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Maccabi Tel Aviv
Taoiseach: Robbie Keane's decision to coach Israeli football club is ‘a matter for him’
Sinn Féin
SF should move away from violent links to stop attracting 'head bangers', Adams agreed in 2001
turning the tide
Analysis: Meet the students championing positive change around consent in Irish universities
John F Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy rang Irish Embassy to ensure Defence Forces would play role in JFK's funeral
Problem Gambling
Tanaiste says horseracing industry’s fears over gambling bill ‘will not be realised’
State Papers
Govt heard of British collusion in murder of man wrongly identified as IRA mole 'Stakeknife'
State Papers
Ireland considered making 21 age of consent for gay people when decriminalising homosexuality
One 1993 document noted that moving from “criminalisation to equality might be too major a change at one go”.
The age of consent for heterosexual intercourse at the time was, and still is, 17 years old
21 was described as "probably the age most acceptable to those who do not want decriminalisation but recognise that there is no choice"
However, if 21 was chosen, "there would be an attempt to portray this country as backward", officials warned
worth the wait
Hojlund's first Premier League goal caps stunning Man United comeback against Aston Villa
Animal shelter
'They’ve won the donkey lottery': Foals thrive in new home after rescue of abandoned mares
Gaza
UN 'gravely concerned' by Israeli strikes on central Gaza as Netanyahu doubles down
The WHO reported “harrowing” accounts of Israel’s attacks on Gaza on 24 December.
Netanyahu wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the Israeli state will not stop with its assault.
The UN Human Rights Office said all attacks had to adhere to international humanitarian law.
The WHO detailed how one Gazan child lost her whole family from one airstrike.
military alliance
Sweden's bid to join Nato inches forward - but still faces key vote in Turkish parliament
Alexei Navalny
'No reindeer, unfortunately': Russian opposition leader re-emerges in Arctic Circle penal colony
Election chat
Sinn Féin in govt would be 'dragged' by the far-left into irresponsible positions, Tánaiste says
covid inquiry
'Not going to be like the UK one': Donnelly expecting different tone to Ireland's Covid inquiry
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