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November 2024

GE2024 Sound Quality Gifts

'Mary Lou's dancing has improved': Why a Monaghan gift shop has become an essential campaign stop

12 Nov

13.5k

GE2024 Day Five

At a glance: Housing dominates agenda, and the first campaign trail mention of Paul Mescal

Updated 12 Nov

17.7k

GE2024 electorate

McDonald accuses FF and FG of treating Sinn Féin voters as ‘second-class citizens’

12 Nov

7.9k

106

GE2024 rural ireland

Simon Harris says politicians 'have to press reset on relationship with farmers'

12 Nov

5.1k

Trump

New York judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Donald Trump’s conviction in hush money case

12 Nov

6.2k

GE2024 COMPROMISES

'We want to go into government': SocDems says 50,000 affordable homes is red line issue

12 Nov

9.9k

Church of England

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns over church's child abuse failings

Updated 12 Nov

16.4k

Cost of Living

SVP expecting record number of calls and says families will 'continue to struggle' this winter

12 Nov

4.2k

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GE2024 Climate Change

Maternity leave, housing and taxing business class flights: The Greens set out their manifesto

12 Nov

15.9k

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GE2024 debunked

FactCheck: An image of a rough sleeper beside a Fine Gael election poster has been doctored

12 Nov

14.3k

GE2024 Fine Gael

Clonmel mayor's election posters set on fire and defaced with the words 'Traitor' and 'Scumbag'

12 Nov

12.1k

The Daily Poll

Are you registered to vote?

12 Nov

9.5k

Good Morning

The 8 at 8 General election campaign continues, Kinahan home up for sale and man charged over hit-and-run.

12 Nov

4.2k

Incoming

Marco Rubio, who once called Trump 'a con artist', tipped to be new US secretary of state

12 Nov

11.7k

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GE2024 Housing

Help-to-Buy? What experts are saying about the contentious housing schemes

Updated 11 Nov

25.7k

GE2024 on the trail

Harris loads up the 'battle' bus, seeking big wins in Cavan-Monaghan and Donegal

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

11 Nov

12.2k

Diplomatic Relations

Taoiseach has first call with Trump since election, stresses 'importance of peace'

11 Nov

21.2k

139

ge2024

Donohoe responds to Eoghan Murphy's claims his housing plans were derailed by senior figures

11 Nov

16.9k

Gideon Saar

New Israel Foreign Minister says Palestinian state not a 'realistic' prospect

11 Nov

10.7k

GE2024 health led approach

Fianna Fáil clarifies that it won't decriminalise possession of all drugs

11 Nov

17.1k

GE2024 strife

Michael O'Leary doubles down on teacher comments, as Harris calls words 'crass and ill-informed'

Updated 11 Nov

62.2k

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GE2024 Housing

Help-to-buy grant and Rent Tax Credit to get a boost under Fine Gael's housing plans

The party wants to roll out cost-rental for frontline workers.

Christina Finn

Updated 11 Nov

19.4k

Belfast

Michelle O'Neill says criticism of her attendance at Remembrance Sunday event ‘difficult to hear’

11 Nov

8.5k

GE2024 bedfellows

O'Gorman says Fine Gael would rather a less 'robust' coalition partner than the Green Party

11 Nov

6.7k

GE2024 Mini-Budget

Sinn Féin promises to scrap the USC on first €45,000 within 100 days of government

11 Nov

14.2k

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Trump's picks

Trump names hardline immigration official Tom Homan as new 'border czar'

11 Nov

13.9k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Climate change conference kicks off, Trump phones Putin and general election campaign promises pour in

11 Nov

3.9k

President-elect

Kremlin denies report that Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin about war in Ukraine

11 Nov

12.0k

Public Expenditure

Social Democrats pledges to replace SIPO with new Anti-Corruption Agency

11 Nov

5.9k

GE2024 older vote

Fianna Fáil pledges to raise State pension to €350

11 Nov

17.9k

Defence Forces

Irish military groups in Brussels campaign for better conditions for Defence Forces members

The event in Brussels will be hosted by representatives of the enlisted and officer ranks of the Irish Defence Forces.

Niall O'Connor

10 Nov

11.1k

Energy Bills

Harris moves to ease energy price concerns after Martin claims FG VAT plan would trigger rate hike

Updated 10 Nov

18.4k

Campaign Trail

'Election soundbites': Sinn Féin say Fine Gael's new migration policies are 'chaotic'

Updated 10 Nov

30.3k

GE2024 Ryanair

Backlash continues from Michael O'Leary's teacher remarks following endorsement of FG minister

Teaching union INTO have condemned O’Leary’s ‘outrageous and insulting’ remarks.

Updated 10 Nov

98.9k

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electric vehicles

Green Party promise to facilitate cut in electricity prices for EV owners if reelected

10 Nov

13.0k

133

GE2024 cancer services

Health Minister defends Fianna Fáil candidate Gráinne Seoige's ad on poor cancer care in Galway

10 Nov

26.6k

National Heritage

Campaigners launch legal bid to block development plans for Moore Street in Dublin

10 Nov

18.9k

FactCheck

FactCheck: Has work begun on nearly 60,000 new homes in the last 12 months?

10 Nov

24.2k

GE2024 Clare

Fianna Fáil senator Timmy Dooley among candidates with election campaign posters defaced

Updated 9 Nov

35.8k

VAT9

'A serious taxation mistake': Parties row over proposed VAT rate cuts

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

9 Nov

29.1k