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D'il sketch: A mic-drop resignation and claims of misogyny as debate turns into farce

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (990+ words) 14/04/2026 Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Healy-Rae TD at Leinster House today. Government chief whip Mary Butler sat on the steps of the D'il chamber beside Michael Healy-Rae. The Independent Kerry TD and,…...

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Cork City development plan has no policies on drones, council admits

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (434+ words) The council's director of planning and integrated development, said drone 'infrastructure' such as drone bases or drone delivery hubs may require planning permission. Picture: Larry Cummins Cork City Council has no policies in its city development plan regarding drones, but…...

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Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron to co-chair committee to respond to Iran crisis

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (668+ words) Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Alastair Grant/PA) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron will co-host a summit in Paris on Friday focused on efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The group " the Middle East Response…...

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LIVE: Fuel protesters 'ambushed' by garda; Cabinet to hold emergency meeting

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1580+ words) Try from "0. 25 / day Vehicles leaving O'Connell Street in Dublin during an overnight Garda operation to remove fuel protesters. Fuel body warns it could take '10 days to recover' 10. 35am: Fuels for Ireland chief executive Kevin Mc Partlan has warned that it could…...

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Russia "strikes Ukraine with drones" despite Putin-declared ceasefire

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (654+ words) Try from "0. 25 / day Russia has continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones after a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire took effect on Saturday, a Ukrainian military officer said. "The ceasefire is not being observed by the Russian side," said Serhii Kolesnychenko, a…...

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Russian strikes on Odesa kill two ahead of Orthodox Easter ceasefire

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (334+ words) Try from "0. 25 / day Russian drone strikes killed at least two people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, local authorities reported, ahead of a'proposed ceasefire'for Orthodox Easter. Two more people were wounded in the attack on the Black…...

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Health minister warns chemotherapy and urgent care at risk if fuel protests continue

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (614+ words) Try from "0. 25 / day Jennifer Carroll Mac Neill was speaking during the Irish Medical Organisation annual conference in Killarney. File picture: Grainne Ni Aodha/PA Wire The health minister Jennifer Carroll Mac Neill has raised fears chemotherapy or other urgent care…...

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Irish Examiner view: Absence of policing in domestic abuse crisis

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (709+ words) Try from "0. 25 / day The revelation that just one garda domestic abuse co-ordination team operates outside Dublin is not merely "shocking, it is indefensible. At a time when domestic violence is rising sharply and persistently, the absence of a coherent, nationwide…...

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Russia and White House doing all they can to prop up Viktor Orb'n

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1377+ words) Try from "0. 25 / day US vice president JD Vance" and Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orb'n shake hands as they meet in Budapest, Hungary," ahead of the election on Sunday. Picture: Jonathan Ernst /AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, as Donald Trump…...

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Mick Clifford: Fuel protests at GPO symbolic of how our democracy conceived in 1916 has evolved

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (117+ words) Try from "0. 25 / day Captain Eva Houlihan reading the Proclamation outside the GPO on Easter Sunday. Picture: Rolling News. ie/Sasko Lazarov The ceremony last Sunday on the hallowed site of the 1916 Rising was tastefully conducted with due solemnity. There was…...