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Deliveroo dirver Caio Benicio was on his motorbike this afternoon when he saw a man with a knife attacking a young girl in Parnell Square. The 43-year-old Brazilian dismounted his bike, took off his helmet, and hit the attacker with it. Read more here:
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Subway sandwiches contain 'too much sugar' to legally be considered bread , Supreme Court rules
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Ireland will waive visa requirements for all Ukrainian people who travel to Ireland following the Russian invasion, the Taoiseach has confirmed
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"For your families, cherish them, because they won't be there forever." Hamish O'Flaherty, 12, spoke at the funeral of his father, James, who died as a result of the explosion in Creeslough last week. Shared via Kieran Roarty Funeral Director (with permission of the family)
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Who said being a weatherman on live TV isn't a dangerous job? Video: @IrelandAMTV3
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3 years
This is quite simply too much #LateLateToyShow
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Air traffic control at Dublin Airport had a special message for an Aer Lingus flight about to take off to China, where it will pick up medical supplies for Irish hospitals.
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Ireland has been treated by some MPs as "some sort of irrelevance", MP Alistair Burt has told the House of Commons debate
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Sophia, who says she sometimes gets bullied for her hair, gave this brave message on the #LateLateToyShow : "Don't let the bullies stop the things that you want to do, life would suck if everybody was the same."
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Bonnie Greer: "I think I've been invited to every town and city in Ireland"
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2 years
THREAD: Gardaí have named all of the victims of the Creeslough explosion this afternoon
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"If it’s unacceptable for the president of Russia to target power stations or civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, the same must apply to the Israeli government," Taoiseach Leo Vardkar told the Dáil. Read more here:
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A giant inflatable Minion flew loose and caused traffic havoc in Santry this afternoon: http://t.co/IjQ5TDdJpC http://t.co/MQbp2xH6zl
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RTÉ has released a statement clarifying that rap duo Kneecap had agreed not to wear pro-Palestine badges during their Late Late Show performance last night, but then proceeded to wear them anyway.
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This huge WWII sign was uncovered after a gorse fire on Bray Head. It dates back to between 1942 and 1943 and was put there to warn pilots that they were flying over a neutral country. Pic: Courtesy of @irishaircorps
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BREAKING: No new deaths reported from Covid-19 today, 59 more confirmed cases
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The mother of a Cavan teenager who died by suicide is suing former journalist and anti-vaccine campaigner Gemma O’Doherty for the 'unauthorised and misappropriate use' of her son's image in an article trying to link sudden deaths to Covid-19 vaccines.
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4 years
Gemma O'Doherty and John Waters face substantial bill as High Court rules they should pay State and Oireachtas costs for two-day legal challenge
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6 months
There is a strong garda presence tonight on O'Connell Street. Gardaí have made a number of arrests.
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One of the arrests on O’Connell Street.
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What is being billed as Ireland’s “biggest ever” demonstration in support of Palestine is marching across Dublin this afternoon
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"Martin McGuinness never went to war. The war come to him. It came to his street, to his city," Gerry Adams tells @morningireland .
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BREAKING: The government has cancelled this month's contentious RIC commemoration event
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Frank Crummy has been campaigning for women's rights for decades. He is eagerly waiting today's result in Dublin Castle with his granddaughter Fiona McEvoy, and believes we're looking at another watershed moment for Ireland.
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Today marks 40 years since the Stardust fire. Here are the names of the 48 young people who never came home.
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Free sanitary products to be provided in all Dublin City Council buildings including community centres, swimming pools and libraries
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A vigil was held along the banks of the Grand Canal in Dublin for Ashling Murphy at sunrise today. Locals from Drimnagh and Inchicore turned out, gathering together and holding candles as traditional music was played. (Pic: Laura Byrne)
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Adam doing an absolutely stellar job. Blast off!
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This was the moment Senator Timmy Dooley pulled a Columbo to ask when a car on loan for five years to an RTÉ employee was returned.
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2 years
Barbados is about to cut ties with the British monarchy and become the world’s newest republic
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West Cork's Sherkin Island has welcomed its first Ukrainian baby, over a year after 57 refugees arrived. Tomorrow, Olivia will turn two weeks old. She's being hailed as the world's first “Sherkrainain” baby. Read here:
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Live birth broadcast cancelled after panda fakes pregnancy to get more food http://t.co/0ywJf8GVpq http://t.co/sKAw7weAfl
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Done Deal has temporarily suspended the advertisement of dogs on its website in light of the recent string of dog thefts around the country.
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An emergency motion has been submitted to Dublin City Council calling for the Palestinian flag to be flown above City Hall in an 'act of solidarity with the people of Gaza'. Read more:
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A beautiful, soothing video after quite a hectic day... Phoenix Park this morning, captured by Anthony Lynch Photography.
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A man who was wrongly linked to the Parnell Street attack on social media last year has initiated legal action against online news publication Gript and its editor John McGuirk. Read more:
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"We have the red carpet rolled out on Runway 28 for you..." Here's the welcome home message from air traffic control at Dublin Airport to the Aer Lingus crew who brought supplies of PPE from China today. (Video: IAA)
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Gardaí are aware that people are sharing images of the aftermath of the collision in Tipperary. They are also aware that a private drone has been flown over the scene. They are asking people not to share these images out of respect to the families.
