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Politics

Last month
May 2026
SUVs
Government told to consider hiking tax on bigger cars and ditching universal EV grants
28 May
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Rural housing overhaul, schools told to avoid costly uniform policies and Iran strikes US base in retaliatory attack
Updated 28 May
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Layoffs
Workers to protest outside Meta and Covalen offices
28 May
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Online abuse
Candidates targeted with racist and misogynistic abuse in build-up to byelection, report finds
28 May
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Middle East
Israeli strikes kill new chief of Hamas armed wing in Gaza
Updated 27 May
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75
Rural housing
Simon Harris promises 'biggest overhaul' of one-off housing rules in decades
27 May
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Green Light
Council to plough ahead with planning, as majority support College Green pedestrianisation
27 May
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Suicide Prevention
'I bottled it within myself': Minister opens up about mental health struggles at self-harm prevention launch
27 May
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
27 May
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Ding Dong
O’Brien doubles down on climate progress claim against accusations of 'spin' and being 'delusional'
Updated 27 May
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RELATED
Fianna Fáil members approve bill to lift ban on nuclear power in Ireland
27 May
Ireland on track to deliver only half the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions needed by 2030
27 May
playing with fire
Blair pens 5,700-word critique of Labour 'failures' as would-be leader Burnham pledges response
27 May
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16
another election
Friction on the left over who should be included in left-wing Seanad election pact
27 May
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Middle East
Donald Trump's Board of Peace fund is empty
27 May
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The Daily Poll
Should sunbeds be banned?
27 May
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50
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Ireland won’t meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, peacekeepers welcomed home and temperatures could reach 31C
Updated 27 May
3.2k
Going Nuclear
Fianna Fáil members approve bill to lift ban on nuclear power in Ireland
27 May
10.6k
74
Dublin Airport
Around 160 Irish peacekeepers arrive home from Lebanon
27 May
12.5k
builders RoundTable
Builders tell minister that widespread skills shortage is delaying projects
27 May
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The Morning Lead
Ireland on track to deliver only half the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions needed by 2030
Nearly all sectors are on course to exceed their emissions ceiling by 2030.
27 May
10.4k
93
Thalidomide
Labour leader backs calls from thalidomide survivors for a formal State apology
26 May
3.1k
16
evening fix
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
26 May
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Antrim
Plea for information as first search for Disappeared victim Seamus Maguire begins
Updated 26 May
10.0k
Inquiry
Bill passed to allow Irish court testimony be used in UK Omagh bombing inquiry
26 May
2.2k
on the zeros
Government to oppose Social Democrats bill restricting ads for zero alcohol drinks
26 May
13.3k
50
Oireachtas Irish language committee
Catherine Connolly's Dáil group don't have enough Irish, so FF will chair committee instead
26 May
22.8k
27
Ukraine
Free state accommodation for Ukrainians will be withdrawn by March 2027
26 May
28.2k
72
occupied territories bill
Government accused of taking 'wrecking ball' to Occupied Territories Bill
Updated 26 May
7.7k
39
No entry
Government urged to follow France and ban Israeli ministers entering Ireland
26 May
12.6k
35
Social Democrats
Daniel Ennis says Ireland should boycott Israel matches as he arrives at the Dáil
Updated 26 May
9.2k
60
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Calls to extend lifeguarding season, trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson to get under way and US attacks Iran
Updated 26 May
3.1k
Cabinet
Helen McEntee aims to have Occupied Territories Bill enacted before Dáil summer recess
26 May
5.0k
peace plan
US attacks missile sites in Iran as deal to end war could 'take days'
26 May
10.2k
38
byelections
Sinn Féin leadership say all is well, but some in party believe it is time to 'refine' message
26 May
15.5k
72
Peter Murrell
Ex-SNP chief spent party money on €4k coffee machine, a telescope, and GTA V, among other things
25 May
13.1k
22
Election Aftermath
Who will fill the SocDems council seat, and what happens Sean Kyne's vacant seat in the Seanad?
25 May
9.6k
29
Operation Irini
Ireland ends deployment as UN Security Council fails to renew mandate on Mediterranean mission
Niall O'Connor
25 May
10.7k
The Monk
'We'll go again': Hutch hints at another campaign after Dublin Central byelection defeat
25 May
18.9k
59
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Fine Gael take Galway West, diesel leaking into the Liffey and a tragedy at a Dublin beach…
Updated 25 May
4.1k
galway west
Harris hails Seán Kyne’s rare byelection success as 'a win for centrist politics'
25 May
12.4k
74
Magnifica Humanitas
Pope to launch encyclical on AI and 'protection of the person' alongside Anthropic co-founder
25 May
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