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Politics

Last year
2024
look who's back
Five years after losing his seat, Fine Gael's Noel Rock to bid for Dáil return
18 Oct 2024
17.6k
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FactCheck
FactCheck: The Occupied Territories Bill will not ban all trade between Israel and Ireland
18 Oct 2024
6.0k
US Election
Harris and Trump both have Michigan in their sights, with Gaza the key concern of many voters
The state’s large Arab-American population could be key to breaking the deadlock, but both candidates are firmly behind Israel.
Updated 18 Oct 2024
14.3k
Assisted Dying
'Vote of conscience': Micheál Martin says FF TDs will have free vote on assisted dying report
18 Oct 2024
6.3k
69
a new phase of war
Who was Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and what does his death mean for the war in Gaza?
17 Oct 2024
21.1k
RELATED
Israel's foreign minister says Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in Gaza
17 Oct 2024
Shattering developments
Former FG justice minister Shatter to contest general election as independent
17 Oct 2024
15.0k
Dublin
Far-right Dublin councillor Gavin Pepper investigated over ethics complaints
17 Oct 2024
19.8k
Nelson Mandela's grandson calls for Dunnes Stores strikers to receive Dublin Freedom of the City
17 Oct 2024
15.6k
Protestor
Man guilty of ‘intimidating’ TD Michael Healy-Rae ordered to do DIY and community work
17 Oct 2024
12.9k
Mairead Farrell
Moves to replace Brian Stanley as head of PAC to go to the Dáil next week
17 Oct 2024
5.1k
Election time
SocDems push for creation of Department of Disability
17 Oct 2024
6.5k
60
Brussels
EU should not rush into 'stupid' Rwanda-style deportation plans, Taoiseach says
17 Oct 2024
6.2k
Remunicipalisation baby!
Dublin City Council to roll out pilot project to bring bin collection back under public control
17 Oct 2024
29.8k
63
when will it be
Late November or early December? Harris says election will be when it's in Ireland's ‘best interest'
Updated 17 Oct 2024
25.4k
124
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Three arrests over toddler murder, Liam Payne dies and Israel continues bombing Lebanon
Updated 17 Oct 2024
5.1k
Calls for referendum to cap number of TDs after Dáil hears Parliament could grow to 240 by 2050
17 Oct 2024
9.0k
95
presidential campaign
Kamala Harris seeks to distance herself from Biden in testy Fox News interview
17 Oct 2024
28.3k
252
Sinn Féin's week from hell
SF facing an all-island GUBU moment with focus on McDonald's judgment and ability to lead
The talk around Leinster House now is that it would be perfect timing for the government parties if Taoiseach Simon Harris called an election sooner rather than later.
Christina Finn
17 Oct 2024
26.1k
108
RELATED
Late November or early December? Harris says election will be when it's in Ireland's ‘best interest'
17 Oct 2024
Sinn Féin nominates Mairéad Farrell to replace Brian Stanley as Public Accounts Committee chair
16 Oct 2024
US Election
Former US president Jimmy Carter casts vote in election two weeks after turning 100
16 Oct 2024
13.0k
Lebanon
Mayor of Lebanon's Nabatiyeh among 16 killed in Israeli strikes on municipality buildings
The attacks on Nabatiyeh city and its surroundings created "a kind of belt of fire" in the area, the local official said.
The UNIFIL peacekeepeing force accused Israeli forces of "firing at their watchtower" in a "direct and apparently deliberate" manner.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees today warned that there was "a real risk" of famine in Gaza.
16 Oct 2024
8.1k
RELATED
US warns Israel that it could withhold assistance if it continues to block aid to Palestinians
15 Oct 2024
Tánaiste says Israel 'undermining' UNIFIL, Spanish PM says there'll be 'no withdrawal'
14 Oct 2024
reproductive rights
Trump claims to be 'father of IVF' at all-female campaign stop
16 Oct 2024
22.6k
PAC
Sinn Féin nominates Mairéad Farrell to replace Brian Stanley as Public Accounts Committee chair
16 Oct 2024
15.6k
party leader
O’Neill: No questions around McDonald’s leadership of Sinn Féin amid multiple scandals
16 Oct 2024
6.0k
occupied territories
Taoiseach 'not here for confrontation' but indicates Ireland will act on Israeli trade without EU
Updated 16 Oct 2024
10.9k
Sinn Féin
Pearse Doherty defends McDonald over statement praising Niall Ó Donnghaile on his resignation
Doherty rejected any comparison with the references given by Sinn Féin staffers to former press officer Michael McMonagle.
