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blood sport
Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin's support of fox hunting is the right choice
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spooks
Taoiseach pushes back on Defence Forces intelligence officer claim of China as a hostile state
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is due to travel to China in the coming weeks.
Wednesday
24 Dec 2025
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Homelessness today
Life at the Lighthouse café at Christmas: 'If I touched your life ... I was like a hurricane'
In the the Lighthouse Cafe, many people who have been on their own recovery journey are leading an innovative service that links those who need meals in with long-term supports.
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Darragh O'Brien
Minister says gas prices ‘will continue to drop’ and he will consider grants for people in arrears
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Social Media
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner, accusing him of seeking to censor social media platforms
The Candidate
The Candies: Our political awards for 2025
From the Michael Myers Award for Hanging On In There to the MGMT Difficult Second Album Award.
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Dartmouth Square
Deal to clear way for Metrolink will see ten Ranelagh houses being bought by TII
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Interview
Palestine Red Crescent on two years of healthcare workers being beaten, kidnapped and killed
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looking ahead
Taoiseach says calls to quit nothing new as he hits out at 'bile' in 'anonymous commentary'
The Fianna Fáil leader says he’s a “policy nerd” who sees a bright future for his party.
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Ankara
Libya's top military chief and four other officials killed in plane crash over Turkey
Tuesday
23 Dec 2025
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Vatican
Pope calls for global truce on Christmas Day and says 'Russia rejected a request' for one
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New South Wales
Australian state lawmakers approve sweeping gun and protest laws after Bondi attack
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Metrolink
Judicial review proceedings against Metrolink line for Dublin have been withdrawn
Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien said ‘we’re now full steam ahead to tender and deliver this transformative project’.
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Glastonbury
No further action to be taken into Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set, local police say
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Dundrum
Planning permission granted for close to 1,000 homes on site of former Central Mental Hospital
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Epstein files
Email from ‘A’ at Balmoral asked Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’, documents show
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FactCheck
FactCheck: Did a narrow vote in the Dáil almost open the door to abortion ‘up until birth’?
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Here we go again
'We have to have it': Trump renews push to annex Greenland amid anger from Denmark
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night train
Minister wants late night trains to run all year and is talking 'options' with Iarnród Eireann
Aside from the Christmas period, the majority of train services terminate before midnight.
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The Morning Lead
'Squeamish debate' misses the point of working with NATO and EU states on defence, Martin says
Ireland should not be afraid of mutually beneficial co-operation with other nations amid the heightened Russian threat, the Taoiseach said.
Monday
22 Dec 2025
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frosty relations
EU offers 'full solidarity' to Denmark after Trump appoints Greenland envoy
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Luas Finglas
Mediation underway with Manhattan Peanuts over Luas extension to Finglas, says minister
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Housing Crisis
Just 30% of new-build social homes target met by third quarter of 2025
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Interview
McDonald on her health, Gerry Hutch, and how there will never be too many tricolours flying
The Journal sat down with the Sinn Féin leader to reflect on the year that was, and what is to come in 2026.
Mary Lou McDonald gave her views on the controversial use of Irish flags by anti-migrant protesters.
Ahead of the Dublin Central by-election, she said the large vote for Hutch last year was an ‘F you’ to government - but not Sinn Féin.
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Dublin Airport
'I won't be signing that off': Minister won't agree to payout of over €1m to Kenny Jacobs
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Road Safety
U-turn by government around disbanding RSA had nothing to do with cost, says Transport Minister
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Áras An Uachtaráin
President Connolly calls for ‘peaceful resolution’ to war and conflict in first Christmas message
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Interview
'We should show we're good value': Minister urges hotels not to hike prices for EU Presidency
Minister of State Thomas Byrne says the Presidency next year is an important moment for Ireland Inc.
Sunday
21 Dec 2025
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Mohamed Shaalan
‘I’ll never give up’ says Dublin surgeon refused entry to Gaza Strip for third time
Dr Mohamed Shaalan had volunteered to enter Gaza with a team of WHO medical workers earlier this month, but was denied entry.
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Palestine
Israel's security cabinet approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The untold story of how Jeffrey Epstein became so rich
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