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November 2024

Trump 2.0

Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general pick hours after Matt Gaetz withdraws

6 hrs ago

27.0k

Bray campaign trail

Mary Lou told she's the only person that could 'take on Donald Trump' next St Patrick's Day

The Sinn Féin leader was in Bray Co Wicklow yesterday where she visited homeless and youth mental health charities.

Christina Finn

7 hrs ago

6.5k

Supreme Court

Police in Brazil indict former president Bolsonaro and 36 others on charges of attempted coup

16 hrs ago

7.2k

Crimes Against Humanity

Benjamin Netanyahu calls ICC 'the enemy of humanity' after it issues warrant for his arrest

Updated 17 hrs ago

45.0k

US politics

Donald Trump's attorney general pick Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration

19 hrs ago

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GE2024 Emergency Accommodation

Darragh O’Brien criticised for not publishing homelessness figures before election

19 hrs ago

8.3k

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

20 hrs ago

3.2k

Crimes Against Humanity

Taoiseach says ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others 'an extremely significant step'

20 hrs ago

6.3k

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Dec 22

Peadar Tóibín

Aontú leader dismisses abortion as 'media bubble' issue at party's manifesto launch

21 hrs ago

16.2k

at a glance

Campaign trail: Simon Harris cuts ribbon on radio station and Greens pledge to tackle 'ghost buses'

Updated 21 hrs ago

10.9k

ge2024

People with Down syndrome have been ‘under-reached’ with information about how to vote

21 hrs ago

4.3k

Transport

Greens want a new Office of Punctuality (but concede it sounds like something out of Harry Potter)

22 hrs ago

6.6k

GE2024 Fine Gael

Harris says had he seen McGahon footage beforehand he wouldn't have described it as a 'scuffle'

21 Nov

11.7k

Labour

Tony Blair leads tributes to former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott after his death aged 86

Updated 21 Nov

15.6k

As it happened

Snow and rain impacted transport and power across West, Midlands and South-West

Updated 21 Nov

49.1k

The Daily Poll

Should the Presidential term of office be shortened to five years?

21 Nov

24.6k

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GE2024 wheelchair access

Fianna Fáil's Rabbitte calls on councils to ensure polling stations are wheelchair accessible

21 Nov

5.1k

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Brussels

Feuding European political groups strike deal to back new EU Commission

21 Nov

7.5k

deadly disease

Fears cholera will 'explode' in South Sudan as cases take hold among refugees fleeing war

Last week Niall O’Connor travelled to South Sudan and the Sudan border to report on the forgotten African crisis. This is his first dispatch from the region.

Niall O'Connor

Reports from South Sudan

21 Nov

6.4k

GE2024 The Big Interview

'Astonishing': Mary Lou McDonald hits out at Fine Gael's 'raid' advertisement

20 Nov

29.7k

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good evening

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

20 Nov

7.9k

russian reaction

Ukraine reportedly fires UK-supplied missiles into Russia amid fears of 'massive air attack'

Updated 20 Nov

23.1k

FactCheck

FactCheck: How many children were waiting more than four months for scoliosis surgery in 2020?

As Minister for Health, Simon Harris promised that the number would be zero by the end of 2017.

20 Nov

12.0k

FactCheck

Explainer: Fine Gael is promising a €1,000 savings account for newborns, will it work?

20 Nov

10.4k

Day 13

Campaign trail at a glance: Parties get scrappy as FG-FF attack SF on its manifesto spending

Updated 20 Nov

9.1k

Disability provision

'Exhausting': Senator outlines struggle to find school place for son as FF criticises slow progress

Updated 20 Nov

15.4k

Double trouble

Tánaiste distances himself from comments by Fianna Fáil candidates about asylum seekers

20 Nov

16.1k

GE2024 RTÉ

Taoiseach says Sinn Féin pledge to review RTÉ’s Gaza coverage is a ‘dog whistle to conspiracy theorists’

Updated 20 Nov

13.9k

GE2024

FG's Peter Burke describes Michael O'Leary teacher comments controversy a 'media bubble' story

20 Nov

6.7k

Trump 2.0

Trump nominates former WWE CEO Linda McMahon to be the new US Education Secretary

20 Nov

17.0k

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GE2024 controversies

Simon Harris insists Fine Gael is not on the back foot in election campaign

20 Nov

6.6k

Trump presidency

Trump's commerce secretary pick is Howard Lutnick, who wants to end Ireland's trade surplus

20 Nov

32.2k

GE2024 Running mates

New(ish) kids on the block: Meet the Fine Gael hopefuls trying to hold outgoing TDs' seats

20 Nov

10.8k

The Morning Lead

'The images are not good': How do people in Dundalk feel about John McGahon’s election bid?

While there was some support for John McGahon, most people felt he shouldn’t be running in the general election.

20 Nov

29.1k

GE2024 the forgotten county

Fine Gael unlikely to retain a seat in Donegal in upcoming election, says new constituency poll

19 Nov

18.4k

good evening

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

19 Nov

5.4k

day 12

Campaign trail at a glance: Sinn Féin and Social Democrats release election manifestos

Updated 19 Nov

16.2k

Podcast The Candidate

That was a weird leaders' debate

31:01

FactCheck

Debunked: Years-old headline used to suggest Taoiseach wants to bar unvaccinated kids from school

Updated 19 Nov

6.5k

WhichCandidate

Unsure about who to vote for in the general election? There's a quiz that might help you

19 Nov

18.8k