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‘Brave political leadership’ needed to create Dublin mayor office, says Jim Gavin

Chair of Dublin’s Citizens’ Assembly questioned if local authorities are effective enough to run a capital city

‘Why have a Citizen’s Assembly at all?’ - How the mood around drug prosecutions changed

The Citizen’s Assembly voted to end the current system of prosecuting people caught with illegal drugs for personal use

Assembly chair recommends drugs diversion model

Paul Reid says laws in place must be acted on, even with new legislative proposals

Urgent and significant change in approach to drug use needed, says citizens’ assembly chair

Preliminary data shows there were 409 poisoning deaths linked to drugs in Ireland in 2020

John Gibbons: Like Sweden and Wales, we need a Ministry of the Future

Too often, plans to create and safeguard a sustainable future are chipped away to nothing by lobbyists and interest groups in the present. A Ministry of the Future would help fix that

Former Dublin GAA coach Gavin to replace Michael Stone as taskforce chair

Force set up to regenerate capital’s north inner city following Hutch-Kinahan feud

In this week’s Business Post: Ireland gridlocked

Waterpark hires private investigators as injury claims surge and Elaine Byrne on the Citizen’s Assembly on Drug Use

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Elaine Byrne: Citizens Assembly will hopefully hear some long-awaited honesty about drug use

Even though the use of illegal drugs in Ireland is prevalent in every community in Ireland, there is still a stifling stigma around the issue so the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use should serve to legitimise the debate around decriminalisation

Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs hears how early trauma leads to addiction

Chair Paul Reid said he expected the weekend’s discussions to be “the most innovative, creative, brave, and courageous” Citizens’ Assembly meeting ever

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‘I’ve never taken drugs,’ says Paul Reid as citizens assembly starts

Drugs Citizens’ Assembly chair says members will be presented with a variety of advice that ‘reflects the debate that’s happening in Ireland’

Former HSE chief Paul Reid appointed chair of the citizens’ assembly on drugs use

The assembly is due to submit a report to the Houses of the Oireachtas by the end of the year

Ahead of a citizens’ assembly on drug use, poll shows public favour changes in the law

The Business Post/RedC poll shows 70 per cent support for currently illegal drugs to be made available for therapeutic or medicinal use and over 50 per cent support for the regulated sale of cannabis for recreational use

Cathal Mac Coille: After the talking, now it is time to act on gender equality issues

There is general agreement on the recommendations by the Citizens’ Assembly on maternity leave and home care, but how to pay for it is a question that can‘t be shirked

Citizens’ Assembly recommends higher taxes for gender equality

Members also called for the reference to the woman’s place being ‘in the home’ to be removed from the Constitution and to increase the minimum wage from €10.20 to a living wage of €12.30