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Elon Musk to leave US government role soon, Donald Trump tells cabinet
Breaking | US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images.US President Donald Trump has told members of his Cabinet ...
Religious orders ‘running rings’ around government after one makes cash offer
The Government is allowing religious bodies involved in mother and baby homes to “run rings” around it after it emerged that only one order made a ...
Pause on Dublin Airport passenger cap is extended by High Court
Mr Justice Barry O'Donnell granted a number of airlines an injunction extending the pause pending determination of the main challenge to the cap. T...
Taoiseach warns ‘old order is changing’ in call for EU-US negotiations
The Taoiseach has warned that the “old order is changing”, as he questioned whether the European Union and the US could sit around a negotiating ta...
Sinn Féin TDs leave Dáil chamber en masse as first ‘Other’ TD puts question to Taoiseach
It came as Carol Nolan from Offaly asked a question about a school in her constituency.Sinn Féin evacuated en masse before the slot began – pointed...
Warning over reckless behaviour after teenage girl hit on head with brick
Police have issued a warning over young people gathering in south Belfast and behaving “recklessly” after a teenage girl was hit on the head with a...
Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race marks big loss for Elon Musk
The entrepreneur had spent millions of dollars in a bid to tip the balance of the court in favour of the Republicans in a key battleground state E...
RNLI came to the aid of over 1,000 people last year
New figures show the RNLI came to the aid of 1007 people in 2024, 22 of whom would have died if they had not been rescued. The charity's lifeboats ...
Israel to expand Gaza military operation with large-scale evacuations
Israel to seize Gaza tracts and add them to security zonesDefence minister flags large-scale population evacuationIsrael's Army Radio says 36th Div...
Opposition behaved in juvenile and despicable manner, Michael Lowry says
The Opposition have behaved in a “juvenile and despicable” manner, according to an Independent TD at the centre of a dispute on speaking rights. Mi...
‘Liberation Day’ US tariffs: Ireland braces for economic shock as Trump to announce tariffs
In just 10 weeks in office, Donald Trump has imposed his will on perceived adversaries in business, politics, the media and allied nations by lever...
Some women who protested outside the Dáil were strip-searched at a garda station, TDs told
Opposition raised the alleged incident in the chamber today. Richard Boyd Barrett TD said one Palestinian woman detained said they had 'touched all...
Children’s Health Ireland informed of hip surgery concerns in 2023, Taoiseach says
The Department of Health was notified of concerns around unnecessary child surgeries more than seven months after a protected disclosure was made w...
‘Pony up’: RTÉ worker got 103pc pay rise in ‘administrative error’
RTÉ campus at Donnybrook. Stock imageA tribunal has declined to enforce the terms of an RTÉ worker’s employment contract after the State broadcaste...
New car sales up 18.5% in March with electric cars on the rise again
New car sales were up by 18.5 per cent in March, pushing the market so far this year to 64,824 new registrations, an increase of 3.7 per cent on th...