📚Big news for Higher Education🧑‍🎓 Minister James Lawless has announced the start of construction on five major new buildings across our higher education system. They will support over 3,300 new student places. Fianna Fáil is the Party of Education.

I have signed the regulations to allow for new Local Community Safety Partnerships to be established in every local authority area across the country.

📢 Update on State-Funded Fertility Treatments From today, couples with one existing child in their relationship and who meet all other criteria can now access publicly-funded Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) treatment — including one full cycle of IVF or ICSI.

Planning and Development Bill 2025 Approved ✅ Extends planning permissions close to expiry ✅ Excludes Judicial Review delays from permission timelines ✅ Prevents loss of thousands of potential homes In Fianna Fáil, we are committed to faster, more efficient homebuilding.

Limerick organisations announced finalists in Good Causes Awards limerickpost.ie/2025/07/01/lim…

Minister James Browne TD is cutting the red tape to speed up the delivery of Social Housing.

Delighted to share part of my story to highlight the importance of RJ. Please listen in for the current state of #restorativejustice services in Ireland, with Dr. Ian Marder and the subsequent discussion Niall Collins Matt Carthy TD Laura Harmon rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Listen back to a segment about restorative justice on RTE Radio 1 on Saturday. Ailbhe Griffith discusses how restorative justice works, and I argue that it should be offered to all victims of crime. A political panel respond. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Limerick carers to benefit from update to Carer's Allowance limerickpost.ie/2025/07/09/lim…

🙌☀️ Thank you to all SWAN Youth Service for meeting with me today in very sunny north inner city #Dublin! 🤝 Truly inspiring to meet you all and learn more about your work in helping at-risk young people avoid falling into a life of crime.

CAB to receive greater powers under new Bill introduced by Minister Jim O'Callaghan TD CAB will be able to seize assets within two years, as opposed to waiting seven years, as is the case at present. Making it tougher for criminals to flaunt their assets & giving more power to CAB.

The war in Gaza must stop. The focus should be on alleviating the humanitarian hardship that the people of Gaza and the West Bank are experiencing and the release of all hostages.

Government has today published the updated National Development Plan, with unprecedented levels of investment, to secure Ireland's future, unlock housing, upgrade water and energy infrastructure, deliver more roads, and provide better public transport gov.ie/en/department-…

📈 Details just announced of the largest ever capital investment plan in the history of the state - €275 billion. This will create the building blocks needed to deliver thousands of new homes, improve our transport network and our electricity grid. 👇 assets.gov.ie/static/documen…

💶 The updated National Development Plan - €275bn invested in our Future 🏗️ •€102bn 2025-2030 •€100bn+ 2030-2035 💚In Fianna Fáil, we are committed to investing in a strong, secure future for all. Value for money, timely delivery, high impact projects. That is our focus.

Over €200 billion to transform Ireland's infrastructure. Today Minister Jack Chambers TD announced that the National Development Plan will see unprecedent investment in housing, water, energy, and public transport.

Record €2.180 billion additional capital funding for the Justice sector under the National Development Plan. It will invest in prison capacity, Garda stations, courthouses, cyber security and technology. gov.ie/en/department-… Jim O'Callaghan TD Niall Collins Colm Brophy

Encouraging home completion figures today released by Central Statistics Office Ireland. 15,149 new homes were built in the first six months of 2025, the strongest start to a year since 2008. Much more to do.

9,214 new dwelling completions iQ2 2025, a rise of 35% on the same three months of 2024 🏡🙌🏻 Supply is central to dealing with all the key challenges in housing, so the figures published today are a welcome development and will be of huge benefit to families and individuals.