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Politics

This month
January 2025
'Acorn' savings, infrastructure and cannabis - party leaders meeting daily to bash out compromises
Lebanon army chief Joseph Aoun becomes president after two-year vacuum
Venezuelan opposition leader arrested after protest ahead of Maduro inauguration
Gardaí send file on Moriarty Tribunal to Director of Public Prosecutions
'Unfair' to claim new government won't implement changes to abortion law, Harris and Martin say
All five living US presidents gather for Jimmy Carter's state funeral in Washington
Alliance MP says she received rape threat during school visit she led at Stormont
New York’s highest appeals court declines to block Trump’s sentencing in hush money case
UK rail union chief Mick Lynch, who sparred with Piers Morgan and Richard Madeley, announces retirement
Kremlin says it's watching Trump's pursuit of Greenland 'very closely'
Tánaiste says Michael Lowry will not hold a ministerial office
Split views over whether to move 'hugely important' Energy brief to Dept of Enterprise
Meanwhile Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look likely to swap the Health and Justice ministries.
Biden says he could have defeated Trump but admits he may have been too old for another term
Are the Healy-Raes credible partners for government formation? Micheál Martin says they are
Micheál Martin says he has had substantive talks with Michael and Danny Healy Rae.
Ireland has now officially intervened in South Africa's case against Israel in The Hague
SocDems say only 'small tweaks' are on the table in Government talks as they weigh withdrawing
Mary Lou McDonald pays tribute to republican ‘patriot’ Ted Howell during funeral service
France remembers victims of Charlie Hebdo attacks 10 years on
Online applications for wheelchair-accessible taxi grant closes ‘after just 15 minutes’
Independent Dublin baristas may get leg up as councillors call out dominance of coffee chains
Simon Harris says calling Trump an ‘awful gowl’ was lighthearted
Getting a government up and running by 22 January increasingly viewed as unrealistic
Taoiseach Simon Harris says a government should be in place by the end of the month.
Open Thread: Who do you want to see running for President this year?
Bank of Ireland to cut interest rates on 12 and 18-month fixed term deposits
Canada's Justin Trudeau to resign as Prime Minister after almost a decade in power
US Congress certifies Trump's election victory, four years after Capitol riots
Government formation talks resume after break with aim for draft programme to be ready next week
South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon arrest as deadline looms
Washington Post cartoonist quits after sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump rejected
Austria's chancellor to step down in 'coming days' after coalition talks break down
Biden administration announces $8 billion arms sale to Israel
US prepares for the funeral of former president Jimmy Carter, who died aged 100
Gaza civil defence says 19 killed, including eight children, in Israeli strikes
Government formation talks to be picked back up on Monday after Christmas holidays
South Korea in political crisis after president resists arrest
Judge sets date for Donald Trump's sentencing in hush money case, but signals no jail time
Trump-backed Mike Johnson re-elected US House speaker in close vote
Debunked: Tommy Robinson was jailed for lying, not ‘for telling the truth’ as Elon Musk claims