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# the morning lead

Last year
2023
'Like opening an oven': Irish people in European heatwave recount 'unrelenting' heat
Hundreds of acres of vital urban nature lost to astroturf in Dublin
Dee Forbes and Breda O'Keeffe among RTÉ execs who asked government for funds more than 50 times
Ireland at risk of breaking carbon budget limit as emissions fell only 2% last year
Number of computers sent to Rehab Recycle resold instead of destroyed
'The system is broken': Carlow toddler with scoliosis without therapy due to staffing crisis
Minister seeks broader scope for probe into RTÉ as Cabinet discusses terms of reference
Why climate change is fast becoming the single biggest threat to global security
Transparency concerns as no hearings held at nature sites Appeals Board in almost two years
Tolls to increase across the country as TII insists rises are necessary to improve road network
Plans at an advanced stage to issue armed gardaí with more modern taser weapons
RTÉ's regional reporting teams hollowed out at same time as secret payments, journalists claim
Rising ocean temperatures spell 'real threat' to fish species in Irish waters
Inside RTÉ: Pay, roster and contract issues constant for lower paid staff
Figures show rise in breaches of domestic violence court orders
Majority of expert group call to replace Special Criminal Court with a new, non-jury court
'Fortress Europe': NGOs and MEPs critical of EU following migrant Mediterranean tragedy
Siptu to begin 'intensive' engagement with Tara Mines management over lay-offs of 650 workers
Nurses recruited to Ireland who fail €2,800 test left with debt and no work
Europol: Rise in arrests of dissident republicans and right-wing terror suspects in Ireland
Documents reveal divisions between Dept and military on how to handle abuse claims
'Staff have been attacked, spat at': Dublin city businesses on impact of anti-social behaviour
Countdown starts on EU election as MEPs race to finish new laws
Department of Agriculture pressured EPA not to release list of farms pumping from rivers
Missing Mails: Wiping of ministers’ texts and emails to be addressed with new policies
Ireland among EU countries with the biggest increase in young adults living with their parents
Remaining Tathony House residents to stay put pending RTB ruling on mass eviction
Free speech fears and far-right conspiracies: the culture war over Ireland's hate speech bill
Inside the military and diplomatic mission to evacuate Irish citizens from Sudan
Mountjoy's female prisoners without specialised rape counselling since last August
No funding being provided this year for development of more HSE eating disorder services
FactFind: What is the relationship between social inequality, drug use and drug-related harms?
FG ministers got hundreds of emails about evictions - but just 22 about gender and trans issues
Green MEPs 'very' concerned by opposition to plan for restoring nature and rewetting Irish bogs
'Not going back to hostels': The Dublin tenants resisting eviction on Harrington Street
'This isn't about bin collections': Weary Northern Ireland to vote in decisive election
Restorative justice referrals decreased last year despite Government promise to build capacity
'They sent me an image of my photoshopped face on a pile of people being burnt'
Holly Cairns says she'll talk to all parties after next election but 'change' is in the air
Irish Lotto's new 'schedule play' feature described as 'concerning' by problem gambling experts