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Politics

February
February 2024
Simon Harris announces 150 third level places for students with intellectual disabilities
9 Feb
10.0k
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Prince Harry settles phone hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers
9 Feb
11.4k
6
Green Party launches Yes campaign for upcoming referendums in March
9 Feb
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Tucker Carlson labelled 'useful idiot' after 'softball' interview with Putin
Updated 9 Feb
33.1k
WATCH: President Biden insists his ‘memory is fine’ after critical report
The report described the 81-year-old’s memory as “hazy” and having “significant limitations”,
9 Feb
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US warns Israel of 'disaster' if it sends troops into Gaza's Rafah city
Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered troops to “prepare to operate” in Rafah, the last major urban area ground troops have yet to enter.
Updated 8 Feb
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Qatar says Hamas response to new Gaza truce proposal is 'positive'
6 Feb
Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia for another Middle East tour a bid to secure Israel-Hamas truce
5 Feb
President Higgins warns of 'moment of global crisis' as Israel strikes refugee-dense southern Gaza
3 Feb
Joe Biden ‘wilfully’ retained classified documents but ‘should not be charged’, report finds
8 Feb
8.0k
Irish MEPs cite Catalan solidarity as reason for opposing resolution on Russian interference
8 Feb
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Ukraine's top military commander has been sacked after ‘frank discussion’ with Volodymyr Zelenskyy
8 Feb
17.2k
Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion eyes up Ireland South nomination in European Elections
8 Feb
8.2k
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'A campaign of far-right terrorism': Murphy lambastes Govt over response to arson attacks
8 Feb
9.8k
Sunak refuses to apologise for ‘absolutely legitimate’ transgender comments
8 Feb
13.5k
McDonald and O'Neill talk Irish unity and 'being chilled' about identity in UK media blitz
8 Feb
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Prof Colin Doherty: Imagine if healthcare staff in Ireland were being killed while the world watched
Prof Colin Doherty
Updated 8 Feb
13.2k
Rents for new tenancies 18% higher than for existing tenancies, according to latest RTB report
8 Feb
9.6k
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Welfare payments, immigration and throuples: The false claims being made about the March referendums
Voters will go to the polls in the two referendums a month from today.
False claims circulating include that a Yes vote will negatively affect mothers.
Misinformation has also been spread about polygamy, and about changes to child benefit.
Independent legal experts say the proposed changes are symbolic and will have little impact in law.
8 Feb
27.2k
Purpose-built apartment blocks for healthcare staff such as junior doctors must be considered, says Donnelly
7 Feb
18.0k
85
EU Commission warns Ireland must tackle online terrorist content
Updated 7 Feb
11.6k
University Hospital Limerick is having the worst day for overcrowding in any Irish hospital since 2006
Updated 7 Feb
32.5k
67
Israeli PM Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire demands and vows to secure ‘absolute victory’
7 Feb
10.2k
Dáil schedule cleared after John Bruton's death, Taoiseach says he put 'people before politics'
7 Feb
8.5k
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'I'm not rejecting science, I'm supporting the economy': DAA boss defends plan to increase flights
Updated 7 Feb
18.1k
63
Poll: Should the Irish women's basketball team boycott their match against lsrael?
7 Feb
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146
Nicky Haley loses Nevada Republican primary to ‘none of these candidates’ option
7 Feb
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Ever wondered if you'd pass the Garda fitness test? Here's what it's really like
Gardaí invited the nation’s media to Templemore to run sprints, balance on beams and jump farm gates – here’s how we got on.
Daragh Brophy
6 Feb
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40
Tusla struggling to recruit social workers amid large increase in child welfare referrals, CEO says
6 Feb
14.0k
US Court of Appeals rules Trump not immune from prosecution in 6 January case
6 Feb
11.7k
Rishi Sunak made £1,000 bet with Piers Morgan over plan to deport refugees to Rwanda
6 Feb
20.6k
59
'A first step for carers and disabled people': Yes Yes referendum campaign launched today
6 Feb
13.2k
Who is Emma Little-Pengelly, Northern Ireland's new Deputy First Minister?
6 Feb
29.8k
69
Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia for another Middle East tour a bid to secure Israel-Hamas truce
Updated 5 Feb
9.8k
Taoiseach confident Stormont Executive 'is here to last' following talks in Belfast
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was also at Stormont to mark the restoration of devolution, said “the real work starts now”.
The return of Stormont will see the Treasury release a £3.3 billion package to support under-pressure public services in Northern Ireland.
Sunak said the offer represents “a generous and fair settlement”.
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said he will be making the case that the Executive needs resources to "deliver sustainable public finances".
5 Feb
29.3k
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Analysis: Stormont is too fragile to be confident after one day's success
4 Feb
SDLP suspends whip from MLA who left Stormont early for GAA match
4 Feb
Labour criticises Govt as just 3% of those deemed eligible for GP visit card avail of scheme
5 Feb
15.7k
45
Sex workers sent death threats after replying to text scam
Very few crimes against sex workers are reported to gardaí, an advocacy group said.
A number of people were threatened with physical or sexual violence
Foreign-national sex workers were targeted by the scam
"The texts and calls turned violent, people saying things like they were going to have a hitman kill them."
Órla Ryan
5 Feb
19.6k
Leo Varadkar to meet with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and new Stormont leaders tomorrow
4 Feb
5.2k
Govt parties intent on 'getting the facts out' around immigration heading into local elections
4 Feb
9.2k
'It's all about the loser': Australia has some advice for Ireland's new electoral commission
3 Feb
17.6k
27
Government parties' MEPs pick opposing sides in Brussels row with big pharma over drug costs
3 Feb
13.2k
34
Michelle O'Neill says she will raise referendum on Irish unity when she meets Rishi Sunak
3 Feb
17.9k
Vulture funds now own more student accommodation in Dublin than DCU, UCD and Trinity combined
3 Feb
22.1k
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