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Politics

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Sitdown Santa: How did such an annoying Christmas song get so popular?
3 hrs ago
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Dublin Airport
Minister 'determined' to get Dublin Airport passenger cap legislation passed next year
4 hrs ago
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blood sport
Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin's support of fox hunting is the right choice
5 hrs ago
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The Morning Lead
Taoiseach pushes back on Defence Forces intelligence officer claim of China as a hostile state
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is due to travel to China in the coming weeks.
Niall O'Connor
12 hrs ago
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Yesterday
24th December 2025
Homelessness today
Life at the Lighthouse café at Christmas: 'If I touched your life ... I was like a hurricane'
In the the Lighthouse Cafe, many people who have been on their own recovery journey are leading an innovative service that links those who need meals in with long-term supports.
Eimer McAuley
18 hrs ago
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Darragh O'Brien
Minister says gas prices ‘will continue to drop’ and he will consider grants for people in arrears
22 hrs ago
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Russia
Two police officers killed in Moscow in overnight explosion
Updated 22 hrs ago
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Social Media
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner, accusing him of seeking to censor social media platforms
24 Dec
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kenny jacobs
CEO of Dublin and Cork Airports to ‘take some time out of the business’
Updated 24 Dec
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PodcastThe Candidate
The Candies: Our political awards for 2025
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Dartmouth Square
Deal to clear way for Metrolink will see ten Ranelagh houses being bought by TII
24 Dec
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Interview
Palestine Red Crescent on two years of healthcare workers being beaten, kidnapped and killed
Updated 24 Dec
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looking ahead
Taoiseach says calls to quit nothing new as he hits out at 'bile' in 'anonymous commentary'
The Fianna Fáil leader says he’s a “policy nerd” who sees a bright future for his party.
24 Dec
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Ankara
Libya's top military chief and four other officials killed in plane crash over Turkey
Updated 24 Dec
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Tuesday
23rd December 2025
Vatican
Pope calls for global truce on Christmas Day and says 'Russia rejected a request' for one
23 Dec
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New South Wales
Australian state lawmakers approve sweeping gun and protest laws after Bondi attack
23 Dec
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Metrolink
Judicial review proceedings against Metrolink line for Dublin have been withdrawn
Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien said ‘we’re now full steam ahead to tender and deliver this transformative project’.
Updated 23 Dec
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Christmas Special
Ukraine's Dancing With The Stars returns for one special episode
23 Dec
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Glastonbury
No further action to be taken into Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set, local police say
23 Dec
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
23 Dec
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Dundrum
Planning permission granted for close to 1,000 homes on site of former Central Mental Hospital
23 Dec
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Epstein files
Email from ‘A’ at Balmoral asked Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’, documents show
Updated 23 Dec
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FactCheck
Fact Check: Did a narrow vote in the Dáil almost open the door to abortion ‘up until birth’?
23 Dec
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Here we go again
'We have to have it': Trump renews push to annex Greenland amid anger from Denmark
23 Dec
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night train
Minister wants late night trains to run all year and is talking 'options' with Iarnród Eireann
Aside from the Christmas period, the majority of train services terminate before midnight.
Christina Finn
23 Dec
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The Morning Lead
'Squeamish debate' misses the point of working with NATO and EU states on defence, Martin says
Ireland should not be afraid of mutually beneficial co-operation with other nations amid the heightened Russian threat, the Taoiseach said.
Niall O'Connor
23 Dec
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Monday
22nd December 2025
frosty relations
EU offers 'full solidarity' to Denmark after Trump appoints Greenland envoy
Updated 22 Dec
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22 Dec
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Luas Finglas
Mediation underway with Manhattan Peanuts over Luas extension to Finglas, says minister
Christina Finn
22 Dec
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Housing Crisis
Just 30% of new-build social homes target met by third quarter of 2025
22 Dec
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Interview
McDonald on her health, Gerry Hutch, and how there will never be too many tricolours flying
Mary Lou McDonald gave her views on the controversial use of Irish flags by anti-migrant protesters.
Ahead of the Dublin Central by-election, she said the large vote for Hutch last year was an ‘F you’ to government - but not Sinn Féin.
Jane Matthews
22 Dec
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
22 Dec
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Dublin Airport
'I won't be signing that off': Minister won't agree to payout of over €1m to Kenny Jacobs
22 Dec
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Road Safety
U-turn by government around disbanding RSA had nothing to do with cost, says Transport Minister
22 Dec
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Áras An Uachtaráin
President Connolly calls for ‘peaceful resolution’ to war and conflict in first Christmas message
22 Dec
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The Morning Lead
'We should show we're good value': Minister urges hotels not to hike prices for EU Presidency
Minister of State Thomas Byrne says the Presidency next year is an important moment for Ireland Inc.
Christina Finn
22 Dec
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Sunday
21st December 2025
Mohamed Shaalan
‘I’ll never give up’ says Dublin surgeon refused entry to Gaza Strip for third time
Dr Mohamed Shaalan had volunteered to enter Gaza with a team of WHO medical workers earlier this month, but was denied entry.
21 Dec
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Palestine
Israel's security cabinet approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank
21 Dec
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Miami
Kremlin denies that three-way US-Ukraine-Russia talks are on the cards
21 Dec
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Sitdown Sunday: The untold story of how Jeffrey Epstein became so rich
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