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This week
13th October 2024 - 18th October 2024
Brian Stanley
Sinn Féin says Stanley was advised to go to gardaí over complaint within party
Brian Stanley TD said earlier that he'd asked the party to refer a complaint relating to an internal inquiry involving him to gardaí last month, but it didn't.
Taoiseach Simon Harris said the respective statements from McDonald and Stanley today has "resulted in more questions than answers".
14 Oct
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SF referral to gardaí about internal inquiry was made after Stanley's resignation - McDonald
14 Oct
Brian Stanley resigns from Sinn Féin, McDonald says complaint has been referred to gardaí
13 Oct
This month
October 2024
in short
Something for everyone in the audience? The key points from Budget 2025
Finance Minister Jack Chambers has confirmed a range of measures.
Updated 1 Oct
80.2k
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Last month
September 2024
budget 2025
Give it away, now: From tax cuts to SSIAs, some of the biggest giveaway budgets of the past
Can Jack Chambers keep up with these lads?
29 Sep
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UK media blitz
Mary Lou McDonald tells Sky News that Irish unity 'right for British people and Irish people'
23 Sep
27.8k
203
Friday night
Poll: Will you watch much of The Late Late Show this year?
13 Sep
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August
August 2024
Housing Crisis
Homelessness: Record 14,429 in emergency accommodation, including 4,401 children
Updated 30 Aug
16.6k
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Paris 2024
'I'm just so proud': Tears and togetherness as Ireland's relay team reflect on Olympic heartache
The team finished the race in fourth with a time of 3:19.90, a new national record.
10 Aug
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Paris 2024
Kellie Harrington will box for another Olympic gold medal after winning her semi-final in Paris
Harrington was already guaranteed to be the first Irish woman to medal at two Olympic Games.
3 Aug
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be the best
8,000 calories and about 500 lengths: What does a day look like for Olympic champ Daniel Wiffen?
1 Aug
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be the best
8,000 calories and about 500 lengths: What does a day look like for Olympic champ Daniel Wiffen
Wiffen is Ireland’s newest Olympic champion and has his sights set on more gold.
1 Aug
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Paris 2024
Ireland wins rowing bronze as Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle take battling medal on the water
Ireland’s rowers will be hoping for even more success over the coming days.
The Irish pair came in behind the Romanian boat, which took the gold, and the Netherlands, which took the silver.
Team Ireland will be hoping for more rowing medals, with two finals to come tomorrow.
Updated 1 Aug
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July
July 2024
Peacekeeping
Family of Pte Sean Rooney blast 'noxious narrative' about his death and seek UN report for inquest
23 Jul
12.6k
Slainte
After pints in Chequers, what next for the British-Irish bromance?
Ireland and the UK are friends again, and they’ve got the hangover to prove it.
Rónán Duffy
21 Jul
14.9k
44
As it happened
Global IT outage knocks airlines, banks and others offline
Following the latest as the online world deals with the chaotic event.
19 Jul
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bonjour
Plenty of nods to Churchill as Keir Starmer woos European leaders at grandiose Blenheim Palace
The meeting of the European Political Community is taking place at the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
The EPC was the brainchild of France’s Emmanuel Macron and 47 leaders are in attendance.
Starmer has vowed to be a “friend and a partner†to European allies.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is also in attendance after visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month.
Rónán Duffy
Updated 18 Jul
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Harris and Starmer toast relationship ‘reset’ over pints with UK PM Ireland visit set for Sept
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11 Jul
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8 Jul
Housing Matters
The EU could soon have a Commissioner with direct responsibility for Housing
2 hrs ago
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girls in green documentary
FAI CEO 'deeply shocked' by historical abuse allegations, encourages others to come forward
David Courell said that the FAI were first made aware of the allegations earlier this year and that the organisation has met with the women.
8 Jul
1.2k
girls in green documentary
FAI CEO 'deeply shocked' by historical abuse allegations and encourages others to come forward
David Courell said that the FAI were first made aware of the allegations earlier this year and that the organisation has met with the women involved.
8 Jul
7.1k
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'Our pain will be the next generation's gain': Footballers speak out about alleged historical abuse
7 Jul
FAI says 'series of historical abuse allegations' from 1990s have been made by female players
4 Jul
North Down
Defeated UUP candidate says people in NI 'don't understand' his comments about owning Rolls-Royce
5 Jul
32.1k
16
change at the top
UK exit poll: Labour set for huge majority as Tories suffer defeat of historic proportions
Tonight’s exit poll was released seconds after the polls closed at 10 pm.
Keir Starmer's Labour could govern with 410 seats, a majority of 170.
The Conservatives could lose as many as 241 seats, putting some of the party’s biggest names at risk.
The Nigel Farage-led Reform party could pick up 13 seats, with the Green Party winning two.
The exit poll does not contain details of Northern Ireland’s 18 seats in Westminster.
