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Politics

May
May 2024
Drogheda set to get electric Dart train connections to Dublin by 2026
Plans for long-awaited digital health records goes to Cabinet with push to end paper-based system
Underqualified nursing home staff are taking bloods and inserting catheters, says HSE director
The National Adult Safeguarding office has had reports of healthcare assistants who undertook a 4 month course carrying out medical procedures on older people.
Ahead of RTÉ's first debate tonight here's a look at how it chooses who gets to take part
The hashtag that started a diplomatic row within the EU over Iran air crash
Israeli ambassador at Irish famine event sparks criticism as govt pledges to maintain 'pressure'
Five days of mourning declared as Iran’s president found dead at site of helicopter crash
ICC seeks arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders for war crimes
The ICC is also seeking warrants for Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, along with two other top Hamas leaders.
Wikileaks' Julian Assange wins right to fight US extradition
Today is the last day you can register to vote for the European and local elections
FG candidate grateful for outpouring of support after being attacked for putting up posters
'Ming' Flanagan on independents' popularity, his autism diagnosis and voters' move to the right
After nearly a decade in Brussels, Flanagan tells The Journal he can now see the merits of the European Parliament.
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Teachers, politicians and journalists - what experts say is needed to teach public about the EU
Rescue operation underway as helicopter carrying Iran’s president 'crashes' in bad weather
Independent and Social Democrats candidates blast RTÉ for exclusion from 'key' debates
New poll shows negligible change in party support but over half want more immigration controls
Businessman Tony O'Reilly has died aged 88
Taoiseach Simon Harris described him as a “giant of sport, business and media”.
Ireland has a new crop of 'celebrity candidates' - but what do people think of voting for them?
'It's very different being a victim of crime now to what it was 10 years ago'
'Whether they're from Donegal or Senegal, it makes no difference': A night at the Lighthouse café
Hundreds of homeless people, from Ireland and further afield, visit the Dublin centre every day for food, clothes and friendship.
The centre provides a range of supports to homeless people and asylum seekers
"We need to remember it’s people who are actually inside the tents. These are human beings."
Meet the 'replacements' who could take over seats in Europe if elected MEPs bow out
Sisters, sons, press officers and councillors. This election, it’s all very inside baseball.
Climate protesters cause temporary closure of Munich Airport after gluing themselves to taxiways
Bottom of the class: Fianna Fáil running fewer women in local elections than any other party
Veteran broadcaster calls for 'much more scrutiny of what our MEPs are doing'
'Their face was twisted up in anger': Election hopefuls share stories of abuse at the doors
Dublin and Monaghan bombings: Answers sought from UK over 'unacceptable' justice failure
Ukrainians in hotels paying for hot meals won't have to do so if payments are reduced
The Ukraine Civil Society Forum says some 13,000 children could be pushed into poverty.
Inspection of Laois direct provision centre finds 75% of residents had been granted protection
Tánaiste denies that asylum seekers in tents on streets is 'Ireland's Rwanda policy'
Kim Jong Un's sister denies claims that North Korea is sending weapons to Russia
The work of NGOs at the EU is 'not as sinister as you may think', election event told
Suspect charged as Slovakia's PM Robert Fico now speaking but still in serious condition
Tánaiste on the Portal: 'Would we say some fella let the class down when we're roaring laughing?'
'Work underway' as goverment moves to use Thornton Hall site for asylum seeker accommodation
Threats to election candidates from minority backgrounds 'dangerously off the wall', Tánaiste says
This is NOT a photo of Paschal Donohoe skydiving
Probe into Facebook and Instagram launched over possible online 'rabbit holes' affecting minors
Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of 'Jekyll and Hyde' approach to housing during heated Dáil exchange
Taoiseach Simon Harris says he won’t 'allow' attacks on politicians to change his behaviour