AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoWater Restrictions: Uisce Éireann’s six-week hosepipe ban starts in Mayo from midnight, with the nationwide Water Conservation Order now running until Aug 26 as hot, dry weather strains supplies. Farm Support: €1.5m is being paid out under the Fuel Income Support Scheme to farmers and agricultural contractors, with payments rolling out across Meath and Louth and expected to reach about €27m nationally. Justice System: Minister Jim O’Callaghan says he’ll meet the Law Society over disruption caused by new flat-fee legal aid payments from 1 July, after solicitors withdrew services and cases were adjourned. Politics/Ukraine: Taoiseach Micheál Martin arrives in Kyiv for talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Ukraine’s EU accession and Ireland’s support. E-scooter Debate: Cork councillor Oliver Moran warns new e-scooter rules won’t help without enforcement, citing child injuries and licensing/insurance concerns. Culture & Community: A new exhibition, “Irish Republicanism and the Gays,” opens at Áras Uí Chonghaile, while Cork’s Spirit of Mother Jones Festival kicks off with “Songs of Struggle, Songs of Hope.” Public Health: Forensic examinations begin on remains found at the Tuam mother-and-baby home site, with DNA samples taken from people who believe they’re related.
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