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Israel strikes Lebanon after Hezbollah fire, Jessie Buckley wins tops prize at Actor Awards and the experiences of Irish train commuters…
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'Packed, sweaty and unsafe': Our readers on their experiences of commuting by train in Ireland
“I can say without hesitation that Ireland’s system is among the worst I have seen in a developed economy,” one reader said.
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Ayatollah Khamenei dead, thousands of flights cancelled across Middle East and Irish urged not to travel.
Iran
Iranian state TV confirms death of Khamenei as regime launches fresh attacks across region
The leader’s death was announced by Donald Trump last night but Tehran had remained silent on his fate until the early morning state TV broadcast.
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'FF and FG are fine with a certain amount of human misery': Race to fill Connolly seat heats up
Several parties have announced their candidates so far – here’s how the race was looking as The Journal visited this week.
US AND ISRAEL WAR ON IRAN
Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ‘is dead’ after US and Israeli attack
Israeli media has reported that a photograph of Khamenei’s body had been shown to Trump and Netanyahu.
The Iranian Red Crescent reported that at least 201 people were killed in airstrikes across Iran.
galway in focus
Worries new rules will heap pressure on renters in a city already seeing 'concerning trends'
It’s almost a year since the state’s private rental watchdog flagged mounting issues in Galway’s rental sector.
Cork visit for Starmer
Security planning underway for Keir Starmer visit to east Cork next month for major summit
Sources have said that Starmer and a team from Downing Street are set to arrive in Cork on 13 March.
Homeless
New record as more than 17,000 people in emergency accommodation last month
Of the 17,112 people living in emergency accommodation in January, 5,319 were children.
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EU presidency security concerns, energy bill arrears hit record levels and a list of the Dáil’s landlords.
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Pressure on security at 40 EU presidency meetings due to clash with Trump visit and sporting events
The Journal has obtained exclusive details in regard to the security operations for the EU Presidency, urgent anti drone training for soldiers and a major summit in Dublin.
landlord plans
Harris says opposition 'scaremongering' as he mounts staunch defence of new rent rules
Harris, in turn, was accused of attempting to justify changes to the way rents are governed that may cause increases for some renters.
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