Mary Lou McDonald moves ahead with RTÉ defamation case
A notice of intention to proceed was filed last week. Mary Lou McDonald has moved ahead with defamation proceedings against RTÉ. A notice of intention to proceed with the case was filed in the High Court on Friday as part of the Sinn Féin leader’s lawsuit against the national broadcaster. The matter stems from a […]
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Laughing gas: Kids as young as 12 presenting with medical issues
A total of 209 addiction treatment cases involving nitrous oxide use were recorded during four-year period. More than half of people treated for abuse of “laughing gas” nitrous oxide were under 18, but there is no treatment facility geared towards adolescents and the purchase is still legal in Ireland. Nitrous oxide has a number of […]
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Homelessness has risen 9% this year
A record number of 17,885 people were in emergency accommodation last month, according to the Department of Housing. The number of adults in emergency accommodation now stands at 12,055, with 5,830 children in emergency accommodation. An increase of 358 people in July, including 171 children. Of the 7,304 single adults in emergency accommodation nationally, 4,881 […]
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Trump says he’d ‘love’ to see a united Ireland: ‘It may as well happen now’
What a united Ireland still needs Donald Trump has said he would “love” to see Ireland become unified, adding that he believes it could happen eventually, RTÉ reports. The US president made the comments during a news conference with Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh House. His remarks became the biggest moment of his two-day visit, […]
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Who decides on a border poll? Sinn Féin slam PM Burnham after comments in Belfast
A row has begun as Prime Minister Andy Burnham said this week that a united Ireland referendum is “off the table”. Burnham made the remarks while speaking to reporters in Belfast, where he is met with political parties, including Sinn Féin to discuss the budget in Northern Ireland. The north is the poorest region of […]
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Sinn Fein advocating for data centre build in Derry and protesting them in Republic
Sinn Fein representatives have been advocating for the building of a large data centre on the shores of Lough Foyle in Derry. The data centre was approved by Derry City Council for the first stage of the Atlantic Hub (now known as Greenscale) development at Foyle Port, in October 2024 – a data centre, and […]
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