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Red Planet
SpaceX is putting Mars on the backburner to instead put human settlement on Moon, Musk says
bad bunny
Trump describes Super Bowl halftime show celebrating unity as 'affront to Greatness of America'
Anticipation was high for Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny’s halftime show, after he called out Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown at the Grammy’s.
Centenary
Fine Gael announces summer event to commemorate 100 years since birth of Garret Fitzgerald
Sunday
8 Feb
London
Irishman Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff over Mandelson appointment
McSweeney has said he takes “full responsibility” for advising the UK Prime Minister to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US.
West Bank
Former Hamas leader rejects disarmament as 694 Palestinians forcefully displaced in January
Analysis
Ten years young for the Social Democrats — is it becoming a viable alternative for some SF voters?
With the party seeing a boost in the polls questions are being asked if some Sinn Féin voters are migrating to the Soc Dems.
Saturday
7 Feb
at home with jack
40 years on, his legend lives on in Ireland - here’s what happened when I met Jack Charlton
socdems national conference
Holly Cairns says coalition is an 'endless doom loop of failure' and calls for Triple Lock vote
AI
SocDems' proposal to tackle deepfakes: Everyone should get copyright of their own image and voice
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alleged misconduct
Police say Peter Mandelson probe is 'complex', after thousands of documents seized from properties
illness
Mairead McGuinness reveals severe post-viral syndrome led to her withdrawal from presidential race
McGuinness said that upon announcing her health issues publicly, “a lot of people presumed I was dying”.
FactCheck
The EU-India trade deal has far-right extremists convinced that 'white genocide' is imminent
big interview
Sick notes and full crèches: Holly Cairns details the Dáil's failure to support mothers
The Social Democrats leader sits down with The Journal to talk women in politics and whether she could do business with Sinn Féin.
The Morning Lead
'Derisory' payments for expert witnesses are causing significant problems at trials
The inability to acquire the services of a psychiatrist for trial reports is cropping up with “alarming frequency” in criminal trials in Ireland.
Friday
6 Feb
St Patrick's Day
Taoiseach receives formal invitation from Donald Trump to visit the White House in March
Catherine Connolly
President gets quizzed on world affairs by young activists on final day of visit to the North
summer by-elections
Dublin Central and Galway West voters get ready: The by-elections have been earmarked for 22 May
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jack chambers
Minister says judicial reviews by residents have stalled progress on flood relief schemes
Gregory Campbell
DUP MP defends Connolly encounter and says 'Londonderry' should have been mentioned in speech
epsein files
Leadership questions intensify around Keir Starmer amid anger over Peter Mandelson scandal
Press Freedom
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be sentenced on Monday after national security trial
Thursday
5 Feb
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