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October 2026
Inside the Occupied West Bank
Palestinian farmers risking their lives to access farmland amid deadly attacks
In Sinjil and Deir Jarir, villagers are headed for a fraught harvest season as a new wave of settler outposts surrounds them.
public pay dispute
Chambers 'hopeful' for progress with public sector unions as potential second strike looms
Courts
Widespread criticism after woman cross-examined by man alleged to have threatened to kill her
walk free fashion baby
Not gonna reach his telephone: Lady Gaga fan account owner released from Belarus jail
The Candidate
The politest strike that has nobody losing face...yet
The public sector strike that saw 300,000 workers on the picket lines is the dominant political story of the week, but as yet nobody is getting pilloried over it. The unions say the government could have avoided the whole mess four months ago, but the government keeps saying it’s ready to do a deal once everyone talks.
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victim impact
'My childhood was stolen': Jeffrey Donaldson's victims say nothing can undo the damage he's done
right to be forgotten
Cancer survivors now have 'right to be forgotten' when seeking mortgage protection insurance
Public Accounts Committee
Uisce Éireann spend average of €4k on media training before every Oireachtas committee appearance
Must ReadThe Morning Lead
Stress, anxiety and life being put on hold: Readers on the incoming citizenship reforms
In September, the government announced the biggest shake up to citizenship rules in decades.
Must ReadInside the Occupied West Bank
‘People like you are why I carry a gun’: Life under threat of settler violence in Masafer Yatta
Palestinian villagers in the South Hebron Hills say violence has worsened since their community was put under a global spotlight through the documentary ‘No Other Land’.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Family of man killed in wildlife park criticise Trump AI video of the president wrestling a tiger
Antonia Edgeworth
'A heart of gold': Tributes paid to former council worker found dead on Dublin street
Must Readstriking out
'In France, it's not like this': We went around Dublin to ask what tourists made of the strikes
Analysisso it's come to this
How did we get here? 500 words on the disputes that led to Ireland's biggest strike in a generation
stand off
Here's what industrial relations veteran Kieran Mulvey says might happen next to end strikes
AnalysisConsumer Issues
After a lot of spin, just one in four childcare services will have to cut fees under new 'caps'
FactCheckPublic sector strike
FactCheck: Have recent public sector pay increases outstripped the spiralling cost of living?
Explainer
The largest strike in 17 years is happening on Wednesday. Here's everything you need to know
Which services will be impacted, which won’t and why is the action happening in the first place?
Must ReadInside the West Bank
The battle for Silwan: Palestinian families face demolition and eviction in Jerusalem
In Silwan, a Palestinian neighbourhood in Israeli-controlled East Jerusalem, residents face mounting pressure as municipal authorities ramp up home demolitions and settler organisations pursue evictions.
White House
Trump's new Press Secretary took three questions and dropped a bombshell during White House debut
look who's back
Phil Hogan says he will spend 'significant six-figure sum' in bid for top UN job
Hogan also said he wasn’t going to get into “revisionism” about his breaching of Covid guidelines six years ago.
drawing a blank
Four of five applicants for Basic Income for the Arts scheme were rejected, figures show
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