sep 2024

10.4k

Gardaí

Garda Training Allowance to be increased in bid to boost garda recruitment figures

11 Sep 2024

24.0k

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