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Politics

Last year
2024
next government
Public sector workers call for four-day work week and wage increases beyond inflation
14 Nov 2024
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Explosion at Brazil supreme court, General election day 7 and US White House appointments.
Updated 14 Nov 2024
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GE2024 FactCheck
FactCheck: Where have Fine Gael (and Simon Harris) stood on drug decriminalisation in the past?
Harris’ apparent current position contrasts with that of a cross-party Oireachtas committee on drug use.
David MacRedmond
Updated 14 Nov 2024
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Republican party completes clean sweep of Congress, while Trump names Marco Rubio as secretary of state
13 Nov 2024
23.8k
106
GE2024 day six
Campaign trail at a glance: Taoiseach to be quizzed in live TV interview later
Updated 13 Nov 2024
12.4k
59
GE2024 Explainer
'The Great Replacement': How a racist conspiracy theory is showing up in election materials
13 Nov 2024
15.4k
GE2024 Analysis
How the two big government parties are hamming up the aggro and it's all for your benefit
13 Nov 2024
19.0k
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Campaign trail at a glance: Taoiseach to be quizzed in live TV interview later
13 Nov 2024
Labour and Social Democrats vie for renters' vote (with very similar plans) as prices skyrocket
13 Nov 2024
GE2024 Public Service Broadcasting
Greens and Labour call on RTÉ to host a climate debate as part of general election coverage
13 Nov 2024
4.5k
65
GE2024 Policy time
Fine Gael matches Sinn Féin pledge to cap childcare at €200 per child in first year if re-elected
Updated 13 Nov 2024
12.4k
117
The Daily Poll
Should third-level student fees be abolished?
13 Nov 2024
17.6k
137
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Updated 13 Nov 2024
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Michael O'Leary and jiving, two unexpected political battlegrounds
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Elon Musk appointed as head of new US government efficiency department by Trump
13 Nov 2024
24.9k
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Elon Musk's key role in Trump's campaign may earn him a seat at the White House table
6 Nov 2024
The Morning Lead
Rents up 43% on pre-Covid levels amid calls for increased government support for rental sector
13 Nov 2024
11.4k
86
GE2024 Sound Quality Gifts
'Mary Lou's dancing has improved': Why a Monaghan gift shop has become an essential campaign stop
12 Nov 2024
13.5k
74
GE2024 Day Five
At a glance: Housing dominates agenda, and the first campaign trail mention of Paul Mescal
Updated 12 Nov 2024
17.7k
71
GE2024 electorate
McDonald accuses FF and FG of treating Sinn Féin voters as ‘second-class citizens’
12 Nov 2024
7.9k
109
GE2024 rural ireland
Simon Harris says politicians 'have to press reset on relationship with farmers'
12 Nov 2024
5.1k
37
Trump
New York judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Donald Trump’s conviction in hush money case
12 Nov 2024
6.2k
GE2024 COMPROMISES
'We want to go into government': SocDems says 50,000 affordable homes is red line issue
12 Nov 2024
9.9k
83
Church of England
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns over church's child abuse failings
Updated 12 Nov 2024
16.4k
Cost of Living
SVP expecting record number of calls and says families will 'continue to struggle' this winter
12 Nov 2024
4.3k
14
GE2024 Climate Change
Maternity leave, housing and taxing business class flights: The Greens set out their manifesto
12 Nov 2024
15.9k
136
GE2024 debunked
FactCheck: An image of a rough sleeper beside a Fine Gael election poster has been doctored
12 Nov 2024
14.4k
GE2024 Fine Gael
Clonmel mayor's election posters set on fire and defaced with the words 'Traitor' and 'Scumbag'
12 Nov 2024
12.1k
The Daily Poll
Are you registered to vote?
12 Nov 2024
9.5k
47
Good Morning
The 8 at 8 General election campaign continues, Kinahan home up for sale and man charged over hit-and-run.
12 Nov 2024
4.2k
Incoming
Marco Rubio, who once called Trump 'a con artist', tipped to be new US secretary of state
12 Nov 2024
11.8k
94
GE2024 Housing
Help-to-Buy? What experts are saying about the contentious housing schemes
Updated 11 Nov 2024
25.9k
68
GE2024 on the trail
Harris loads up the 'battle' bus, seeking big wins in Cavan-Monaghan and Donegal
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
11 Nov 2024
12.2k
65
Diplomatic Relations
Taoiseach has first call with Trump since election, stresses 'importance of peace'
11 Nov 2024
21.2k
139
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Donohoe responds to Eoghan Murphy's claims his housing plans were derailed by senior figures
11 Nov 2024
16.9k
41
Gideon Saar
New Israel Foreign Minister says Palestinian state not a 'realistic' prospect
11 Nov 2024
10.7k
GE2024 health led approach
Fianna Fáil clarifies that it won't decriminalise possession of all drugs
11 Nov 2024
17.2k
96
GE2024 strife
Michael O'Leary doubles down on teacher comments, as Harris calls words 'crass and ill-informed'
Updated 11 Nov 2024
62.2k
216
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 2024
19.5k
78
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Help-to-Buy? What experts are saying about the contentious housing schemes
11 Nov 2024
Sinn Féin says Fianna Fáil's plan to boost the Renters' Tax Credit is 'reckless'
8 Nov 2024
Fianna Fáil pledges to 'at a minimum' double the Renters' Tax Credit in the next government
8 Nov 2024
Belfast
Michelle O'Neill says criticism of her attendance at Remembrance Sunday event ‘difficult to hear’
11 Nov 2024
8.5k
GE2024 bedfellows
O'Gorman says Fine Gael would rather a less 'robust' coalition partner than the Green Party
11 Nov 2024
6.7k
56
GE2024 Mini-Budget
Sinn Féin promises to scrap the USC on first €45,000 within 100 days of government
11 Nov 2024
14.2k
117
Trump's picks
Trump names hardline immigration official Tom Homan as new 'border czar'
11 Nov 2024
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