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Phelim Roe O’Neill or Féilim Rua Ó Néill – was an Irish leader, from the famous O’Neill family, who led the Irish Rebellion of 1641 in Ulster on 23 October when the Irish rebels attacked Protestant ...

The Dáil voted 79-71 in favour of removing the Triple Lock this week, at Second Stage of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2026. A majority of TDs voted to support the Government’s attempt to remove the UN ...

Social media commentator Kirk Loco (44), of Rathnew, Co. Wicklow, is on trial on charges under Section 4(1) and 4(3) of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020. He is ...

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As I reported last Friday, there has been a clear trend over the past two years for former residents of IPAS centres to be moved out of direct provision and into emergency accommodation and from there ...

The Irish Government wants to get rid of the Triple Lock mechanism for overseas military deployments. And they claim that this is necessary because, according to them, the UN Security Council is ...

Almost a third of the convicted criminals who were recently deported back to Romania had been in Ireland for between five and ten year or for more than ten years, new information provided to ...

The Catholic Education Partnership (CEP), working with the Irish Bishops’ Conference, launched Living Love Senior, a new Leaving Cert SPHE/RSE programme for Catholic post-primary schools, in September ...

The State has officially withdrawn both charges against a failed asylum seeker who was accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in the care of Tusla near the Citywest Hotel complex. The case ...

There have been calls for the Government to hold a referendum on the triple lock on military neutrality, as one Independent TD last night called for the State to let the people decide. A number of ...

The Dublin-based charity which has found itself at the centre of of a money laundering investigation has been named. It is also confirmed that a Sinn Féin TD is Chair and Board member of the charity, ...