Campaigners are increasingly confident that a citizens’ assembly on drug use could take place this year in Ireland. The PA news agency understands that a citizen assembly on the issue could take place in the spring. The three coalition parties, upon entering Government in 2020, committed to holding a citizens’ assembly on drug use, which advocates say could be a major opportunity to rethink drug policy in Ireland. Citizens’ assemblies have increasingly played a key role in Irish politics in rece

Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share RICHMOND — State budget negotiators, who met this week for the first time since talks collapsed in June, got an extra nudge on Friday to wrap up their work from Gov.... He described the meeting as “ very nice, very cordial.” Barker confirmed that account.... Howell did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Advertisement “ We have not resolved anything finally, but we’re looking at things and trying to figure out how to g