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Wednesday 20 November 2024 Dublin: 1°C
The Daily Poll
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?
Snow at the Wicklow Gap today

Wednesday 20 November

Today's Top Stories

Cold Snap

Status Yellow warning for snow and ice takes effect for almost all of the country

A car burning on Parnell Street on 23 November 2023
Sentenced

Dublin riots: Man jailed for 6.5 years for burning Garda car and attacking centre for asylum seekers

The US Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, pictured today
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Ukraine reportedly fires UK-supplied missiles into Russia amid fears of 'massive air attack'

File photo of a patrol car
coolock and raheny

21 people to appear in court connected to burglary operation in Dublin

Taoiseach Simon Harris
FactCheck

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

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Explainer: Fine Gael is promising a €1,000 savings account for newborns, will it work?
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SPOTLIGHT
Factchecking the campaign
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Factchecking debate claims on housing, transport and the children's hospital
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Barrister charged with murdering trespasser had won bronze in pistol competitions, court hears
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High Court
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Simon Harris insists Fine Gael is not on the back foot in election campaign
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To the politicians: 'The housing crisis has trapped us in adolescence'
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