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Politics

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June 2025

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Housing minister invites construction firms to express interest in building apartments

Updated 11 Jun

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Department of Foreign Affairs

'No plans' from Trump administration to send undocumented Irish to Guantanamo Bay

11 Jun

7.5k

Paul Gogarty

Fines, curfews and seizing Playstations: TD seeks clamp on antisocial activity by 'youth gangs'

11 Jun

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53

Riots

I went to talk to people in Ballymena, and was told to make myself 'scarce' or there'd be trouble

Some local people were reluctant to speak to The Journal, stating that they only speak to GB News.

Diarmuid Pepper

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11 Jun

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Waiting Lists

NTPF funding to another public hospital suspended over 'potential financial irregularities'

11 Jun

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Belfast

UK government pledges £50 million for Casement Park redevelopment but funding shortfall remains

Updated 11 Jun

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53

Up In The Air

Drones in Dublin 'delivering burgers and lattes for profit', as Dáil hears of 'dystopian future'

11 Jun

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35

Housing

Taoiseach accused of making 'sacrificial lambs' of renters with new regulations

11 Jun

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16

The Morning Lead

'It's not a binary choice': Housing vs data centres claim by top civil servant rubbished by minister

Energy Minister Darragh O’Brien says attracting data centre investment is government policy.

Electricity consumption by data centres increased by 10% in 2024.

Christina Finn

Updated 11 Jun

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Los Angeles

California governor accuses Trump of tyranny as mass arrests underway in under-curfew LA

11 Jun

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Ukraine

Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees to be extended to March 2027

11 Jun

18.2k

Dáil

'Recipe for rocketing rents': TDs denounce government's new rent controls in Dáil

Updated 10 Jun

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News Fix

Here's what happened today: Tuesday

10 Jun

7.8k

administrative error

Government ministers may owe money to the State following incorrect pension deductions

Up to 13,000 ex-state workers’ pension deductions will be examined to determine the scale of the issue.

10 Jun

7.4k

16

new rent rules

Landlords to be allowed reset rents every six years for new tenancies signed next year

10 Jun

37.6k

15

Housing minister

Developers behind almost 500 delayed social homes calls for 'urgent' meeting with Government

10 Jun

12.6k

5

rent pressure zones

'Major reforms' for the rental sector finally revealed - here's what you need to know

New build apartments to be exempt from the 2% rent increase cap.

Updated 10 Jun

24.6k

76

War in Ukraine

Two killed after Russian strikes on Kyiv and Odesa, hitting maternity hospital, Ukraine says

Updated 10 Jun

3.4k

Commission of Inquiry

Israel committing war crimes by attacking Gaza schools and religious sites, UN experts say

10 Jun

2.9k

madeleine johansson

Socialist Red Network group quits People Before Profit over party's 'perfomative politics'

10 Jun

18.3k

92

California

Trump orders 700 US Marines and more National Guard troops to Los Angeles as unrest continues

10 Jun

9.5k

rent pressure zones

New rental regulations will allow landlords increase rents if previous tenant leaves voluntarily

Updated 10 Jun

35.7k

83

Cabinet Meeting

Ireland seeking that EU avoid implementing counter tariffs on the US, cabinet to hear

10 Jun

5.4k

16

homes delayed

Dublin councillors debate 'shocking' decision to pull plug on almost 250 social homes in city

9 Jun

25.3k

12

Dáil Éireann

Opposition calls for ‘vote of conscience’ on Israeli 'war bonds' ahead of cross-party motion

9 Jun

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Rafah crossing

Dozens of Irish people among group set to march from Cairo to Gaza amid aid blockade

9 Jun

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Evening Wrap

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9 Jun

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Housing Crisis

Explainer: Why does the Government want to overhaul Rent Pressure Zones?

9 Jun

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48

Explainer

What's happening in LA, where Trump has deployed the National Guard?

9 Jun

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Miguel Uribe

Colombian presidential contender in 'grave' condition after assassination attempt

Updated 8 Jun

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rent pressure zones

Plans to tie rents for new build apartments to inflation rate being brought to Cabinet

Under the proposal, the 2% rent cap will not apply to apartments built after a certain date.

It is understood that landlords will be allowed to reset rent between tenancies.

Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin described the plan as "utter madness" and said it will introduce a four-tier rental market.

Updated 8 Jun

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73

Los Angeles

National Guard troops begin arriving in Los Angeles after Trump order to quell protests

Updated 8 Jun

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UN Ocean Conference

Taoiseach among world leaders attending United Nations ocean summit in Nice

8 Jun

6.8k

42

big beautiful bust-up

Elon Musk will face 'serious consequences' if he funds Democratic rivals, Trump warns

8 Jun

35.9k

86

The Morning Lead

Big shift in favour of dairy farming among scenarios proposed in government's land reforms

The draft recommendations have caused anger among environmentalists and some farmers.

Eoghan Dalton

8 Jun

20.9k

45

Freedom Flotilla Coalition

Activist aid ship Madleen reaches Egyptian coast as it heads for Gaza

Updated 7 Jun

14.5k

James Browne

Housing Minister pulls plug on almost 500 social homes across six sites over rising costs

Eoghan Dalton

Updated 7 Jun

106k

149

Equality in Education

Protest held in Dublin over lack of additional needs education provision

7 Jun

8.1k

57

Gaza

Israeli forces kill at least 36 Palestinians, says Gaza civil defence agency

A spokesperson said six people were shot dead near a US-backed aid distribution centre.

The body of Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta was recovered from the Rafah area of Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes Hamas.

7 Jun

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