Politics

May

May 2024

Cowen campaign trail

'Not a dancer, or a jockey, or a shock jock or a chancer': Barry Cowen on his bid for an MEP seat

5 May

19.7k

PBP defends Sinn Féin's inclusion in voting pact offer despite rhetoric shifting 'rightwards'

5 May

20.6k

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Controversy

How a president's intervention set the stage for the most contentious Eurovision in years

The buildup to the competition has been overshadowed by the debate over Israel’s inclusion – so what can we expect in Malmö?

Daragh Brophy

5 May

37.7k

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The Morning Lead

Delay in getting Drug Use Committee off the ground as members not yet nominated by all parties

4 May

7.7k

Criticism

Harris says asylum seekers in Ballsbridge park is 'temporary thing done by people being very humane'

Updated 3 May

33.1k

Stormont Assembly

Michelle O'Neill 'underlines commitment to A5' during Harris's first trip to Belfast as Taoiseach

Updated 3 May

14.5k

Trump Trial

Donald Trump's former adviser Hope Hicks testifies at his hush money trial

3 May

13.9k

do you know who I am?

Boris Johnson, who introduced voter ID law as PM, forgets photo ID at polling station

3 May

11.6k

Ballot blues

Rishi Sunak's Conservatives suffer huge losses in UK local elections and by-election

3 May

19.4k

Cabinet Meeting

Extra staff to be hired to improve communications and tackle disinformation on migration

Updated 2 May

15.5k

Catherine Martin

Media Minister ‘hopes’ recommendations from RTÉ reports on governance and HR will be implemented

2 May

7.1k

Mount Street

Around 100 asylum seekers without beds in Dublin city told there is 'no further accommodation'

2 May

23.1k

Dublin

Mount Street: Several asylum seekers without beds after makeshift encampment is dismantled

‘Just under’ 290 people have been moved to Citywest and Crooksling.

A number of steel barriers have been erected along the pathway on Mount Street where the tents were located.

Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman described the tents as an "extremely difficult situation" for people living in them.

Updated 1 May

82.4k

left out

PBP seeks vote-left transfer-left pact for local elections but excludes Labour and the Greens

1 May

12.8k

Migration

Sunak says UK Govt seeking 'urgent clarification' that no Garda checkpoints will be along NI border

1 May

24.2k

Redress

Govt's plan for industrial school survivors 'ignores every recommendation' made by committee

1 May

6.9k

Asylum Seekers

McEntee says commentary in Dáil is 'feeding blatant racism' as she defends Migration Pact

1 May

17.5k

ICC

Israeli leaders say use of International Criminal Court over Gaza conflict is 'threat to democracies'

Updated 1 May

6.3k

April

April 2024

Port-au-Prince

New prime minister named in Haiti amid hopes of quelling violence

30 Apr

4.8k

Legislation

Cabinet approves emergency legislation to enable return of asylum seekers to UK

30 Apr

46.8k

international protection office

Taoiseach says ‘makeshift shantytowns’ won’t be allowed to develop after Mount Street is cleared

30 Apr

17.3k

roll back

Green Party in favour of removing Triple Lock despite internal calls for 'caution'

30 Apr

11.0k

common travel area

'I would tell them the next meeting is in Kerry': Ahern on UK and Ireland migration row

30 Apr

48.2k

Cabinet

Opposition warns on neutrality as Government moves to scrap 'triple lock' to send army overseas

Updated 30 Apr

20.8k

redeployed

Gardaí ‘released from desk jobs’ to work on immigration enforcement won't 'police the border'

Updated 30 Apr

25.3k

Dáil chamber

Opposition rounds on government 'incompetence' in row with UK over return of migrants

30 Apr

8.0k

Explainer

Who's running in the European elections and what are the key dates to look out for?

A record number of candidates have declared their status in recent weeks.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

Updated 30 Apr

74.7k

in the news

'We owe Ireland nothing!': UK media lapping up Ireland's migration troubles

30 Apr

34.6k

Harassment

Paul Murphy 'refuses to be intimidated' after death threat graffitied on wall near his home

Updated 30 Apr

16.7k

Wicklow

Builders confronted by anti-immigration protesters 'in shock' after 'intimidating' incident at Aughrim hotel

Construction workers at the site in Aughrim in Co Wicklow were told to “pack up and get the f**k out”.

Órla Ryan

30 Apr

64.3k

claims

Tánaiste says McEntee’s 80% claim on asylum seekers crossing border ‘not statistical’

Updated 29 Apr

31.5k

104

international protection office

Asylum seekers unaware of any plans to clear tents on Dublin's Mount Street

Updated 29 Apr

26.9k

War of Words

Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?

And what’s the evidence for Helen McEntee’s claim that 80% of of asylum seekers crossed the border? Here’s what we know.

Updated 29 Apr

15.4k

diplomatic spat

Migration row: Sunak 'not interested' in deal to return asylum seekers from Ireland to the UK

The row has overshadowed the British Irish Inter-Governmental Conference taking place in London today

Taoiseach Simon Harris has promised to pass emergency legislation to return asylum seekers who came via NI back to the UK.

A meeting between Justice Minister Helen McEntee and her UK counterpart was cancelled amid the row.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that "a reciprocal agreement" would be required to send people back to the UK.

Updated 29 Apr

66.4k

Future funding

Media Minister says outstanding RTÉ reports are now on her desk and will be published soon

29 Apr

7.4k

gone

Humza Yousaf resigns as Scottish First Minister and leader of SNP

Updated 29 Apr

28.6k

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Updated 29 Apr

2.6k

Spain

Sanchez says he'll stay on as Spain's Prime Minister despite corruption investigation into his wife

29 Apr

8.2k

Ukraine War

Ukraine army chief says troops have been forced into a tactical retreat as they await US arms

29 Apr

6.6k

The Morning Lead

Bethany Home survivor says excluding thousands from redress means 'shame will always hang over Ireland'

Patrick Anderson McQuoid is among the thousands of survivors ineligible for redress under the Government’s controversial scheme.

Patrick spent time in different institutions, he was malnourished and developed several health issues

"My hands and feet turned blue. There is no evidence of State inspection of my condition."

Patrick was sent to live with a couple, aged in their 50s, in Northern Ireland prior to adoption being made legal here

Órla Ryan

29 Apr

10.1k