16 Oct 2024
17.9k
RELATED
Brian Stanley accuses McDonald of 'abusing Dáil privilege' to 'shift focus' from Sinn Féin
16 Oct 2024
Political high drama grabs attention of Dáil, but child protection issues, not so much
15 Oct 2024
Brian Stanley: How the Sinn Féin TD's resignation and the ensuing controversy have unfolded so far
15 Oct 2024
Commission of Investigation
Group of victims of Michael Shine call on other parties to make manifesto pledge on inquiry
SF yesterday said it would add a commitment to a Commission of Investigation in its manifesto, after Labour’s promise to do so last month.
16 Oct 2024
4.2k
Fallout
Brian Stanley accuses McDonald of 'abusing Dáil privilege' to 'shift focus' from Sinn Féin
16 Oct 2024
22.8k
Gaza
US warns Israel that it could withhold assistance if it continues to block aid to Palestinians
The US "made clear" to the Israeli government that there are changes that they need to make to increase aid deliveries from the current "very, very low levels”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of a "unilateral ceasefire" in Lebanon during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron.
15 Oct 2024
12.2k
Analysis
Political high drama grabs attention of Dáil, but child protection issues, not so much
15 Oct 2024
9.1k
Explainer
Under what circumstances can Irish soldiers in Lebanon use force to defend themselves?
We take a look at the rules governing how Irish soldiers use force while deployed on UN peacekeeping missions.
Niall O'Connor
15 Oct 2024
25.1k
Sinn Féin
Ex-SF senator Niall Ó Donnghaile named in Dáil as party member who resigned over texting controversy
Updated 15 Oct 2024
43.5k
As it happened
Pressure on McDonald amid accusations of misleading Oireachtas on former senator's departure
McDonald also said that a complaint against Brian Stanley relates to his personal behaviour, which left the complainant “traumatised and distressed”.
15 Oct 2024
30.1k
Sinn Féin
McDonald tells Dáil that complaint made against TD Brian Stanley is 'very serious'
Updated 15 Oct 2024
36.0k
RELATED
Brian Stanley: How the Sinn Féin TD's resignation and the ensuing controversy have unfolded so far
15 Oct 2024
Sinn Féiners 'pissed off' and 'frustrated' as they hurtle towards election in crisis mode
15 Oct 2024
Institutional Abuse
Institutions who alter or destroy survivor records could face criminal prosecution
15 Oct 2024
4.5k
occupied territories bill
Plan to progress Occupied Territories Bill could go to Cabinet as early as next week, says O'Gorman
15 Oct 2024
7.4k
102
Dublin City Council
Councillor says 'bring it on’ to objectors as DCC set to hold meeting on immigration misinformation
15 Oct 2024
13.5k
council of europe
Human rights commissioner 'alarmed' over number of asylum seekers sleeping rough in Ireland
Updated 15 Oct 2024
14.8k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Sinn Féiners ‘pissed off’, more Diddy accusations and Un Security Council concerns over Lebanon
Updated 15 Oct 2024
6.3k
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Analysis
Sinn Féiners 'pissed off' and 'frustrated' as they hurtle towards election in crisis mode
Other parties have dubbed it a Sinn Féin “implosion”.
Christina Finn
15 Oct 2024
46.4k
RELATED
Brian Stanley: How the Sinn Féin TD's resignation and the ensuing controversy have unfolded so far
15 Oct 2024
Sinn Féin says Stanley was advised to go to gardaí over complaint within party
14 Oct 2024
cash is king
Cash will have to be accepted by Govt bodies with new mandatory acceptance law on the way
15 Oct 2024
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