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This year 2025

Another fine mess? How did the Arts Council spend €6.7m on a failed IT project
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# Out Of Step

Another fine mess? How did the Arts Council spend €6.7m on a failed IT project

Feb 13th 2025, 10:04 AM 20,414 Views 90 Comments

Who knew, what and when?

EU and UK demand to be part of Ukraine peace talks as Trump shocks world with Putin phone call
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EU and UK demand to be part of Ukraine peace talks as Trump shocks world with Putin phone call

Feb 13th 2025, 7:45 AM 36,507 Views 0 Comments
  • The US president said he and Putin had agreed to "work together very closely".
  • Trump later called Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was not included on the call with Putin.
  • In an evening address to his nation, Zelenskyy said the call with Trump was "very substantive".
The Press Up Hospitality Group is no longer known as Press Up
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The Press Up Hospitality Group is no longer known as Press Up

Feb 6th 2025, 2:07 PM 25,699 Views 36 Comments

Kay Burley to leave Sky News after 36 years at the broadcaster
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# SADNESS IN HER EYES

Kay Burley to leave Sky News after 36 years at the broadcaster

Feb 5th 2025, 10:29 AM 21,517 Views 52 Comments

US Supreme Court ruling means TikTok faces ban in the United States within days
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# The Dawn's Early Site

US Supreme Court ruling means TikTok faces ban in the United States within days

Jan 17th 2025, 3:14 PM 19,420 Views 66 Comments

Last year 2024

The Influencer Election: Why politicians are swapping posters for podcasts
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# Posters To Podcasts

The Influencer Election: Why politicians are swapping posters for podcasts

Nov 17th 2024, 7:01 AM 7,700 Views 42 Comments

Mick Wallace is running in the general election in bid for Dáil return
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# Return Of The Mick

Mick Wallace is running in the general election in bid for Dáil return

Nov 15th 2024, 11:49 AM 19,591 Views 75 Comments

'Don't worry about me': TV host Davina McCall speaks about brain surgery to remove tumour
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'Don't worry about me': TV host Davina McCall speaks about brain surgery to remove tumour

Nov 15th 2024, 9:29 AM 23,447 Views 29 Comments

Donald Trump has passed 270 electoral votes - here's what the map looks like
# Filling Up
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# Filling Up

Donald Trump has passed 270 electoral votes - here's what the map looks like

Updated Nov 6th 2024, 10:40 AM 75,042 Views 98 Comments

Donald Trump is the next US president
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# Winner

Donald Trump is the next US president

Nov 6th 2024, 10:37 AM 28,717 Views 164 Comments

Trump’s projected win is one of the most unlikely turnarounds in political history.

Tributes paid to LMFM broadcaster Michael Reade who has died aged 58 following cancer diagnosis
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Tributes paid to LMFM broadcaster Michael Reade who has died aged 58 following cancer diagnosis

Updated Oct 21st 2024, 6:13 PM 30,252 Views 14 Comments

Sinn Féin says Stanley was advised to go to gardaí over complaint within party
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# Brian Stanley

Sinn Féin says Stanley was advised to go to gardaí over complaint within party

Oct 14th 2024, 6:30 PM 35,912 Views 0 Comments
  • Brian Stanley TD said earlier that he'd asked the party to refer a complaint relating to an internal inquiry involving him to gardaĂ­ last month, but it didn't.
  • Taoiseach Simon Harris said the respective statements from McDonald and Stanley today has "resulted in more questions than answers".
Something for everyone in the audience? The key points from Budget 2025
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# In Short

Something for everyone in the audience? The key points from Budget 2025

Updated Oct 1st 2024, 7:40 PM 80,618 Views 102 Comments

Finance Minister Jack Chambers has confirmed a range of measures.

Give it away, now: From tax cuts to SSIAs, some of the biggest giveaway budgets of the past
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# Budget 2025

Give it away, now: From tax cuts to SSIAs, some of the biggest giveaway budgets of the past

Sep 29th 2024, 9:00 PM 18,696 Views 22 Comments

Can Jack Chambers keep up with these lads?

