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Frenchpark
Man (40s) hospitalised with serious injuries following single-vehicle collision in Co Roscommon
FactCheck
FactFind: What happened when Mairead McGuinness voted against EU refugee rescue missions in 2019?
McGuinness and her fellow Fine Gael MEPs faced heavy criticism from opposition politicians at the time.
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
The Candidate
TDs are gaslighting us about their holidays
The Dáil has wrapped up for the summer… again. But with a housing crisis, major legislation pending, and just 33 sitting weeks a year, should TDs still be clocking off this easily?
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From The 42
Take a Bow
Stunning drama as England come from behind and knock Sweden out on penalties in Euro 2025
State Investments
Irish sovereign wealth fund stops investing in two more companies linked to Israeli settlements
However, it continued to invest in another four.
The government saw its shareholdings in four other companies increase from €2.1m to €5.3m in 2024.
The companies are listed on a UN report of businesses that enable the existence of illegal settlements on Palestinian land.
Finance Minister revealed this week that the fund divested €3.6 million worth of Israeli bonds in recent weeks.
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.”
antoinette cunningham
Former head of garda group was ‘profoundly distressed’ by online harassment, court hears
Niall Gilligan
Boy could hear his friend 'screaming' as former All-Star hurler hit him with stick, court hears
UK Labour
Cork native Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff, highest paid UK Government special adviser
put it in writing
German Chancellor Merz tells Starmer he 'deeply deplores' UK's decision to leave EU
RTÉ Investigations
'Truly shocking and should never have happened': Hiqa chief on RTÉ nursing home doc
breakthrough treatment
Eight babies born from three-person IVF technique to prevent devastating disease
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
SupervalWHO
Simon Harris was having the time of his life today with Pearse Doherty's SuperValu mistake
Courts
Limerick man pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of his niece Marguerita O’Rourke
red eye
Dublin Airport wins battle against overnight restrictions, paving the way for more late flights
More flights will be allowed between midnight and 6am from the airport’s second runway.
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