Updated 4 Jul
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bumper to bumper
Councillors slam 'bizarre overreach' as junior minister seeks to halt Dublin traffic plan
Updated 1 Jul
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the dublin era
Taylor Swift gives shoutout to Stevie Nicks in the crowd on final show of three-night Aviva run
She told the crowd the gigs were the first time the Aviva Stadium has been sold out for three-nights in a row.
1 Jul
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This year
2024
treaty city
Independent John Moran continues to lead the pack in Limerick mayoral race
Updated 11 Jun
40.2k
33
grafting
Election post-mortem: Evidence of FF and FG ground game crucial as SF may rue how renters voted
A polling day poll found voters were most likely to have met a Fianna Fáil candidate.
Rónán Duffy
10 Jun
12.8k
41
Keeping it in the Family
Three members of Healy-Rae family re-elected in Kerry as Howth-Malahide elects a Haughey
9 Jun
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Election time
Five big political questions we'll see answered as the local results come rolling in
It’s all over bar the counting.
Rónán Duffy
8 Jun
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RELATED
Leo Varadkar grilled about lack of services for children, Phoenix Park and gout on his home turf
5 Jun
McDonald rules out Help-to-Buy 'cliff-edge' for buyers who 'baked in' deposit to their calculations
5 Jun
the Euros
Ireland has a new crop of 'celebrity candidates' - but what do people think of voting for them?
19 May
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War of Words
Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
And what’s the evidence for Helen McEntee’s claim that 80% of of asylum seekers crossed the border? Here’s what we know.
Updated 29 Apr
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diplomatic spat
Migration row: Sunak 'not interested' in deal to return asylum seekers from Ireland to the UK
The row has overshadowed the British Irish Inter-Governmental Conference taking place in London today
Taoiseach Simon Harris has promised to pass emergency legislation to return asylum seekers who came via NI back to the UK.
A meeting between Justice Minister Helen McEntee and her UK counterpart was cancelled amid the row.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that "a reciprocal agreement" would be required to send people back to the UK.
Updated 29 Apr
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Tánaiste says McEntee’s 80% claim on asylum seekers crossing border ‘not statistical’
29 Apr
Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
29 Apr
Harris does not intend to provide 'loophole' for UK's migration challenges after Sunak comments
28 Apr
Opinion Poll
European elections: Voters sceptical about an EU army and whether Ireland should participate
A new The Journal/Ireland Thinks poll also found that immigration is seen as the priority issue in the European elections.
Questions over EU military cooperation have long been a source of debate in the bloc.
Half of poll respondents were opposed to an EU army, with just over a third in favour.
Supporters of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Greens and Labour were in favour of Ireland's participation in an EU army.
Rónán Duffy
13 Apr
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legacy
As Leo Varadkar waves goodbye to his time as Taoiseach, how will he be remembered?
From ‘welfare cheats’ to ‘bullet-proof’ backstops.
20 Mar
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leo out
Leo Varadkar expects new Taoiseach to be in place on 9 April, avoiding need for general election
20 Mar
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The Morning Lead
European elections: Dead-heat on whether immigration is a big issue for voters
A third of people say they would vote for a candidate with ‘strong anti-immigration views’.
TheJournal/Ireland Thinks poll finds voters evenly split on the relevance of immigration to June elections.
The second survey in the major series also asked questions about EU immigration policy and sea rescue missions.
Rónán Duffy
14 Mar
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Voters across all age groups hold moderate view on EU climate action
14 hrs ago
Irish public support Ukraine joining the EU, but don't want to see membership fast-tracked
13 Feb
The EU's Israel-Gaza response has been poor according to two-thirds of Irish voters
12 Feb
two wallops
Analysis: Six reasons why the government is facing down the ballot of a big No-No
9 Mar
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break it down
You probably need this: A last-minute, 500-word explainer on the two referendums
As little legalese as possible.
6 Mar
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primary season
Super Tuesday is not so super this year but Donald Trump may still be the winner after it
It’s not a case of ‘if’ it’s all over but ‘when’.
Rónán Duffy takes a look at why this year's bumper day of US voting isn't quite so decisive.
Donald Trump is running away with the Republican race but Nikki Haley isn't quitting yet.
Instead, Trump's days in court may be the only chance of her claiming the nomination.
5 Mar
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37
gaza crisis
Winning support for Ireland and Spain's call for EU-Israel trade deal review 'very challenging'
19 Feb
6.6k
RIP
Tributes following death of 'first-rate journalist, raconteur and proud Kerryman' Michael O'Regan
19 Feb
32.4k
9
highway to hill 16
AC/DC set to rock Croke Park this summer
12 Feb
24.1k
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crisis
The EU's Israel-Gaza response has been poor according to two-thirds of Irish voters
The negative feeling is most keenly felt among younger people.
A major The Journal/Ireland Thinks poll, the first in a series of EU 2024 polls, published this morning.
The EU's response to the Gaza conflict has damaged its reputation with Irish people.
There remains, however, a huge motivation across the population to vote in four months with over 80% signalling intention to make it to the polling booths.
Rónán Duffy
12 Feb
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