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The Morning Lead

EU Presidency will cause traffic and travel disruption, says Transport Minister

Minister Darragh O’Brien says the EU Presidency is going to be a “massive event” for a period of six months and that preparations are well advanced.

into the arms of america

How 1987's The Joshua Tree had Irish diplomats scrambling for U2 tickets across the US

Sydney

Police say Bondi Beach mass shooting suspects 'acted alone'

Interview

Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins: ‘Some people in Leinster House won’t even look at us’

Palestine

Inside the West Bank: Life under Israeli occupation is cruel and violent

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SPOTLIGHT

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White House did not want photo of Clinton shaking Adams' hand

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Irish consul in Israel warned in 1993 that Gaza beyond his remit

The Morning Lead

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Yesterday

29th December 2025

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Interview

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Organ Donation

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Fewer people donated organs this year than last, despite new legislation making it an opt-out system.

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The Daily Poll

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investigates

Our award-winning investigations from this year

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Over 80% of badgers culled in government TB programme found to be free from the disease

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Series of unusual planning objections to vet practices uncovered in Dublin, Meath and Kildare

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Data Crunch

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Ukraine talks

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red white and blew it off

'Rising star' Gavin Newsom calls himself 'Irish' but cancelled on the taoiseach back in 2005

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State Papers

Haughey 'very disturbed' as British Marine pointed gun at Dublin sailor in Carlingford Lough

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Lough Erne

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Good Morning

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Weather Forecast

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easkey

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Security

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Sydney

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The Morning Lead

More than 100 XL Bully dogs euthanised by local authorities in first year of ban

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Sunday

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