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Politics

June
June 2024
'It hasn't been our day': Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin must 'reflect' after poor local election result
9 Jun
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Over 100 councillors elected (out of 949) on first day of counting
Counting has been suspended in centres around the country and will resume on Sunday morning.
Polling trends showing Sinn Féin losing ground appear to have been borne out
Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe said the idea that Fine Gael is “a tired party” has been “shattered by the results that we're seeing”
Updated 9 Jun
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Who is my local councillor? Here's a list of who's been elected
12 Jun
Five big political questions we'll see answered as the local results come rolling in
8 Jun
The story of the count so far: Good news for everyone, unless you're Sinn Féin
As it stands, Fine Gael may sneak ahead to become the biggest party in local government.
Jane Matthews
8 Jun
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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
8 Jun
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'It means the world': Four hostages captured by Hamas at Nova festival have been rescued alive
Updated 8 Jun
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Coalition bullish and sticks the boot in, saying predictions of SF-led Govt ‘have been shattered’
Questions are being asked today around whether Sinn Féin has run too many candidates across the country.
8 Jun
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Government websites hit with cyber attack day before elections, pro-Russian hackers suspected
8 Jun
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'Not a green wave, not a wipeout', MEP Ciarán Cuffe says as he faces tough battle to hold seat
8 Jun
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Electoral Commission unable to act over unflagged use of AI by far-right party in election posts
8 Jun
14.3k
Racism, doxxing and assaults among dozens of incidents of abuse of 2024 election candidates
8 Jun
12.8k
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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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
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s count day.
8 Jun
5.6k
UN adds Israel to blacklist for waging war that harms children
8 Jun
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The votes have all been cast, but when will we know the results?
8 Jun
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These are the key stats to help you understand who's winning and losing in the local elections
8 Jun
21.3k
Michael Healy-Rae was paid over €150,000 to house Ukrainian refugees in first quarter of year
8 Jun
58.8k
Polling stations close as turnout in local and European elections reach 50%
Turnout rates reached above 50% in some parts of the country.
Updated 7 Jun
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Key moments from the BBC’s seven-way General Election debate
7 Jun
10.2k
Minimal deployment of gardaí to election count centres planned
7 Jun
7.4k
Sinn Féin calls for more taxpayer funding for road safety quango after it seeks to hike NCT fees
Updated 7 Jun
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103
Ryanair's Michael O'Leary to discuss impact of Dublin passenger cap with TDs next week
7 Jun
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20 years of legal migrant voting in Ireland but conspiracies about it are being shared online
7 Jun
18.8k
Rishi Sunak apologises for leaving international D-Day ceremony for election TV interview
Updated 7 Jun
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Who's running for the council in your area? Here's how to find out
Updated 7 Jun
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Widow of Hunter Biden's brother tells court she 'panicked' when she found revolver in truck
7 Jun
11.8k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 The nation goes to the polls to vote in the European and local elections
Updated 7 Jun
4.5k
Trump returns to campaign trail and calls for appeals court to reverse his felony conviction
7 Jun
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Elections: Should you vote the whole way down the ballot paper?
And what exactly is PR-STV? Allow us to explain.
Órla Ryan
Updated 7 Jun
47.7k
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The Explainer: How does Ireland's system of voting work?
7 Jun
Who's running for the council in your area? Here's how to find out
7 Jun
We read local election manifestos so you don't have to: Here's what the 3 big parties promise
6 Jun
Netanyahu to address US Congress next month, as Qatar says Hamas yet to respond to ceasefire plan
7 Jun
3.2k
Cancer patients fighting Israeli government to avoid deportation to Gaza
Up to 40 people are affected and, to date, almost half have lodged petitions to stay in Israel and keep receiving medical care.
Lawyer Tamir Blank said patients who cannot receive the treatment or aftercare needed could end up in "a very dire condition"
Some people would have to return to refugee camps where the sanitation is poor and they may "not have access to even basic medical care"
Órla Ryan
7 Jun
17.0k
A third of Irish people think about climate change when choosing their holiday destination
7 Jun
3.2k
Life with cancer in Gaza: 'Access to treatment is the least we can ask for in this war'
A man speaks to The Journal’s reporter in Rafah about his wife’s diagnosis – and how she cannot access treatment or find healthy food.
Dima Jalal Saud
7 Jun
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Cancer patients fighting Israeli government to avoid deportation to Gaza
7 Jun
Photographer in Gaza marks deaths of babies he once took portraits of in his studio
1 Apr
Hunger in Gaza: 'We made bread using livestock fodder but now we've run out'
19 Feb
Giving birth in Gaza: 'I resorted to instructional videos on social media'
14 Feb
Here are the key promises from the local election manifestos of smaller parties
6 Jun
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Who's running for the council in your area? Here's how to find out
7 Jun
Elections: Should you vote the whole way down the ballot paper?
7 Jun
We read local election manifestos so you don't have to: Here's what the 3 big parties promise
6 Jun
'Why bomb us?': At least 40 people killed in Israeli airstrike on UN school in Gaza
Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official based in Beirut, said: “There is no (ceasefire) proposal – they are just words said by Biden in a speech.”
Updated 6 Jun
14.8k
Biden, King Charles, Macron and Zelensky remember D-Day landings under the shadow of Russia's war
6 Jun
7.7k
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Party campaigning for Mica redress running six candidates in Donegal local elections
6 Jun
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We read local election manifestos so you don't have to: Here's what the 3 big parties promise
6 Jun
11.1k
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How Ireland's non-white election candidates are targeted with misinformation and racist abuse
6 Jun
4.9k
Micheál Martin not ruling out another coalition with Green Party, citing 'strong' economy
6 Jun
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And they're off! Dutch voters kick off European Parliament elections across 27 member states
6 Jun
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