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2024
Connacht-Munster rugby game confirmed for Mayo GAA ground in Castlebar
Do you give your postman a tip at Christmas?
Man (40s) dies after car enters water at Grand Canal in Kildare
Irish Coast Guard urges sea swimmers and coastal walkers to 'put safety first' over Christmas
Man (30s) charged in connection with €185,000 drugs seizure in Cork
McDonald says Micheál Martin is 'running shy' on the United Ireland issue
Panamanian president rejects Trump's threat to take control of Panama Canal
Belfast City Airport reopens following emergency landing incident on runway
'We're back already': Eamon Ryan says Green demise isn't like last time
As he prepares to leave frontline politics, Eamon Ryan sat down with journalists for an in-depth interview.
He shared what he thinks about Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil and his advice for the next climate minister - some serious, some amusing.
As for the Green Party, he feels it is "back" already despite its election defeat - and talks about how he thinks it was "attacked from behind".
Quiz: How much do you know about Christmas threes?
Money Diaries: An architectural graduate on €35K living in Dublin
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Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Liverpool hit Tottenham for six and extend lead at top after nine-goal thriller
Tributes continue to Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, Irish language activist and father of Kneecap star
More than 2,700 cyclists treated in hospital after road incidents over two year period
Young woman killed in Co Limerick hit and run had celebrated birth of baby son three weeks ago
Which politician do you think had the best year politically?
Church spire collapses to ground in flames after lightning strike in Co Clare
While firefighters prepared to tackle the blaze the timber spire collapsed onto the ground below before them.
Israeli strikes kill 28 Palestinians, as school and family home targeted
Sitdown Sunday: On the hunt for Vincent van Gogh's lost masterpiece
Man (30s) dies in single-vehicle collision in Co Offaly
These are the winners and losers from the Irish political year 2024
As picked by The Journal team.
This year, The Journal team announced its political awards via The Candidate podcast.
We hand out a number of gongs for awards such as the Minister Who Gets Shit Done, the Must Try Harder Merit and chat about the Ah Here Moment of the Year and Whoopsie of the Year.
The top award, Politician of the Year, was put to a vote which was counted by PR-STV.
Wet and windy day ahead as weather warnings stay in place in west
Irish politicians love 'giveaway' budgets, but stealth taxes mean we're often left no better off
Opinion: We should try to reduce the harm caused by Christmas excess as much as possible
Michael Ledden & Kathryn Ledden
Mary Lou McDonald: 'I can safely say 2024 was the toughest year of my life'
Apart from her party not performing as she would have wanted in the election, McDonald has experienced personal challenges this year.
Quiz: Which chocolate from a tin of Christmas sweets is this?
Larry Donnelly: Who were the 2024 political winners and losers here and in the US?
Larry Donnelly
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Irish soldiers in EU Battlegroup could be deployed to Ukraine for peacekeeping in event of truce
Irish soldiers will undertake a two-year deployment as part of the EU Battlegroup.
Leinster hold off spirited Connacht rally to edge Aviva interpro
Woman (20s) dead after hit and run collision in Rathkeale
Man (20s) taken to hospital after shooting at home in Clondalkin
Status Yellow wind and snow-ice warnings issued for several counties across the country
Woman held for hours during aggravated burglary of business premises on Friday night
What's your favourite festive box of assorted sweets?
Three men hospitalised with injuries in separate assaults in Dublin City centre last night