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Politics

Last year
2024
Belarus
Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko signs new law giving himself immunity from prosecution
4 Jan 2024
19.7k
49
Cost of Living
Record corporation tax returns last year, as McGrath forecasts improved living standards in 2024
4 Jan 2024
10.8k
55
Ringsend
'Someone could be killed': Fears grow as gardaí probe 'worrying trend' of arson attacks
No arrests have been made to date but a number of investigations are ongoing.
The Irish Network Against Racism has expressed concern that the issue will only be taken seriously if someone is badly injured or killed
There have been around 20 arson attacks, or attempted attacks, on properties earmarked to house international protection applicants
Multiple garda investigations into the Ringsend, Rosscahill and other arson attacks around the country are ongoing
4 Jan 2024
31.2k
lessons to be learned
Covid Inquiry will 'absolutely' reveal lessons to be learned, former health minister says
4 Jan 2024
6.3k
2024
Sunak cools spring election talk, says he's 'working towards' UK vote in late 2024
4 Jan 2024
5.9k
34
grants
Around 60,000 students to benefit from changes to third level funding from today
4 Jan 2024
22.4k
2
US politics
US Republicans push impeachment of Biden's immigration chief
3 Jan 2024
12.5k
31
Middle East
At least 103 people killed and 211 wounded in bombings in Iran at ceremony near general's grave
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed “evil and criminal enemies” of the country for the attack and vowed a “harsh response.”
Updated 3 Jan 2024
57.8k
59
directive
Ireland urged to show 'courage and conviction' to help pass stalled EU law on sexual violence
3 Jan 2024
10.3k
claudine gay
Harvard president resigns amid antisemitism and plagiarism claims
3 Jan 2024
21.8k
Addiction
Naloxone will be more widely available after helping save lives in recent overdose cases
3 Jan 2024
13.0k
21
Gaza
Gaza fighting rages as Israel prepares to defend genocide claim
UN agencies have voiced alarm over Gaza’s spiralling humanitarian crisis.
Updated 2 Jan 2024
18.0k
RELATED
Second Israeli minister calls for return of settlers to Gaza
1 Jan 2024
UK willing to take 'direct action' over Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen
1 Jan 2024
Israel warns Gaza war will continue throughout 2024, as overnight strikes kill more than 20
1 Jan 2024
Transport
Dart-type system for Cork 'achievable' within ten years says Varadkar
2 Jan 2024
17.7k
63
Lee Jae-myung
South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck
2 Jan 2024
11.6k
Russia
One killed and dozens injured in missile attacks on Ukraine
2 Jan 2024
4.6k
European Parliament
Who is standing and what can Ireland expect in the run up to European elections in June?
2 Jan 2024
26.6k
0
Threats
Taoiseach says he refuses to change his routine despite heightened threat to personal safety
1 Jan 2024
24.8k
All time
Sinn Féin
McDonald says Sinn Féin aiming to be in government across Ireland in 2024
31 Dec 2023
17.8k
56
Next election
Varadkar raises prospect of another rotating Taoiseach arrangement if coalition is re-elected
31 Dec 2023
17.8k
132
North Korea
Kim Jong Un pledges to launch three more spy satellites and build more nuclear weapons in 2024
31 Dec 2023
7.0k
25
cardiac care
Long-awaited cardiac care review to be published next year, says minister
31 Dec 2023
7.2k
11
European Union
Micheál Martin rules himself out of running for EU Commissioner job
31 Dec 2023
11.4k
37
War in Ukraine
Dozens killed in separate strikes across Ukraine and Russian city of Belgorod
Updated 30 Dec 2023
17.6k
Palestine
'The bombs keep falling on us': Gazans desperate for war to end as Israel presses offensive
The Israeli army is keeping up its campaign across the length of the Gaza Strip in the face of mounting international pushback.
Updated 30 Dec 2023
11.4k
RELATED
Israel continues to pound Gaza as Egypt to host high-level Hamas delegation for ceasefire talks
29 Dec 2023
President Higgins criticises Israel for blaming UN agencies for 'slow trickle' of aid into Gaza
28 Dec 2023
Fergus O'Dowd
Government needs to reach out to the poor and disadvantaged, says exiting Fine Gael TD
30 Dec 2023
12.8k
you're too kind
Artisan toiletries, a Palestinian thobe and tracksuit tops among gifts to ministers in 2023
30 Dec 2023
10.7k
War in Ukraine
Death toll after massive Russian missile attack on Ukraine rises to 30
Updated 29 Dec 2023
24.1k
Poland
Poland says Russia missile entered its airspace and went into Ukraine
29 Dec 2023
12.2k
US Election
Maine election official removes Trump from 2024 presidential primary ballot
29 Dec 2023
22.5k
94
European Parliament
Viktor Orban, Gaza, and an EU-wide definition of rape: Irish MEPs' top concerns going into 2024
29 Dec 2023
5.9k
rollercoaster year
These are the winners and losers from the Irish political year 2023
28 Dec 2023
23.0k
9
richard haass
Claim IRA members were in Colombia on holiday, not to train FARC, 'insulted US intelligence'
28 Dec 2023
22.8k
scoliosis
Donnelly: 'Children waiting for spinal surgeries have been failed by their own country'
28 Dec 2023
8.1k
30
Achtung tony
Tony Blair wanted to have 'a good time' during 1993 trip to Ireland, ideally involving U2
28 Dec 2023
12.7k
0
State Papers
'Reproductive fascism': Read the letters calling on Mary Robinson to intervene in X Case
Many people, from Ireland and abroad, contacted the president about the controversial case in 1992.
The X Case centred on a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped
The letters to Robinson highlight how divisise the issue was in Ireland and abroad
'It is with disbelief and disgust that we heard about the young girl who has been forbidden to leave Ireland'
Órla Ryan
28 Dec 2023
15.9k
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Taoiseach: Robbie Keane's decision to coach Israeli football club is ‘a matter for him’
27 Dec 2023
28.5k
Sinn Féin
SF should move away from violent links to stop attracting 'head bangers', Adams agreed in 2001
27 Dec 2023
17.5k
Podcast
The Explainer: The ups and downs of Irish politics in 2023 - and what does 2024 hold?
27 Dec 2023
2.9k
John F Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy rang Irish Embassy to ensure Defence Forces would play role in JFK's funeral
27 Dec 2023
20.0k
1
State Papers
Govt heard of British collusion in murder of man wrongly identified as IRA mole 'Stakeknife'
27 Dec 2023
21.0k
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