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2023
New flood forecasting centre to open early next year
30 Dec 2023
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Ireland considered making 21 age of consent for gay people when decriminalising homosexuality
One 1993 document noted that moving from “criminalisation to equality might be too major a change at one go”.
The age of consent for heterosexual intercourse at the time was, and still is, 17 years old
21 was described as "probably the age most acceptable to those who do not want decriminalisation but recognise that there is no choice"
However, if 21 was chosen, "there would be an attempt to portray this country as backward", officials warned
27 Dec 2023
19.0k
'Inaccurate' forecasts and 'disappointing' weather warnings: Complaints to Met Éireann in 2023
26 Dec 2023
21.3k
31
Calls to expand government water testing as thousands flock for Christmas Day swims
Most bathing waters have not been tested by local authorities since September.
25 Dec 2023
16.2k
13
Ivana Bacik ‘very concerned’ Labour won’t be able to support a yes vote in care referendum
23 Dec 2023
24.5k
23
GP centre won't prescribe 'highly addictive' painkillers due to concerns over illegal drug trade
There have been growing concerns in recent weeks about the sale of opioids and other powerful painkillers.
A GP centre in Dublin is refusing to prescribe powerful painkillers like Oxycontin or "highly addictive" benzodiazepines
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said prescription medications often end up being sold on the street
Benzodiazepines are generally prescribed to treat anxiety, sleep disorders and seizures
21 Dec 2023
30.0k
New supercomputer allowing 'better, more frequent forecasts' to start operating this spring
15 Dec 2023
16.7k
52
'Kicked, beaten, spat at': Retailers tell TDs of an 'explosion' in shoplifting
13 Dec 2023
33.4k
139
Panda diplomacy, shiny tech and coffee: How big emitters try to sell themselves at COP28
10 Dec 2023
13.2k
44
Plans for the Covid inquiry will go to Cabinet in next two weeks
9 Dec 2023
7.2k
Brendan Howlin: The rise of the far-right across Europe risks destroying the European Project
8 Dec 2023
14.6k
Government confident it has numbers to win confidence motion in Justice Minister Helen McEntee
5 Dec 2023
11.5k
Irish consumers paying more than UK shoppers for some products this Christmas
3 Dec 2023
28.2k
123
Labour Party and Social Democrats 'have to be one again', former Labour leader says
2 Dec 2023
18.4k
108
Loss and damage: The complicated quest to help countries hit hardest by the climate crisis
30 Nov 2023
6.5k
25
'I think it's not going to be an easy COP' - world prepares for UN summit
27 Nov 2023
8.5k
Surge in demand for food banks in Northern Ireland outstripping supplies of food, charity warns
23 Nov 2023
8.9k
13
'A nightmare': Families criticise decision to move elderly patients from Cherry Orchard Hospital
16 Nov 2023
12.5k
17
Migrants on Greek islands tell medical NGO of being beaten and pushed back out to sea
14 Nov 2023
9.7k
'I am the murderer': The trial of Ashling Murphy's killer
10 Nov 2023
22.6k
More prisoners on temporary release in attempt to tackle Irish Prison Service overcrowding
7 Nov 2023
11.2k
What are the big questions facing Fianna Fáil as it heads into its Ard Fheis?
4 Nov 2023
13.5k
123
'People don't know what's being lost': Calls for more notice after trees felled in Dublin city
1 Nov 2023
48.0k
48
Staff at new Children's Hospital may be housed at Crumlin hospital
31 Oct 2023
23.0k
The EU plan to increase the energy rating of all buildings could cost up to €1 trillion
27 Oct 2023
18.2k
84
Fianna Fáil MEPs expect 'a big shift to the right' in the upcoming elections, pushing them out
25 Oct 2023
21.2k
Schools are removing outer doors on bathrooms to crack down on students vaping
21 Oct 2023
31.5k
'History will not judge us well': Children unsafe in Direct Provision, Ombudsman warns
19 Oct 2023
8.0k
Taoiseach critical of HSE as 270 extra junior doctors hired with no sign-off
18 Oct 2023
27.8k
62
'This is a matter of basic health': Will Dublin City get congestion charges any time soon?
15 Oct 2023
14.3k
53
Armenian ambassador to Ireland warns situation with Azerbaijan could deteriorate further
Updated 14 Oct 2023
14.4k
48
Budget 2024: Some changes kicked in at midnight - others won't take effect for quite a while
11 Oct 2023
66.7k
50
'I am broken mentally, physically and financially': What readers want to see in Budget 2024
8 Oct 2023
59.2k
123
Housing Minister says Dublin Airport's North Runway 'using flight paths that weren’t agreed'
7 Oct 2023
41.8k
56
Nokia to offer Irish government solution to undersea cable security concerns
2 Oct 2023
39.2k
40
Multiple prison staff investigated for allegedly using company fuel cards to top up their own cars
28 Sep 2023
40.4k
Fewer than 50,000 renters have claimed the Rent Tax Credit so far this year
27 Sep 2023
12.4k
13
Iveagh Markets 'urgent' repair work not set to begin until late 2024
26 Sep 2023
20.5k
53
Energy security review to find 'short-term' back-up gas storage needed for Ireland
21 Sep 2023
10.1k
42
Irish lab not processing CervicalCheck samples five months on due to 'documents' delay
15 Sep 2023
14.0k
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