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2025
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.
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.
On The Journalnext four years
Minister pledges to end the housing crisis 'in my term' as sights turn to emergency laws
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIONFianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin all criticised for 'riding both horses' on immigration
On The JournalMauritius
Tánaiste urges Mauritian authorities to allow PSNI to help investigate Michaela McAreavey’s murder
On The JournalPeople Before Profit
‘Good to be back’: Richard Boyd Barrett returns to Dáil and urges action on cancer services
On The JournalÁras An Uachtaráin
President Higgins hosts Catherine Connolly in the Áras ahead of her inauguration next week
On The Journalpolitical 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
On The JournalCompromise
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.
The Last WordMatt Cooper learns on-air that TD Niall Collins also received media training from Ivan Yates
On The JournalHousing Crisis
Housing being stopped by 'frivolous' objections, developers tell housing committee
On The JournalTD to president
President Connolly: TDs from both sides of chamber applaud first TD elected to Áras in 50 years
On The JournalFuture Forty
Improvements in living standards to slow from 2030s onwards, says new report on Ireland's future
irish comediansMinister supports more funding for comedy as delay in recognising it as an artform criticised
On The JournalAsylum Seekers
Harris defends migration comments as opposition say government is using 'Farage playbook'
exam papersPossible criminal offences to be investigated in wake of claims of electrician exams cheating
On The Journalcheney
Dick Cheney - former US vice president and a chief backer of Iraq invasion - has died aged 84
Cheney was one of the chief architects of the ‘war on terror’ and an early proponent of invading Iraq in the wake of the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
On The JournalYates-Gate
Harris annoyed FG got heat over 'smear the bejaysus' when it was FF who hired Ivan Yates
The fallout continues for the coalition from the presidential campaign.
CabinetMove towards private developers installing wastewater systems described as 'crucial' for supply
immigration policyCharter flight costing €187k deports 52 people, including seven children, to Georgia
NYC
Trump backs former rival Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani for high-stakes NY mayoral election
Trump is urging supports not to support the Republican in the field but instead vote for Cuomo.
direct provisionAsylum-seekers with jobs will be required to pay towards their accommodation under new plans
Hillsborough LawUK State failed Hillsborough victims and families, PM Keir Starmer says as he brings in Bill
On The JournalRIP
Sister Stanislaus Kennedy remembered as a tireless advocate with 'a spine of tempered steel'
Better known as Sister Stan, she founded what’s now Focus Ireland as well as the Immigrant Council of Ireland.
Jim GavinYates' involvement in presidential campaign hasn't damaged coalition relationship, says minister
Drogheda
How false reports about fireworks downplayed the severity of arson attack at Drogheda Ipas centre
The confusion centred around fireworks first getting blamed for the suspected arson attack.
Perfect Storm
George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris without holding a contest was a mistake
But he stands over that New York Times opinion piece calling on Biden to step aside as Democratic presidential candidate.
Conflict of InterestFianna Fáil says Ivan Yates provided four hours of media training for Jim Gavin
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The 9 at 9
Teacher shortages, DJ Carey to be sentenced and Ryanair has had a rise in profits.
