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what would you do

NWCI criticises €1m campaign against domestic violence, but minister says it's backed by research

31 Dec 2016

17.2k

bring them home

HSE hires over a hundred people at recruitment event aimed at returning nurses

31 Dec 2016

12.5k

over to you

The 10 most read stories on TheJournal.ie this year

31 Dec 2016

15.5k

review 2016

The Top 20: What was the ‘biggest thing’ to happen in 2016?

Kevin Cunningham

31 Dec 2016

5.4k

so 2016

These are the Winners and Losers from a very unusual Irish political year

30 Dec 2016

14.4k

tough penalties

Calls for large fines and jail sentences for those that damage defibrillators

30 Dec 2016

16.4k

Top Secret

'There is no equality between humans': Bilderberg group website hacked

30 Dec 2016

16.1k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Were the official 1916 centenary commemorations a success?

30 Dec 2016

10.8k

Brian Burns

Trump looks set to to appoint the son of a Kennedy adviser as ambassador to Ireland

30 Dec 2016

13.7k

crisis

More than 2,500 children were homeless in the last week of November

30 Dec 2016

6.2k

soap box

Irish people love watching shows about Britain and that's good news for TV3

30 Dec 2016

10.6k

1986

Irish politicians really wanted Bob Geldof to win the Nobel Peace Prize

30 Dec 2016

9.3k

divine argument

'A punishment from God's own hand' - the Irish got Biblical in their objections to 1985's contraception law

30 Dec 2016

15.7k

101

norris v ireland

Government considered using 'AIDS argument' in David Norris gay rights case

30 Dec 2016

21.9k

no enda game

Enda rules out general election and Cabinet reshuffle in the near future

30 Dec 2016

4.9k

Homeward Bound

Harris wants to woo Irish nurses home, but only 36 turned up on first day of recruitment drive

29 Dec 2016

21.3k

War

Truce from midnight: Syrian army and opposition to down weapons

29 Dec 2016

6.4k

tensions

John Halligan believes the government won't serve its full term

29 Dec 2016

8.6k

Brexit

'Ireland would be the biggest loser from a breakup of the EU': Irish MEPs on Europe's future

29 Dec 2016

13.6k

103

Money Money Money

The gap between private pensions and public pensions has the government worried

29 Dec 2016

25.9k

115

'Stay strong Israel' - Donald Trump tweets criticism of President Obama

29 Dec 2016

23.9k

100

Opinion

'Marry me, so we don’t break up': The political proposals of 2016 that got it all wrong

Eoghan McDermott

29 Dec 2016

320

dear minister

'Privatise the bloody service': The complaints sent to Shane Ross during the Dublin Bus strike

29 Dec 2016

10.6k

bookie ban

Self exclusion and age checks - new legislation to curb gambling habits in Irish children

29 Dec 2016

9.0k

Springboard

Skills course is helping women into IT sector - but longterm unemployment is increasing

29 Dec 2016

6.3k

Dear Taoiseach

'He's a real danger to the Irish people': 20 letters scorning Enda Kenny for his Trump congratulations

28 Dec 2016

14.8k

FactCheck

FactCheck: You asked, we answered - how does Irish politicians' pay compare to Europe?

28 Dec 2016

56.2k

increase

Boost in numbers means there are now more special needs assistants than gardaí

28 Dec 2016

10.3k

my social media life

Martin Heydon's life online: "You need a tough skin as a politician on social media'

28 Dec 2016

7.7k

Foster Care

'If we had simply accepted that ageist foster parents rule, it would still be with us'

28 Dec 2016

16.6k

a link to the past

Quiz: Can you link the picture to the 2016 news story?

27 Dec 2016

21.1k

Bucha-unrest

Romanian President sparks turmoil by rejecting country's first female and Muslim Prime Minister

27 Dec 2016

22.6k

under maintenance

Renua's new leader is optimistic about 2017 - just don't mention the flat tax

27 Dec 2016

19.1k

talking shop

Israeli settlement vote: Trump blasts the United Nations as 'sad'

27 Dec 2016

16.2k

Leaving on a jet plane

Taoiseach's spend on travel up, but he says it's because the government jet is out of use

27 Dec 2016

647

Sports fan

Taoiseach found Ali's death the most difficult celebrity loss to take this year

26 Dec 2016

12.8k

exit interview

Obama says he could have been re-elected if he ran against Donald Trump

26 Dec 2016

13.2k

state art

A copy of this painting from the House of Commons now hangs in Leinster House

26 Dec 2016

10.5k

not miller time

Trump's pick for key spokesman role turns down job, citing family reasons

26 Dec 2016

17.0k

Nuclear Weapons

Fake news story causes Pakistan to issue nuclear warning to Israel

26 Dec 2016

22.1k

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