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Politics

This month
March 2026
IRAN WAR
Taoiseach meets Spain's vocal anti-war Prime Minister in Madrid
Updated 10 Mar
18.1k
64
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
10 Mar
2.8k
Moriarty Tribunal
Michael Lowry says DPP won't pursue prosecution against him over Moriarty Tribunal findings
The DPP has been contacted for comment.
10 Mar
10.7k
Flights
Ireland could be getting its first direct flight route to Brazil
10 Mar
16.0k
35
Palestine
Occupied Territories Bill could be ready by the summer, Tánaiste says
Emma Hickey
reports from Paris
10 Mar
3.0k
49
Donegal
President Connolly to meet families of those who died in Creeslough explosion
10 Mar
3.4k
23
raheen
HSE purchases 44-acre site to develop new facility close to University Hospital Limerick
10 Mar
8.4k
26
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
10 Mar
1.7k
Open for Business
Housing Minister accused of 'rolling out red carpet for vulture funds' at French property event
10 Mar
11.3k
58
Harris in Paris
Iran war a 'wake-up call' on EU fossil fuel dependency, Harris warns
The Finance Minister said there has been ‘not enough’ diversification in how Ireland and Europe sources its energy since the war in Ukraine.
Emma Hickey
reports from Paris
10 Mar
3.3k
31
Housing Crisis
An EU-wide housing plan has been voted through for the first time (but not everyone's happy)
10 Mar
17.6k
22
Tomahawk missile
Mounting evidence that US missile struck Iran school, but Trump says he’ll 'live with' findings
Analysis of missile fragments and video footage points to a US strike on the Minab school.
Andrew Walsh
10 Mar
16.1k
124
Russian oil
Tánaiste says an EU return to buying Russian oil would be ‘utterly despicable’
10 Mar
11.5k
91
social media ban
UK Parliament rejects ban on social media for under-16s
10 Mar
6.3k
18
War Death and Taxes
Opinion: Be careful who you aim your anger at when it comes to diesel prices
Paddy Comyn
10 Mar
8.8k
35
Donegal
Mary Lou McDonald meets Creeslough families and backs calls for a public inquiry
9 Mar
4.2k
32
price surge
Irish hauliers call off planned protest after last minute call with Transport Minister
Updated 9 Mar
27.2k
131
Analysis
GAA, RTÉ and dodgy boxers: Who were the winners and losers in the GAAGo deal?
9 Mar
14.4k
12
staying out of it
RTÉ contacts Social Democrats over use of clip of David McCullagh in campaign video
9 Mar
16.8k
9
Climate Change
Ireland to miss its renewable energy targets up to 2030
9 Mar
5.8k
86
direct action
Cabinet hears of new laws to allow boarding of 'Shadow Fleet' vessels by Defence Forces
9 Mar
10.1k
19
Stranded
Government to charter flight to evacuate Irish citizens from Dubai on Wednesday
9 Mar
4.3k
0
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
9 Mar
1.9k
Middle East
Nato defence systems intercept Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey as US-Israeli war on Iran rages
Updated 9 Mar
16.5k
47
gulf war
Mojtaba Khamenei chosen to succeed his father as supreme leader of Iran
8 Mar
22.2k
106
Dublin
Maternity services must go on the political radar amid Rotunda debacle, demonstration told
8 Mar
5.2k
15
petrol and diesel
Government 'may well' take action on fuel hikes but no plans to cut carbon tax, says Minister
8 Mar
19.1k
73
Iran
'Shocking and numbing': President Connolly condemns 'horror of war' in the Middle East
8 Mar
13.8k
87
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The extravagance of the former prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
8 Mar
35.6k
7
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Iran says it can fight for six months, chartered flight from Middle East lands in Dublin and Tusla defunds therapy service.
8 Mar
2.8k
investment funds
There are clear reasons why Ireland's big corporate landlords are happy with the new rent rules
Ireland’s biggest landlord says new rent rules will allow it to hike prices by 25%, even as small landlords flee the market.
Paul O'Donoghue
8 Mar
31.6k
13
going electric
Dublin's Lord Mayor calls on Energy Minister to change rules for inner city EV charging
Updated 7 Mar
15.1k
36
aontú
Peadar Tóibín says Government is to blame for the housing crisis in Ard Fheis address
7 Mar
5.0k
44
Belfast
Trump administration is 'flooding the atmosphere with lies', says Mary Robinson
7 Mar
15.6k
49
aontú
Peadar Tóibín reckons Aontú will have 'at least a dozen' TDs after the next election
Updated 7 Mar
8.4k
73
Bridgetown
Wexford evictions: The small network of companies behind one landlord
TDs say more oversight is needed of major landlords in the sector.
Eoghan Dalton
Updated 7 Mar
31.8k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Iran rejects surrender to Israel and US, Irish ex-army chief says war ‘appears unlawful’ and a look at the landlord firm behind Wexford evictions.
7 Mar
2.3k
supply and demand
Fuel prices are soaring - how else will Ireland be affected by the deepening Middle East crisis?
The ‘ripple’ effect of the war is where the country would more closely feel any negative impacts.
Paul O'Donoghue
7 Mar
13.5k
38
Opinion
Money and motoring: There is a never-ending appetite to charge car owners for everything
Paddy Comyn
7 Mar
6.5k
23
The Morning Lead
US sinking of Iranian warship with 180 on board 'appears unlawful', ex-Defence Forces chief says
Questions have been raised in recent days over both whether the US and Israeli strikes on Iran are in breach of international law, and whether the Iranian ship sunk hundreds of miles from its shores was a legitimate target.
Niall O'Connor
7 Mar
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