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Barry Andrews MEP urges the Irish government to follow the EU’s lead by banning Nitrous Oxide
“There is a general misconception among users that inhalation of nitrous oxide is safe. The momentary euphoria it offers is not worth the potentially life-altering and deadly effects. Immediate action is imperative to protect the well-being of our youth.”
Spyware scandal: US government sanctions Irish companies
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control has frozen the assets of individuals and companies behind the Predator surveillance technology, banning anyone from doing business with them. A promise to investigate their Irish presence has yet to materialise.
Dublin youths' easy access to imitation firearms is 'major cause for concern'
Barry Andrews MEP has raised concerns over young people having easy access to imitation firearms in Dublin. The comments come following the shocking Christmas Eve gun and knife attack at a restaurant in Blanchardstown that left two men dead.
Barry Andrews MEP makes trip to Rafah border crossing
Barry Andrews MEP travelled to the Rafah crossing in Egypt with a delegation from Renew Europe and witnessed a delay in humanitarian aid getting through the border crossing to Palestine. Barry Andrews MEP spoke to Pat Kenny on Newstalk about what he saw.
What's actually happening with EU aid for Palestine?
While the EU Commission backtracked on Hungarian Commissioner Oliver Várhelyí's tweets, the official press release muddied the waters even further, stating that 'as there were no payments foreseen, there will be no suspension of payments'. Barry Andrews MEP writes in the EU Observer.
John Downing: The North needs to make most of its relationship with EU, just as Ian Paisley did
As bars go, this one was not a place you would choose to go on the spree as it sold more coffee and tea than alcohol. Yet for all that, it was still a public house, so the sight of the late Ian Paisley sitting quietly in a corner, albeit with an outsize pot of tea and focused on a well-thumbed Bible, was strangely disquieting.
Calls for Ireland to agree treaty with UAE that would allow for extradition of wanted Kinahans
Kinahan mob bosses could be extradited back home to face justice here if a new bilateral treaty with the UAE is signed, an MEP has said.
The Kinahan gang leaders, including Godfather Christy, the Dapper Don, and his son Daniel, the new kingpin, have been on the run for several years since they started a murderous feud with the rival Hutch gang.
Ireland failing to access 'lucrative' EU funding to develop social housing, MEP says
Some of the main issues identified in the report include the private sector not hitting the delivery targets set out in national strategies, less plentiful private investment for build-to-rent developments and local authorities and State agencies not being utilised to their full potential. File picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
