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Tuesday 22 October 2024 Dublin: 11°C
The Daily Poll
Should there be a time limit on goodbyes at the airport?
Taoiseach Simon Harris

Tuesday 22 October

Today's Top Stories

election speculation

Govt leaders sign off on 2024 general election but Taoiseach keeps 'element of surprise' around date

Sinn Féin

McDonald to correct Dáil record over statement on former party senator

A lone Irish soldier acts as a scout as he and his colleagues advance through a bombed out village ahead of an armoured mine clearance vehicle this weekend en route to UNP 6-52.
Peacekeepers

IDF and UNIFIL 'in daily contact' amid planning for Irish troop rotation in Lebanon

Blackrock diving tower in Salthill, Galway
ESB

Around 3,000 still without power in wake of Storm Ashley

The tracks will be off-road - meaning the line will be built away from existing roadways.
Dublin

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