A member of the Coast Guard looks out accross Dublin Bay during a previous storm (file photo)

Friday 22 November

Today's Top Stories

Weather Forecast

Storm Bert: Nationwide wind and rain alert tomorrow; three counties face weekend Orange rain warning

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Crimes Against Humanity

Benjamin Netanyahu calls ICC 'the enemy of humanity' after it issues warrant for his arrest

Lebanon

Israeli strikes kill dozens of people in east and south Lebanon

slaves and scholars

Blindboy Boatclub: 'Early Irish Christian scholars were the ones who wrote our stories down'

Eoin Ó Broin of Sinn Féin and Eoin Ó Broin of the Social Democrats canvassing this week.

each to his eoin

On the campaign trail in Dublin Mid-West with Eoin Ó Broin and...Eoin Ó Broin

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Europe’s oldest marine reserve, located in County Cork, is in decline. What’s going on?

The Journal Investigates finds multiple pressures and lack of management are wreaking havoc on life in Lough Hyne Marine Reserve.

The purple sea urchin has declined from thousands to just over 100 individuals

Other species which were common have vanished within the past few decades

Expert: "They've completely just let it lapse - the management of it."

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Donegal

Man arrested in connection with Creeslough explosion

Updated 9 hrs ago

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colm fox

Gardaí unable to establish 'omission' in Regency murder inquiry referenced by deceased detective

9 hrs ago

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ge2024

Opinion: If housing is the election issue then dereliction should be near the top of that list

Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor

9 hrs ago

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Tune in

Live TV debate on sports policies to take place ahead of General Election

The 42

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your stories

If you've emigrated, what would the next government have to promise to entice you to come home?

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US politics

Donald Trump's attorney general pick Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration

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Advertising Standards Authority

PhoneWatch ad complaint upheld over lack of evidence that its alarms are 'most feared' by burglars

11 hrs ago

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GE2024 Emergency Accommodation

Darragh O’Brien criticised for not publishing homelessness figures before election

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Courts

Man found in possession of over 1.2 million images of child sexual abuse material jailed

11 hrs ago

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Podcast The Candidate

This election was supposed to be a disaster for Sinn Féin

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Rugby

Sam Prendergast selected at 10 with Jamie Osborne at full-back for Fiji clash

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GE2024 evening fix

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telly

Sharon Horgan, Emily Maitlis and Piers Morgan among guests on Friday’s Late Late Show

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Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

11 hrs ago

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Crimes Against Humanity

Taoiseach says ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others 'an extremely significant step'

12 hrs ago

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Limerick

Woman arrested in connection with the stabbing of a man in Limerick

12 hrs ago

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Peadar Tóibín

Aontú leader dismisses abortion as 'media bubble' issue at party's manifesto launch

Updated 12 hrs ago

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at a glance

Campaign trail: Simon Harris cuts ribbon on radio station and Greens pledge to tackle 'ghost buses'

Updated 12 hrs ago

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ge2024

People with Down syndrome have been ‘under-reached’ with information about how to vote

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Podcast The Explainer

Are we about to see a further escalation in the Ukraine war?

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Transport

Greens want a new Office of Punctuality (but concede it sounds like something out of Harry Potter)

13 hrs ago

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Garda checkpoint

Woman with no motor tax claimed she was 'entitled to free movement in the State'

13 hrs ago

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Leitrim

Man (20s) dies and woman hospitalised with serious injuries following Co Leitrim crash

13 hrs ago

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Courts

Jury in Conor McGregor High Court civil case begin deliberations

13 hrs ago

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Courts

Man who stabbed his friend and neighbour in Co Kerry apartment found guilty of murder

13 hrs ago

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missile attack

Russia says it has shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles

14 hrs ago

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Weather Forecast

Storm Bert: Nationwide wind and rain alert tomorrow; three counties face weekend Orange rain warning

There is a strong likelihood of status orange wind warnings in western and northwestern counties.

Updated 14 hrs ago

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GE2024 Fine Gael

Harris says had he seen McGahon footage beforehand he wouldn't have described it as a 'scuffle'

16 hrs ago

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Labour

Tony Blair leads tributes to former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott after his death aged 86

Updated 17 hrs ago

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As it happened

Snow and rain impacted transport and power across West, Midlands and South-West

Updated 18 hrs ago

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