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All Opposition parties have joined in a rare show of unity to press Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe to explain…
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On a December morning, with just three weeks remaining of Ireland’s term on the United Nations Security Council, Irish ambassador Fergal…
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The formation of a new government after the election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach is expected to involve minimal Cabinet changes. But how…
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Two separate postmortems and at least four investigations will be carried out by authorities investigating the killing of an Irish…
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President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin have extended their sympathies to the family and friends of an Irish…
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Protests held after hundreds of asylum seekers were moved into the East Wall area of Dublin are “a worry”, according to the Minister for…
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Legislation is to be introduced on Monday which will cut Assembly members’ salaries and keep Northern Ireland’s public services running…
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There are no plans to expel Russian ambassador to Ireland Yuriy Filatov, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.Mr Coveney…
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Russian ambassador Yury Filatov has been told that the Kremlin’s announcement that 52 Irish politicians have been banned from travelling…
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The Department of Foreign Affairs will demand to see a list of more than 50 Irish politicians who have been barred from entering Russia…
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The UK and European Union are close to a major breakthrough in their months-long spat over post-Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland,…
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The UK and European Union are close to a major breakthrough in their months-long spat over post-Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland,…
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Political leaders from around the globe have a “special responsibility” to urgently drive the transformation needed to tackle climate…
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The Iranian ambassador to Ireland is being called into the Department of Foreign Affairs due to concern over the protests in Iran and the…
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Ask Prof Tim Bale for his take on the new Northern Ireland Office minister, and arch Brexit campaigner, Steve Baker and he tells you a…
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The Government has sought answers from the Chinese embassy about the presence of a Chinese “police service station” in Dublin.The Fuzhou…
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Messages from the UK government on the Northern Ireland protocol are “quite different” to those of a few months ago with a willingness…
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Opening this weekend in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine is a Kremlin-financed production of local self-determination, a spectacle of…
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Ireland is “absolutely not anti-Israel” in its approach to the Middle East, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said. Rather…
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin is expected to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol in his first formal meeting with British Prime Minister Liz…
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