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April 2025
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This year
2025
Grand Canal
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21.7k
All time
Millennium Bridge
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20 Nov 2022
58.6k
32
Plagiarism
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10 Jul 2022
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gsoc
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21 Mar 2021
44.3k
reputational risk
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13 Mar 2021
23.0k
29
Child and Family Agency
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17 Aug 2020
14.9k
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Drogheda Feud
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31 Jul 2020
20.8k
9
Robert Watt
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6 Jul 2020
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21 instances
Irish Water staff threatened with machete and pelted with rocks
15 Apr 2020
27.5k
73
Revenue warned government to urgently close loophole allowing businesses double claim tax relief
20 Feb 2020
72.1k
44
LE Aisling
Department twice failed to act on UN letter asking how former naval vessel ended up being used in Libyan Civil War
15 Feb 2020
38.4k
58
Billed Gates
Phoenix Park gates removed for Pope Francis visit will cost over €800,000 to restore
14 Feb 2020
89.8k
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Department of Justice
Justice Department tried to soothe 'nonsense' RIC commemoration concerns
11 Feb 2020
19.6k
10
Hawkins House
Department upped security spend on city centre office block amid fears of Apollo House-style occupation
4 Feb 2020
12.5k
20
Séan Ó Fearghaíl
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3 Feb 2020
52.8k
37
Foreign Affairs
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18 Jan 2020
14.8k
11
Overcrowding
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2 Jan 2020
51.2k
54
SUPPORTS
Leo Varadkar signed off on former Taoisigh special support plan four months after taking office
14 Dec 2019
61.8k
138
new guidance
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25 Feb 2019
31.4k
61
secret memorandum
Government pressurised to end citizenship for Irish-born children due to terrorism fears
4 Feb 2019
44.8k
54
Cigarettes and Alcohol
Finance Minister was going to give smokers a break in Budget 2019 - but changed his mind
27 Dec 2018
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22
fuel costs
Minister briefed on potential for 400% increase in carbon tax rate by 2030
19 Dec 2018
11.3k
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Data Protection
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15 Dec 2018
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31
Scutting
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3 Dec 2018
11.3k
12
Minister Paul Kehoe
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72
Global Warming
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19 Oct 2018
93.1k
70
running to standstill
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11 Oct 2018
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59
keeping it local
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1 Oct 2018
39.8k
40
Mandatory not compulsory
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17 Dec 2017
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column
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2 Oct 2017
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cheat us all
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24 Jun 2017
26.5k
82
Freedom of Information
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8 Aug 2016
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