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Politics
Camden Street
Ivana Bacik appeals six storey hotel in Dublin due to housing and 'drinking emporia' fears
Sunday
14 Jan 2024
investment funds
Sinn Féin to bring forward motion to increase tax on bulk buying of homes for private rental
pension problem
36-year Garda veteran forced to sign on the dole on retirement due to bureaucratic anomaly
Donal Forrester says he believes the problem will soon affect hundreds of members as their time for retirement comes.
Saturday
13 Jan 2024
Sinn Féin
McDonald invokes Northern Ireland peace process in address at Pro-Palestine rally in London
Presidential Elections
Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te, who rejects China's claims over Taiwan, as president
Friday
12 Jan 2024
Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin in bid to recall Stormont Assembly next week ahead of public sector strike
Bill Kenneally case
Garda who interviewed Kenneally in 1980s 'got promotion through FF connections’, inquiry hears
The inquiry heard claims of a previously unknown meeting involving gardaí about Bill Kenneally.
Yemen
Houthi rebels say that US and British interests were 'legitimate targets' after air strikes
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said the US and UK wanted to turn Red Sea into a ‘bloodbath’.
Thursday
11 Jan 2024
red sea
Sunak holds Cabinet call amid speculation of strikes against Houthi rebels over Red Sea attacks
Public Service
Explainer: 'No deal' in public pay talks, but why are they always so tense?
Unions have been seeking pay to be restored since a €4 billion austerity cut in 2009.
Bill Kenneally case
Basketball club sought resignation of child abuser after recognising him in RTÉ TV report
The inquiry examining allegations around the abuse of children by a former sports coach sat again in Dublin today.
Homelessness
Govt plan to add new restrictions on who can access homeless accommodation sharply criticised
Referendums
Simon Harris claims single-parent families are not adequately recognised in Irish constitution
Seas off Wexford SPA
Largest Special Protection Area for seabirds announced off the coast of Wexford
Hotting Up
Republican rivals hit out at each other as Donald Trump skips presidential debate in Iowa
Wednesday
10 Jan 2024
Gaza
Antony Blinken meets head of Palestinian Authority as Israel continues to bombard Gaza
Mahmud Abbas spoke with Blinken of the need “to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank”.
Palestinian Authority currently exercises limited rule in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
Netanyahu is not known to have shifted his position on reviving talks for a Palestinian state.
Blinken has called for "more food, more water, more medicine" to be delivered to Gaza.
Artificial Intelligence
AI-driven misinformation biggest global risk ahead of major elections, according to WEF report
job watch
Taoiseach dismisses speculation his name could be put forward for European Council president
Harbour Court
Letters from locals over Dublin city centre laneway tell of open drug use and public sex
Councillors on Monday voted to close public access to the Harbour Court laneway in Dublin.
Letters from the public detail harrowing stories of open drug use, human excrement, stenches of urine and public sex.
The laneway has been the focus of local concerns for years.
One business owner said they have been dealing with issues in the laneway since the late 1980s.
Tuesday
9 Jan 2024
us court of appeals
US judges sceptical of Trump's immunity claim as he warns of 'bedlam' if he is put on trial
Refugees
Cabinet told 500 refugees arriving from Ukraine per week, as social welfare rates set to reduce
South Africa
Sinn Féin, Labour, PBP and SocDems call on Govt to join genocide case against Israel in ICJ
The government has been accused of making a “shameful political calculation” not to join the case out of deference to Washington and the US.
Monday
8 Jan 2024
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