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man on the outside
O'Gorman says comment about being a 'bollocks' to new government was 'tongue in cheek'
Saturday
11 Jan 2025
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Munster
Family farms and 'land squeezes': Irish farmers tracking a 'wave' of purchases by wealthy buyers
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Analysis
Meta's scrapping of fact-checking in the US has emboldened disinformers; now the EU is on alert
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trying to rebuild
O'Gorman hits out at incoming government, says Green Party has 'good reason to be optimistic'
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government formation
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael defend Lowry negotiations, but say he's unlikely to be a minister
Friday
10 Jan 2025
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Tipperary Peace Convention
Nomination of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for Tipperary Peace Award has been revoked
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Crunch time
Regional Independents agree to begin 'intensive' government negotiations with FF and FG
It is expected that the Independent TDs will have individual constituency asks along with national policy ideas.
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ferry services
Taoiseach welcomes partial reopening of Holyhead next week after talks with Welsh First Minister
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FactCheck
FactCheck: What do we know about the scale of child sex exploitation by gangs in the UK?
Thursday
9 Jan 2025
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government formation
'Acorn' savings, infrastructure and cannabis - party leaders meeting daily to bash out compromises
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caracas
Venezuelan opposition leader arrested after protest ahead of Maduro inauguration
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Moriarty Tribunal
Gardaí send file on Moriarty Tribunal to Director of Public Prosecutions
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Abortion
'Unfair' to claim new government won't implement changes to abortion law, Harris and Martin say
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final journey
All five living US presidents gather for Jimmy Carter's state funeral in Washington
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Sorcha Eastwood
Alliance MP says she received rape threat during school visit she led at Stormont
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Manhattan
New York’s highest appeals court declines to block Trump’s sentencing in hush money case
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RMT
UK rail union chief Mick Lynch, who sparred with Piers Morgan and Richard Madeley, announces retirement
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keeping an eye on it
Kremlin says it's watching Trump's pursuit of Greenland 'very closely'
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government formation talks
Tánaiste says Michael Lowry will not hold a ministerial office
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government formation
Split views over whether to move 'hugely important' Energy brief to Dept of Enterprise
Meanwhile Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look likely to swap the Health and Justice ministries.
Wednesday
8 Jan 2025
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say it ain't so joe
Biden says he could have defeated Trump but admits he may have been too old for another term
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government formation talks
Are the Healy-Raes credible partners for government formation? Micheál Martin says they are
Micheál Martin says he has had substantive talks with Michael and Danny Healy Rae.
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Genocide
Ireland has now officially intervened in South Africa's case against Israel in The Hague
Tuesday
7 Jan 2025
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Govt formation
SocDems say only 'small tweaks' are on the table in Government talks as they weigh withdrawing
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Sinn Féin
Mary Lou McDonald pays tribute to republican ‘patriot’ Ted Howell during funeral service
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NTA
Online applications for wheelchair-accessible taxi grant closes ‘after just 15 minutes’
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coffee shops
Independent Dublin baristas may get leg up as councillors call out dominance of coffee chains
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Reeling In The Years
Simon Harris says calling Trump an ‘awful gowl’ was lighthearted
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snail's pace
Getting a government up and running by 22 January increasingly viewed as unrealistic
Taoiseach Simon Harris says a government should be in place by the end of the month.
Monday
6 Jan 2025
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Resignation
Canada's Justin Trudeau to resign as Prime Minister after almost a decade in power
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US politics
US Congress certifies Trump's election victory, four years after Capitol riots
