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Politics

Last week
7th September 2025 - 13th September 2025
Eurovision
Ireland will boycott Eurovision 2026 if Israel is allowed enter, RTÉ says
The move comes after the last two contests – in Malmö and Basel – were overshadowed by protests over Israel’s participation.
Updated 11 Sep
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PodcastThe Candidate
Micheál Martin's big presidential gamble
Six-time All-Ireland winning Dublin manager Jim Gavin has emerged victorious in the race to be Fianna Fáil’s candidate for the presidency. The question now is whether Micheál Martin’s vision is shared by the public and whether Gavin is the superstar signing the party leader clearly thinks he is.
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evacuation order
WHO vows to stay in Gaza City as Irish official condemns deliberate starvation
Updated 11 Sep
4.1k
KIDS
Covid-era blanket school closures harmed kids without any clear benefit - WHO's Mike Ryan
11 Sep
11.7k
House Of Representatives
US House session descends into shouting match after moment of silence for Charlie Kirk
11 Sep
29.2k
Green Party
Roderic O’Gorman says his home is ‘like a fortress’ after assault last year
11 Sep
13.7k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Charlie Kirk assassin at large, drinks industry cuts and a new Westlife stamp.
11 Sep
3.7k
maga
Who was Charlie Kirk, the commentator and Trump ally shot dead in Utah?
Updated 11 Sep
44.8k
Supreme Court
Ex-Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting coup after election defeat
Updated 11 Sep
6.3k
raise a glass
Irish drinks firms may axe ‘hundreds of thousands’ worth of investment in US over tariffs
Updated 11 Sep
32.3k
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road to the Áras
On the ballot? Independent candidates, including Maria Steen, to pitch to some TDs and senators
Maria Steen has a slim chance of making it on to the presidential ballot with an uphill battle to get 20 Oireachtas members on her side.
11 Sep
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streaming services
Fianna Fáil backbenchers revolt on ‘Netflix levy’ as minister ‘shocked’ by committee vote
Updated 10 Sep
67.4k
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three-horse race
Poll: Jim, Catherine or Heather? Who would you vote for?
10 Sep
64.3k
Power
Autumn surprise as Electric Ireland cuts gas prices and holds steady on electricity
10 Sep
10.0k
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War in Ukraine
Poland says Russian drones entering its airspace 'not accidental' as Moscow dismisses 'myths'
The government said the military recorded 19 drone incursions, three of which were shot down by Polish and NATO forces.
Moscow has accused Poland of spreading "myths" to escalate the Ukraine war.
Ursula von der Leyen described it as an "unprecedented violation" of European airspace.
Updated 10 Sep
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RELATED
Drone warfare: How NATO allies engaged Russian threats over Poland for the first time
10 Sep
Moves for stronger sanctions on Russia as 'savage' attack on Ukraine kills 24 people
9 Sep
Reaction
From promising to 'pathetic': What Irish MEPs made of Von der Leyen's more strident stance on Gaza
Mairead Maguire
Reports from Strasbourg
10 Sep
21.3k
40
Sheridan and Steen
Strict rules mean only two presidential hopefuls will get to speak to Fingal councillors
10 Sep
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peter mandelson
UK ambassador to US says 2003 birthday message to 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein is 'very embarrassing'
10 Sep
17.8k
The Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell says Israel's Doha strike like UK 'wiping out' Adams and McGuinness before GFA
10 Sep
13.2k
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State of the Union
Von der Leyen warns Israel famine cannot be 'weapon of war' in major EU speech
The President of the European Commission stopped short of calling Israel’s assaults on Gaza genocide in what has been her strongest statements so far on the issue.
Mairead Maguire
Reports from Strasbourg
Updated 10 Sep
15.3k
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Russia violates Polish airspace, no rise in pension and welfare expected in budget and child obesity on the rise.
Updated 10 Sep
3.7k
Georgia
South Korea sends chartered plane to fetch workers who were detained in immigration raid in US
10 Sep
10.3k
The Morning Lead
Budget talks: Pension and other social welfare payments not expected to rise as much as last year
Last year the pension rose by €12 per week, but sources indicate a €10 rise is more realistic now.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are set to clash on whether the dole should rise as much as other welfare payments.
Christina Finn
10 Sep
75.8k
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aras race
FF councillors requested to back Jim Gavin's campaign but no party whip will apply
9 Sep
8.0k
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judgement day
US Supreme Court to decide fate of Trump's tariffs in November
9 Sep
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RELATED
Marion McKeone: All the experts say Trump's tariffs are unlawful. Will the Supreme Court agree?
7 Sep
Trump threatens EU with more tariffs unless it reverses court decision against Google
5 Sep
US court rules most of Trump's tariffs illegal
30 Aug
Done deal: US agrees to 15% cap on tariffs for pharma imports from the EU
21 Aug
European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen prepares for State of the Union speech, as MEPs say she's 'losing the room'
Pressure is mounting and divisions deepening over Gaza, tariffs and trade as the President of the European Commission makes her set-piece address.
Mairead Maguire
Reports from Strasbourg
9 Sep
7.3k
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Analysis
High stakes game for Micheál Martin's leadership if Jim Gavin flops in presidential race
The Taoiseach has played down the significance of Billy Kelleher receiving 40% of the secret ballot vote.
9 Sep
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RELATED
Jim Gavin has been speaking to reporters after being selected as Fianna Fáil's Áras candidate
9 Sep
Tensions within Fianna Fáil ahead of secret ballot to choose presidential candidate
9 Sep
Fianna Fáil councillor says party’s presidential nomination process is ‘simply not fair’
9 Sep
Plus ça change
Macron names Sébastien Lecornu as France's fourth prime minister in a year
9 Sep
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RELATED
French government collapses as parliament ousts second PM in nine months
8 Sep
New French government announced... for the fourth time this year
23 Dec 2024
Centrist Francois Bayrou named as new French prime minister
13 Dec 2024
Galway
Former Fianna Fáil TD pleads guilty to driving under influence of cocaine
9 Sep
26.8k
budget 2026
Harris says he's a 'signed-up believer' to introducing a second tier of child benefit
9 Sep
52.0k
74
Housing Crisis
Harris and Donohoe appear at odds ahead of Budget on Celtic Tiger-style tax breaks for developers
9 Sep
7.7k
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housing for all
'Radical shift' needed in government’s delayed housing plan amid record homelessness, Focus says
9 Sep
2.9k
planning objections
It could soon be more difficult to take a judicial review as new law to refocus on ‘common good’
9 Sep
8.2k
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the letter
What we know about Donald Trump’s alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein
9 Sep
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Breaking his silence
Jim Gavin has been speaking to reporters after being selected as Fianna Fáil's Áras candidate
The former Dublin manager descibed himself as a centrist, and said he voted Yes to repeal and marriage equality referendums.
Jane Matthews
9 Sep
45.5k
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Billy or Jim
Tensions within Fianna Fáil ahead of secret ballot to choose presidential candidate
Jane Matthews
Updated 9 Sep
14.6k
74
RELATED
Fianna Fáil councillor says party’s presidential nomination process is ‘simply not fair’
9 Sep
Threats
Harris says family facing 'very difficult period' after 'vile' threats
9 Sep
9.1k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Fianna Fáil vote on Áras candidate, warnings over Budget spending and Trump letter to Epstein released
Updated 9 Sep
4.5k
aras
Fianna Fáil councillor says party’s presidential nomination process is ‘simply not fair’
9 Sep
24.7k
79
rein it in
State spending watchdog warns government's budget plans are too flaithiúlach by far
9 Sep
11.5k
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