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Thursday 9 May 2024 Dublin: 17°C
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
More than 100 tents were removed from along the Grand Canal in Dublin today

Thursday 9 May

Today's Top Stories

Asylum Seekers

It's a 'criminal offence' to pitch tents on public land, govt says, after removing Grand Canal camp

alestinians are returning to their destroyed homes in Khan Younis after being displaced from Rafah
Gaza

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Court of Appeal

Man who hacked sleeping teen with machete to serve extra two years following State objection

The crew, who all hail from Ghana, were rescued from their vessel after it ran into trouble, as part of a multi-agency response that included the Coast Guard and RNLI. (File image)
migrant fishers

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