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Last week
27th April 2025 - 3rd May 2025
Aoife Martin: We are living through a moral panic about trans people
Aoife Martin
CMAT and Brian Eno among latest acts backing 'freedom of expression' amid Kneecap controversy
Drones dropping 'unprecedented level' of contraband to prisons (even one cell window delivery)
Trial begins of son who allegedly 'strangled' his mother in her Sligo home
Irish actress Laura Donnelly nominated for Tony Award alongside Mia Farrow and Sarah Snook
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Kneecap get the scrutiny Netanyahu doesn't
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After changing his date of birth, this Cardinal from Burkina Faso can now vote in the conclave
Man (50s) appears in court charged with raping woman 35 times in Co Donegal
Tánaiste signals the rollout of health warnings on alcohol bottles will be delayed
Kneecap: UK counter-terror police launch formal investigation after reviewing concert footage
Jury shown TV interview of Richard Satchwell saying he 'never laid a finger' on wife Tina
The 58-year-old has pleaded not guilty to murdering his 45-year-old wife Tina Satchwell in March 2017.
Bono and Bob Geldof to feature in BBC documentary marking 40 years since Live Aid
Planning permission sought for new village shop in Creeslough away from site of tragic explosion
Commuters need minimum of €2.50 on their Leap card to use rail services in new fare zones
Low pay and no places: Protesters at Dáil demand government fix 'broken' childcare system
Campaigners say the childcare system in Ireland is “broken”.
'Don't invade personal space' - New rules in bid to avoid repeat of Eurovision controversies
Electronic tags to monitor people convicted or accused of crime to be rolled out this year
Roderic O’Gorman is the Green Party leader (still) after the leadership race went uncontested
'It's not worth it': Gardaí and RSA issue drug-driving warning in new awareness campaign
Gerry Adams claims BBC 'doubled down' on alleged defamation related to shooting of British spy
Ryanair threatens to quit buying Boeing aircraft if 'ill-judged' US tariffs raise prices
Over 350 people are sleeping on mattresses on the floor in Irish prisons
Electoral Commission: 'Hundreds of thousands' of names on electoral registers that shouldn't be
'There's so much wrong with this report': Calls for 'Grace' commission to appear before Oireachtas committee
Ireland at risk of losing 'irreplaceable parts of our heritage' to climate change, says heritage expert
Enterprise Minister doesn't think job cuts at Intel's Kildare site are 'inevitable'
Should venues close bars during live performances?
Minister wants to 'secure our borders' as 39 people deported to Georgia on chartered flight
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said that further ‘enforced removal’ operations will take place this year.
'National conversation' needed as half of survivors of childhood sexual violence haven't told anyone
Sunny weather to continue into Bank Holiday weekend after record-breaking day
Kamala Harris makes first high-profile speech since election defeat amid speculation over her future
Bealtaine in Ireland: May Day rituals for a world on fire
Dr Fiona Murphy
Transgender people turning to DIY-healthcare due to lack of trust in National Gender Service
The Journal Investigates heard from transgender people pushed into accessing healthcare outside the official channels
Transgender people are purchasing HRT drugs through online sources
Waitlist and the types of questions being asked leading to a lack of trust in NGS
Some GPs advised by NGS that they do not recommend blood tests for transgender people
Gary Gannon: Grafton and Dawson Streets don't need regeneration, they're already gleaming
Gary Gannon
RTÉ confirms €3.6 million write-down on partly failed IT system
Temperature record for April broken as highs of 25.9C reached in Co Galway
Christy Moore and Pulp among acts calling for ‘freedom of expression’ after cancelled Kneecap gigs
The open letter pointed to a ‘campaign to remove Kneecap from the public eye’ by Westminster and the British media.
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