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President Higgins says Gaza hospital strike must be investigated as a 'war crime'. Read more here:
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The Doomsday Clock, a metaphor for how far away the world is from disaster, has been set to 100 seconds to midnight for the third year in a row
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Mary Lou McDonald says position of Israeli Ambassador to Ireland is now 'untenable'. Her comments have been welcomed by opposition TDs in People Before Profit and the Social Democrats. Read more:
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President Michael D Higgins has said Israel 'announcing in advance' that it would break international law in Gaza reduces the Geneva Convention to 'tatters'. Read more:
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5 years
Patric and Geraldine, parents of Ana Kriegel, planted a tree and unveiled a bench in memory of their daughter today at Leixlip Manor Hotel, Co Kildare.
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Fine Gael ministers received hundreds of emails about evictions, but just 22 about gender and trans issues, before the eviction ban lapsed in April. One party TD had claimed that trans issues were dominating emails from the public before the ban expired
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Asked about the Israeli ambassador saying Ireland was on the wrong side of history, Harris said: “You’ll excuse me for finding it a little bit hard to hear the representative of the Netanyahu government talking about being on the wrong side"
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Controversial pandemic campaigner Dolores Cahill is no longer employed in her teaching job at UCD, The Journal has learned.
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Same-sex marriage is now legal in Northern Ireland
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Ireland's chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan will return to work next week and is expected to resume his duties from Monday
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A bill that would make it legal to possess up to 7g of cannabis for personal use will be introduced to the Dáil in around two weeks
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@RTERadio1 McDonald says she has already been in contact with Greens, Soc Dems, and People Before Profit but not Leo Varadkar or Micheál Martin, aims to gauge first if it is possible to form a government without them #GE2020
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Moving email we just received from a 16-year-old girl who asked to stay anonymous on her reaction to the vote #marref http://t.co/uag46CYciY
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Christopher Duff has been located safe and well, gardaí said this evening
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President Michael D Higgins has said neither the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste want a 'silent president' and added that he is 'reflecting the will of the people' who voted for him. Read more:
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Christy Dignam speaking in 2018: 'This country is bankrupt cos the bankers bankrupted us. But they won’t say that.'
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Ceann Comhairle Seán Fearghaíl has refused a request from the Israeli ambassador to allow a screening in Leinster House of graphic footage of the Hamas attacks stating it would be 'inappropriate' and 'unprecedented' Read here:
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There is a *lot* of misinformation about coronavirus being shared in Ireland. We'll use this thread to debunk the ones that we come across. To start with: no, that WhatsApp voice message about Ireland going into a Status Red lockdown from Monday morning is not true.
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Three teenage boys have been arrested in connection with the assault of a teenage boy in Meath - a video of the attack has been circulating online.
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Protestors have gathered outside RTÉ Studios calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest
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Mary Lou McDonald has said the EU should support Irish reunification in the same way as it supported the reunification of Germany
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'I think that's why people loved the video, it kind of shows the irony of people on the far-right going into communities and telling the community who is welcome and who isn't' - Clondalkin campaigner Darragh Adelaide tells The Journal.
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An important update: "They're all at home watching me on the telly - so who's the weirdo now?"
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6 years
OFFICIAL: The Eighth Amendment has been repealed #8thRef
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Israel's ambassador to Ireland has said it is a 'shame' that some Irish politicians have posted images of Palestinian flags on their social media accounts.
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BREAKING: Dolores O'Riordan, best known for her success with rock band The Cranberries, has died suddenly at the age of 46
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Thousands march in Dublin against racism and US police brutality
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Irish will be recognised as a full status official language of the European Union from tomorrow for the first time in its history as a member state
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Calls for Dublin pub Berlin D2 to be shut down after 'outrageous' video shows them breaking Covid-19 rules
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: The DUP are the largest party, but they don't represent the majority in Northern Ireland. We shouldn't forget that the majority of people in NI voted to remain in Europe.
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The PSNI has released this CCTV footage from Creegan in Derry last night, showing rioting and police coming under attack around the time journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead. Investigating officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
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"If I have one homeless child in Wexford, one child that isn't accommodated, I'll be bringing it here and it'll be sitting in the Ceann Comhairle's lap." TD Verona Murphy gave a damning excoriation of the Irish government's housing policy in the Dáil this afternoon.
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President Michael D. Higgins has decried Israel’s strikes in southern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled from further north, calling the prospect of more violence a ‘moment of global crisis’
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The leader of new party Independent Ireland, Michael Collins TD, has voiced support for the chemical castration of rapists and paedophiles and defended the use of guns for self-defence in an interview with Hot Press magazine. Read more:
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US President Joe Biden has sent a letter to six-year-old Adam King from Cork along with American and Irish flags that were on board missions to space
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Less than a quarter of the 500,000 people who were estimated to attend today's mass in the Phoenix Park have arrived to see Pope Francis
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The 48 people who lost their lives in the Stardust fire on 14 February 1981.
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A bat has been rescued from Limerick Count Centre. There is no indication as to how he voted. He’s been named 'Count Refula' by staff, according to journalist David Raleigh who captured this footage. #Referendum2024
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Mary Lou McDonald has said the targeting of civilians and hostage taking of hostages by Hamas is a breach of international law that must be condemned. She said the bombardment of Gaza is equally to be condemned.
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The messages of support left at a mural of Savita Halappanavar are to be preserved, catalogued and digitised, Dublin City Library and Archive has confirmed
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