Mary Lou McDonald tells Sky News that Irish unity 'right for British people and Irish people'
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# UK Media Blitz

Mary Lou McDonald tells Sky News that Irish unity 'right for British people and Irish people'

Sep 23rd 2024, 9:48 AM 27,901 Views 203 Comments

Poll: Will you watch much of The Late Late Show this year?
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# Friday Night

Poll: Will you watch much of The Late Late Show this year?

Sep 13th 2024, 11:29 AM 28,546 Views 68 Comments

Homelessness: Record 14,429 in emergency accommodation, including 4,401 children
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# Housing Crisis

Homelessness: Record 14,429 in emergency accommodation, including 4,401 children

Updated Aug 30th 2024, 3:14 PM 16,720 Views 103 Comments

'I'm just so proud': Tears and togetherness as Ireland's relay team reflect on Olympic heartache
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# Paris 2024

'I'm just so proud': Tears and togetherness as Ireland's relay team reflect on Olympic heartache

Aug 10th 2024, 9:47 PM 24,136 Views 29 Comments

The team finished the race in fourth with a time of 3:19.90, a new national record.

Kellie Harrington will box for another Olympic gold medal after winning her semi-final in Paris
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# Paris 2024

Kellie Harrington will box for another Olympic gold medal after winning her semi-final in Paris

Aug 3rd 2024, 9:37 PM 53,166 Views 87 Comments

Harrington was already guaranteed to be the first Irish woman to medal at two Olympic Games.

8,000 calories and about 500 lengths: What does a day look like for Olympic champ Daniel Wiffen?
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# Be The Best

8,000 calories and about 500 lengths: What does a day look like for Olympic champ Daniel Wiffen?

Aug 1st 2024, 1:26 PM 2,268 Views 4 Comments

8,000 calories and about 500 lengths: What does a day look like for Olympic champ Daniel Wiffen
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# Be The Best

8,000 calories and about 500 lengths: What does a day look like for Olympic champ Daniel Wiffen

Aug 1st 2024, 12:33 PM 16,303 Views 5 Comments

Wiffen is Ireland’s newest Olympic champion and has his sights set on more gold.

Ireland wins rowing bronze as Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle take battling medal on the water
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# Paris 2024

Ireland wins rowing bronze as Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle take battling medal on the water

Updated Aug 1st 2024, 11:10 AM 22,686 Views 11 Comments
  • The Irish pair came in behind the Romanian boat, which took the gold, and the Netherlands, which took the silver.
  • Team Ireland will be hoping for more rowing medals, with two finals to come tomorrow.
Family of Pte Sean Rooney blast 'noxious narrative' about his death and seek UN report for inquest
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# Peacekeeping

Family of Pte Sean Rooney blast 'noxious narrative' about his death and seek UN report for inquest

Jul 23rd 2024, 12:54 PM 13,705 Views 0 Comments

After pints in Chequers, what next for the British-Irish bromance?
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# Slainte

After pints in Chequers, what next for the British-Irish bromance?

Jul 21st 2024, 8:00 AM 14,956 Views 44 Comments

Ireland and the UK are friends again, and they’ve got the hangover to prove it.

As it happened: Global IT outage knocks airlines, banks and others offline From TheJournal.ie
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As it happened: Global IT outage knocks airlines, banks and others offline

Plenty of nods to Churchill as Keir Starmer woos European leaders at grandiose Blenheim Palace
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Plenty of nods to Churchill as Keir Starmer woos European leaders at grandiose Blenheim Palace

Updated Jul 18th 2024, 1:40 PM 15,383 Views 22 Comments
  • The EPC was the brainchild of France’s Emmanuel Macron and 47 leaders are in attendance.
  • Starmer has vowed to be a “friend and a partner” to European allies.
  • Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is also in attendance after visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month.
The EU could soon have a Commissioner with direct responsibility for Housing
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# Housing Matters

The EU could soon have a Commissioner with direct responsibility for Housing

Jul 18th 2024, 9:00 AM 10,379 Views 66 Comments

FAI CEO 'deeply shocked' by historical abuse allegations, encourages others to come forward
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# Girls In Green Documentary

FAI CEO 'deeply shocked' by historical abuse allegations, encourages others to come forward

Jul 8th 2024, 11:25 AM 1,208 Views 0 Comments

David Courell said that the FAI were first made aware of the allegations earlier this year and that the organisation has met with the women.

