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Politics

Last month
March 2026
cillian keane
Fianna Fáil pick 25-year-old councillor as their candidate for the Galway bye-election
30 Mar
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skippers and cigs
Garda sergeants and inspectors group says has 'no confidence' in force's suspension system
Niall O'Connor
30 Mar
6.5k
The Morning Lead
Derelict properties: how many vacant homes and sites did your council buy via CPO last year?
Ireland's local authorities acquired 99 properties via Compulsory Purchase Orders in 2025.
Monaghan County Council acquired the highest number of properties, followed by Limerick City and County Council and Waterford City and County Council.
11 councils did not acquire a single property.
Stephen McDermott
30 Mar
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45
The Daily Poll
Do you think Government should do more to bring down fuel costs?
29 Mar
21.8k
120
Middle East
Iran warns US ground troops would be 'set on fire' as diplomats meet on war
Iran’s parliament speaker said the US is plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war.
Around 3,500 US sailors and marines arrived in the Middle East on an assault ship yesterday.
The Washington Post quoted anonymous US officials as saying that any potential ground operation 'would fall short of a full-scale invasion'.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel would be expanding operations in Lebanon.
Updated 29 Mar
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This war is the single dumbest thing Trump has done since returning to the White House
28 Mar
Israeli strike kills three journalists in south Lebanon
28 Mar
Thailand reaches deal with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through Strait of Hormuz
28 Mar
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels launch missile towards Israel for the first time in Iran war
28 Mar
What happens if the US launches an invasion of Iran’s Kharg Island?
26 Mar
Dahiyeh
Funerals held in Lebanon for three journalists killed by Israeli strike
29 Mar
2.6k
savings and investments
New state investment scheme to axe capital gains tax for Irish savers
29 Mar
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Simon Harris signals interest in Swedish-style savings scheme
13 Mar
Ireland is planning a new savings scheme: How do they work elsewhere and how much could you earn?
22 Feb
Simon Harris' saving scheme plan: 'It could make Irish savings work harder, if done properly'
17 Feb
Why is private investing so complicated in Ireland?
23 Nov 2025
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: Irish author Colm Tóibín on living in the US under Trump
29 Mar
20.5k
18
The Morning Lead
Ireland needs more landlords 'that have five or more houses who treat it like a business'
The government is trying to ‘change the housing culture in Ireland’, according to Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty.
Conor Brummell
29 Mar
60.0k
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column
This war is the single dumbest thing Trump has done since returning to the White House
Larry Donnelly
28 Mar
26.0k
129
Interview
Being a first-time TD: 'Nobody runs without hoping to get made Taoiseach some day'
28 Mar
19.7k
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Fingallians GAA
Swords GAA club says it is set to lose half of its playing space due to the Metrolink
28 Mar
13.4k
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ONE
'We are suffering a housing crisis': President attends anniversary event for veterans’ homeless charity
28 Mar
11.6k
82
odesa
Russian strikes kill four people in Ukraine and causes damage to maternity hospital
28 Mar
1.8k
no kings
Massive protests against Trump across US and beyond as part of 'No Kings' movement
28 Mar
20.4k
52
Kerry
Profits at Michael Healy-Rae's property firm exceeded €1m last year
28 Mar
24.0k
Bus Eireann
‘Short-sighted and damaging’: Calls for decision to end three Expressway services to be reversed
28 Mar
13.3k
28
mandelson files
Met Police reviewing CCTV from the day Irishman Morgan McSweeney had his phone stolen
28 Mar
17.4k
On the ground in Gaza
Over 7,000 Palestinians missing as families search for those buried or detained
Extremely hazardous conditions see decomposing bodies exposed in open areas.
Recovery teams are at risk of disease and infection as they carry out identification efforts.
No one in Gaza knows the fate of non militants who were detained on 7 October 2023.
Hana Salah
Palestinian journalist
28 Mar
10.8k
61
Kennedy
First look at Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr in upcoming Netflix series
27 Mar
19.3k
18
Grace Lynch
Grace’s Law: Ban on scramblers in public places to come into force next week
27 Mar
8.3k
Kenneally Inquiry
Final report of Bill Kenneally inquiry complete after victims’ ten year fight for truth
Kevin Keating, a survivor of Kenneally’s abuse, told The Journal this evening that reaching this point is an “extremely important” moment.
Saoirse McGarrigle
27 Mar
17.0k
Flight from Beirut
Irish Air Corps plane safely out of Beirut after mission to extract army engineers
It is understood that the mission took place this afternoon with the Air Corps C295 cargo aircraft making one of the first wartime resupply flights to Beirut.
Niall O'Connor
27 Mar
29.4k
Newshound Quiz
The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz
Updated 27 Mar
11.8k
10
minab
UN debates 'visceral horror' of school bombing that killed 175 and demands answers from US
27 Mar
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RELATED
America's biggest news agency says it will call Israel's attack on Lebanon what it is: invasion
27 Mar
As Trump mulls more troops, Iran says hotels housing US soldiers in the region will be targeted
27 Mar
'We do not intend to negotiate': Iran rejects US ceasefire offer and proposes its own peace plan
25 Mar
Middle East
As Trump mulls more troops, Iran says hotels housing US soldiers in the region will be targeted
Updated 27 Mar
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Trump further postpones US strikes on Iran's power plants and says talks going 'very well'
26 Mar
What happens if the US launches an invasion of Iran’s Kharg Island?
26 Mar
'We do not intend to negotiate': Iran rejects US ceasefire offer and proposes its own peace plan
25 Mar
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Sarah Ferguson called to testify about 'close personal and business ties' to Epstein
27 Mar
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Donald Trump
US paper currency will soon bear Trump's signature, a first for a sitting president
26 Mar
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103
G7
France denies disinviting South Africa from G7 Summit due to US pressure
26 Mar
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12
Epstein files
Sarah Ferguson loses Freedom of City of York over links with Jeffrey Epstein
26 Mar
10.2k
Middle East
Trump further postpones US strikes on Iran's power plants and says talks going 'very well'
Updated 26 Mar
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47
RELATED
What happens if the US launches an invasion of Iran’s Kharg Island?
26 Mar
'We do not intend to negotiate': Iran rejects US ceasefire offer and proposes its own peace plan
25 Mar
Is the US really negotiating with Iran, or is Trump making it all up?
25 Mar
EU AI Act
European Parliament votes to ban 'nudification' apps
Updated 26 Mar
5.2k
New York
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appears in court as Trump says 'other cases to be brought'
Updated 26 Mar
6.6k
Boys in Green
‘Same passion in the North’: Sinn Féin criticises geo-blocking of tonight’s World Cup play-off
26 Mar
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Herzog Park
Dublin councillors in fresh push to rename Herzog Park
26 Mar
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PodcastThe Candidate
The government treats the Children's Hospital like someone else's problem
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sports funding
Troy Parrott a sporting success not due to government support model but in spite of it, Dáil hears
26 Mar
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16
school dinners
School meals scheme should be rolled out to secondary schools as 'urgent priority'
26 Mar
6.5k
FactCheck
Debunked: Keir Starmer did not suggest the UK should go into lockdown over meningitis cases
26 Mar
3.0k
danger here
Czech police charge 32 in match-fixing probe on eve of World Cup playoff encounter
26 Mar
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