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Roderic O’Gorman defends objection by housing spokesman over major development
Roderic O’Gorman has defended the Green Party’s housing spokesman after he objected to more than 300 homes planned for a site next to his home. It has been reported that Dublin TD Francis Noel Duffy defended his objection because of...
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Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin sets out his vision for Ireland ahead of dissolution of the Dail
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin speaks to the media ahead of the dissolution of the Dail for the Irish General Election campaign which will formally begin later on Friday.
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Irish general election date confirmed for November 29
The next general election in Ireland will be held on November 29, Irish premier Simon Harris has said. Mr Harris will travel to Aras an Uachtarain on Friday, the official residence of Irish president Michael D Higgins, to seek the...
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I am beginning to feel hopeful - Natasha O'Brien
Natasha O’Brien told the rally in Dublin she felt a “little bit hopeful” after receiving so much support and said she believed she had found a “purpose” in speaking up. “I am not the first by a long way to speak up, and I know I’m not...
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Simon Harris leaves the Dail after becoming youngest Taoiseach in the Republic of Ireland's history
Newly elected Taoiseach Simon Harris leaves the Dail, in Dublin, following the vote by Irish parliamentarians to elect him, making him the youngest Taoiseach in the Republic of Ireland's history.
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Taoiseach Simon Harris meets Irish President Michael D Higgins
New Fine Gael leader Simon Harris at Aras an Uachtarain meeting the President of Republic of Ireland Michael D Higgins to receive the seal of office after being appointed Ireland's new Taoiseach.
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Sinn Fein to table no-confidence motion in McEntee over Dublin riots
Sinn Fein is to table a no-confidence motion in Justice Minister Helen McEntee next Tuesday following riots in Dublin last Thursday. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said there needed to be accountability for the “catastrophic failure”...
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Protesters call for expulsion of Israeli ambassador in Dublin
More than a thousand people have staged a protest outside the Irish parliament in a call for the Israeli ambassador in Dublin to be expelled from the country. It came as a Government minister warned such a move would push Ireland to the...
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Micheal Martin says vitriol towards politicians ‘getting more dangerous’
Ireland’s deputy premier has said that the vitriol towards politicians is “getting more dangerous”, after a mock-gallows protest that has been criticised as a threat to democracy. Thirteen people have been charged by Irish police after...
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Protesters bring gallows to demonstration outside Leinster House
Protesters have brought mock gallows and photographs of high-profile politicians to a demonstration outside Leinster House ahead of the Dail’s return.
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Electoral Commission recommends 14 additional TDs in boundary shake-up
Supreme Court Judge Ms Justice Marie Baker speaks at the launch of the review into Dail constituencies in Ireland that has recommended the number of TDs increase from 160 to 174 due to constitutional rules related to an increase in...
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Healy-Rae family lead merriment ahead of 33rd Dail
Independent TDs from Kerry - the Healy-Rae family -play music and songs ahead of the meeting of the 33rd Dail.
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Private rentals 'completely out of control' says TD
Sinn Fein TD Eoin Ó Broin talks about proposed rent freeze tabled for tonight in the Dail. He says rents in the private rented sector are "completely out of control".
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Tens of thousands call on Government to rein in vulture funds
Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition to demand the Government take more action against vulture funds in Ireland. Uplift petition starter and housing expert Dr Rory Hearne and Uplift campaigners delivered the petition to government...
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Mary Lou McDonald says a Government of change must be elected at Leinster House
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald with the party's 34 other newly-elected TDs outside Leinster House ahead of the first sitting of the 33rd Dail. She insists that a Government of change must be elected instead of carrying on with the...
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Student protest over accommodation crisis in Dublin
College students have staged a protest outside the Dail amid growing frustration over the accommodation crisis across Ireland. Representatives from the Union of Students in Ireland say that thousands of students have been left without a...
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Vigil at Dail to mark nine years since death of Savita Halappanavar
A crowd gathered outside the Dail on Thursday evening to mark nine years since the death of Savita Halappanavar. Ms Halappanavar was the 31-year-old Indian dentist who died in a Galway hospital after doctors refused to perform an...
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Irish Labour party believe they can do well at election
The Labour Party held their first press conference of the General Election campaign in Dublin on Tuesday. Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin said they hope to return a "significant cohort" of Labour TDs to the next Dail (Irish Parliament).
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Irish election: Micheal Martin votes plus interview
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and family voting in the Irish General Election at St Anthony's Boys National School in Ballinlough, Cork. Voters are going to the polls in the Republic of Ireland's general election. Counting will begin...
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Irish General Election: Sinn Fein's O Laoghaire beats Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin
Sinn Fein’s Donnchadh O Laoghaire has topped the poll in Cork South Central with 14,057 votes to become the first elected TD of the 33rd Dail, beating Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin. Both are shown arriving at the count centre in...
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Protesters call for emergency action on gender-based violence
Members of the socialist feminist group Rosa hold a socially distant protest outside Leinster House in Dublin calling for emergency action on the 'shadow pandemic' of gender-based violence. Quotes from Ruth Coppinger and Lauren Kelly.