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Politics

This month
February 2026
Housing Activation Office
Government finally gets its 'housing tsar' as senior civil servant to take up €219k role
10 Feb
12.9k
35
RIGHT TO SILENCE
Republicans release video of Ghislaine Maxwell pleading the Fifth to US Congress questions
10 Feb
14.6k
12
Dublin
Protest to be held outside Dáil over 'unacceptable delays' to An Post and Eir pension increases
10 Feb
9.0k
7
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
The EU is trying to solve the housing crisis as a bloc, how did their first crack at it go?
Eoghan Dalton
Reports from Strasbourg
10 Feb
8.1k
42
Epstein files
Keir Starmer tells Labour MPs he's 'not prepared to walk away' after calls for him to quit
9 Feb
5.2k
31
good evening
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
9 Feb
4.3k
Defence Forces
Revised defence plan deadlines to be brought to Cabinet tomorrow as some projects pushed back
9 Feb
9.9k
Analysis
The stars, the stripes and the shut-up brigade: Team USA faces a political storm in Italy
9 Feb
18.4k
42
bidding wars
Housing Minister says there is a need for ‘increased transparency’ in home buying process
9 Feb
7.9k
36
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
9 Feb
1.5k
Coastal Erosion
'It impacts your whole life': Portrane family on slowly losing their home to the sea
Today, the OPW approved funding of €622,000 for emergency works to protect eight homes at risk of imminent collapse.
Updated 9 Feb
24.0k
32
RELATED
Number of homes at risk of falling into sea rises by 173% in five years
11 Dec 2024
Coastal erosion will wipe out many ancient seaside sites and monuments
25 Feb 2024
Hot Water
Pressure builds on Keir Starmer as Scottish Labour leader joins MPs in calling on him to resign
Anas Sarwar issued the demand at a hastily convened press conference today.
Updated 9 Feb
16.7k
47
SEAMUS CULLETON
'It's absolute torture': Kilkenny man detained by Ice in Texas pleads with government for help
9 Feb
38.8k
117
Deportation
‘Potentially sending people to death’: 50 deportations for Palestinians and Sudanese last year
9 Feb
5.1k
Red Planet
SpaceX is putting Mars on the backburner to instead put human settlement on Moon, Musk says
9 Feb
9.1k
86
bad bunny
Trump describes Super Bowl halftime show celebrating unity as 'affront to Greatness of America'
Anticipation was high for Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny’s halftime show, after he called out Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown at the Grammy’s.
9 Feb
28.8k
57
Centenary
Fine Gael announces summer event to commemorate 100 years since birth of Garret Fitzgerald
9 Feb
5.1k
26
Social Media
Government accused of ‘soft-pedalling’ on reforms to regulate big tech
8 Feb
3.5k
31
All Talk
Frustrated residents of flood-hit Waterford meet with minister as more rain forecast
8 Feb
8.8k
19
London
Irishman Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff over Mandelson appointment
McSweeney has said he takes “full responsibility” for advising the UK Prime Minister to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US.
8 Feb
31.9k
70
Irish Farmers Association
Minister ‘disappointed’ in farmer protests against Bord Bia chief
8 Feb
19.7k
49
Simon Community
Taoiseach to officially open ‘game changer’ facility for homeless people
8 Feb
22.4k
64
PodcastThe Candidate
The political culture war over cycling
Moscow
Suspect in shooting of Russian general arrested in Dubai
8 Feb
13.3k
Evacuation
Seven Palestinian children arrive in Ireland for medical treatment
8 Feb
6.5k
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The Dublin suburb dubbed 'Ireland's Brooklyn'
8 Feb
54.3k
32
West Bank
Former Hamas leader rejects disarmament as 694 Palestinians forcefully displaced in January
8 Feb
7.8k
117
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Interpol’s not giving up on extraditing Daniel Kinahan, Gordon Brown says Starmer in ‘serious’ situation and Gardaí appeal for help in missing person case…
8 Feb
3.8k
Epstein files
Starmer leadership crisis is 'serious', Gordon Brown says
8 Feb
5.0k
23
Analysis
Ten years young for the Social Democrats — is it becoming a viable alternative for some SF voters?
With the party seeing a boost in the polls questions are being asked if some Sinn Féin voters are migrating to the Soc Dems.
Christina Finn
8 Feb
11.4k
86
at home with jack
40 years on, his legend lives on in Ireland - here’s what happened when I met Jack Charlton
Eanna Brophy
7 Feb
12.6k
19
socdems national conference
Holly Cairns says coalition is an 'endless doom loop of failure' and calls for Triple Lock vote
7 Feb
14.0k
76
AI
SocDems' proposal to tackle deepfakes: Everyone should get copyright of their own image and voice
7 Feb
8.8k
86
Age Restrictions
Parents would support social media ban for children, says Tánaiste
7 Feb
3.6k
alleged misconduct
Police say Peter Mandelson probe is 'complex', after thousands of documents seized from properties
7 Feb
5.3k
white house visit
Holly Cairns says Taoiseach should visit Trump on St Patrick's Day
7 Feb
10.5k
50
illness
Mairead McGuinness reveals severe post-viral syndrome led to her withdrawal from presidential race
McGuinness said that upon announcing her health issues publicly, “a lot of people presumed I was dying”.
7 Feb
37.5k
63
Time For Peace
US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelenskyy
7 Feb
4.4k
FactCheck
The EU-India trade deal has far-right extremists convinced that 'white genocide' is imminent
7 Feb
9.3k
Epstein files
Calls for UCD to revoke award given to Noam Chomsky over Epstein links
7 Feb
21.1k
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