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pivot
Newest Independent Ireland councillor on how his views have not shifted since leaving the SocDems
presidential election report
'Not a hope in hell': There will be fury in Fianna Fáil if election review delayed
Some TDs in the party said they don’t expect the internal report to be ready next week.
Friday
7 Nov 2025
The Late Late Show
Holly Cairns says Tánaiste's 'tough on immigration' rhetoric shows government is in 'panic mode'
emma little pengelly
DUP's Deputy First Minister turns down invitation to attend Catherine Connolly's inauguration
Ukraine
Government planning for possible visit by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Ireland
It is understood that officials are working on a plan for Zelenskyy to come here, possibly as early as December.
Sponsored
Ireland’s gas network is transitioning to carry clean renewable gas
Gas Networks Ireland
Nov 7
National Security
Concerns across Europe that Ireland's military shortfalls could put major summit at risk
Security concerns are being raised as Ireland prepares to take on the rotating presidency of the EU next summer.
Thursday
6 Nov 2025
Europa League
Six arrested at protest held before Aston Villa match against Maccabi Tel Aviv in Birmingham
Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico's president unveils proposals to boost prosecution of sexual abuse after she was groped
San Francisco
Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as US House speaker, to step down at next election aged 86
Sponsored
This new bank account is offering the most competitive savings rates available
Raisin Bank
Nov 6
arts funding
Emotions run high as comedians take fight for their work to be recognised as art to Leinster House
The Candidate
When political training becomes a political problem
Fianna Fáil’s hiring of Ivan Yates to help prep Jim Gavin for grillings during the presidential election rate has sparked (or perhaps fanned) tensions with Fine Gael.
27m
behind the curtain
Teething issues in host city as leaders gather - what you need to know about this year's COP
This year’s flagship climate talks are happening in Brazil near the Amazon rainforest.
Wednesday
5 Nov 2025
post-presidential meeting
Fianna Fáilers vented about so-called 'naughty list' while the boss was en route to Brazil
The meeting was also told there is “serious risk” the government is taking a flawed approach to the nitrates derogation deal.
next four years
Minister pledges to end the housing crisis 'in my term' as sights turn to emergency laws
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin all criticised for 'riding both horses' on immigration
Mauritius
Tánaiste urges Mauritian authorities to allow PSNI to help investigate Michaela McAreavey’s murder
People Before Profit
‘Good to be back’: Richard Boyd Barrett returns to Dáil and urges action on cancer services
Áras An Uachtaráin
President Higgins hosts Catherine Connolly in the Áras ahead of her inauguration next week
political campaigns
Keeping it local: Why Catherine Connolly's and Zohran Mamdani's campaigns looked alike
Drug Decriminalisation
'The war on drugs has not worked': Labour urges Government to decriminalise personal drug use
Compromise
EU strikes deal on climate targets after marathon talks - but it's 'not necessarily pretty'
Defending the deal, one EU diplomat said it had to acknowledge that we live in “muddy, messy, nasty real world”.
Minister for Climate Darragh O'Brien has welcomed the agreement, saying Ireland pushed for changes in areas like agriculture.
But the deal has been criticised by climate activists, who say Europe has made too many concessions to countries unwilling to take necessary action.
Tuesday
4 Nov 2025
The Last Word
Matt Cooper learns on-air that TD Niall Collins also received media training from Ivan Yates
TD to president
President Connolly: TDs from both sides of chamber applaud first TD elected to Áras in 50 years
Future Forty
Improvements in living standards to slow from 2030s onwards, says new report on Ireland's future
irish comedians
Minister supports more funding for comedy as delay in recognising it as an artform criticised
Asylum Seekers
Harris defends migration comments as opposition say government is using 'Farage playbook'
Sponsored
It’s not just you – here are the biggest obstacles that prevent Irish people from saving
AIB
Nov 4
exam papers
Possible criminal offences to be investigated in wake of claims of electrician exams cheating
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