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The Morning Lead

Irish sovereign wealth fund stops investing in two more companies linked to Israeli settlements

The government saw its shareholdings in four other companies increase from €2.1m to €5.3m in 2024.

The companies are listed on a UN report of businesses that enable the existence of illegal settlements on Palestinian land.

Finance Minister revealed this week that the fund divested €3.6 million worth of Israeli bonds in recent weeks.

Stephen McDermott

18 Jul

11.8k

Full Steam Ahead

A direct train from London to Berlin is in the works under new UK-Germany deal

17 Jul

11.7k

FactCheck

FactFind: What do we know about Catherine Connolly's visit to Syria in 2018?

Connolly says she did not “utter one word of support for Assad.”

17 Jul

15.7k

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UK Labour

Cork native Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff, highest paid UK Government special adviser

17 Jul

15.0k

Suspension

MP Diane Abbott suspended from Labour Party for second time over comments about racism

Updated 17 Jul

15.9k

RTÉ Investigations

'Truly shocking and should never have happened': Hiqa chief on RTÉ nursing home doc

17 Jul

9.6k

17m

Data Breach

British special forces and MI6 spies among more than 100 Britons included in Afghan data leak

17 Jul

10.4k

SupervalWHO

Simon Harris was having the time of his life today with Pearse Doherty's SuperValu mistake

17 Jul

63.4k

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RIP

Connie Francis, pop star who dominated the charts in late '50s and early '60s, dies aged 87

17 Jul

10.8k

last day of term

Coalition accused of being 'epic wasters' in testy final Dáil sitting

17 Jul

10.0k

red eye

Dublin Airport wins battle against overnight restrictions, paving the way for more late flights

More flights will be allowed between midnight and 6am from the airport’s second runway.

Updated 17 Jul

27.6k

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The Kids Are Alright

Voting age in UK to be lowered to 16 by next general election

17 Jul

5.6k

Power problems

New housing in parts of Dublin may be hit by power grid constraints, warns ESB

17 Jul

10.3k

Promises promises promises

What's happened to the pre-election promise to abolish means testing of the Carer's Allowance?

17 Jul

9.1k

budget 2026

Donohoe asserts Government was 'honest' about future of cost-of-living supports during election

17 Jul

9.0k

Trade

Trump says EU-US tariff deal 'possible', but he's 'indifferent to it'

17 Jul

20.2k

jeffrey epstein

Trump blasts 'stupid' supporters as they question him over handling of Epstein case

16 Jul

22.0k

dobropillia

Two killed and 27 wounded after Russia drops 500kg bomb on Ukrainian frontline town

16 Jul

9.2k

presidential poll

If McGuinness and Connolly were the only candidates on the ticket, who would you vote for?

16 Jul

60.2k

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CAP Reform

EU unveils €2 trillion budget but Irish farmers say cuts to support payments are ‘hammer blow’

16 Jul

9.7k

salary and syria

Catherine Connolly, presidential hopeful, has given her first press conference — here's what she said

16 Jul

16.8k

Mike Huckabee

'Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness?': US ambassador to Israel slams Occupied Territories Bill

Updated 16 Jul

43.8k

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return to sender

War of words breaks out on the airwaves between An Post boss and a minister — what's going on?

16 Jul

17.0k

Immigration

Minister claims legal case could see asylum seekers entitled to damages, but not other homeless people

16 Jul

19.0k

Back to school costs

Taoiseach grilled in Dáil on back to school cost crunch

16 Jul

6.6k

Leaders' Questions

Taoiseach says €3.6 million investment in Israel is 'not going to fund any war'

16 Jul

9.2k

Syria

Israel strikes Syrian army headquarters in Damascus and moves troops from Gaza to northern border

16 Jul

6.1k

CSO

Property prices increased by close to 8% in 12 months to May

16 Jul

7.6k

Race Is On

Galway independent TD Catherine Connolly confirms she has 20 nominations to run for the Áras

Connolly is the second official candidate in the race for the Áras alongside Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness.

16 Jul

27.9k

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Hoax ads plague social media, Ireland’s oldest person dies and how much will tiny flats save?

Updated 16 Jul

5.1k

maga split

The US House Speaker - a top Trump ally - adds his voice to calls for release of Epstein files

16 Jul

14.3k

enticing developers

Here's how much the government says tiny apartments will shave off the cost of construction

Some of the biggest savings for each individual apartment are found by cutting down on floor space.

Eoghan Dalton and Christina Finn

Updated 16 Jul

26.5k

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health labelling

Planned health warning labels on alcohol bottles to be deferred until 2029

15 Jul

10.4k

Palestine

West Bank seeing largest displacement of Palestinians since 1967, UN says

15 Jul

5.8k

Whoopsie

Sinn Féin's mix up over who owns Supervalu put down to 'human error'

15 Jul

61.0k

High Court

Seanad candidate tells High Court she had ‘expectation’ of full recount of vote over 'fine' margin

15 Jul

10.9k

Palestine

Fine Gael TD criticises Alan Shatter for comparing Occupied Territories Bill to Father Ted sketch

Updated 15 Jul

42.9k

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Case of Irish tourist detained in US after outstaying visa by three days 'disgraceful'

15 Jul

22.5k