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Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Holly Cairns says government is trying to 'gut or shelve' the Occupied Territories bill
Taoiseach receives formal invitation from Donald Trump to visit the White House in March
Shannon Airport used for refuelling by US deportation flights carrying Palestinians to Israel
Garda Commissioner and Justice Minister push back on Taoiseach's call for review into garda trial
How a throwaway joke landed three Irish stars in Taylor Swift’s new music video
Irish Naval Service inshore patrol vessel suffers damage during high seas near Dublin
The Irish Defence Forces confirmed the incident and said it happened during Storm Chandra.
'Drier conditions' due over the weekend but flooding is not yet over, emergency group says
UK summer camp leader who abused young boys after lacing sweets labelled ‘monstrous paedophile’
Man arrested following daytime stabbing in Cork city centre
Rescue dog who was found in Tesco bag to represent Ireland at Crufts
The political culture war over cycling
President gets quizzed on world affairs by young activists on final day of visit to the North
Limerick man admits to beating woman and stabbing boyfriend after breaking in on Christmas Eve
Aire na ndea-scéalta, ionad óige €10m agus díolachán €1.2billiún comhlachtaí Gaeltachta i 2025
Keith Duffy says Boyzone wasn’t offered an Irish stadium for upcoming reunion
The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz
Dublin Central and Galway West voters get ready: The by-elections have been earmarked for 22 May
Shamrock Rovers' League of Ireland opener against Dundalk postponed following pitch inspection
EU tells TikTok it needs to change 'addictive' design or risk heavy fines
'He walked to town for dinner every day': Tributes paid as man who died in Dublin bus crash is named
The man, who was in his 80s, has been named as Frank Daly from East Wall.
'It was like it was put in a washing machine': Clontarf Baths battered by overnight flooding
Do you feel safe in your community? The government has asked for the public's views
More batches of Aptamil and Cow & Gate formula recalled due to potential presence of toxin
Minister says judicial reviews by residents have stalled progress on flood relief schemes
Further 22 sets of infant remains recovered from site of former Tuam mother and baby home
Did you watch the Ireland–France match?
Met Éireann rain alerts elapse but warning that 'full impacts' won't be known until later
DUP MP defends Connolly encounter and says 'Londonderry' should have been mentioned in speech
Michael Flatley's show went ahead after a long, bitter legal saga - here's what it was like
By hook and by crook, the show finally returned last night on the 3Arena stage.
What's stopping flood defences from being built?
I asked if I could write a review of The Muppet Show 50th Anniversary Special and they said yes
It’s not easy being greenlit.
Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land
Pádraic Fogarty
'It's honest work': Dubliners who collect bottles and cans on the streets share their stories
We sat down with four men who collect bottles and cans to raise money for food, Leap card top-ups, phone bills and more.
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Quiz: How well do you know these popular holiday destinations?
'We left ourselves too big a mountain to climb' - Ireland reflect on a tough night in Paris
Ireland fall well short in 36-14 Six Nations defeat to France
National Drugs Strategy is 'unbudgeted and speaks of services that don't exist', says Gannon