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21st December 2025 - 27th December 2025
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The Daily Poll
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26 Dec
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Updated 24 Dec
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December 2025
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19 Dec
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Updated 18 Dec
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17 Dec
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Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
17 Dec
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17 Dec
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Gardaí appeal for witnesses after man in his 60s seriously injured in crash in Offaly
17 Dec
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Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
16 Dec
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The Morning Lead
Drug-related deaths decline for most substances except for cocaine in latest figures
Cocaine was involved in one in three drug poisoning deaths in 2022.
Over a ten-year period, the rise in cocaine use has had a dramatic impact on death statistics.
Between 2013 and 2022, the number of deaths with cocaine implicated increased from 32 to 115.
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15 Dec
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Here's What Happened Today: Monday
15 Dec
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Irish Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah in Herzog Park
15 Dec
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FactCheck
FactCheck: Does the US really buy 80% of its imported butter from Ireland?
The figure was cited in a CNN article published last year.
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10 Dec
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9 Dec
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7 Dec
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FactCheck
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2 Dec
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Explainer
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2 Dec
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Rathgar
Who was Chaim Herzog, the Irish-born former president of Israel?
1 Dec
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November 2025
good evening
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
28 Nov
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Chapelizod
NTA amends new 80 BusConnects route in Dublin after passenger feedback
28 Nov
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Ukraine
Zelenskyy's chief of staff resigns amid sweeping corruption investigation
28 Nov
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flu season
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28 Nov
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Christmas is Coming
An Post has announced the deadlines for posting letters and parcels abroad for Christmas
28 Nov
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New evidence
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Updated 28 Nov
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Michael McGrath says people who underestimate Micheál Martin 'do so at their peril'
27 Nov
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West Bank
Israeli forces shoot dead two unarmed Palestinian men who had surrendered to them
27 Nov
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27 Nov
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Updated 27 Nov
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good evening
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
26 Nov
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donbas
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26 Nov
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good evening
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
25 Nov
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25 Nov
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24 Nov
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