Politics

This month

December 2024

Evening Wrap

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

16 Dec

4.2k

Auf Wiedersehen

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, setting up late February election

16 Dec

7.3k

forming a government

Simon Harris defends his party’s engagement with Michael Lowry in government talks

Updated 16 Dec

20.3k

157

Victoria Thomas Bowen

Woman given suspended sentence after throwing milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

16 Dec

17.8k

Talks

EU sending envoy to speak to new Syrian government in Damascus

16 Dec

4.0k

Israeli embassy

Israeli opposition leader slams closure of Dublin embassy, urging government to 'stay and fight'

16 Dec

30.0k

christmas ferries

'Unlikely' Holyhead will be repaired for Christmas as extra capacity sought for UK-bound ferries

16 Dec

19.7k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Second arrest in garda assault investigation, Israeli embassy closure concerns and record Irish waste levels

Updated 16 Dec

5.1k

impeachment trial

South Korean investigators seek to question impeached president over short-lived martial law

16 Dec

3.1k

Middle East

Israel approves plan to 'double the population' in annexed Golan Heights

16 Dec

10.7k

The Morning Lead

Ireland producing more waste than a decade ago and 'almost certain' to miss 2025 recycling target

In 2022, Ireland generated 15.7 million tonnes of waste.

16 Dec

14.7k

105

Irish Unity

Next Irish government should begin planning for unity, says former SDLP leader

15 Dec

12.0k

227

christmas deliveries

Driving hours extended for hauliers over Christmas period as Holyhead port repairs continue

Updated 15 Dec

20.8k

106

daylight robbery

Donald Trump calls for an end to Daylight Savings, citing a cost to the nation

14 Dec

27.2k

shipping delays

Holyhead reopening date estimated to be 'a week away' as thousands of parcels rerouted

Updated 14 Dec

31.2k

104

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Dec 15

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 South Korean president impeached, shipping delays from UK and government formation talks continue

14 Dec

4.3k

second anniversary

Tánaiste calls on the UN to share its report on Private Séan Rooney’s death with his family

14 Dec

3.8k

The Morning Lead

Regional Independents pivot towards power while rotating Taoiseach now a certainty

The term time for the rotating Taoiseach is yet to be decided.

Christina Finn

14 Dec

18.7k

council of europe

European rights watchdog criticises Italy over treatment of migrants in detention centres

13 Dec

5.9k

France

Centrist Francois Bayrou named as new French prime minister

Updated 13 Dec

12.2k

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Dec 14

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US politics

Nancy Pelosi hospitalised after injury on trip to Luxembourg

13 Dec

17.0k

Ivana Bacik

Labour 'unlikely’ to go into government with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, says Bacik

Updated 13 Dec

10.1k

Frederick Street South

Suspicious package sent to Social Democrats HQ in Dublin found not credible, say gardaí

Hayes, a TD elected to Dublin Bay South, was suspended with immediate effect from the Social Democrats parliamentary party this week.

Updated 13 Dec

25.2k

34th dail

Sinn Féin nominates Aengus Ó Snodaigh as Ceann Comhairle of the new Dáil

13 Dec

17.1k

113

on the tab

Former minister Eoghan Murphy's book launch event at the Irish Embassy in London cost €2,500

13 Dec

20.4k

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Dec 13

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A great hair day is always here with our huge selection of brands

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Michelle Keane

Kerry election candidate released from jail after agreeing to remove social media posts about garda

13 Dec

20.8k

General Election

Taoiseach says politicians need to reflect on voter 'disaffection' after Gerry Hutch's narrow loss

13 Dec

13.2k

116

FactCheck

Debunked: A failed election candidate was jailed, but not for uncovering election tampering

13 Dec

18.9k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Kyran Durnin investigation, Syrian political movements and the Ceann Comhairle salary

Updated 13 Dec

3.4k

The Morning Lead

Ceann Comhairle's €255k salary should be cut and a two term limit put in place, Tóibín says

The Aontú leader also believes that TDs’ salaries should be reduced across the board.

Jane Matthews

13 Dec

29.5k

112

Cautious Optimism

Syrians in Ireland 'overwhelmed with joy' at fall of Assad regime but some 'worry deeply' about future

“My uncle and his two sons were murdered because anti-government slogans were written on their house walls,” one man told us.

Órla Ryan

12 Dec

12.0k

Grace case

'Outrageous': Strong criticism as report into sexual abuse of woman with intellectual disabilities delayed six years

12 Dec

10.2k

Courts

Date fixed for Gerry Adams' defamation case against the BBC

12 Dec

10.1k

Donald Trump

Time Magazine names Donald Trump as person of the year for the second time

12 Dec

12.5k

103

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Dec 12

soc dems

Eoin Hayes removes election fundraising pages after suspension from Social Democrats

12 Dec

14.4k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Mortgage spending, Gaza ceasefire vote and fossil fuel warnings

Updated 12 Dec

4.7k

irish freedom party

Failed election candidate denies threatening garda, says he only had knife to take down posters

11 Dec

27.5k

Robert Troy

Ethics watchdog confirms it decided against publishing non-routine reports prior to general election

11 Dec

7.0k

FactCheck

Debunked: False claims the World Health Organisation will undo human rights have spread online

11 Dec

5.4k

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Dec 12

Third Leg

Harris says Independents 'very serious' about entering Government

Updated 11 Dec

13.6k