# Electric Picnic
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Irish - Last year 2025
# Analysis
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# Analysis
Time to call it - there's no evidence of an Irish restaurant closure crisis
The government is expected to reduce the VAT rate for the food sector from 13.5% to 9% due to this ‘crisis’. But there’s very little evidence that it exists.
# Vacancy Ireland
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# Vacancy Ireland
Here are the vacant and derelict buildings around Ireland that councils asked to CPO in August
- There are currently almost 20,000 derelict residential properties in Ireland.
- Local authorities can apply to acquire these properties via a Compulsorily Purchase Order.
- Two councils sought to acquire derelict houses in August.
# Quiz
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# NGO Funding
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# NGO Funding
Unlike other countries, Ireland's funding for non-profit sector has continued to grow
Only now, we’ve no way to track how much is being spent.
# News Fix
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# Your Say
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# Berlin
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# Berlin
Officials convey 'concern' to German authorities after Irish pro-Palestine activist punched by officer
Video footage shows Dublin native Kitty O’Brien being punched by a police officer during the protest in Berlin.
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# Modular Homes
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# Modular Homes
Selling cabins for €40k in a housing crisis: 'I'm like a counsellor, people tell me their problems'
Just how popular are these modular homes, and how much will one set you back?
# Investments
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# Investments
Ireland has €97m worth of shares in companies linked to 'occupation and genocide' in Palestine
- UN's Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories has called on the named companies to end their complicity in "human rights violations and international crimes".
- Ireland's Strategic Investment Fund holds direct investments in almost of a quarter of the companies named on the list.
# Byrne Drain
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# Byrne Drain
Claire Byrne's shock exit from RTÉ comes at a time of change in Radio 1
At Newstalk, Byrne will go head-to-head with her replacement, RTÉ’s David McCullagh.
# The Headlines
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# Then There Were Three
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# Then There Were Three
Jim Gavin expected to seek Fianna Fáil Presidential nomination (and Bertie isn't ruling himself out)
Billy Kelleher wants the gig too.
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