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Politics
High Court
Sinn Féin TD launches legal action over 'super junior' ministers attending Cabinet meetings
in bed together?
Bertie on Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael: 'They could murder each other or continue to make love'
Dáil Éireann
Taoiseach insists there was 'no deal' made with Regional Independents on speaking rights
Reshuffle
Mary Lou McDonald unveils largely unchanged Sinn Féin front bench, though welcomes two newcomers
send in the big guns
Ireland plans to send senior ministers to US for Patrick's Day to lovebomb Trump administration
Senior sources have confirmed to The Journal that increasing the number of senior ministers going stateside is being considered this year.
Monday
27 Jan 2025
Storm disruption
Storm Éowyn: Over 200,000 people remain without power, while 84,000 still without water
Uisce Éireann said nn additional 265,000 people are now being supplied by schemes where generators have been deployed by crews.
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Survivors relive Auschwitz horror as world leaders mark 80th anniversary of liberation
Four former prisoners of the camp spoke at the ceremony.
Northern Ireland
SDLP councillor steps down from party after giving reference for soldier later convicted of rape
Power Outages
Ireland to receive 13 emergency power generators from EU following delay in correspondence
Ireland's future
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to deliver keynote address at Irish unity event in Philadelphia
Storm Éowyn
Taoiseach welcomes assistance from UK electricity engineers but normal ‘pool’ not available
gustavo petro
Colombia backs down and agrees to accept deportation flights after Trump's tariff threat
Sunday
26 Jan 2025
Red C Poll
Sinn Féin tied with Fianna Fáil as most popular party, as McDonald set to announce front bench
Belarus
Lukashenko says jailed opponents 'opened mouths too widely' as he is set to extend three-decade rule
Averil Power
Cost of cancer: 225,000 of us are going to need this government to do more over next 5 years
Speaking time
'They thought they could make a mockery out of our parliament': Dáil speaking row rumbles on
Israel
New helicopters will have Israeli tech despite Govt aim to avoid kit from the country
The Irish defence department has signed contracts with Airbus for military helicopters which carry technology manufactured by Israeli company Elbit Systems.
Business Analysis
Planned €500m VAT subsidy for Irish restaurants shows how easy it is to spend taxpayers' money
Saturday
25 Jan 2025
the morning lead
Dad humour, Hot to GoGo and Lowry's lads: The bits you might have missed amid the Dáil madness
It was a colourful few days in Leinster House to say the least.
Friday
24 Jan 2025
Gaza ceasefire
Hamas names four Israeli 'women soldiers' set to be released as part of captive exchange deal
Thursday
23 Jan 2025
As it happened
Liveblog
President appoints new Government and delivers seals of office to new senior ministers
The majority of the Dáil voted to approve the new cabinet this evening.
Reeling In The Years
'Did he burn the documents?': Doherty raises questions about Lowry and the Doncaster deal
new government
'Depressing': Micheál Martin criticised for appointing just three women as senior ministers
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