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2024

climate action

Voters across all age groups hold moderate view on EU climate action

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

17 Feb 2024

9.7k

Russia

UK summons Russian diplomats over Navalny's death as hundreds detained at anti-Putin protests

Updated 17 Feb 2024

20.6k

Protest

Bernie Sanders event at Trinity College interrupted by protester challenging him on Gaza stance

17 Feb 2024

27.0k

SocDems

Holly Cairns to give first televised speech as party leader at SocDems conference

17 Feb 2024

21.0k

The Morning Lead

Three weeks out, here's a roundup of where the politicians fall on the family and care referendums

We’re just three weeks out from the vote in March.

All the main political parties have launched their referendum campaigns, with Sinn Féin due to next week.

The Rural and Regional Independent groups do not have an agreed campaigning position on the issues, instead each TD will vote individually.

A number of other Independent senators and TDs are in the No camp or are undecided.

Christina Finn and Jane Matthews

17 Feb 2024

15.9k

Alexei Navalny

Biden says Putin 'responsible' for Navalny's death, Tánaiste calls it reminder of 'repressive' regime

Updated 16 Feb 2024

12.3k

Harris v The GRA

GRA cites 'breakdown in trust' as it votes to not invite Garda Commissioner to annual conference

Updated 16 Feb 2024

11.5k

Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison

The opposition leader and Putin critic was jailed in 2021.

Navalny mobilised huge anti-government protests against Vladimir Putin before being jailed in 2021.

A spokesperson for the Kremlin said Putin has been informed of his death.

The exiled team of Navalny said no confirmation of his death was provided to them.

Updated 16 Feb 2024

51.3k

D Hotel

Drogheda TD says O’Gorman made ‘arrogant decision’ in housing asylum seekers in local hotel

Updated 16 Feb 2024

32.7k

absent voters

Ireland's voter turnout in every election is well below average compared to rest of EU

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

16 Feb 2024

10.2k

UK Politics

Rishi Sunak suffers double blow as Labour Party wins Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections

16 Feb 2024

10.4k

Explainer

Can committees compel Dee Forbes to appear before them? TDs say they're considering it

Updated 16 Feb 2024

20.2k

#TAOIS IN OUR TIME

Varadkar heads to Munich Security Conference today, the first sitting Taoiseach to attend

16 Feb 2024

9.5k

The Morning Lead

Ireland to spend thousands on air-con for Olympians after Paris bans A/C to meet climate goals

Paris organisers had said they would not provide air-conditioning as part of a pledge to make the 2024 games environmentally friendly.

Mairead Maguire

16 Feb 2024

28.0k

Equality

Greece legalises same-sex marriage, becoming first Orthodox Christian country to do so

15 Feb 2024

8.6k

Policy Matters

Government needs to show benefit of allowing Israeli Ambassador to stay, says Social Democrats

15 Feb 2024

7.4k

RTÉ scandal

Bakhurst seeks legal advice on revealing other RTÉ exit package payouts, assures minister O'Keeffe's €450K is correct amount

The Dáil heard accusations of other ‘golden handshakes’ at RTÉ this afternoon.

Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty told the Dáil O'Keeffe's exit package was 'cooked up behind closed doors with no sign-off, no tax paid and no disclosure until yesterday'

Tánaiste says there must be full transparency around the payouts made to all RTÉ executives

Updated 15 Feb 2024

42.0k

Vulture funds

Minister will amend law to close vulture fund legal loophole impacting mortgage-holders

Updated 15 Feb 2024

11.1k

Trump

Trump's historic hush-money criminal trial will go ahead on 25 March, New York judge says

Updated 15 Feb 2024

8.4k

commissioner for human rights

Criminalising purchase of sex, such as in Ireland, increases risk of violence, says Council of Europe

15 Feb 2024

8.4k

column

JFK in 1960, Blair 1997, Obama 2008, Corbyn 2017: Youth vote is a starting gun for momentum

Kevin Cunningham

15 Feb 2024

5.5k

March Referendums

Here's how to register to vote (or update your information) ahead of next month's referendums

15 Feb 2024

10.5k

Legal loophole

New law would compel members of Commissions of Investigation to appear before Oireachtas

15 Feb 2024

8.2k

access to cash

Central Bank bosses: 'It's clear cash is still needed and wanted by people in society'

14 Feb 2024

9.5k

Trapped

'Where is the escape?' - Reporting from Rafah amid escalating fears of an Israeli invasion

A reporter writing for The Journal describes how many displaced families now find themselves with few options left.

Hana Salah

reporting from Gaza

14 Feb 2024

4.4k

SET hours in schools

'Exhausted with the fight': Outrage as Minister defends changes to special education criteria

14 Feb 2024

16.9k

Heated exchange

Central Bank confirms vulture fund legal loophole means thousands can't turn to ombudsman for help

14 Feb 2024

23.7k

RTÉ

‘Culture of arrogance’ among some senior figures in RTÉ, says Taoiseach

Updated 14 Feb 2024

25.7k

111

Belfast

Funding for Casement Park redevelopment is still a 'big difficulty', new Stormont minister says

13 Feb 2024

10.3k

your stories

'I'm keenly aware of private sector colleagues': We asked public sector workers about the new pay deal

A number of readers said that the deal doesn’t do enough to recognise the cost of living for people living and working in Dublin.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

13 Feb 2024

33.0k

drug policy

Taoiseach expects Oireachtas committee on drug use to be up and running no later than April

13 Feb 2024

7.6k

Family and care

Fianna Fáil launches its Yes Yes referendum campaign today as Martin makes jibe at Fine Gael MEP

13 Feb 2024

13.6k

Gaza

Varadkar says he is abused on the street about Gaza, as Tánaiste says sanctions not ruled out

Varadkar said Israel has become “blinded by rage” and is not even listening to the advice of its close ally the United States anymore.

Taoiseach says he has been "shouted at and abused" by the public over the government's response to Gaza

Tánaiste says Ireland could impose travel ban on West Bank settlers even if EU does not make collective decision

UNRWA chief will meet with Micheál Martin in Dublin this week

13 Feb 2024

21.8k

Cabinet

Plans to extend child benefit to over-18s still in education brought forward to May

Updated 13 Feb 2024

22.0k

Gaza

Rafah crisis: Simon Coveney accuses Israel of 'behaving like a rogue state'

Coveney was speaking as the international outcry over Israel’s planned offensive in Rafah grows.

Updated 13 Feb 2024

16.4k

Planning

Planning: 'Proposed law designed to scare local groups off potential challenges'

Rose Wall & Gavin Elliott

13 Feb 2024

11.0k

EU Enlargement

Irish public support Ukraine joining the EU, but don't want to see membership fast-tracked

Polling also found a fifth of the public believe the EU’s response to the war in Ukraine to be “very bad”.

The Journal/Ireland Thinks poll found 72% of Irish citizens support Ukraine joining the EU.

The same poll found that 39% of Ireland are not in favour of Ukraine getting its application to join fast tracked.

This comes as accession talks began in December and additional war-time relief funding was just approved.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

13 Feb 2024

7.8k

Migration

'Campaign of arson' on properties linked to asylum seekers is 'unprecedented', says Tánaiste

12 Feb 2024

5.3k

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

12 Feb 2024

2.6k

gaza strip

Israel kills 'around 100' people in strikes on Rafah while recovering two hostages

About 1.4 million Palestinians have crowded into Rafah, with many living in tents, while food, water and medicine are becoming scarce.

Updated 12 Feb 2024

19.1k

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