The study also found that foreign-born residents had lower incomes and were more likely to suffer poverty.

Government chief whip Hildegarde Naughton said there were ‘legitimate concerns’ about the Bill and the changes were for ‘social cohesion’.

The Taoiseach’s child poverty unit is examining the possibility of expanding the hot school meals programme.

It comes amid a row between the UK and Ireland over migrants travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and into the Irish State

The figure provided by the justice minister has been questioned by human rights and refugee organisations.

Samantha Kenny, from Co Kildare, said the wording does not recognise her children’s rights to independence and choices.

Almost three-quarters of respondents reported the pandemic prevented their loved one from having the death they would have wished for

Referendums are being held next month on plans to change the Constitution.

The Taoiseach said it would have caused a problem if the Government had inserted really strong language on care in the Constitution

The findings of an exclusive survey for the PA news agency come as the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement approaches.

The former Countdown star and patron of Menopause Mandate criticised both Women’s Minister Maria Caulfield and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch

The actor, who stars in The Banshees Of Inisherin, has told of his experience in foster care as a child and the effect it had on him.