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Friday 3 May 2024 Dublin: 10°C
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Taoiseach Simon Harris

Friday 3 May

Today's Top Stories

Stormont Assembly

Taoiseach to meet Stormont executive on first official visit to Belfast today

Chris Webb, the victorious Labour candidate in Blackpool South, celebrates with his wife Portia and son Cillian.
Ballot blues

Rishi Sunak's Conservatives suffer huge losses in UK local elections and by-election

Johnny Logan performing at St Patrick's Day celebrations in Munich last year
familiar territory

Johnny Logan to return to Eurovision stage as interval act

Protest blocking access to Book of Kells in February
Student Protests

Trinity College hits students' union with €214k fine over protests blocking access to Book of Kells

Gardaí undergoing public order training with new shields and pepper spray.
Dublin

Gardaí preparing major security operation to prevent violence during Europa League Final

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