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Not Fair

Irish Water workers could go on strike if they don't get their bonuses back

19 Nov 2014

21.8k

134

the national mood

The inevitable "not enough, not even close" reactions to the Government's big announcement

19 Nov 2014

24.0k

141

Water Charges

The Dáil was suspended for 45 minutes after Alan Kelly went to a press conference

19 Nov 2014

35.2k

161

let's try this again

LIVE: Watch the government's new water charges announcement

19 Nov 2014

23.4k

128

birth certs

Adoption group urges support for new law to stop adoptees 'feeling like pariahs'

19 Nov 2014

7.6k

Ireland 2016

Gerry Adams is not happy Bob Geldof is in the 1916 centenary video...

19 Nov 2014

44.1k

226

Champagne Socialist

Does Paul Murphy think he's too posh to represent working people?

19 Nov 2014

41.8k

255

No deal

'Like Del Boy trying to sell discounted goods': Socialist TDs are not impressed by water charge concessions

19 Nov 2014

15.3k

141

ca-ching

Here's how much money Europe is giving us over the next seven years...

19 Nov 2014

12.0k

Dáil talk

State of the Nation: It's D-Day for water charges

19 Nov 2014

7.2k

late surprises

Water charges: Here's what we know THIS MORNING

19 Nov 2014

80.9k

278

long arm of the law

Gardaí currently have 113,500 arrests waiting to be carried out

19 Nov 2014

9.6k

drip drip drip

Again? Irish Water sends customer's private details to the wrong person

18 Nov 2014

51.0k

No Apologies

Paul Murphy: It would have been peaceful to hold Joan Burton for 12 hours

18 Nov 2014

39.5k

324

whoops

TD uses image of Australian family to highlight homelessness in Ireland

18 Nov 2014

36.3k

111

like foxes

Taoiseach talks up tax cuts, calls water protesters "baying mob"

18 Nov 2014

22.8k

206

Death Threats

Labour Senator deletes Facebook page after being told she 'should have been aborted'

18 Nov 2014

25.9k

goodbye mary lou

Mary Lou: I'm on the bold step in the naughty corner

18 Nov 2014

66.1k

212

Right2Water

Protest group dismisses water charge concessions as 'an attempt to buy time'

18 Nov 2014

9.7k

Water Charges

Opinion: We have every right to be angry over water charges – but not to be violent

Donal O'Keeffe

18 Nov 2014

238

Tubs v Enda

Ryan Tubridy thinks it's high time that Enda Kenny goes on the Late Late Show

18 Nov 2014

22.2k

117

No Show

Sorry Ireland, Draghi says the ECB won't be fronting the banking inquiry

18 Nov 2014

7.6k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should ministers be provided with extra security?

18 Nov 2014

20.0k

218

Dáil talk

State of the Nation: Will Mary Lou try to enter the Dáil today?

18 Nov 2014

7.8k

impasse

Cork City Council faces administration if a budget isn't passed within two weeks

18 Nov 2014

8.0k

real capital

One Irish county has way more roads than all the others. Guess which one?

18 Nov 2014

34.8k

we won't pay

Hundreds of water protesters target Taoiseach in Sligo

17 Nov 2014

52.3k

320

Water protests

Eamon Ryan: Ireland should hold a referendum on the public ownership of water

Eamon Ryan

17 Nov 2014

264

not peaceful

Taoiseach says Burton was effectively kidnapped in Jobstown

17 Nov 2014

62.2k

401

Bills Bills Bills

Here's what we know about the new water charges

17 Nov 2014

30.5k

148

zero hours

Labour wants 'robust data' on zero-hour contracts before doing anything about them

17 Nov 2014

10.4k

off we go

Heather Humphreys has yoinked the 2016 website offline for an overhaul

17 Nov 2014

11.5k

Irish Prisons

Are prisoners being freed temporarily to relieve overcrowding?

17 Nov 2014

6.9k

single parent

Woman awarded €5,000 for not being allowed to do JobBridge internship

17 Nov 2014

21.1k

Water Charges

Alan Kelly's constituency office got a bomb threat this morning

17 Nov 2014

22.3k

209

angry doctors

What does James Reilly think of being described as the worst health minister in history?

17 Nov 2014

28.6k

Joan Burton

Frances Fitzgerald: Gardaí are not heavy-handed at water protests

17 Nov 2014

29.6k

290

ADOPTION RIGHTS

'My son died believing I had rejected him': Philomena Lee calls on Senators to support Adoption Bill

17 Nov 2014

10.4k

not peaceful

Video shows Joan Burton being hit with a water balloon at Jobstown protest

16 Nov 2014

99.2k

511

rising anger

"Embarrassing unhistorical sh*t": 2016 advisor doubles-down on video criticism

16 Nov 2014

32.9k

152

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