National News from Thursday, November 13th, 2025

Parents are being advised not to buy them for children.

A man in his 20s was arrested.

He previously appeared before Judge Sinéad McMullen at Tullamore Circuit Court, where the court heard details of the abuse of his niece, Maeve Leahy, during the mid-1980s and 1990s.

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It's after the government agreed to set up a statutory public inquiry into the care of those children.

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Margaret Donohoe's case was raised in the Dail yesterday by Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly, who asked the Taoiseach if now is the "time to be chasing childminders for commercial rates" amidst a "crisis in accessibilioty and affordability in childcare".

The Government also aims to bring 20 thousand derelict homes back into use through grants.

It show's the largest rise in costs was in the education sector and also food and drink

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Kildare County Council have raised similar issues for towns and villages across Kildare.

In an attempt to further distance himself from the fallout, Mr Bryan claimed that there is a "reason why young men in this country find dark humour so appealing. It is because we feel we have been sold out", claiming that young people have "been left a country that is Irish in little else but name".

Alice Cairns had long campaigned for answers after her 13 year-old son disappeared.

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Kildare North Social Democrat TD Aidan Farrelly says it an issue of fairness