Politics

Last week

16th March 2025 - 22nd March 2025

European Council

European leaders fail to reach agreement on €5bn artillery funding for Ukraine

21 Mar

15.8k

bpfi

Yet another housing forecast says the government will miss its completion targets

21 Mar

10.0k

United States

Trump signs order to 'eliminate' US Department of Education

Updated 20 Mar

54.6k

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Brussels

Zelenskyy pushes for 'crucial' EU support as Macron announces new Ukraine 'coalition' summit in Paris

Updated 20 Mar

25.8k

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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

20 Mar

4.2k

Gaza

Occupied Territories Bill 'will hopefully' be passed in the next Dáil term, Taoiseach says

Updated 20 Mar

8.1k

Accommodation

Ukrainian accommodation payment scheme to be extended but cut to €600 per month

20 Mar

39.2k

garda vetting

Justice Minister disputes Labour claims ‘unvetted trainee gardaí are patrolling the streets’

20 Mar

9.2k

Aerial survey

Don't be alarmed if you spot this plane flying very low to the ground in Kerry and Clare

20 Mar

16.4k

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'We have a lot of work to do': No huge revelations so far as historians pore over JFK files

20 Mar

5.5k

Monaghan

Family of hit-and-run victim Shane O'Farrell to meet Justice Minister as part of long-running campaign

20 Mar

5.8k

EU summit

Taoiseach rejects claims that Ireland will spend €1bn on Ukraine aid, as EU yet to agree plan

Micheál Martin is in Brussels for a EU leaders’ summit at a time of increasing uncertainty.

Updated 20 Mar

13.9k

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St Patrick's Day

'Two rapists in the White House': TD tells Dáil McGregor's visit to Trump was an insult to women

19 Mar

56.2k

Global reaction

People in positions of power must 'break their silence' and appeal for Gaza ceasefire, Higgins says

Updated 19 Mar

16.2k

War in Ukraine

'If they don't hit us, we won't hit them': Zelenskyy pushes for Russia to agree to full ceasefire

Updated 19 Mar

13.5k

Garda seizures of uninsured vehicles soared by 67% last year

19 Mar

8.1k

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Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

Updated 19 Mar

2.9k

Leaders' Questions

Taoiseach accused of 'spoofing' over housing after White House laughter discussed in the Dáil

19 Mar

11.5k

state of the climate

Five key graphs that show 2024's spiralling climate change in Ireland and worldwide

Record levels of greenhouse gas concentrations, temperatures, rainfall and glacier loss were experienced last year.

Updated 19 Mar

9.2k

FactCheck

Debunked: Data contradicts McGregor’s White House claim that Irish are a minority in some towns

19 Mar

21.6k

Tallaght

Dublin primary school facing closure due to ‘underfunding’ to remain open after early grant payment

19 Mar

20.6k

Housing

Calls for Tenant in Situ scheme to be reinstated as 'hundreds' wait to hear if they'll be evicted

Updated 19 Mar

11.4k

Simon Harris

Tánaiste 'alarmed' by new restrictions on LGBTQ+ rights in Hungary amid crackdown

19 Mar

12.6k

big interview

Harris says building higher merits consideration as Irish cities are 'very low rise'

Simon Harris says renters can’t be worse off by any reforms.

Christina Finn

reports from New York

19 Mar

18.6k

UK Government

Michelle O’Neill says Keir Starmer's 'devastating' benefit cuts are ‘callous and reprehensible’

19 Mar

13.1k

Cabinet

Tánaiste to update Government on the implications of proposed US tariffs as Dáil returns today

19 Mar

17.4k

Presidential Election

Fine Gael will run its own presidential candidate separate to Fianna Fáil, Harris confirms

Christina Finn

reports from New York

19 Mar

14.4k

The Morning Lead

‘Loss of momentum’: Target of 41,000 homes built this year looks set to be missed by 6,000

The government issued revised housing completion targets of 41,000 this year, but the Central Bank estimates housing completions will be 35,000.

Diarmuid Pepper

19 Mar

10.5k

trade war threat

Whiskey VS Bourbon: Harris welcomes 'openness' to looking at retaliatory EU tariffs list

Christina Finn

reports from New York

18 Mar

9.3k

Ukraine-Russia war

Putin agrees to partial ceasefire and prisoner exchange with Ukraine as peace talks to begin 'immediately'

During the call, Putin called for the complete cessation of foreign military assistance and the provision of intelligence” to Ukraine.

Updated 18 Mar

29.0k

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USAid

US judge orders Elon Musk's DOGE to stop firing employees of foreign aid agency

18 Mar

19.5k

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Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

18 Mar

5.0k

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Evening Wrap

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18 Mar

2.9k

lgbtq rights

Hungarian parliament overwhelmingly passes bill banning Budapest Pride parade

18 Mar

13.2k

trade-war threats

Harris speaks to US media about tariff threats after meeting JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs in NY

The Tánaiste rules out another cost-of-living package despite threats of rising costs to consumers.

Christina Finn

reports from New York

18 Mar

14.6k

Dún Laoghaire

People Before Profit TD hits out at coverage of woman spitting on Israeli man in Dublin restaurant

18 Mar

31.1k

Hitting back

Simon Harris says Conor McGregor 'represents the very worst of toxic masculinity'

18 Mar

29.7k

round trip

Astronauts stuck in space begin their return journey home

18 Mar

8.1k

Tariffs

Canada 'must diversify' its trade relationships, new PM Mark Carney says

18 Mar

5.4k

Analysis

A call to action in St Patrick's Cathedral today hit home hard after scenes in the White House

Christina Finn

Reports from New York

17 Mar

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