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June

June 2024

no longer taoiseach

Varadkar: 'I can now be more frank. Trump re-election wouldn't be good for the world'

5 Jun

24.2k

Red C Poll

Majority feel the Govt isn't doing enough on climate - but few want to change their own behaviour

5 Jun

7.1k

uk election 2024

'The matches handed back to the arsonists': Keir Starmer urges public not to reelect Sunak in TV debate

It was fairly tetchy between the two candidates during the first TV debate of the campaign.

Updated 4 Jun

13.1k

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Nov 23

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Lidl Wooden Christmas Train

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Reform

Nigel Farage has drink poured over him amid campaign launch for ‘reverse takeover’ of Tory party

Updated 4 Jun

29.3k

Floods

Five dead as southern Germany struggles with far-reaching floods

4 Jun

8.7k

first family

Lawyers begin opening statements in Hunter Biden’s federal firearms case

Updated 4 Jun

8.4k

Grant Shapps

'You're live on Sky News': Tory minister projected to lose seat hangs up after phoning journalist

4 Jun

29.4k

Gaza

US seeks support from UN Security Council to get Biden's Gaza ceasefire plan off the ground

4 Jun

5.5k

Yolanda Sanchez

Mexican mayor shot dead day after Sheinbaum presidential win

4 Jun

25.6k

Gaza

State of Palestine applies to join South Africa’s case at International Court of Justice

3 Jun

9.4k

Potential Felony

Trial begins for Hunter Biden on charge of lying about illegal drug use

3 Jun

15.8k

uk general election

Nigel Farage to stand for election as leader of right-wing party in direct competition with Tories

3 Jun

27.3k

Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as first female president

Updated 3 Jun

22.0k

Bavaria

Two people die and thousands evacuated due to heavy floods in southern Germany

3 Jun

26.5k

disinformation

Election security expert tells of threats to family as Government regulators 'not doing enough'

Niall O'Connor

Updated 3 Jun

13.3k

diplomatic tensions

South Korea says it will cancel peace deal with North Korea over rubbish-filled balloons

3 Jun

19.5k

EU Explainer

Buail le 'ionadaithe' a d'fhéadfadh suíochán a ghlacadh san Eoraip má fhágann FPE

3 Jun

6.9k

The Morning Lead

Meet the team that helps Irish soldiers deal with the trauma of conflict zones

Lieutenant Colonel John Martin is the head of the Defence Forces’ Personnel Support Service that helps to manage mental health crises in the military.

Niall O'Connor

3 Jun

15.5k

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

2 Jun

13.9k

Fifth time's a charm

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch marries for a fifth time at the age of 93

2 Jun

75.2k

Thunderstorm

18 people injured by lightning strike in Czechia

2 Jun

25.9k

Historic slump

South Africa's ANC having 'talks about talks' in effort to form coalition after losing majority

2 Jun

9.3k

Violent Election

Mexicans begin voting in presidential election after string of political murders

2 Jun

12.4k

Palestine

Netanyahu faces internal pressure over fate of hostages in Gaza as mediators push truce deal

UNRWA said today that all 36 of its shelters in Rafah “are now empty”, after at least a million civilians have fled the city.

Updated 2 Jun

13.8k

Trump Trial

Stormy Daniels says Trump should be jailed after guilty verdict on 34 counts in hush money case

2 Jun

22.5k

Waste Scraps

North Korea sends hundreds more rubbish-filled balloons to South Korea

2 Jun

42.8k

7 deadly reads

Sitdown Sunday: The archivists piecing together millions of documents destroyed by the Stasi

2 Jun

13.7k

EP2024

What is an EU commissioner and how are they appointed?

There is a grueling, sometimes-months-long process within the EU to select the next 27 commissioners.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

2 Jun

7.9k

EU competences

Cad a dhéanann an tAontas Eorpach? Agus cad is féidir leis a reachtú agus a rialú?

2 Jun

5.2k

mood music

EU sanctions for Israel? A 'non-starter' for now says one expert

David MacRedmond

2 Jun

6.3k

Champions League Final

Real Madrid break Dortmund hearts late on to clinch remarkable 15th European crown

1 Jun

13.8k

Adoption

How the 'Lost Children of Greece' are fighting for citizenship and access to their records

Thousands of children were adopted to countries such as the US after the Greek Civil War, Mary Cardaras tells The Journal.

Many people have fought for decades to have their Greek citizenship restored and to get access to their personal records

The adoption market in Greece was "lucrative" and involved priests, lawyers and doctors

Órla Ryan

1 Jun

14.7k

Campaign Trail

UK General Election show on the road as parties launch battle buses

1 Jun

7.1k

ceasefire plan

Taoiseach among European leaders urging all parties to consider Gaza ceasefire plan

1 Jun

4.6k

Hostage exchange

'If Netanyahu won't bring the hostages home, the Israeli public will find a way to replace him'

1 Jun

11.4k

Ukraine

Russian missiles and drones target Ukrainian energy sites overnight

1 Jun

4.6k

Giorgia Meloni

Italian PM sets 'clear objective' for EU election to 'build a right-wing government in Europe'

1 Jun

11.4k

Israeli PM

Netanyahu insists on 'destruction of Hamas' before commencement of permanent ceasefire in Gaza

The Israeli Prime Minister’s statement comes after US President Joe Biden outlined a plan to end the conflict in Gaza.

Updated 1 Jun

11.4k

LARRY DONNELLY

RFK Jr is demanding a place on stage alongside Trump and Biden - he may have a point

Larry Donnelly

1 Jun

17.5k

EU Explainer

‘Ispíní a dhéanamh’: Cad is FPE ann agus cad a dhéanann siad?

1 Jun

6.6k