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Politics

Last month
February 2026
north kerry camhs scandal
Solicitor representing children included in North Kerry Camhs review calls for redress scheme
Updated 18 Feb
16.2k
40
Computer Says No
Why is Ireland restricting social media for under-16s? And has it worked in Australia?
18 Feb
11.5k
21
SHORT-TERM LET RULES
Booking.com says short-term lets will need up to a year to become planning compliant
18 Feb
7.7k
8
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Vulture funds
Children expect to get inheritance, but family home could go to a vulture fund, committee hears
18 Feb
102k
39
Ouch
The going rate for a home in Dublin is now half a million euro
Updated 18 Feb
17.2k
90
GET THAT BREAD
Flour power: The government is offering €5m to millers who'll build a new flour mill
18 Feb
11.0k
39
strong stomach
At least a third of hot school meals don't meet basic nutritional standards, Minister says
18 Feb
9.4k
31
next steps
Taoiseach says government will engage with schools and NCSE following pause in review
18 Feb
3.1k
13
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Rain again, SNA backlash and government moves ahead with social media ban for teenagers.
Updated 18 Feb
3.4k
Research
‘Welfare cheats’ campaign weakened belief in social benefits, says ESRI
18 Feb
14.4k
46
join the club
Enlargement of the EU will offer Ireland greater security, Minister says ahead of presidency
Updated 18 Feb
8.9k
56
The Morning Lead
Special Needs Assistants u-turn the talk of the Dáil amid backlash from government's own TDs
TDs from opposition and government parties say they were receiving worried calls from local schools.
One minister told The Journal that their phone was hopping on Monday night with messages from concerned parents and schools.
Concerns were raised over the review at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting last night.
Christina Finn
18 Feb
15.0k
48
Poll
Poll: How much do you save each month?
17 Feb
29.6k
45
John Moran
Limerick's directly elected mayor says councillors doing 'all they can' to make job 'unbearable'
Updated 17 Feb
27.8k
52
Russian Shadow fleet
Russian ambassador says Helen McEntee is 'threatening' Russian ships with 'act of piracy'
17 Feb
14.2k
75
Dublin Airport
Minister responds to airline heavy-hitters' warning that Trump might raise passenger cap with Taoiseach
17 Feb
10.0k
17
tar tar tar
As roads funding boost announced, minister says a lot more money is being spent on public transport
17 Feb
7.6k
52
Donegal Cancer Flights
Health Minister says she wants cancer patients to be able to receive treatment in Donegal
17 Feb
9.6k
43
Grace Lynch
Grace's Law: Transport Minister says scrambler ban could be introduced next month
17 Feb
3.5k
FAI
Minister 'doesn't blame' Israeli players for their government and wants Uefa game to go ahead
17 Feb
7.9k
95
Galway
Galway man jailed for four months for online threats to kill Simon Harris and harm his family
17 Feb
23.3k
SHEIN
EU Commission opens investigation into Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls
17 Feb
4.8k
Education
Government pauses controversial review of Special Needs Assistants after major backlash
17 Feb
24.0k
66
Michael Collins
TD says you would need a 'very strong stomach' to eat 'gunk' Hot School Meals
17 Feb
40.7k
66
RIP
Tributes flood in for US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who has died aged 84
Updated 17 Feb
19.5k
30
Education
Over 40,000 people sign petition as hundreds of schools to lose Special Needs Assistant roles
17 Feb
9.3k
33
Texas
Lawyers for Seamus Culleton say they've won a temporary halt to his deportation from the US
17 Feb
29.6k
Republic Of Ireland
Uefa confirms no approval for games to be played in Israel, reiterates rules on refusal to play
The 42
17 Feb
8.4k
36
CRITICAL CARE UNIT
'This is a fiasco': Group who objected to Rotunda plans will not challenge any judicial review
17 Feb
23.0k
32
Peace Talks
Russian negotiators arrive in Geneva for talks to end the war in Ukraine
17 Feb
3.8k
64
jeffrey epstein
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of 'cover-up' over Epstein files
17 Feb
17.9k
91
Education
Hundreds of SNA posts at risk as schools told of cuts from September
Updated 16 Feb
28.7k
56
Plan for savings scheme to be approved 'in the first half of this year', Simon Harris says
16 Feb
34.7k
57
Gaza
The EU will take part in Trump's Board of Peace meeting but is 'not becoming a member'
16 Feb
10.8k
55
skipping it
Mary Lou McDonald to boycott St Patrick’s Day events in the White House for a second year
16 Feb
9.6k
113
Hungary
Marco Rubio visits Viktor Orban as Hungarian leader trails in polls ahead of election
16 Feb
10.9k
86
Healthcare
Number of patients on trolleys over St Brigid’s bank holiday weekend down 25%
16 Feb
3.5k
13
The Morning Lead
'Deeply disappointing': HSE to close Baggot Street Hospital sale shortly
A ‘best bids’ process was used by the HSE, with reports that a hotelier has bought the property.
Christina Finn
16 Feb
38.3k
38
Keeping up with the Steens
Maria Steen is still being asked about her handbag
15 Feb
36.9k
81
Gaza
Trump says Board of Peace will unveil $5 billion in Gaza reconstruction pledges
15 Feb
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76
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