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D'il rejects motion to stop Ireland-Israel matches
35+ min ago (319+ words) D'il "ireann has rejected opposition motions aimed at stopping the upcoming Ireland-Israel football matches. The Government proposed amendments to the motions, stating that the fixtures were a matter for the FAI. The amended motions were supported by 81 votes to 68 votes....
KNEECAP on violence in Belfast: "We know only too well the hatred behind driving families from their homes" | Hotpress
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (284+ words) The non-profit organisation Anaka has meanwhile launched a fundraiser to support people affected by the protests KNEECAP have spoken out to condemn the riots that have taken place in Belfast over the past two days. The protests have been fuelled…...
Sport ministers will not attend Ireland v Israel fixture " "Well now, this is confusing," responds IPSC | Hotpress
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (510+ words) Ireland are set to play Israel at the Aviva Stadium on October 4. Minister for Sport Patrick O'Donovan and junior minister for Sport Charlie Mc Conalogue have said they will not be attending the upcoming Republic of Ireland v Israel game…...
Has Polymarket activity changed the narrative of the Dublin Central by-election?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (895+ words) The platform has surged into mainstream political coverage in the last week, as the government expresses concern over reports of suspicious activity. The build up to a by-election typically involves the scrutinisation of local issues and lengthy introductions to candidates…...
Helen Mc Entee and Miche'l Martin "appalled" by video of detained Irish activists in Israel
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (429+ words) The video shared by the Israeli Security Minister shows activists being humiliated and assaulted Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen Mc Entee and Taoiseach Miche'l Martin have condemned a video shared by Israeli forces of detained activists. This follows the interception…...
Calls for government to ban no-fault evictions
3+ week, 1+ day ago (393+ words) "The solution to the housing crisis is not to be found in punishing renters for a decade of failed Fianna F'il and Fine Gael housing policy," said Eoin " Broin. Sinn F'in's Eoin " Broin has put forward a Private Members' Bill…...
Taoiseach and T'naiste condemn interception of Global Sumud Flotilla: "What Israel have done is illegal" | Hotpress
3+ week, 1+ day ago (356+ words) What Israel has done is, in my view, illegal. It is, in my view, in breach of international law," said Simon Harris. Taoiseach, Miche'l Martin and T'naiste Simon Harris have condemned Israel's interception and detention of the activists on board…...
Social Democrats abortion bill rejected in D'il vote
3+ week, 6+ day ago (474+ words) The bill proposed by Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has been defeated by TDs. The Social Democrats' Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill has been defeated in the D'il by 85 votes to 30, with 36 abstentions, including all Sinn F'in TDs. Fine Gael TDs…...
Protest to 'save Stephen's Green Shopping Centre' to take place this weekend
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (247+ words) "They got a prestigious Irish architect to design the new fa'ade, but unfortunately this doesn't seem to have impacted the quality of the design at all," reads a post from the Save Stephen's Green campaign. A protest is scheduled to…...
Michael D. Higgins returns total of "2. 6 million to Exchequer over course of two terms as President of Ireland
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) The cumulative figure includes "1, 310, 491 in Oireachtas and Ministerial pensions, and "689, 474 in pay, foregone, over the 14 years of his Presidency. The former President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, returned a total of "2. 6 million to the State over the course of his fourteen…...