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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
The Morning Lead
Delay in getting Drug Use Committee off the ground as members not yet nominated by all parties
4 May
7.7k
33
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
38
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
31
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
19
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
RELATED
McEntee says commentary in Dáil is 'feeding blatant racism' as she defends Migration Pact
1 May
From private Facebook groups to a clash with gardaí: Inside the Newtownmountkennedy standoff
1 May
left out
PBP seeks vote-left transfer-left pact for local elections but excludes Labour and the Greens
1 May
13.0k
69
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
17.6k
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
RELATED
Tánaiste says McEntee’s 80% claim on asylum seekers crossing border ‘not statistical’
29 Apr
Migration row: Sunak 'not interested' in deal to return asylum seekers from Ireland to the UK
29 Apr
Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
29 Apr
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
43
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
67
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
74.8k
in the news
'We owe Ireland nothing!': UK media lapping up Ireland's migration troubles
30 Apr
34.6k
59
Harassment
Paul Murphy 'refuses to be intimidated' after death threat graffitied on wall near his home
Updated 30 Apr
16.8k
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
64.4k
RELATED
Asylum seekers unaware of any plans to clear tents on Dublin's Mount Street
29 Apr
Cabinet to sign off on one-year lease extension for Citywest accommodation centre
16 Apr
claims
Tánaiste says McEntee’s 80% claim on asylum seekers crossing border ‘not statistical’
Updated 29 Apr
31.5k
100
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
RELATED
Tánaiste says McEntee’s 80% claim on asylum seekers crossing border ‘not statistical’
29 Apr
Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
29 Apr
Harris does not intend to provide 'loophole' for UK's migration challenges after Sunak comments
28 Apr
Future funding
Media Minister says outstanding RTÉ reports are now on her desk and will be published soon
29 Apr
7.4k
45
gone
Humza Yousaf resigns as Scottish First Minister and leader of SNP
Updated 29 Apr
28.6k
119
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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
9
Ukraine War
Ukraine army chief says troops have been forced into a tactical retreat as they await US arms
29 Apr
6.6k
RELATED
Tom Clonan: US money is a shot in the arm for Ukraine defence
23 Apr
'Thank you, America': Zelensky welcomes US House approval of Ukraine aid package
20 Apr
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
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