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November 21, 2019 No Responses

Headstones Erected At Three Unmarked Graves of 1920 Bloody Sunday Victims

Headstones have been unveiled at the last three unmarked graves of those killed in the 1920 Bloody Sunday shootings at Croke Park. The GAA organized the commemorative stones in Glasnevin Cemetery on the 99th anniversary of the killings. Eight of...

November 21, 2019 No Responses

Google Bans Ads Targeting Political Affiliation

Google will no longer allow voters to be targeted by advertisers based on their political affiliation, the company has announced. Election audience advertisements will now be limited to the general categories of age, gender and general location. The tech giant...

November 20, 2019 No Responses

Martin Slams Broadband Plan Launch as ‘Nakedly Political’ Stunt

Micheál Martin has accused the Government of turning the signing of a major broadband contract into a “nakedly political” by-election PR stunt. The Fianna Fáil leader said the launch event for the National Broadband Plan at a school in Co...

November 20, 2019 No Responses

Donaldson Believes DUP Will Still ‘Have Leverage’ Over Tories After UK Election

A senior DUP politician has said he believes his party will continue to “have leverage” over the Conservative Party following the UK election. Lagan Valley candidate Jeffrey Donaldson said he is “not convinced” that Boris Johnson’s Tories will be ret...

November 20, 2019 No Responses

Survey Finds Just One in Three Irish Are Of Normal Weight

Just over a third of Irish adults are of normal weight, according to official statistics. While the proportion of men who were overweight and obese dropped slightly since 2017 (from 70% to 66%), overall figures show that 60% of those...

November 19, 2019 No Responses

PSNI Chief Constable Meets Quinn Director Kevin Lunney

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) chief constable Simon Byrne has met a businessman who was abducted and tortured two months ago. Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) director Kevin Lunney suffered life-changing injuries after he was taken from near his hom...

November 19, 2019 No Responses

Ireland Has ‘Biggest Social Housing Program in a Generation’

Ireland has begun the biggest social house building program in a generation, the Taoiseach said. Leo Varadkar claimed Fianna Fáil’s housing policies were “bankrupt”, “empty” and lacked substance as he promised 10-11,000 new social properties for tho...

November 19, 2019 No Responses

DUP Will Not Support Corbyn-Led Government in Hung Parliament Says Foster

The DUP leader has made clear her party would not support a Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government in a hung parliament. At the launch of a policy document in Belfast, Arlene Foster claimed Mr Corbyn would be bad for the future...

November 18, 2019 No Responses

Taoiseach Commends Cavan Priest’s Condemnation of Lunney Attackers

The Taoiseach has backed a Co Cavan priest’s moral leadership in condemning a vicious assault on businessman Kevin Lunney in the border region. Leo Varadkar offered his support to Fr Oliver O’Reilly from Ballyconnell parish. Fr O’Reilly previously descri...

November 17, 2019 No Responses

Mary Lou McDonald: Stormont Election in January Can Be Averted

A Stormont election in January can be averted if there is political will, Mary Lou McDonald has said. Westminster has imposed interim measures in order to ensure Northern Ireland’s public services can continue since Stormont collapsed more than 1,000 days...

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