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Covid record shows I can be trusted with the economy - Sunak
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a Q&A with workers during a visit to West William Distribution in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, while on the General Election campaign trail.
He said his record during Covid meant he could be trusted to...
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Angela Rayner sets out Labour's vision for next generation of New Towns - full speech
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner sets out her party's plan for next generation of New Towns during her keynote speech at the The UK's Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum in Leeds.
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Protest held in Dublin to allow essential workers to be reunited with families quicker
People take part in a Families Belong Together Campaign group demonstration outside the Department of Justice in Dublin, against the current family reunion policy that denies them the right to have their nearest and dearest with them in...
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Roisin McAleer: 'It's an impossible situation'
Activists at a makeshift camp in Dublin city have criticised the government for its approach to housing asylum seekers.
At a protest organised at Mount Street, a street located next to the International Protection Office (IPO) where...
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Supports to be offered to Stardust families, Taoiseach says
The State is planning to put counselling supports in place for the Stardust families, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said.
A day after delivering a state apology to the Stardust families, he thanked them for engaging with him and said he...
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TDs speak ahead of Taoiseach's state apology to families of Stardust tragedy
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett and Labour TD Duncan Smith speak ahead of Taoiseach Simon Harris delivering a state apology to the families of the Stardust 1981 tragedy. Speaking on the Leinster House plinth.
Forty-eight...
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Tanaiste expresses support for Stardust redress scheme
Micheal Martin has expressed support for a redress scheme for the families of those affected by the Stardust fire.
Forty-eight people were killed when the blaze ripped through the Dublin nightclub in 1981.
After a more than 40-year...
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Sinn Fein leader - Families and survivors of Stardust fire 'don't want tea and sympathy'
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald speaking outside the Alex Hotel in Dublin, after she met with families and survivors of the Stardust fire, ahead of their meeting with Taoiseach Simon Harris, at Government Buildings, after calls for an...
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Stardust fire solicitor speaks demanding an official state apology
Stardust fire solicitor Darragh Mackin, speaking outside Government Buildings in Dublin, following a meeting with Taoiseach Simon Harris, after families of the survivors and victims called for an official state apology, which Mr Harris...
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Irish premier confirms State apology for Stardust families
Irish premier Simon Harris said he “apologised unreservedly” to the families of the 48 people killed in a fire at a Dublin nightclub in 1981, after a more than 40-year campaign for justice.
Families whose loved ones died when the blaze...
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Taoiseach "eager to be in a position to apologise" over Stardust fire tragedy
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he is "easger to be in a position to apologise" over the Stardust fire tragedy.
Mr Harris was speaking at the European People's Party conference on the future of European agriculture.
Families of the 48...
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Irish premier ‘eager to be in a position to apologise’ over Stardust tragedy
Irish premier Simon Harris has said he is “eager to be in a position to apologise” to the families of those killed in the Stardust fire tragedy.
Families of the 48 young people who died in the blaze that ripped through the nightclub in...
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Unlawful killing verdicts returned for all 48 victims of the Stardust disaster
A verdict of unlawful killing has been returned by the jury in the Stardust fire inquests for all 48 people who died in the 1981 Dublin nightclub disaster.
The devastating blaze in Artane, north Dublin, broke out in the early hours of...
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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey visits a local charity in Warley
Footage of Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey as he visits a local charity in Warley. It comes as the Lib Dems promise to set up a “National Body for SEND” .
Sir Ed also mentioned the offensive in Gaza, the Horizon Scandal and the...
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Fine Gael leader Simon Harris addresses the 82nd Fine Gael Ard Fheis
Fine Gael leader Simon Harris (centre) at the 82nd Fine Gael Ard Fheis at the University of Galway.
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Parents of hostage still fighting to bring their son home from Gaza
Sunday will mark six months since Israelis were snatched away by armed Hamas terrorists and taken as hostages and human shields.
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Artists go ‘incognito’ in unique fundraiser for Irish children’s charity
More than 3,300 artworks are going on sale for a charity fundraiser, but buyers will not know who the artist is until their purchase goes through.
The ‘Incognito’ art sale is in aid of the Jack and Jill Foundation, which provides...
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Paid surrogacy legalized in Michigan after gov. signs package of bills
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of bills called the Family Protection Act, repealing a 1988 law.
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Sunak visits nursery in Hartlepool as new childcare policy announced
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Aldersyde Day Nursery, in Hartlepool, as he announced the rollout of the Government's new childcare plan which allows working parents 15 hours of tax-payer funded care for two-year-olds.
The offer will...
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Full interview with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan
Interview with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan. Keegan answers questions on the Governments new free childcare plan, as well as on sewage, immigration and the NHS.
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Gov. Moore: 'We want to give families closure' after bridge collapse
The Maryland governor said that the victims were filling potholes and supporting their families by living the "American dream."
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Religious communities unite to pray and mourn after bridge collapse
Not far from where a bridge collapsed Tuesday in Baltimore, rabbis, pastors and imams joined as one to mourn and to pray for those who were missing.
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Families of US hostages in Gaza hold out hope for imminent release
Citing both the suffering of civilians in Gaza and their own agony, they urge negotiators to get the job done on a possible cease-fire deal.
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Household Support Fund kept me afloat, says former nurse after scheme extension
A former registered NHS nurse who can no longer work due to a disability has said she would be “at rock bottom” without the Household Support Fund, which was extended for six months in the spring Budget on Wednesday.
Shirley Widdop, 56,...