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Politics

Israel launches major attack on Iran
Israel said it targeted both nuclear and military sites in Iran.
Iran in turn has launched about 100 drones towards Israel.
Tánaiste Simon Harris said officials are in touch with the Embassy in Tehran regarding the safety of the small Irish community there.
State-funded IVF to be expanded 'imminently' to couples facing difficulty conceiving second child
Currently only couples with no children are eligible for free fertility treatments.
Yesterday
12th June 2025
Israeli attack on Iran could 'blow' nuclear deal hopes, Trump says
O'Neill says DUP minister should resign for 'reckless' post about Larne Leisure Centre
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
Tender for €9m school phone pouches plan is replaced by new 'storage solution' plan
Survivors of male violence rallying at Dáil to call for ban on counselling notes in trials
Law to extend Rent Pressure Zones across country to be brought forward next week, Tánaiste says
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A long-term bet on housing that renters can’t afford
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PSO levy reduction expected but it won't make much of a dent in energy bills for households
US moves staff from embassy in Iraq as tensions with Iran over nuclear deal increase
The government is considering a scrappage scheme for electric cars
The Transport Minister conceded the government won’t hit the target of one million electric vehicles on the road by 2030.
Wednesday
11th June 2025
Government rejects motion calling on it to stop sale of 'Israeli war bonds'
Row breaks out at protest over Government plans to buy Citywest Hotel
Housing minister invites construction firms to express interest in building apartments
'No plans' from Trump administration to send undocumented Irish to Guantanamo Bay
Fines, curfews and seizing Playstations: TD seeks clamp on antisocial activity by 'youth gangs'
I went to talk to people in Ballymena, and was told to make myself 'scarce' or there'd be trouble
Some local people were reluctant to speak to The Journal, stating that they only speak to GB News.
NTPF funding to another public hospital suspended over 'potential financial irregularities'
UK government pledges £50 million for Casement Park redevelopment but funding shortfall remains
Drones in Dublin 'delivering burgers and lattes for profit', as Dáil hears of 'dystopian future'
Taoiseach accused of making 'sacrificial lambs' of renters with new regulations
'It's not a binary choice': Housing vs data centres claim by top civil servant rubbished by minister
Energy Minister Darragh O’Brien says attracting data centre investment is government policy.
Electricity consumption by data centres increased by 10% in 2024.
California governor accuses Trump of tyranny as mass arrests underway in under-curfew LA
Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees to be extended to March 2027
Tuesday
10th June 2025
'Recipe for rocketing rents': TDs denounce government's new rent controls in Dáil
Here's what happened today: Tuesday
Government ministers may owe money to the State following incorrect pension deductions
Up to 13,000 ex-state workers’ pension deductions will be examined to determine the scale of the issue.
Landlords to be allowed reset rents every six years for new tenancies signed next year
Developers behind almost 500 delayed social homes calls for 'urgent' meeting with Government
'Major reforms' for the rental sector finally revealed - here's what you need to know
New build apartments to be exempt from the 2% rent increase cap.
Two killed after Russian strikes on Kyiv and Odesa, hitting maternity hospital, Ukraine says
Israel committing war crimes by attacking Gaza schools and religious sites, UN experts say
Socialist Red Network group quits People Before Profit over party's 'perfomative politics'
Trump orders 700 US Marines and more National Guard troops to Los Angeles as unrest continues
New rental regulations will allow landlords increase rents if previous tenant leaves voluntarily
Ireland seeking that EU avoid implementing counter tariffs on the US, cabinet to hear
Monday
9th June 2025
Dublin councillors debate 'shocking' decision to pull plug on almost 250 social homes in city
Opposition calls for ‘vote of conscience’ on Israeli 'war bonds' ahead of cross-party motion
Dozens of Irish people among group set to march from Cairo to Gaza amid aid blockade