Politics

January

January 2024

Retrofitting

MEPs take first steps to greenlight potentially €1 trillion retrofitting plan

15 Jan

37.1k

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

15 Jan

15.1k

peace forum

Swiss accept Zelenskyy's request to stage Ukraine peace summit

15 Jan

15.6k

us presidential race

Iowans to brave freezing temperatures in first votes of US Republican nomination race

Updated 15 Jan

24.1k

Housing Developments

Fewer car park spaces and smaller gardens under new house building rules issued to local authorities

15 Jan

35.3k

Camden Street

Ivana Bacik appeals six storey hotel in Dublin due to housing and 'drinking emporia' fears

15 Jan

45.0k

FactCheck

Councillor clarifies claim about now-closed alleyway being used during Dublin riots

15 Jan

15.4k

Radical shift

Eamon Ryan says free public sector parking spaces should start to go in 2024

19 hrs ago

52.3k

122

investment funds

Sinn Féin to bring forward motion to increase tax on bulk buying of homes for private rental

21 hrs ago

27.1k

106

Policy Matters

Interview: Matt Carthy says a united Ireland will happen 'quicker than people think'

14 Jan

34.8k

The Morning Lead

36-year Garda veteran forced to sign on the dole on retirement due to bureaucratic anomaly

Donal Forrester says he believes the problem will soon affect hundreds of members as their time for retirement comes.

14 Jan

102k

Sinn Féin

McDonald invokes Northern Ireland peace process in address at Pro-Palestine rally in London

13 Jan

26.6k

Wedding Bells

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern marries after years of delays

13 Jan

53.5k

Presidential Elections

Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te, who rejects China's claims over Taiwan, as president

13 Jan

18.9k

The New York Times

Trump ordered to pay New York Times $400k in legal fees

12 Jan

34.5k

Northern Ireland

Sinn Féin in bid to recall Stormont Assembly next week ahead of public sector strike

12 Jan

12.9k

International Court of Justice

Germany rejects UN 'genocide' charge against Israel

12 Jan

23.9k

Bill Kenneally case

Garda who interviewed Kenneally in 1980s 'got promotion through FF connections’, inquiry hears

The inquiry heard claims of a previously unknown meeting involving gardaí about Bill Kenneally.

Eoghan Dalton

12 Jan

26.5k

Yemen

Houthi rebels say that US and British interests were 'legitimate targets' after air strikes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said the US and UK wanted to turn Red Sea into a ‘bloodbath’.

Updated 12 Jan

74.2k

ICJ

Irish MEPs say Ireland should have supported South Africa's genocide case against Israel

12 Jan

11.9k

Middle East

Explainer: Why did the US and UK just launch airstrikes in Yemen?

12 Jan

20.4k

United States

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to tax evasion charges

11 Jan

15.1k

red sea

Sunak holds Cabinet call amid speculation of strikes against Houthi rebels over Red Sea attacks

11 Jan

18.5k

New York

Former US president Donald Trump defies judge and addresses civil fraud trial

Updated 11 Jan

41.5k

Public Service

Explainer: 'No deal' in public pay talks, but why are they always so tense?

Unions have been seeking pay to be restored since a €4 billion austerity cut in 2009.

11 Jan

18.4k

china-ireland relations

Chinese premier to meet with Taoiseach during visit to Ireland next week

11 Jan

14.3k

Bill Kenneally case

Basketball club sought resignation of child abuser after recognising him in RTÉ TV report

The inquiry examining allegations around the abuse of children by a former sports coach sat again in Dublin today.

Eoghan Dalton

11 Jan

26.9k

Homelessness

Govt plan to add new restrictions on who can access homeless accommodation sharply criticised

11 Jan

29.4k

Referendums

Simon Harris claims single-parent families are not adequately recognised in Irish constitution

11 Jan

16.5k

Seas off Wexford SPA

Largest Special Protection Area for seabirds announced off the coast of Wexford

11 Jan

19.1k

Hotting Up

Republican rivals hit out at each other as Donald Trump skips presidential debate in Iowa

11 Jan

13.5k

red sea

UN Security Council demands immediate end to Huthi Red Sea attacks

10 Jan

9.4k

Northern Ireland

Sunak says there is 'a very good basis’ for Stormont Executive to be restored

10 Jan

10.1k

State of Emergency

Explainer: What is happening in Ecuador?

10 Jan

12.9k

Gaza

Antony Blinken meets head of Palestinian Authority as Israel continues to bombard Gaza

Mahmud Abbas spoke with Blinken of the need “to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank”.

Palestinian Authority currently exercises limited rule in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967.

Netanyahu is not known to have shifted his position on reviving talks for a Palestinian state.

Blinken has called for "more food, more water, more medicine" to be delivered to Gaza.

10 Jan

19.0k

Artificial Intelligence

AI-driven misinformation biggest global risk ahead of major elections, according to WEF report

10 Jan

8.0k

job watch

Taoiseach dismisses speculation his name could be put forward for European Council president

10 Jan

11.9k

The Morning Lead

Letters from locals over Dublin city centre laneway tell of open drug use and public sex

Councillors on Monday voted to close public access to the Harbour Court laneway in Dublin.

Letters from the public detail harrowing stories of open drug use, human excrement, stenches of urine and public sex.

The laneway has been the focus of local concerns for years.

One business owner said they have been dealing with issues in the laneway since the late 1980s.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

10 Jan

28.7k

us court of appeals

US judges sceptical of Trump's immunity claim as he warns of 'bedlam' if he is put on trial

Updated 9 Jan

34.3k

Refugees

Cabinet told 500 refugees arriving from Ukraine per week, as social welfare rates set to reduce

9 Jan

40.3k