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FactCheck
Debunked: Meme image of Hillary Clinton calling Conor McGregor ‘future president’ is a spoof
Holy Family Church
Middle East cardinal visits and brings aid to Gaza's Catholic church day after Israeli attack
occupied territories bill
New poll reveals shift in attitude to law that would ban goods from illegal Israeli settlements
chronic venous insufficiency
Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a vein condition that is causing his legs to swell
Thursday
17 Jul 2025
Holy Family Church
Three killed in Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which Pope Francis called daily
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said the IDF claimed that the strike was ‘by mistake’ but ‘we are not sure about this, they hit the church directly’.
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said the IDF claimed that the strike was 'by mistake' but 'we are not sure about this, they hit the church directly'.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed 'regret' over the deaths, which he blamed on a 'stray' round after a phone call with Donald Trump.
Syria trip
FactFind: What do we know about Catherine Connolly's visit to Syria in 2018?
Connolly says she did not “utter one word of support for Assad.”
UK Labour
Cork native Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff, highest paid UK Government special adviser
The Explainer
Why does Ireland still invest in companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements?
The Journal’s FactCheck Editor Stephen McDermott details how that the State’s sovereign wealth fund held more than €10 million in eight companies in 2023 flagged by the UN for links to settlement activity.
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Data Breach
British special forces and MI6 spies among more than 100 Britons included in Afghan data leak
Wednesday
16 Jul 2025
CAP Reform
EU unveils €2 trillion budget but Irish farmers say cuts to support payments are ‘hammer blow’
Mike Huckabee
'Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness?': US ambassador to Israel slams Occupied Territories Bill
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Portmarnock
Open Championship organisers are 'optimistic' that a future tournament will be held in Dublin
Immigration
Minister claims legal case could see asylum seekers entitled to damages, but not other homeless people
From The 42
Cycling
'I’ve lost a few years of life today': Ben Healy retains Tour de France yellow jersey
Syria
Israel strikes Syrian army headquarters in Damascus and moves troops from Gaza to northern border
Controversy
'I'm reading that I've been sacked': Masterchef host Torode follows Gregg Wallace out the door
maga split
The US House Speaker - a top Trump ally - adds his voice to calls for release of Epstein files
Tuesday
15 Jul 2025
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