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2025
FOREST FEST FOUNDER'A music industry on their knees': Organiser says smaller festivals need government support
On The JournalDáil newbies
Being a first-time TD: 'People are much nicer in the Dáil bar than they are in the chamber'
GazaOver 220 MPs call for Britain to recognise Palestine as Starmer says this will be 'part of wider plan'
Social DemocratsEoin Hayes has suspension from SocDems lifted, eight months after controversy over IDF-linked shares
On The JournalHomeless figures
'Heartbreaking' number of children in emergency accommodation as homeless record hits 15,915
On The JournalLord of the Áras
Michael Flatley is seeking a nomination for president, High Court told
QatarUS and Israel withdraw from Gaza ceasefire talks, claiming Hamas is 'not acting in good faith'
HulkmaniaHulk Hogan: Wrestler's Trump conference speech a bizarre end to five-decade spell in the spotlight
On The JournalPalestine
France will officially recognise State of Palestine in September, Macron announces
On The JournalGaza
Gary Gannon launches legal action against Central Bank over approval of Israeli bonds
Sziget Festival'Political distraction': Kneecap slam decision to ban them from Hungary ahead of music festival
whoopsDepartment of Finance clarifies hospitality VAT cut would cost less than €1bn mooted by Minister
On The JournalNot Your Party
Jeremy Corbyn is signing people up for his new (as yet unnamed) political party
UkraineZelenskyy approves new anti-corruption bill after law change sparked protests across Ukraine
relax everyoneSouth Park depicts Trump in bed with Satan and targets Paramount after inking new $1.5b deal
Hold it there'Exceptionally uncertain' tariff dispute sees European Central Bank hold interest rates
On The JournalVAT9
Govt urged to 'bite the bullet' amid signals a promised hospitality VAT cut may not happen
On The Journaltarragona
Irish man jailed for 15 years for murdering girlfriend Kirsty Ward while on holiday in Spain
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Thailand and Cambodia trade fire, weight loss jabs in beauty clinics and hosepipe bans extended
On The JournalGaza
Gaza: Warnings of 'mass starvation' as Taoiseach says 'humanity is shocked' by what's happening
It comes as more than 100 aid organisations warned that “mass starvation” was spreading in the territory.
budget 2026A VAT cut for hospitality at a cost of €1bn? It's about protecting 200,000 jobs, says minister
Central Criminal CourtPsychiatric report on man charged over Parnell Square attack is being assessed, court hears
Epstein CaseUS Justice Department seeking to interview Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
On The JournalNDP
Analysis: Delaying details of big projects stinks of distraction ahead of the budget
On The Journalbillions
Houses, water, health and Metrolink: The key points from the National Development Plan
The plan sets out what large-scale infrastructure projects Ireland needs over the next five to ten years.
budget 2026
Tax measures and €9.4bn budget package not set in stone until we know US tariff outcome
The hospitality VAT cut will gobble up €1bn of the €1.5bn tax package, meaning it will come at the expense of income taxpayers.
