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Politics

February
February 2025
Housing Crisis
Analysis: Cabin homes in family gardens? Ah sure, we'll take what we can get at this stage
19 Feb
23.9k
71
FactCheck
Debunked: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy has a 57% approval rating, not 4% as Trump said
19 Feb
11.0k
Seanad
High Court to hear petition for Seanad panel to be recounted after candidate lost by 0.116 of a vote
19 Feb
12.0k
17
Central Statistics Office
House prices increased by 8.7% last year - almost double the growth rate in 2023
19 Feb
7.0k
23
RELATED
Opinion: Government dusts off failed Celtic Tiger policies and we all know where they got us
19 Feb
Government to make cabin homes in back gardens exempt from planning
19 Feb
Watch: 'Name calling' and 'codswallop' accusations fly as Dáil gets heated over housing
18 Feb
€450m Exchequer boost to provide 3,000 cost rental, affordable and social homes
18 Feb
Starter homes, short-term let laws and rent cap review to be prioritised by government
17 Feb
barry ward
TD calls on government to make 'catfishing' illegal after listening to The 2 Johnnies podcast
19 Feb
13.0k
54
Micheál Martin
Taoiseach to push for Ukrainian EU membership in online meeting convened by President Macron
19 Feb
6.9k
104
Greyhounds
Ban on greyhound racing to come in ‘as soon as possible’ in Wales, amid calls for a ban here
19 Feb
9.4k
64
FactCheck
Debunked: No, US Vice-President JD Vance did not make a security conference chairman cry on stage
19 Feb
8.3k
HSE
Just 10% of hospital consultants were working over recent bank holiday weekend, says Health Minister
19 Feb
26.9k
66
Housing Crisis
Opinion: Government dusts off failed Celtic Tiger policies and we all know where they got us
Rory Hearne
19 Feb
8.1k
35
brasilia
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup plot
19 Feb
4.1k
The Morning Lead
Government to make cabin homes in back gardens exempt from planning
The minister believes there needs to be planning exemptions to allow family members to live together on the same site.
Christina Finn
19 Feb
121k
130
Riyadh
US-Russia talks: Trump 'disappointed' with Ukraine's strong rebuke over its exclusion
The US President also said he was left feeling confident that a peace deal would be reached.
Updated 18 Feb
37.8k
275
RELATED
Could Irish peacekeepers be deployed to Ukraine? Harris says 'we're simply not at that point yet'
18 Feb
As world leaders debate Ukraine, what's the state of play of the war and its possible end?
17 Feb
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
18 Feb
4.7k
ComReg
Communications Commissioner Helen Dixon announces she is stepping down
18 Feb
19.8k
21
unparliamentary language
Taoiseach denies calling McDonald a liar and says he 'cannot withdraw a remark' he 'did not make'
Updated 18 Feb
20.7k
97
New Governemt-ish
Here are the top priorities for the Goverment over the coming months
18 Feb
6.4k
late night opening hours
Laws allowing nightclubs to stay open later put on the long finger by government
18 Feb
14.6k
32
absolute scenes
Watch: 'Name calling' and 'codswallop' accusations fly as Dáil gets heated over housing
18 Feb
14.0k
55
gender-based violence
'Dealing with the legal system was worse than the rape': Victims of male violence demand change
Survivors are calling for the use of counselling notes and character references to be banned in gender-based violence trials.
18 Feb
10.3k
Cabinet Meeting
Could Irish peacekeepers be deployed to Ukraine? Harris says 'we're simply not at that point yet'
Updated 18 Feb
21.9k
186
MV Matthew
MV Matthew: Trial over country's largest cocaine seizure at an end as two plead guilty
The two were the last of a group of eight defendants charged in relation to the seizure to plead guilty.
18 Feb
18.7k
Bam
Tánaiste says State will ‘robustly' oppose extra costs claim from BAM for Children's Hospital
18 Feb
13.8k
63
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Updated 18 Feb
1.3k
Housing Crisis
€450m Exchequer boost to provide 3,000 cost rental, affordable and social homes
18 Feb
8.9k
21
Cabinet
Uisce Éireann to immediately purchase 100 extra generators following Storm Éowyn
18 Feb
8.1k
36
ukraine latest
European leaders hold Ukraine crisis talks as von der Leyen calls for 'surge' on defence spending
‘Europe’s security is at a turning point,’ EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of the informal meeting.
Updated 17 Feb
23.4k
RELATED
'There's a new sheriff in town': JD Vance aims verbal broadside at Europe in fiery Munich speech
14 Feb
EU and UK demand to be part of Ukraine peace talks as Trump shocks world with Putin phone call
13 Feb
Trumps says Putin has agreed to 'immediately' start negotiations on ending Ukraine war
12 Feb
Children's Hospital
Children’s hospital may not open until 2026 due to 'risks' of moving sick children during winter
The Department of Health says there are ‘clinical risks’ associated with moving children between November and March.
17 Feb
16.8k
81
housing crisis meeting
Starter homes, short-term let laws and rent cap review to be prioritised by government
Updated 17 Feb
13.2k
54
new poll
Cost of living and social protection among the top political priorities for young Irish people
17 Feb
6.8k
22
RIP
Taoiseach leads tributes to former Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State Dan Wallace
17 Feb
9.1k
wang yi
Tánaiste discusses human rights record, trade, and wars in Ukraine and Gaza with Chinese foreign minister
Updated 17 Feb
13.8k
71
Diplomacy
Russian and US officials to meet in Saudi Arabia as prelude to Trump-Putin summit
17 Feb
6.0k
Collision Course
Donohoe rules out Celtic Tiger style tax breaks for developers, putting him at odds with Taoiseach
17 Feb
12.3k
80
High Court
Future of Athlone Ipas centre remains uncertain as date for legal case is again pushed back
17 Feb
9.0k
RIP
Taoiseach leads tributes to former Limerick TD and councillor Eddie Wade
16 Feb
9.7k
EU
France to host leaders from key EU countries to discuss continent's security
16 Feb
6.4k
rent pressure zones
Cabinet committee meeting tomorrow to look at 'all different actions' to address housing crisis
16 Feb
5.8k
ukrainian refugees
Decision on changes made to payment scheme for hosting Ukrainian refugees due by end of month
16 Feb
31.3k
Fatal Stabbing
'Good progress' in identifying those involved in violence and fatal stabbing on South Anne Street
16 Feb
39.6k
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