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Politics

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Opinion
How we could abolish all welfare and introduce a basic income for everyone
Anne B Ryan
5 Dec 2015
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good hygiene
Tattoo and piercing guidelines to be introduced to prevent infection in parlours
5 Dec 2015
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45
Solutions
This is Sinn Féin's radical plan to solve the housing crisis
4 Dec 2015
23.5k
178
Sponsored
Check out all of the Samhain celebrations taking place across the country this month
DiscoverIreland.ie
Oct 12
Kilkenny
Blending harvest celebration with centuries-old local legends, Halloween in Kilkenny means food festivals, light shows, and storytelling.
Galway City
Galway City reclaims Samhain’s ancient Celtic origins with Gaillimh Ah-Boo, a vibrant, city-wide celebration of food, folklore, and feasting.
Meath & Louth
Explore the origins of Halloween through a five-week celebration rooted in the ancient stories of the Boyne Valley.
Longford & Westmeath
“Samhain: Fire, Folklore & Feasting” is a month-long celebration of ancient Celtic highways, where all routes lead to sacred and mythical locations.
Kerry
Samhain Chiarraí: A Kerry Halloween is a four-week celebration inspired by the Cailleach Chiarraí – the wise and wild winter goddess of local legend.
Fingal
The Festival of Fire & Light brings Halloween to life in North County Dublin with five weeks of immersive events rooted in local culture and heritage.
Limerick
Limerick’s Home of Halloween Festival 2025 will transform streets, towns, and villages into a six-week celebration of folklore, creativity, and community
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Britain
Police looking into threatening tweets sent to MPs over Syria air strikes
3 Dec 2015
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Not a bad thing
Alan Kelly doesn't care that he got totes emosh last night
3 Dec 2015
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Week's over
Watch TDs have a huge row about having nothing to talk about
3 Dec 2015
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90
State of the Nation
'Clearly there is a heightened risk of something going wrong'
3 Dec 2015
22.6k
american friends
Sinn Féin has made a lot of money from its American friends
3 Dec 2015
10.4k
95
Red C
After weeks of good news, a new poll makes grim reading for Fine Gael
3 Dec 2015
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barnstorming
Watch: The speech that has everybody talking and got MPs on their feet
3 Dec 2015
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Royal Air Force
British parliament votes to launch air strikes on Isis in Syria
2 Dec 2015
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218
Section 37
Dáil passes Bill to make it illegal to discriminate against LGBT teachers
2 Dec 2015
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mark chelgren
US politician has a plan for immigrant criminals who re-enter illegally: Execute them
2 Dec 2015
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Opinion
'Fine Gael and Labour are trying to sell the biggest fairytale of them all'
Billy Kelleher
2 Dec 2015
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wasn't me
Alan Kelly got totes emosh in Leinster House tonight
2 Dec 2015
19.2k
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NO NO NO
'We have said time and again that we're not going in with Sinn Féin'
2 Dec 2015
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Abortion
Senator regrets if people were offended by controversial abortion comments
2 Dec 2015
13.1k
90
Surplus to Requirements
Ireland was €343 million in the black at the end of last month
2 Dec 2015
19.0k
103
IN COURT
Former Fine Gael TD Sean Conlan charged over pub assault
2 Dec 2015
11.6k
State of the Nation
Time is running out and nobody wants to dance with each other
2 Dec 2015
14.2k
76
Powdered Milk
Kerrygold is opening up a new factory... in Nigeria
2 Dec 2015
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messy
Chaos turns to 'sham' for Fianna Fáil in Longford
2 Dec 2015
24.7k
29
Explainer
The case for war: Reasons for and against bombing Islamic State in Syria
2 Dec 2015
31.5k
137
stop the stigma
Irish dentists refusing to treat HIV positive patients 'adds to stigma'
2 Dec 2015
18.3k
175
Seanad
Paul Bradford: "There are no such babies as babies with fatal foetal abnormalities"
1 Dec 2015
43.2k
312
streets of dublin
The needles on the cobbles are nothing new - but the human excrement is shocking
1 Dec 2015
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Eamon Gilmore named one of the Leading Global Thinkers of 2015
1 Dec 2015
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Opinion
'This is the only government... Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin shouldn't even bother with manifestos'
Brendan Howlin
1 Dec 2015
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Tense
'A cute hoor form of politics': Enda and Micheál had some strong words in the Dáil earlier
1 Dec 2015
14.2k
56
on the streets
Enda Kenny says there's no reason why anyone should be sleeping rough this Christmas
1 Dec 2015
13.9k
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care to dance?
Sinn Féin now insists coalition with Fianna Fáil is 'extremely unlikely'
1 Dec 2015
13.9k
129
democratic swipe left
Joan Burton reckons the improving economy means people can go on dates again
1 Dec 2015
17.2k
108
Staying Put
Was this Sinn Féin TD about to jump ship?
1 Dec 2015
14.9k
29
Poll wallop
This man got more than he bargained for when he tried to question a Labour TD
1 Dec 2015
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State of the Nation
Today, people will march saying 'Housing is a Human Right'. But will anyone listen?
1 Dec 2015
10.0k
64
huge meeting
Trump wanted 100 black pastors to back him... But it didn't go to plan AT ALL
1 Dec 2015
22.4k
26
sight
Irish patients left waiting over a year for surgery to restore their eyesight
1 Dec 2015
8.8k
30
not sure
A surprising 22 per cent of people in Ireland DON'T agree climate change is man-made
30 Nov 2015
13.6k
193
wasn't me
Alan Kelly denies leaking internal Labour polling
30 Nov 2015
13.8k
51
high security
Riot police deployed as 150 world leaders gather for Paris climate change talks
30 Nov 2015
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