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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...
Munster to appeal Alex Nankivell’s red card against Connacht ahead of La Rochelle clash
Alex Nankivell of Munster, right, leaves the pitch as he is shown a red card by referee Craig Evans during the United Rugby Championship match agai...
Suicide rates ‘three times higher’ in North’s most deprived areas
Suicide rates in the North are three times higher in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived, a new report has found. The report, ...
State gets first new overseas bank in 20 years in challenge to the big two
Avant Money has become the first fully-fledged bank in this market since 2005, a move that marks a new era in banking in this country.The Spanish-o...
Judge directs student who assaulted man at asylum seeker protest to bring Leaving Cert results to court
A judge has directed that a secondary school student who assaulted a man in his 60s at a protest against a rumoured new accommodation centre for as...
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