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Politics

June
June 2025
Israeli war bonds
Motion to stop sale of Israeli bonds expected to return to the Dáil as Minister rejects 'complicity'
15 Jun
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no kings day
Mass anti-Trump protests held across US as president hosts Washington military parade
Organisers said they were protesting against Trump’s dictatorial overreach, and in particular what they described as the strongman symbolism of the parade.
15 Jun
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Opinion
Larry Donnelly: LA riots may look like a banana skin for Trump, but his base remains happy
Larry Donnelly
15 Jun
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44
Gaza
Aircraft spot checks under consideration to ensure weapons not flown through Ireland
15 Jun
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52
The Morning Lead
Drug dealer released just four weeks into 18 month term due to prison overcrowding crisis
A number of prisoners, including those suspected to be members of Organised Crime Groups, have been released.
Niall O'Connor
15 Jun
22.0k
children's health ireland
Redacted version of CHI report could be published this week, Health Minister says
Updated 14 Jun
11.3k
Ballymena Riots
'Emergency rally' against racism held outside Belfast City Hall after days of unrest
Updated 14 Jun
14.6k
19
missile strikes
Israel warns 'Tehran will burn' if Iran continues strikes after intense exchange of fire overnight
The Israeli military said its air forces targeted Iran's air defences with a wave of strikes in Tehran overnight.
Iran hit back with a barrage of missiles that lit up the night sky over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, killing three people and wounding dozens.
78 people were killed and 320 wounded in the first wave of strikes by Israel, Iran's ambassador to the UN said.
14 Jun
19.0k
Protests
Trump to preside over military parade as US cities prepare for 'No Kings' demonstrations
14 Jun
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RELATED
US Senator forced out of news conference after asking Trump official about targeting immigrants
12 Jun
US anti-deportation protests continue and spread beyond 'test case' Los Angeles
12 Jun
Trump says he won't allow 'mob rule' as protests break out across US
11 Jun
Dublin Airport
Airport passenger cap: Attorney general has given his advice, but there are 'no easy options'
14 Jun
10.8k
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The Morning Lead
'Remove the rats': How online rumours and threats sparked a week of anti-immigrant riots in NI
Unrest fuelled by inflammatory rhetoric and misinformation visited several towns in the North this week.
A sexual assault in Ballymena enabled a wider narrative to take hold that women are unsafe because of immigration.
An online 'paper' trail shows how a wave of speculation fed what some have called a "pogrom".
Stephen McDermott
14 Jun
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News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
13 Jun
5.0k
Nuclear sites
Netanyahu warns of ‘several waves’ of Israeli attacks as Iran threatens 'powerful response'
Iran has described the assault as a “declaration of war”.
The United States said it had prior knowledge but was not involved in the attack.
Israel has since announced the closure of its embassies across the globe.
Updated 13 Jun
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RELATED
Irish citizens are now advised against travel to Israel
13 Jun
Shadow war: Iran's nuclear programme and Israel's attempts to destroy it
13 Jun
Rafah crossing
Paul Murphy: Why I've joined thousands from around the world on a march to Gaza
Paul Murphy
13 Jun
5.7k
Sign of the times
Kids to be asked to take Confirmation pledge not to vape
13 Jun
12.0k
48
secondary fertility
State-funded IVF to be expanded 'imminently' to couples facing difficulty conceiving second child
Currently only couples with no children are eligible for free fertility treatments.
Christina Finn
13 Jun
9.8k
45
Washington
Israeli attack on Iran could 'blow' nuclear deal hopes, Trump says
12 Jun
16.4k
unrest
O'Neill says DUP minister should resign for 'reckless' post about Larne Leisure Centre
Updated 12 Jun
37.0k
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
12 Jun
4.6k
Locked Away
Tender for €9m school phone pouches plan is replaced by new 'storage solution' plan
12 Jun
36.3k
21
Irish legal system
Survivors of male violence rallying at Dáil to call for ban on counselling notes in trials
12 Jun
9.7k
Housing Crisis
Law to extend Rent Pressure Zones across country to be brought forward next week, Tánaiste says
12 Jun
8.0k
38
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PodcastThe Candidate
A long-term bet on housing that renters can’t afford
25m
Cost of Living
PSO levy reduction expected but it won't make much of a dent in energy bills for households
12 Jun
8.7k
32
Middle East
US moves staff from embassy in Iraq as tensions with Iran over nuclear deal increase
12 Jun
7.6k
The Morning Lead
The government is considering a scrappage scheme for electric cars
The Transport Minister conceded the government won’t hit the target of one million electric vehicles on the road by 2030.
Christina Finn
12 Jun
76.5k
144
Central Bank
Government rejects motion calling on it to stop sale of 'Israeli war bonds'
11 Jun
8.6k
Dublin
Row breaks out at protest over Government plans to buy Citywest Hotel
11 Jun
33.9k
croi conaithe
Housing minister invites construction firms to express interest in building apartments
Updated 11 Jun
14.0k
63
Department of Foreign Affairs
'No plans' from Trump administration to send undocumented Irish to Guantanamo Bay
11 Jun
7.5k
Paul Gogarty
Fines, curfews and seizing Playstations: TD seeks clamp on antisocial activity by 'youth gangs'
11 Jun
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52
Riots
I went to talk to people in Ballymena, and was told to make myself 'scarce' or there'd be trouble
Some local people were reluctant to speak to The Journal, stating that they only speak to GB News.
Diarmuid Pepper
in Ballymena
11 Jun
44.6k
Waiting Lists
NTPF funding to another public hospital suspended over 'potential financial irregularities'
11 Jun
13.0k
10
Belfast
UK government pledges £50 million for Casement Park redevelopment but funding shortfall remains
Updated 11 Jun
9.7k
52
Up In The Air
Drones in Dublin 'delivering burgers and lattes for profit', as Dáil hears of 'dystopian future'
11 Jun
13.2k
35
Housing
Taoiseach accused of making 'sacrificial lambs' of renters with new regulations
11 Jun
7.7k
15
The Morning Lead
'It's not a binary choice': Housing vs data centres claim by top civil servant rubbished by minister
Energy Minister Darragh O’Brien says attracting data centre investment is government policy.
Electricity consumption by data centres increased by 10% in 2024.
Christina Finn
Updated 11 Jun
13.9k
79
Los Angeles
California governor accuses Trump of tyranny as mass arrests underway in under-curfew LA
11 Jun
10.6k
Ukraine
Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees to be extended to March 2027
11 Jun
18.4k
Dáil
'Recipe for rocketing rents': TDs denounce government's new rent controls in Dáil
Updated 10 Jun
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