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FactCheck
Debunked: Meme image of Hillary Clinton calling Conor McGregor ‘future president’ is a spoof
restaurant closures
Irish restaurateur says restaurants' bad business decisions are why they're closing
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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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
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
RTÉ Investigations
'Truly shocking and should never have happened': Hiqa chief on RTÉ nursing home doc
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
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.
Promises promises promises
What's happened to the pre-election promise to abolish means testing of the Carer's Allowance?
budget 2026
Donohoe asserts Government was 'honest' about future of cost-of-living supports during election
Wednesday
16 Jul 2025
presidential poll
If McGuinness and Connolly were the only candidates on the ticket, who would you vote for?
CAP Reform
EU unveils €2 trillion budget but Irish farmers say cuts to support payments are ‘hammer blow’
salary and syria
Catherine Connolly, presidential hopeful, has given her first press conference — here's what she said
Mike Huckabee
'Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness?': US ambassador to Israel slams Occupied Territories Bill
return to sender
War of words breaks out on the airwaves between An Post boss and a minister — what's going on?
Immigration
Minister claims legal case could see asylum seekers entitled to damages, but not other homeless people
Syria
Israel strikes Syrian army headquarters in Damascus and moves troops from Gaza to northern border
Race Is On
Galway independent TD Catherine Connolly confirms she has 20 nominations to run for the Áras
Connolly is the second official candidate in the race for the Áras alongside Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness.
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