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Politics

May
May 2024
choo choo
Drogheda set to get electric Dart train connections to Dublin by 2026
21 May
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e-health
Plans for long-awaited digital health records goes to Cabinet with push to end paper-based system
21 May
10.1k
The Morning Lead
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.
Eimer McAuley
21 May
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EP2024
Ahead of RTÉ's first debate tonight here's a look at how it chooses who gets to take part
20 May
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twitter diplomacy
The hashtag that started a diplomatic row within the EU over Iran air crash
20 May
20.8k
national famine commemoration
Israeli ambassador at Irish famine event sparks criticism as govt pledges to maintain 'pressure'
Updated 20 May
22.6k
Iran
Five days of mourning declared as Iran’s president found dead at site of helicopter crash
Updated 20 May
37.5k
War Crimes
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.
Updated 20 May
34.5k
RELATED
Biden labels ICC request for warrants against Israeli leaders 'outrageous' as the world reacts
20 May
Extradition
Wikileaks' Julian Assange wins right to fight US extradition
20 May
5.1k
Check the Register
Today is the last day you can register to vote for the European and local elections
20 May
6.3k
10
Santry
FG candidate grateful for outpouring of support after being attacked for putting up posters
20 May
22.9k
Interview
'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.
19 May
20.0k
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
19 May
9.9k
TJ events
Teachers, politicians and journalists - what experts say is needed to teach public about the EU
19 May
7.6k
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ebrahim raisi
Rescue operation underway as helicopter carrying Iran’s president 'crashes' in bad weather
19 May
34.0k
no fair
Independent and Social Democrats candidates blast RTÉ for exclusion from 'key' debates
19 May
16.1k
72
How is it looking?
New poll shows negligible change in party support but over half want more immigration controls
19 May
14.5k
RIP
Businessman Tony O'Reilly has died aged 88
Taoiseach Simon Harris described him as a “giant of sport, business and media”.
Updated 19 May
37.4k
the Euros
Ireland has a new crop of 'celebrity candidates' - but what do people think of voting for them?
19 May
40.4k
41
EP2024
'It's very different being a victim of crime now to what it was 10 years ago'
19 May
14.0k
41
The Morning Lead
'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."
Órla Ryan
19 May
12.1k
super subs
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.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
18 May
19.1k
40
Germany
Climate protesters cause temporary closure of Munich Airport after gluing themselves to taxiways
18 May
9.9k
Women in Politics
Bottom of the class: Fianna Fáil running fewer women in local elections than any other party
18 May
15.0k
78
EP2024
Veteran broadcaster calls for 'much more scrutiny of what our MEPs are doing'
18 May
26.6k
82
The Morning Lead
'Their face was twisted up in anger': Election hopefuls share stories of abuse at the doors
Jane Matthews
18 May
28.1k
50TH ANNIVERSARY
Dublin and Monaghan bombings: Answers sought from UK over 'unacceptable' justice failure
Updated 17 May
11.2k
welfare cuts
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.
17 May
29.8k
hiqa report
Inspection of Laois direct provision centre finds 75% of residents had been granted protection
17 May
17.7k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Tánaiste denies that asylum seekers in tents on streets is 'Ireland's Rwanda policy'
17 May
5.8k
Russia
Kim Jong Un's sister denies claims that North Korea is sending weapons to Russia
17 May
9.7k
EP2024
The work of NGOs at the EU is 'not as sinister as you may think', election event told
17 May
5.6k
52
Assassination Attempt
Suspect charged as Slovakia's PM Robert Fico now speaking but still in serious condition
Updated 16 May
22.6k
27
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Explainer: Who is Robert Fico, the Slovakian prime minister who was shot today?
15 May
philosophical
Tánaiste on the Portal: 'Would we say some fella let the class down when we're roaring laughing?'
16 May
23.6k
28
Emergency Accommodation
'Work underway' as goverment moves to use Thornton Hall site for asylum seeker accommodation
Updated 16 May
32.4k
Micheál Martin
Threats to election candidates from minority backgrounds 'dangerously off the wall', Tánaiste says
16 May
7.8k
Artificial Intelligence
This is NOT a photo of Paschal Donohoe skydiving
16 May
18.4k
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Online Safety
Probe into Facebook and Instagram launched over possible online 'rabbit holes' affecting minors
16 May
4.3k
Leaders' Questions
Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of 'Jekyll and Hyde' approach to housing during heated Dáil exchange
16 May
9.4k
78
Politician abuse
Taoiseach Simon Harris says he won’t 'allow' attacks on politicians to change his behaviour
16 May
4.3k
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