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Politics

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2024
Bumper budget package of €8.3bn to be made available, with health service to get additional €1.5bn
Warnings have been issued to government about the serious consequences of spending too much public money.
'Lessons to be learned from France': PBP renews calls for left alliance ahead of general election
Motion on removing prayers and crucifix from Council meetings ‘referred to committee without debate’
UN 'appalled' by Israel's evacuation orders in Gaza as thousands of civilians flee
Hamas has warned that an escalation on the ground could threaten truce talks, with mediators Egypt and Qatar due to host new meetings this week.
Criminal barristers withdrawing services today in pay dispute, with further action planned
Starmer heading to Nato summit in Washington as Biden seeks to prove he is fit for re-election
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
Ossian Smyth pulls out of race to be Green Party deputy leader, saying it should be a woman
UL professor and The Currency writer Stephen Kinsella set to become economics adviser to Taoiseach
Biden tells Democrats to back his candidacy or challenge him at party's convention next month
Minister has no current plans to discuss Grand Canal fencing with Waterways Ireland
No Cabinet reshuffle on the cards under new Green leader, with Ryan and Martin to keep ministries
Cork councillor to table motion on removing prayers and crucifix from Council meetings
Keir Starmer 'committed to Good Friday Agreement' over possibility of Irish unity referendum
Roderic O'Gorman has been elected as new leader of the Green Party, replacing Eamon Ryan
Left alliance defeats Macronists and French far-right but uncertainty over what happens next
New Green Party leader to be announced today
Cost of overpayments to asylum seekers since 2018 is less than €6,000
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Projection: Left alliance set to defeat far-right in French parliamentary elections
Today’s second round of voting saw another large turnout.
Hilary Benn: Casement Park will be built 'one way or another'
Far-right bids for power in France as voting underway in second round of elections
'Step-by-step': Taoiseach says Govt won't immediately drop case against UK over Troubles Legacy Act
Sitdown Sunday: Why Robert F Kennedy Jr's family don't want him to be US president
Latest poll suggests Sinn Féin has dropped to third most popular party among voters
Accusations of 'shag all' being done about 100 unauthorised developments on the Shannon
France braces for crunch election as overseas territories begin casting ballots
Keir Starmer to visit Northern Ireland as he holds first cabinet meeting as UK prime minister
Biden says only 'Lord Almighty' could convince him to drop out of race for White House
Plans to utilise Ireland's canals for residential use could take seven years
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s run-off presidential election
What will a Keir Starmer premiership mean for Ireland?
Starmer has made campaign promises in some policy areas that would affect Anglo-Irish relations.
Harris and Starmer agree 'closer relationship' between Dublin and London 'needed' in first call
The newly-appointed Prime Minister invited the Taoiseach to visit him on 17 July.
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Scottish National Party upended and independence movement at an end following Labour sweep
Ministerial appointments made in new Labour cabinet as MPs arrive at No. 10
Binface, Beany and Elmo: How did the quirky election candidates fare?
Who is Hilary Benn, the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland?