RTÉ Considers McDonald for Election Debate After Sinn Féin Surges in Polls

RTÉ Considers McDonald for Election Debate After Sinn Féin Surges in Polls

RTÉ has indicated that it could include Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald in a televised debate, days before the electorate go to the polls. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar are set to go...
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Protesters Clash at Free Speech Rally in Dublin

Protesters Clash at Free Speech Rally in Dublin

A number of protesters have clashed during a rally against free speech legislation in Dublin. Demonstrators from rival sides were forced apart by gardaí as the rally took place outside Leinster House today. It is understood that supporters of the...
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Ainie Grainger Criticizes Government’s Response to Domestic Violence Crisis

Ainie Grainger Criticizes Government’s Response to Domestic Violence Crisis

A young abuse campaigner has criticized the Government for failing to tackle the deepening domestic violence crisis in Ireland at a special conference in the UK. Ainie Grainger, a co-founder of Stop Domestic Violence in Ireland (SDVII), accused the Government....
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Activists Demand Continued Voice for The North in Europe

Activists Demand Continued Voice for The North in Europe

Anti-Brexit campaigners have demanded Northern Ireland continues to have a voice in the EU after the UK leaves. During one of a series of protests planned at the Irish border through Friday, Border Communities Against Brexit activists unveiled a new...
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Two New Irish MEPs Vow to Represent Interests of The North

Two New Irish MEPs Vow to Represent Interests of The North

Two Irish MEPs, who will finally be able to take their seats in Brussels when the UK leaves the EU, have sought to reassure people in Northern Ireland they will work to ensure their interests are still represented. Deirdre Clune,...
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Corbyn Says Sorting Brexit Trade Deal More Important Than United Ireland

Corbyn Says Sorting Brexit Trade Deal More Important Than United Ireland

Resolving uncertainty over post-Brexit trading arrangements is a more important priority for Northern Ireland than the debate on Irish unity, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The outgoing UK Labour Party leader said it was “difficult to know” whether Brexit had bro...
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Martin Plays Down Calls for Irish Unity Poll

Martin Plays Down Calls for Irish Unity Poll

A poll on a united Ireland will only take place when the time is right and sectarian tensions ease, the leader of Fianna Fáil has said. There have been increased calls for a poll on Irish unity, with Sinn Féin...
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Coveney Confident of Securing Seats for Irish on French Evacuation Flight from China

Coveney Confident of Securing Seats for Irish on French Evacuation Flight from China

Tánaiste Simon Coveney is “confident” of securing seats for its citizens on a French evacuation flight from China, the Government has said. The Foreign Affairs Minister said his department would do everything necessary to contain any potential risk of the...
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Micheál Martin Says Sinn Féin’s Spending Plans Would ‘Wipe Out’ Small Businesses

Micheál Martin Says Sinn Féin’s Spending Plans Would ‘Wipe Out’ Small Businesses

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said Sinn Féin’s $24.2bn (€22bn) spending plan would “destroy jobs” and again ruled out going into coalition with them in the next government. Sinn Féin proposes that, if elected, it would increase public spend...
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Sinn Féin’s Manifesto Pledges Border Referendum Within Five Years

Sinn Féin’s Manifesto Pledges Border Referendum Within Five Years

Sinn Féin has pledged to secure a border poll within the next five years while also establishing a joint Oireachtas committee on a united Ireland. The party unveiled its manifesto, which includes publishing a white paper on a united Ireland...
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