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Thursday 9 May 2024 Dublin: 17°C
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
Gardaí on the canal this morning.

Thursday 9 May

Today's Top Stories

cleared

Asylum seeker tents cleared from Grand Canal as Taoiseach says 'Team Ireland' response needed

alestinians are returning to their destroyed homes in Khan Younis after being displaced from Rafah
Gaza

Biden: 'If they go into Rafah, I'm not supplying the weapons'

Police outside Malmö Arena.
Eurovision

Large-scale protest planned in Malmö today to coincide with Israel's Eurovision appearance

Climate Change

Most Irish people underestimate the link between eating red meat and climate change - ESRI

bog standard

Nearly half of tested septic tanks failed inspections last year

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Diggers have cleared all the tents from the area.
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