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Politics

The Morning Lead
Concerns across Europe that Ireland's military shortfalls could put major summit at risk
Security concerns are being raised as Ireland prepares to take on the rotating presidency of the EU next summer.
Niall O'Connor
39 mins ago
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Yesterday
6th November 2025
Europa League
Six arrested at protest held before Aston Villa match against Maccabi Tel Aviv in Birmingham
Updated 3 hrs ago
12.7k
Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico's president unveils proposals to boost prosecution of sexual abuse after she was groped
5 hrs ago
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San Francisco
Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as US House speaker, to step down at next election aged 86
8 hrs ago
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Leaders' Questions
Harris says it is a ‘dog whistle’ to compare him to Nigel Farage
9 hrs ago
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arts funding
Emotions run high as comedians take fight for their work to be recognised as art to Leinster House
Updated 9 hrs ago
12.7k
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knockalisheen
Sinking floors, mould and overcrowding found in state-owned Ipas centre
12 hrs ago
6.2k
Abortion Services
Women denied abortion at home could soon get help across EU borders
12 hrs ago
4.2k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Another bird flu outbreak,COP30 kicks off and a major typhoon hits the Philippines.
Updated 15 hrs ago
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PodcastThe Candidate
When political training becomes a political problem
27m
behind the curtain
Teething issues in host city as leaders gather - what you need to know about this year's COP
This year’s flagship climate talks are happening in Brazil near the Amazon rainforest.
Lauren Boland
Updated 16 hrs ago
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Wednesday
5th November 2025
post-presidential meeting
Fianna Fáilers vented about so-called 'naughty list' while the boss was en route to Brazil
The meeting was also told there is “serious risk” the government is taking a flawed approach to the nitrates derogation deal.
Christina Finn
5 Nov
18.8k
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Not Convinced
US Supreme Court justices appear sceptical that Trump's tariffs are legal
5 Nov
12.5k
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next four years
Minister pledges to end the housing crisis 'in my term' as sights turn to emergency laws
Updated 5 Nov
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US politics
Larry Donnelly: The Democrats got the big win they needed - now they need to unite
Larry Donnelly
5 Nov
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INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin all criticised for 'riding both horses' on immigration
5 Nov
10.7k
126
Mauritius
Tánaiste urges Mauritian authorities to allow PSNI to help investigate Michaela McAreavey’s murder
5 Nov
5.9k
People Before Profit
‘Good to be back’: Richard Boyd Barrett returns to Dáil and urges action on cancer services
5 Nov
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38
Áras An Uachtaráin
President Higgins hosts Catherine Connolly in the Áras ahead of her inauguration next week
5 Nov
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political campaigns
Keeping it local: Why Catherine Connolly's and Zohran Mamdani's campaigns looked alike
5 Nov
5.4k
16
Drug Decriminalisation
'The war on drugs has not worked': Labour urges Government to decriminalise personal drug use
Updated 5 Nov
11.5k
139
Compromise
EU strikes deal on climate targets after marathon talks - but it's 'not necessarily pretty'
Defending the deal, one EU diplomat said it had to acknowledge that we live in “muddy, messy, nasty real world”.
Minister for Climate Darragh O'Brien has welcomed the agreement, saying Ireland pushed for changes in areas like agriculture.
But the deal has been criticised by climate activists, who say Europe has made too many concessions to countries unwilling to take necessary action.
Updated 5 Nov
6.4k
Tuesday
4th November 2025
BOARD MEMBERS
Six new experts and activists appointed to Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
4 Nov
11.3k
Going Digital
Government aiming for ‘digital wallet’ of life milestones by 2030
4 Nov
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The Last Word
Matt Cooper learns on-air that TD Niall Collins also received media training from Ivan Yates
4 Nov
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Housing Crisis
Housing being stopped by 'frivolous' objections, developers tell housing committee
4 Nov
15.7k
63
TD to president
President Connolly: TDs from both sides of chamber applaud first TD elected to Áras in 50 years
4 Nov
13.0k
28
Future Forty
Improvements in living standards to slow from 2030s onwards, says new report on Ireland's future
4 Nov
9.1k
39
irish comedians
Minister supports more funding for comedy as delay in recognising it as an artform criticised
Updated 4 Nov
7.5k
17
Asylum Seekers
Harris defends migration comments as opposition say government is using 'Farage playbook'
Updated 4 Nov
9.3k
exam papers
Possible criminal offences to be investigated in wake of claims of electrician exams cheating
4 Nov
50.1k
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cheney
Dick Cheney - former US vice president and a chief backer of Iraq invasion - has died aged 84
Cheney was one of the chief architects of the ‘war on terror’ and an early proponent of invading Iraq in the wake of the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
4 Nov
18.6k
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Yates-Gate
Harris annoyed FG got heat over 'smear the bejaysus' when it was FF who hired Ivan Yates
The fallout continues for the coalition from the presidential campaign.
4 Nov
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Cabinet
Move towards private developers installing wastewater systems described as 'crucial' for supply
Updated 4 Nov
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32
immigration policy
Charter flight costing €187k deports 52 people, including seven children, to Georgia
4 Nov
14.8k
NYC
Trump backs former rival Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani for high-stakes NY mayoral election
Trump is urging supports not to support the Republican in the field but instead vote for Cuomo.
4 Nov
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Paul Givan
Mary Lou McDonald criticises Stormont Education Minister over visit to Israeli school
4 Nov
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Monday
3rd November 2025
direct provision
Asylum-seekers with jobs will be required to pay towards their accommodation under new plans
Updated 3 Nov
32.8k
Hillsborough Law
UK State failed Hillsborough victims and families, PM Keir Starmer says as he brings in Bill
3 Nov
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RIP
Sister Stanislaus Kennedy remembered as a tireless advocate with 'a spine of tempered steel'
Better known as Sister Stan, she founded what’s now Focus Ireland as well as the Immigrant Council of Ireland.
Updated 3 Nov
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