Politics
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Brussels
Taoiseach 'will engage' with Coalition partners on choice of successor to Ursula von der Leyen
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west bank settlements
Israel to ‘strengthen’ settlements in West Bank due to countries like Ireland recognising Palestine
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occupied territories bill
Two pro-Palestine student activists arrested at protest over Tánaiste's visit to UCC campus
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European Parliament
Taoiseach Simon Harris to visit Brussels as EU leaders meet informally to discuss top jobs
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Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter to go on trial in Russia on espionage charges on 26 June
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carbon reduction
‘First of its kind’ procurement arrangement allows public bodies to buy remanufactured laptops
Sunday
16 Jun 2024
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Ukraine peace summit
Summit calls for the 'territorial integrity' of Ukraine to be the basis of any peace agreement
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Social Democrats
‘It’s important to talk’: Holly Cairns speaks about going through two miscarriages before pregnancy
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peace summit
Taoiseach calls on leaders to 'shout' about war crimes against Ukrainian children abducted into Russia
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Shannonside Foods
Horse abattoir at centre of welfare abuses investigation shut down by Agriculture Minister
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Gaza
Israel announces ‘tactical pause’ during daylight hours in southern Gaza to increase aid flow
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no complacency
Fianna Fáil won the highest number of council seats in the local elections. Is the party back?
Party members say they aren’t taking anything for granted.
Saturday
15 Jun 2024
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GAA
Sinn Féin's Michelle O’Neill tells unity rally that Casement Park will be 'built on my watch'
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Ukraine
Taoiseach Simon Harris among world leaders attending Swiss resort for Ukraine peace summit
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Palestine
World Health Organisation voices alarm at escalating West Bank health crisis
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LE2024
'Maybe we took our eye off the ball': Sinn Féin reflects on its poor election performance
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Daithi's Law
'Bigger than politics': Dáithí's father Máirtín Mac Gabhann accepts MBE for organ donation campaign
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African National Congress
South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as his ANC party strikes late coalition deal
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Analysis
They don't all want to hear it but a Labour-SocDems-Greens alliance might help them get into Govt
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The far-right rises
Over 100 far-right candidates stood in this year's elections: Could they become a political force?
Five far-right councillors were elected this year – the first breakthrough for the movement.
Around 100 candidates with far-right views ran in this year's elections - most of them outperforming the movement's previous best in 2020.
Social media has proved a successful platform for a number of those who were elected or who threatened to win seats.
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Analysis
Ireland elected over 180 Independents: we analysed who they are and what it means
The Journal has built a picture of what really happened on 7 June.
Valerie Flynn and Alessia Micalizzi crunch the numbers to discover who exactly we voted into local councils.
Our data shows over a third of elected Independents romped home on the first count.
Not that much has changed: 3/4 of Independents returned in this election were sitting councillors.
Friday
14 Jun 2024
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the royals
Kate Middleton says she will make her first public appearance in six months tomorrow
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Independent Ireland
One MEP, 3 TDs and 23 local councillors: Independent Ireland is now a sizeable party
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elected
Fianna Fáil's Barry Cowen becomes second candidate elected in Midlands-North West
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Russia Ukraine War
First of four convoys of Irish ambulances arrive in Poland ahead of donation to Ukraine
Thursday
13 Jun 2024
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elected
All five seats filled in Ireland South as final count results announced
Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly, Fianna Fáil’s Billy Kelleher and Cynthia Ní Murchú, Independent Michael McNamara and Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion have been elected.
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quotas
'I wouldn't have been able to run if I had no husband': Sinéad Gibney rues cost of MEP campaign
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Leaders' Questions
'One always loses the will to live on this': Catherine Connolly slams Govt over trolley numbers
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Wicklow
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore recovering in hospital after 'sudden medical emergency'
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department of children
Mother and Baby Homes: €31,000 is average redress payment made to survivors so far
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First meeting
More people will die if there are further delays to reforming drug approach, Paul Reid warns
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Gender Equality
Womens' groups call for gender quotas in local elections after 'disappointing' results
After this election Ireland still ranks 22 out of the EU27 for the number of women in local politics.
Wednesday
12 Jun 2024
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Ireland South
Electricity is in the air at Nemo Rangers but we'd be shocked if anyone got elected anytime soon
Billy Kelleher is the closest to the quota of 114,761 – there is a slim chance he will be elected tonight.
