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Politics

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no qualms
This letter is most blatant Big Tobacco threat to a Taoiseach you're likely to see
1 Jan 2016
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not impressed
The man who let the Taoiseach know exactly what he thought about Jack the Ripper being Irish
1 Jan 2016
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Stuck on repeat
This is the one phrase you'll hear over and over again during the election
1 Jan 2016
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that's how we roll
That time an Irish minister got the UK's Northern Secretary so hammered he had to be walked around a park
31 Dec 2015
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joan rivers
Pictures: the moment Joan Burton fell out of a boat in Kilkenny floods
31 Dec 2015
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storm frank
Where is Enda? The Taoiseach has made an appearance
31 Dec 2015
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Mansion House
Garret FitzGerald really, really did not like Sinn Féin in 1985
31 Dec 2015
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My simple New Year's wish is for my son to live in a truly equal Ireland
Tom Clonan
31 Dec 2015
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off you go so
Irish prisons ran out of overtime cash in 1984 - so they started letting prisoners go early
31 Dec 2015
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naughty posters
Now it's Sinn Féin's turn for a stint on the bold step regarding election posters
31 Dec 2015
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done and dusted
After months of controversy, the banking inquiry signs off on final report
31 Dec 2015
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Day of Reckoning
Today is D-day for all public buildings to be made accessible for those with disabilities
31 Dec 2015
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Sexting
Labour MP suspended after telling 17-year-old he wanted to spank her
31 Dec 2015
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L'Oréal TREATMENT
Tánaiste's head of staff is paid €52,000 more than pay cap
31 Dec 2015
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rural crime
Pest control, maintenance and security at closed Garda stations has cost €846,000 to date
31 Dec 2015
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terror blaze
State Papers 1985: Garret Fitzgerald's government wasn't too keen on helping Stardust victims
31 Dec 2015
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cheers for that
Getting paid today? Michael Noonan has sorted it so you won't pay extra USC
31 Dec 2015
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Abortion
Trump spokeswoman threatens to 'wear a foetus' on TV following backlash over bullet necklace
30 Dec 2015
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1985 state papers
'Say the daily rosary': This is the kind of fan mail you get when you're Taoiseach
30 Dec 2015
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State Papers
Irish people really didn't like paying for their TV licence 30 years ago
30 Dec 2015
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Council of State
After calling in help, President Higgins has signed 'rushed' new asylum laws
30 Dec 2015
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storm frank
Enda is visiting flood-hit areas, but not 'doing the Bertie Ahern'
30 Dec 2015
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Election Season
Fine Gael candidate defends putting up Christmas posters without permission
30 Dec 2015
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Anglo-Irish Agreement
'It wasn't long after the hunger strikes... mayhem on the streets and we realised that something had to be done.'
30 Dec 2015
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someone's listening
The government wanted to launch a phone-tapping bill in 1985...
30 Dec 2015
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Oliver Letwin
David Cameron adviser apologises over 'offensive' 1985 memo about black rioters
30 Dec 2015
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49
a just war?
An Archbishop, a Taoiseach and an angry face-off over IRA violence and 'genocide'
30 Dec 2015
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Apartheid
30 years ago Dunnes Stores was involved in ANOTHER workers' dispute... one that shook the world
30 Dec 2015
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Ouch
When Maggie dropped some epic shade on Garret FitzGerald...
30 Dec 2015
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nudey films
Pornography being shown in pubs had the government in a fluster 30 years ago
30 Dec 2015
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Political Animals
QUIZ: Bertie going grey and 19 other questions about the year that was
29 Dec 2015
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'I watched this man bleed out. He was rolling on the ground and I imagined his last moments'
Julien Mercille
29 Dec 2015
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Supreme Court
There were some familiar faces at this morning's Council of State meeting
29 Dec 2015
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Looking Back
This is Enda Kenny's biggest regret
29 Dec 2015
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Surgery
Michael Noonan spent Christmas in hospital due to fluid on his chest
28 Dec 2015
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storm frank
TD calls for bogs to be flooded to 'save communities'
28 Dec 2015
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64
It Wasn't Me
A phantom supporter* is erecting this man's election posters for him...
28 Dec 2015
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Child Abuse
Some Ryan Report recommendations yet to be implemented due to lack of resources
28 Dec 2015
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Eighth Amendment
Enda promises action on abortion within six months of re-election
28 Dec 2015
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245
Downgraded
'I’ve gone to funerals where mourners would refuse to shake my hand'
27 Dec 2015
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