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October 2024

Russia

Moldovans vote to join EU by slim margin after president's 'foreign' interference accusations

Updated 9 hrs ago

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Pennsylvania

Trump assassination attempt the result of 'stunning security failures', task force report finds

9 hrs ago

8.6k

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only seventeen

Can't keep up with the Fine Gael departures? Here's a round up of who is standing down

We’re up to 18 Fine Gael TDs so far – more than half of the party’s TDs.

Updated 11 hrs ago

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US Election

Donald Trump hands out fries and speaks to press through McDonald's drive-thru window

12 hrs ago

21.6k

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The Morning Lead

An Irish American family on life and politics in one of the key swing states in the US election

“People here hold their political views so dear to them, they have stickers on their car. Have you ever seen a Fianna Fáil sticker on the back of someone’s car?”

"It's fascinating to see how people can be so divided," Delia O'Malley said of Georgia

She loves her job, but one of the most difficult aspects of it is the fact she has to take part in monthly active shooter drills

Órla Ryan

20 hrs ago

15.2k

Helen McEntee

McEntee pays tribute to Heather Humphreys' public service as she takes on role of deputy leader

Updated 20 Oct

45.1k

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Storm Ashley arrives, Israel strikes Gaza and Beirut and new opinion polls show Sinn Féin slip

Updated 20 Oct

6.1k

Starling Bank

How the UK's answer to Revolut - founded by an ex-Irish bank boss - came crashing back to earth

Paul O'Donoghue

19 Oct

53.2k

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assisted dying report

'Waste of time': FG TD raises concerns Assisted Dying law will not happen in this Dáil or next

19 Oct

9.8k

on the trail

Donald Trump's age comes into focus as Kamala Harris labels him 'unfit' and 'exhausted'

19 Oct

24.0k

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Green Light

Taoiseach promises 'clarity' soon on election date as Roderic O'Gorman calls for 29 November

Updated 18 Oct

29.4k

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look who's back

Five years after losing his seat, Fine Gael's Noel Rock to bid for Dáil return

18 Oct

17.6k

FactCheck

FactCheck: The Occupied Territories Bill will not ban all trade between Israel and Ireland

18 Oct

5.7k

US Election

Harris and Trump both have Michigan in their sights, with Gaza the key concern of many voters

The state’s large Arab-American population could be key to breaking the deadlock, but both candidates are firmly behind Israel.

Updated 18 Oct

14.3k

Assisted Dying

'Vote of conscience': Micheál Martin says FF TDs will have free vote on assisted dying report

18 Oct

6.3k

a new phase of war

Who was Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and what does his death mean for the war in Gaza?

17 Oct

21.0k

Shattering developments

Former FG justice minister Shatter to contest general election as independent

17 Oct

14.9k

Dublin

Far-right Dublin councillor Gavin Pepper investigated over ethics complaints

17 Oct

19.5k

Nelson Mandela's grandson calls for Dunnes Stores strikers to receive Dublin Freedom of the City

17 Oct

15.5k

Protestor

Man guilty of ‘intimidating’ TD Michael Healy-Rae ordered to do DIY and community work

17 Oct

12.9k

Mairead Farrell

Moves to replace Brian Stanley as head of PAC to go to the Dáil next week

17 Oct

5.1k

Election time

SocDems push for creation of Department of Disability

17 Oct

6.5k

Brussels

EU should not rush into 'stupid' Rwanda-style deportation plans, Taoiseach says

17 Oct

6.2k

Remunicipalisation baby!

Dublin City Council to roll out pilot project to bring bin collection back under public control

17 Oct

29.7k

when will it be

Late November or early December? Harris says election will be when it's in Ireland's ‘best interest'

Updated 17 Oct

25.4k

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Three arrests over toddler murder, Liam Payne dies and Israel continues bombing Lebanon

Updated 17 Oct

5.0k

Calls for referendum to cap number of TDs after Dáil hears Parliament could grow to 240 by 2050

17 Oct

9.0k

presidential campaign

Kamala Harris seeks to distance herself from Biden in testy Fox News interview

17 Oct

28.3k

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Sinn Féin's week from hell

SF facing an all-island GUBU moment with focus on McDonald's judgment and ability to lead

The talk around Leinster House now is that it would be perfect timing for the government parties if Taoiseach Simon Harris called an election sooner rather than later.

Christina Finn

17 Oct

26.1k

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US Election

Former US president Jimmy Carter casts vote in election two weeks after turning 100

16 Oct

13.0k

Lebanon

Mayor of Lebanon's Nabatiyeh among 16 killed in Israeli strikes on municipality buildings

The attacks on Nabatiyeh city and its surroundings created "a kind of belt of fire" in the area, the local official said.

The UNIFIL peacekeepeing force accused Israeli forces of "firing at their watchtower" in a "direct and apparently deliberate" manner.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees today warned that there was "a real risk" of famine in Gaza.

16 Oct

8.0k

reproductive rights

Trump claims to be 'father of IVF' at all-female campaign stop

16 Oct

22.6k

PAC

Sinn Féin nominates Mairéad Farrell to replace Brian Stanley as Public Accounts Committee chair

16 Oct

15.5k

party leader

O’Neill: No questions around McDonald’s leadership of Sinn Féin amid multiple scandals

16 Oct

6.0k

occupied territories

Taoiseach 'not here for confrontation' but indicates Ireland will act on Israeli trade without EU

Updated 16 Oct

10.8k

Sinn Féin

Pearse Doherty defends McDonald over statement praising Niall Ó Donnghaile on his resignation

Doherty rejected any comparison with the references given by Sinn Féin staffers to former press officer Michael McMonagle.

16 Oct

17.9k

Commission of Investigation

Group of victims of Michael Shine call on other parties to make manifesto pledge on inquiry

SF yesterday said it would add a commitment to a Commission of Investigation in its manifesto, after Labour’s promise to do so last month.

16 Oct

4.1k

Fallout

Brian Stanley accuses McDonald of 'abusing Dáil privilege' to 'shift focus' from Sinn Féin

16 Oct

22.8k

Gaza

US warns Israel that it could withhold assistance if it continues to block aid to Palestinians

The US "made clear" to the Israeli government that there are changes that they need to make to increase aid deliveries from the current "very, very low levels”.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of a "unilateral ceasefire" in Lebanon during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron.

15 Oct

12.2k

Analysis

Political high drama grabs attention of Dáil, but child protection issues, not so much

15 Oct

9.0k