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Frontline
Peacekeepers
Bombs and board games: Irish troops speak of their experiences of coming under fire in Lebanon
The Journal has travelled to Lebanon this week to meet up with Irish soldiers who have found themselves at the centre of a war between Hezbollah and Israel.
Niall O'Connor
Reporting from Lebanon
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jail house fire fight
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dublin riots
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here we go
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Frontline
Father to leave family in Limerick to fight in war in native Ukraine
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Pressure
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Frontline
HSE staff who worked during pandemic should get bonus, Donnelly says
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Frontline
Hospital numbers still a 'concern' as 360 patients with Covid-19 reported in latest figures
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Frontline
Frontline healthcare workers should get pandemic compensation, INMO tells Oireachtas committee
Updated
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Frontline
Stephen Donnelly to ask for fast-tracking of citizenship for immigrant healthcare workers
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Frontline
Healthcare workers still in need of first vaccine dose to remain waiting until February
23 Jan 2021
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covid jab
HSE confirms prison nurses will be vaccinated as frontline healthcare workers - but timeline remains unclear
16 Jan 2021
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Frontline
Some Tipperary hospital staff to get vaccines after video message sent to Taoiseach
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15 Jan 2021
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Frontline
50 nurses in each of the last two weeks have contracted Covid-19 - INMO
21 Oct 2020
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warriors
From 24-hour shifts and the Covid frontline to the middle of the inter-county GAA action
16 Oct 2020
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Frontline
ICU and international rugby behind Galvin, but renewed freedom to cross codes ahead
4 Oct 2020
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Coronavirus
'Something is going wrong on the frontlines': Union demands urgent inquiry into healthcare worker infection rates
30 May 2020
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Coronavirus
'Cocooning by voluntary informed consent or enforced expectation? Time to rethink our treatment of over 70s'
Professor Rónán Collins
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on the frontline
'Everyone is very much involved in this' - The Dublin All-Star doctor on duty in Temple Street Hospital
25 Apr 2020
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Frontline
Five healthcare workers have died of coronavirus, says Department of Health
24 Apr 2020
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Frontline
Private consultants concerned about 'ethical dilemma' caused by temporary HSE contracts
6 Apr 2020
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frontline lifeline
Daft.ie is helping provide free accommodation for doctors and nurses battling the Covid-19 pandemic
1 Apr 2020
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masks gowns gloves
Frontline hospital staff make urgent appeal asking for donations of personal protective equipment
25 Mar 2020
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Frontline
Three west Dublin garda stations regularly share one patrol car as gang feud continues
20 May 2019
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Frontline
Highest number of human rights activists on record killed in 2018
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Frontline
Dublin Fire Brigade paramedic injured by slingshot projectile
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crime wave
Meet the former drug dealer on the frontline of the battle against London knife crime
14 Apr 2018
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Frontline
'It's Killinaskully policing': Rural gardaí say they've been left decimated by cuts
9 Aug 2017
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surreal
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Prime Time
Move over Pat... Claire Byrne is getting her own show on RTÉ One
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homeless ireland
On the Frontline: Meet the people who help the homeless
30 Sep 2014
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homeless ireland
Homeless offenders: 'Yes, there are bad choices - but a lot have been victimised'
30 Sep 2014
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homeless ireland
No Shelter: Our homelessness crisis is at boiling point - we want Ireland to talk about it
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on the frontline
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Frontline
On-duty ambulance crew members assaulted on Dublin street
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Pay Cuts
Frontline workers ramp up campaign against Croke Park 2
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Read Me
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12 Jan 2013
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Frontline
Seán Gallagher issues legal proceedings against RTÉ over Frontline debate
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RTÉ
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The Daily Poll
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