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‘There is a clear appetite for this to be done, and to be done swiftly,’ Labour leader Ivana Bacik said.

Simon Harris is due to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa on Saturday.

The Taoiseach’s backroom team also had more prosaic requests including a new whiteboard, a TV wall bracket, a new desk because the height of an existing one wasn’t 'workable', and getting a personal picture hung.

According to a confidential document, the comments were made at a meeting between Sir Patrick and Mr Spring in London

The European Central Bank announced it was increasing interest rates by 0.5% - a fourth increased in a row

Concerns have been raised over the possibility of an amber energy alert being issued

It came after Cabinet ministers agreed on Tuesday to cap the revenues of electricity generating companies that do not use gas

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said that while 'housing is an emergency', calling it such is not going to 'build any houses'

The Tanaiste said delivering more than the 30,000 homes under Housing for All in 2023 is 'going to be a challenge'