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2023
Princess Diana referred to NI as part of the Republic, according to Irish ambassador's note
Taoiseach: Robbie Keane's decision to coach Israeli football club is ‘a matter for him’
Six people dead and tens of thousands affected by flooding in southern Thailand
SF should move away from violent links to stop attracting 'head bangers', Adams agreed in 2001
Star of Oscar-winning movie Parasite Lee Sun-Kyun found dead after police search
Jackie Kennedy rang Irish Embassy to ensure Defence Forces would play role in JFK's funeral
Govt heard of British collusion in murder of man wrongly identified as IRA mole 'Stakeknife'
Ireland considered making 21 age of consent for gay people when decriminalising homosexuality
One 1993 document noted that moving from “criminalisation to equality might be too major a change at one go”.
The age of consent for heterosexual intercourse at the time was, and still is, 17 years old
21 was described as "probably the age most acceptable to those who do not want decriminalisation but recognise that there is no choice"
However, if 21 was chosen, "there would be an attempt to portray this country as backward", officials warned
Hojlund's first Premier League goal caps stunning Man United comeback against Aston Villa
UN 'gravely concerned' by Israeli strikes on central Gaza as Netanyahu doubles down
The WHO reported “harrowing” accounts of Israel’s attacks on Gaza on 24 December.
Netanyahu wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the Israeli state will not stop with its assault.
The UN Human Rights Office said all attacks had to adhere to international humanitarian law.
The WHO detailed how one Gazan child lost her whole family from one airstrike.
Sweden's bid to join Nato inches forward - but still faces key vote in Turkish parliament
'No reindeer, unfortunately': Russian opposition leader re-emerges in Arctic Circle penal colony
US launches airstrikes on militia groups in Iraq after attack on troops
Police in France arrest man suspected of murdering woman and four children on Christmas Day
Russian naval ship in Crimea ‘damaged in air strike by Ukrainian forces’
Austria detains suspected terrorists amid security fears
Ukrainians change Christmas celebration date to distance themselves from Russia
Sitdown Sunday: The house with over 720,000 Christmas lights
Man arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage after London Banksy art removed
UN-led peace process announces Yemeni warring factions agree to ceasefire
Israel continues to strike Gaza after UN Security Council demands aid be rushed in 'at scale'
UN Security Council yesterday approved a resolution demanding “immediate, safe and unhindered” deliveries of life-saving aid.
At Washington's insistence, the UN Security Council avoided calling for a ceasefire that would stop the 11-week-old conflict.
It is still unclear what, if any, impact the vote will have on the ground.
WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that "hunger is present, and famine is looming in Gaza".
Woman remanded in custody in England charged with murder of five-month-old daughter
Shackleton’s Endurance to be one of most 'easily accessible shipwrecks' despite staying under sea
US Supreme Court declines to fast-track Trump's claim he is immune from prosecution
Ukraine's military says it shot down three Russian fighter-bombers
Actor Charlie Sheen attacked in Malibu home and suspect arrested
Flags flying at half mast as Czechs mark day of mourning for Prague university shooting victims
UN Security Council passes resolution for acceleration of aid into Gaza after days of negotiations
It comes after the UN warned that the entire population of Gaza faces “an imminent risk of famine”.
Removal of Banksy artwork in London reported to Met Police to ‘help get it back’
Late drama as Aston Villa salvage Sheffield United point but miss chance to go top
The Pogues' Fairytale of New York misses out on UK Christmas number one as Wham! take top spot
Manchester City sweep aside Fluminense to win Club World Cup, but face Rodri injury concern
Donald Trump recorded pressuring election officials not to certify 2020 vote, report says
Czech police say gunman killed himself after mass shooting at Prague university
'They're not living, they're surviving': Disease, thirst and hunger threaten displaced Gazans
Audio reveals Donald Trump pushed two officials against certifying Michigan vote
UK Government rows back on family visa threshold hike for foreign family members
Woman ‘covered in blood’ arrested after four-year-old boy dies in London knife attack
Dublin family plead for Government's help in getting daughter out of Gaza as bombings continue