FAI CEO 'deeply shocked' by historical abuse allegations and encourages others to come forward
# Girls In Green Documentary
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# Girls In Green Documentary

FAI CEO 'deeply shocked' by historical abuse allegations and encourages others to come forward

Jul 8th 2024, 11:10 AM 7,138 Views 0 Comments

David Courell said that the FAI were first made aware of the allegations earlier this year and that the organisation has met with the women involved.

Defeated UUP candidate says people in NI 'don't understand' his comments about owning Rolls-Royce
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# North Down

Defeated UUP candidate says people in NI 'don't understand' his comments about owning Rolls-Royce

Jul 5th 2024, 1:41 AM 32,193 Views 16 Comments

UK exit poll: Labour set for huge majority as Tories suffer defeat of historic proportions
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# Change At The Top

UK exit poll: Labour set for huge majority as Tories suffer defeat of historic proportions

Updated Jul 4th 2024, 10:42 PM 21,677 Views 35 Comments
  • Keir Starmer's Labour could govern with 410 seats, a majority of 170.
  • The Conservatives could lose as many as 241 seats, putting some of the party’s biggest names at risk.
  • The Nigel Farage-led Reform party could pick up 13 seats, with the Green Party winning two.
  • The exit poll does not contain details of Northern Ireland’s 18 seats in Westminster.
Councillors slam 'bizarre overreach' as junior minister seeks to halt Dublin traffic plan
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# Bumper To Bumper

Councillors slam 'bizarre overreach' as junior minister seeks to halt Dublin traffic plan

Updated Jul 1st 2024, 11:46 AM 39,657 Views 97 Comments

Taylor Swift gives shoutout to Stevie Nicks in the crowd on final show of three-night Aviva run
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# The Dublin Era

Taylor Swift gives shoutout to Stevie Nicks in the crowd on final show of three-night Aviva run

Jul 1st 2024, 7:39 AM 27,958 Views 16 Comments

She told the crowd the gigs were the first time the Aviva Stadium has been sold out for three-nights in a row.

Independent John Moran continues to lead the pack in Limerick mayoral race
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# Treaty City

Independent John Moran continues to lead the pack in Limerick mayoral race

Updated Jun 11th 2024, 1:09 PM 40,179 Views 34 Comments

Election post-mortem: Evidence of FF and FG ground game crucial as SF may rue how renters voted
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# Grafting

Election post-mortem: Evidence of FF and FG ground game crucial as SF may rue how renters voted

Jun 10th 2024, 12:31 PM 12,895 Views 41 Comments

A polling day poll found voters were most likely to have met a Fianna Fáil candidate.

Three members of Healy-Rae family re-elected in Kerry as Howth-Malahide elects a Haughey
# Keeping It In The Family
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# Keeping It In The Family

Three members of Healy-Rae family re-elected in Kerry as Howth-Malahide elects a Haughey

Jun 9th 2024, 5:36 PM 24,099 Views 40 Comments

Five big political questions we'll see answered as the local results come rolling in
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# Election Time

Five big political questions we'll see answered as the local results come rolling in

Jun 8th 2024, 10:02 AM 30,205 Views 46 Comments

It’s all over bar the counting.

Ireland has a new crop of 'celebrity candidates' - but what do people think of voting for them?
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# The Euros

Ireland has a new crop of 'celebrity candidates' - but what do people think of voting for them?

May 19th 2024, 9:30 AM 40,507 Views 41 Comments

Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
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# War Of Words

Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?

Updated Apr 29th 2024, 5:30 PM 15,504 Views 0 Comments

And what’s the evidence for Helen McEntee’s claim that 80% of of asylum seekers crossed the border? Here’s what we know.

Migration row: Sunak 'not interested' in deal to return asylum seekers from Ireland to the UK
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# Diplomatic Spat

Migration row: Sunak 'not interested' in deal to return asylum seekers from Ireland to the UK

Updated Apr 29th 2024, 5:30 PM 66,448 Views 0 Comments
  • Taoiseach Simon Harris has promised to pass emergency legislation to return asylum seekers who came via NI back to the UK.
  • A meeting between Justice Minister Helen McEntee and her UK counterpart was cancelled amid the row.
  • Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that "a reciprocal agreement" would be required to send people back to the UK.