Politics
Last year
2025
On The JournalLocked Away
Tender for €9m school phone pouches plan is replaced by new 'storage solution' plan
On The JournalIrish legal system
Survivors of male violence rallying at Dáil to call for ban on counselling notes in trials
Housing CrisisLaw to extend Rent Pressure Zones across country to be brought forward next week, Tánaiste says
Cost of LivingPSO levy reduction expected but it won't make much of a dent in energy bills for households
On The JournalEVs
The government is considering a scrappage scheme for electric cars
The Transport Minister conceded the government won’t hit the target of one million electric vehicles on the road by 2030.
croi conaitheHousing minister invites construction firms to express interest in building apartments
Department of Foreign Affairs'No plans' from Trump administration to send undocumented Irish to Guantanamo Bay
On The JournalPaul Gogarty
Fines, curfews and seizing Playstations: TD seeks clamp on antisocial activity by 'youth gangs'
Riots
I went to talk to people in Ballymena, and was told to make myself 'scarce' or there'd be trouble
Some local people were reluctant to speak to The Journal, stating that they only speak to GB News.
On The JournalWaiting Lists
NTPF funding to another public hospital suspended over 'potential financial irregularities'
BelfastUK government pledges £50 million for Casement Park redevelopment but funding shortfall remains
Up In The AirDrones in Dublin 'delivering burgers and lattes for profit', as Dáil hears of 'dystopian future'
On The JournalInterview
'It's not a binary choice': Housing vs data centres claim by top civil servant rubbished by minister
Energy Minister Darragh O’Brien says attracting data centre investment is government policy.
Electricity consumption by data centres increased by 10% in 2024.
Los AngelesCalifornia governor accuses Trump of tyranny as mass arrests underway in under-curfew LA
administrative error
Government ministers may owe money to the State following incorrect pension deductions
Up to 13,000 ex-state workers’ pension deductions will be examined to determine the scale of the issue.
new rent rulesLandlords to be allowed reset rents every six years for new tenancies signed next year
On The JournalHousing minister
Developers behind almost 500 delayed social homes calls for 'urgent' meeting with Government
On The Journalrent pressure zones
'Major reforms' for the rental sector finally revealed - here's what you need to know
New build apartments to be exempt from the 2% rent increase cap.
On The JournalWar in Ukraine
Two killed after Russian strikes on Kyiv and Odesa, hitting maternity hospital, Ukraine says
Commission of InquiryIsrael committing war crimes by attacking Gaza schools and religious sites, UN experts say
On The Journalmadeleine johansson
Socialist Red Network group quits People Before Profit over party's 'perfomative politics'
On The JournalCalifornia
Trump orders 700 US Marines and more National Guard troops to Los Angeles as unrest continues
rent pressure zonesNew rental regulations will allow landlords increase rents if previous tenant leaves voluntarily
Cabinet MeetingIreland seeking that EU avoid implementing counter tariffs on the US, cabinet to hear
homes delayedDublin councillors debate 'shocking' decision to pull plug on almost 250 social homes in city
Dáil ÉireannOpposition calls for ‘vote of conscience’ on Israeli 'war bonds' ahead of cross-party motion
