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2023
Ukrainian military officers in North Cork for NATO partner country training
Surge in demand for food banks in Northern Ireland outstripping supplies of food, charity warns
Refugee organisations decry conditions in tents on Direct Provision sites as mid-winter approaches
Minister challenged Drew Harris on reduced traffic enforcement by gardaí amid rise in deaths
Surgeon: Every week my hospital deals with people suffering consequences of foreign surgeries
Supervalu closes 'non-viable' supermarkets amid stiff competition for customers
Ireland supported keeping weedkiller glyphosate on the market for another 10 years in EU vote
'A nightmare': Families criticise decision to move elderly patients from Cherry Orchard Hospital
Anti-immigration groups use Israel-Gaza violence to push antisemitism and Islamophobia online
Migrants on Greek islands tell medical NGO of being beaten and pushed back out to sea
Ambassador was 'horrified' that Gaza would be 'flattened' as she watched 7 October attacks
'I am the murderer': The trial of Ashling Murphy's killer
Irish diplomats working behind the scenes in hope of freeing kidnapped Emily Hand
More prisoners on temporary release in attempt to tackle Irish Prison Service overcrowding
Abuse victim who was allegedly turned away from garda station sues gardaí
What are the big questions facing Fianna Fáil as it heads into its Ard Fheis?
Donegal GPs fear patients with skin cancer will suffer as LUH loses dermatology service
'People don't know what's being lost': Calls for more notice after trees felled in Dublin city
Concerns raised that parents of pre-schoolers had no say in Catholic school divestment scheme
What is a war crime and is international law being broken in Israel and Gaza?
The EU plan to increase the energy rating of all buildings could cost up to €1 trillion
'I don't plan on raising it again': Varadkar rules out speaking to von der Leyen about Israel comments at EPP summit
Fianna Fáil MEPs expect 'a big shift to the right' in the upcoming elections, pushing them out
People across Ireland raise litany of complaints with councils about dogs running off-lead
Inside Ireland's armed garda units: How criminal feuds and global training changed the gardaí
Schools are removing outer doors on bathrooms to crack down on students vaping
Swimming restrictions hit over half of all Irish bathing waters this summer
Sea swimming has never been more popular but risks of pollution are also rising.
Noteworthy analysed over 1,600 restrictions from the last decade and they almost tripled over that time
Restrictions include swimming bans and warnings of pollution risk
Expert: “More needs to be done to keep the water in our rivers, lakes and beaches clean”
Urban warfare: What will happen during an Israeli military ground offensive in Gaza?
FactCheck: Misleading claims about sex education found on leaflets about the SPHE curriculum
'This is a matter of basic health': Will Dublin City get congestion charges any time soon?
Armenian ambassador to Ireland warns situation with Azerbaijan could deteriorate further
Letterkenny hospital apologises for emergency department conditions after 78 GPs raise alarm
Luke O'Neill: 'No, AI doesn't bother me. We shouldn't be frightened of it.'
Budget 2024: Some changes kicked in at midnight - others won't take effect for quite a while
Here's how Budget Day will play out and what we know so far
Cork University Hospital launches investigation into alleged racism against nurse
'I am broken mentally, physically and financially': What readers want to see in Budget 2024
Housing Minister says Dublin Airport's North Runway 'using flight paths that weren’t agreed'
Going to bed hungry: Parents are ‘doing without’ food as cost-of-living crisis hits
A city at war: Trauma, pride and a difficult defiance on the streets of Kyiv