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Politics

Last month
March 2026
Cork
Taoiseach announces €5 million in funding for UK-Ireland cultural projects
12 Mar
6.4k
good evening
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
12 Mar
2.4k
Explainer
Artificial Intelligence at war: How the US and Israel is using AI in its bombing of Iran
The United States has confirmed that it is using artificial intelligence in its bombardment of Iran but it is not a new venture for the American military.
Niall O'Connor
12 Mar
5.4k
Terror charge dismissal
'F**k Keir Starmer': Kneecap hit back after British PM calls rap trio 'intolerable'
Updated 12 Mar
23.4k
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
12 Mar
1.9k
common conditions
Tax relief extended to pharmacist treatments for cold sores, shingles and more
12 Mar
20.4k
7
Dublin City
Green Party proposes doubling new hotel charges and using proceeds to lower homebuilding costs
12 Mar
10.5k
87
eu presidency
Harris 'open to spending more' on defence
Emma Hickey
reports from Paris
11 Mar
7.6k
63
IRAN WAR
Second government-chartered flight lands in Dublin
Updated 11 Mar
13.7k
24
good evening
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
11 Mar
3.8k
The 42 x TJ
Beyond the Regency: Is boxing in Dublin about to have another moment?
Gavan Casey
The 42
11 Mar
8.4k
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IRAN WAR
'Under no circumstances can we ​participate in World Cup' - Iran sports minister
The 42
11 Mar
8.2k
mandelson files
Mandelson files released: Starmer was warned of ‘reputational risk’ of Epstein links
Updated 11 Mar
15.3k
back in the news
'You falsely tried to label me a terrorist' - Jubilant scenes greet 'free mawn' Mo Chara
‘Kneecap are on the right side of history,’ said their solicitor Darragh Mackin.
Diarmuid Pepper
reports from Belfast
11 Mar
8.0k
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
11 Mar
2.1k
Moriarty Tribunal
Denis O’Brien says DPP won't pursue prosecution against him over Moriarty Tribunal findings
11 Mar
4.5k
United States
Italian PM condemns 'massacre' at Iranian school, Harris says focus should be on 'de-escalation'
11 Mar
7.5k
65
Home heating
Simon Harris says surge in Irish home heating oil prices far above EU average is concerning
Emma Hickey
reports from Paris
11 Mar
56.3k
75
Liam óg ó hAnnaidh
'I’m a free mawn!': Kneecap's Mo Chara wins decisive legal victory in UK court
The Crown Prosecution Service has lost an appeal against the decision to throw out the case.
11 Mar
25.4k
75
On the Move
Plan to relocate Dublin City Council offices from Wood Quay moves ahead as contract signed
11 Mar
17.7k
36
public apology
Minister and HSE issue formal apology to family following Bryonny Sainsbury's death
11 Mar
14.7k
Ozem-price
Health Minister voices overspend concerns when asked if State could fund weight-loss drugs
11 Mar
7.4k
126
civil trial
Photo of Gerry Adams wearing beret 'is proof he was in IRA', former member tells UK court
11 Mar
16.4k
The Morning Lead
Wexford estate residents pressing ahead with rental watchdog cases in spite of landlord u-turn
The controversy grabbed attention last week as it came amid major reforms to the rental sector.
Eoghan Dalton
11 Mar
19.4k
RELATED
Wexford evictions: The small network of companies behind one landlord
7 Mar
'Sell up and get out': Video shows landlord rep blaming new rules for 36 planned evictions
5 Mar
IRAN WAR
Taoiseach meets Spain's vocal anti-war Prime Minister in Madrid
Updated 10 Mar
18.2k
65
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
10 Mar
2.8k
Moriarty Tribunal
Michael Lowry says DPP won't pursue prosecution against him over Moriarty Tribunal findings
The DPP has been contacted for comment.
10 Mar
10.8k
Flights
Ireland could be getting its first direct flight route to Brazil
10 Mar
16.2k
35
Palestine
Occupied Territories Bill could be ready by the summer, Tánaiste says
Emma Hickey
reports from Paris
10 Mar
3.0k
39
Donegal
President Connolly to meet families of those who died in Creeslough explosion
10 Mar
3.4k
21
raheen
HSE purchases 44-acre site to develop new facility close to University Hospital Limerick
10 Mar
8.4k
26
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
10 Mar
1.7k
Open for Business
Housing Minister accused of 'rolling out red carpet for vulture funds' at French property event
10 Mar
11.3k
58
Harris in Paris
Iran war a 'wake-up call' on EU fossil fuel dependency, Harris warns
The Finance Minister said there has been ‘not enough’ diversification in how Ireland and Europe sources its energy since the war in Ukraine.
Emma Hickey
reports from Paris
10 Mar
3.4k
29
Housing Crisis
An EU-wide housing plan has been voted through for the first time (but not everyone's happy)
10 Mar
17.7k
21
Tomahawk missile
Mounting evidence that US missile struck Iran school, but Trump says he’ll 'live with' findings
Analysis of missile fragments and video footage points to a US strike on the Minab school.
Andrew Walsh
10 Mar
16.1k
102
Russian oil
Tánaiste says an EU return to buying Russian oil would be ‘utterly despicable’
10 Mar
11.5k
86
social media ban
UK Parliament rejects ban on social media for under-16s
10 Mar
6.3k
18
War Death and Taxes
Opinion: Be careful who you aim your anger at when it comes to diesel prices
Paddy Comyn
10 Mar
8.9k
31
Donegal
Mary Lou McDonald meets Creeslough families and backs calls for a public inquiry
9 Mar
4.2k
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