Sinn Féin Votes to Support Unlimited Abortion Until 12th Week

Sinn Féin Votes to Support Unlimited Abortion Until 12th Week

Sinn Féin has voted to fully support unrestricted access to abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy after a landslide vote to change its abortion policy. Party delegates agreed to the move after a 90-minute debate which included more...
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Taoiseach Rules Out Snap Election

Taoiseach Rules Out Snap Election

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has insisted he is “not interested” in calling a snap election, yet three of his ministers have said a September election is likely. Speaking to the Irish Examiner in Ireland, the ministers have made it clear that...
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Prince of Wales Expected to Talk of Reconciliation in The North

Prince of Wales Expected to Talk of Reconciliation in The North

The Prince of Wales has begun a two-day visit to Northern Ireland. He will tour the Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church, which has served as a gateway to north Belfast since 1875. The neo-Gothic building is the subject of a major...
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Government to Give €2,000 ex gratia Payment to 209 CervicalCheck Victims

Government to Give €2,000 ex gratia Payment to 209 CervicalCheck Victims

The Minister for Health Simon Harris has announced that the 209 women whose cervical cancer diagnoses were delayed are to get “an immediate ex gratia payment of €2,000. It comes as the Govt published the first findings of the Scally...
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Kenny Named as European of the Year

Kenny Named as European of the Year

Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been presented with a European of the Year award. European Movement Ireland is bestowing the honor on him for strengthening EU-Irish relations. Current Taoiseach Leo Varadkar presented the award this afternoon. Mr Varadkar said:...
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Details of Pope Francis’s Visit to Ireland are Announced

Details of Pope Francis’s Visit to Ireland are Announced

Pope Francis will visit Ireland on the 25th and 26th of August as part of the World Meeting of Families. His schedule includes a visit to the President at Áras an Uachtaráin, the Capuchin Day Center, and the Pro-Cathedral on...
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Number of Paramilitary Assaults Down in Belfast

Number of Paramilitary Assaults Down in Belfast

The number of paramilitary-style assaults in Belfast and part of Co Antrim have more than halved over the last year. They are usually carried out by loyalists, who say they are on ceasefire, or dissident republican groups on members of...
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Lord Mayor of Dublin Joins Vigil Against US Military Use of Shannon Airport

Lord Mayor of Dublin Joins Vigil Against US Military Use of Shannon Airport

The Lord Mayor of Dublin says he supports the opposition to what he calls the serious breaches of Irish neutrality at Shannon Airport. Micheál Mac Donncha is attending today’s peace vigil by Shannonwatch, to end the use by the US...
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EU Looks to Limit More Cellphone Charges

EU Looks to Limit More Cellphone Charges

Mobile phone users in the EU could be in line for more savings. In the wake of the cap on roaming charges in the European Union, a limit to the charge for calls and texts is now on the cards....
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Sinn Fein Calls for Neutrality to be ‘Enshrined in Constitution’

Sinn Fein Calls for Neutrality to be ‘Enshrined in Constitution’

Neutrality has earned the Irish State significant goodwill abroad and must be enshrined in the Constitution, Sinn Féin has said. Aengus Ó Snodaigh said the party would introduce a bill to the Dail before the summer recess aimed at protecting...
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