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21 ARE OFF TO THE RIVIERA!
AT LEAST 21 State employees including council officials will travel to the French Riviera to court institutional investors next week, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The Mail revealed yesterday that property developers are paying for the Government’s...
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HOUSING OFFICIALS’ EVENT ABROAD PAID FOR BY DEVELOPERS
PROPERTY developers are paying for an event in the French Riviera city of Cannes that will be attended by the Department of Housing to court institutional investors, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The department is refusing to disclose the details...
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AIR DOCTORS WILL CUT ROAD DEATHS
ALMOST 150 lives would have been saved in the past seven years if Ireland had a doctorled helicopter emergency team, the Health Minister has been told. Ireland remains one of the few countries where doctors do not always attend emergency incidents to...
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Thousands of Irish citizens register for help in the Middle East
THOUSANDS of Irish citizens have registered with the Government as being ‘stranded’ in the Middle East in order to be prioritised for future evacuations. Irish people have been stuck in Gulf states since the weekend, which saw an unprecedented...
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Trump: Iran now wants to talk, and I will engage with them
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has said Iran is ready to start talks towards a peace deal after the death of its Supreme Leader. As conflict raged across the Middle East, Mr Trump confirmed Iran’s interim leadership had made contact, telling magazine The...
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US ENVOY ON MISSION TO BRING POPE TO IRELAND
POPE LEO may travel to Ireland to watch his former college play basketball under plans being developed at the highest level in government and with US Ambassador to Ireland Ed Walsh. Both the Pope and Ambassador Walsh are graduates of Villanova...
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IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN ON LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE schools will be forced to report students who do not attend classes to immigration officials as part of a crackdown on ‘back-door’ entries into the workforce. International students are permitted to work up to 20 hours a week while...
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WOMEN FACE €225 BARRIER TO ‘FREE’ MENOPAUSE TREATMENT
WOMEN are being charged up to €225 to attend specialised men- opause appointments before they get access to free hormone replacement therapy, it was claimed last night. In June last year, the Government formally introduced free access to HRT for all...
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€500 , 000 ‘WASTED’ ON IT PROJECT FOR GARDA WATCHDOG
MORE than €500,000 was wasted on an IT system for the Garda ombudsman – despite early warnings that the project would fail. The system has been temporarily abandoned since the end of 2024 and could end up costing millions more than planned. Members...
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STATE IS SPENDING BEYOND ITS MEANS
THE Government’s ‘sustainable’ spending plan includes an additional €12billion beyond the limit recommended by public expenditure officials, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC), the Government’s...
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BRAVERY MEDALS FOR GARDAI EVEN IF THEY’RE FACING ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE
EVIDENCE of corruption and allegations of domestic abuse are not considered when deciding if a garda is awarded a bravery medal, according to the force. Last year it was revealed that in 2021, former Garda detective Noel McMahon received a Scott Medal...
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WHISTLEBLOWER EXPOSES HOTEL DOUBLING PRICES FOR BON JOVI GIG IN CROKE PARK
A DUBLIN hotel cancelled dozens of reservations for the night of a Bon Jovi concert in Croke Park this summer, and the rooms were then placed back on the market for up to €800, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The Dublin One Hotel in Drumcondra, a...
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ANDREW’S SHAME
THE splendour of Grade II-listed Royal Lodge would have felt a world away for Andrew MountbattenWindsor yesterday when the heavy cell door clunked shut behind him in his far less ostentatious new digs – no bigger than a box room in a three-bed...
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POLICE CALLED TO CULLETON’S U.S. HOME OVER ‘INCIDENTS’ WITH EX-WIFE
BOSTON police responded to two ‘domestic incidents’ involving ICE detainee Séamus Culleton and his ex-wife over the course of a four-year marriage that ended in divorce, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The marriage between Mr Culleton and the woman,...
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BEWARE OF SOLICITORS USING AI, SAY JUDGES
JUDGES have warned the public over solicitors using artificial intelli- gence to compose court documents following three cases having to be thrown out over errorstrewn submissions. One judge claimed it was ‘disheartening’ that people have ‘fallen into...
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IRISH ICE DETAINEE IS ON HIS WAY HOME
ICE detainee Séamus Culleton is expected back in Ireland today after failing in his attempt to stay in the US, the Irish Daily Mail has learned. Mr Culleton, who made worldwide headlines after he claimed he was being held in ‘concentration camp’...
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CABINET FEARS ON NEW ROADS AFTER COURT’S DECISION
MAJOR projects, such as the proposed LNG terminal and new motorways, are at risk after a Supreme Court ruling about climate change laws, Cabinet ministers fear. Last week, the court ruled that climate obligations were ‘real, effective and, if...
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YOU ALL AGREED TO CUTS AT RTE
RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has issued a robust defence of his tenure as head of the State broadcaster to his staff as they began balloting on his future this week. Trade union Siptu is balloting its members in RTÉ on whether they have...
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HEADACHE FOR FAI AND GARDAÍ
IRELAND’S draw against Israel in the UEFA Nations League was described last night as an ‘absolute nightmare’ from both a security and political perspective. The draw for the European soccer competition, made in Brussels yesterday evening, will see the...
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HUTCH: I‘M RUNNING IN THE BY-ELECTION
GANGLAND figure Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch last night declared that he will run in the upcoming Dublin Central by-election. At a chaotic press event to promote an upcoming play by Rex Ryan based on The Monk’s life, Hutch, 62, stated that he was ‘never in...
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‘HUGE RISK’ TO ECONOMY IF AIRPORT CAP IS NOT ABOLISHED
MINISTERS have been warned legislation to lift the Dublin Airport passenger cap is ‘likely’ to be challenged in the courts, which could further scupper efforts to resolve the row. And members of the Cabinet have told the Irish Daily Mail that there is...
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FIVE IRISH ON U.S. ‘WORST OF WORST’ LIST OF CRIMINALS
THE US Department of Homeland Security has named five Irish people among ‘the worst of the worst criminal aliens’ as part of efforts to justify its violent immigration crackdown in Minnesota. It comes in the wake of the White House defending the...
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IRISH ARE FLEEING TRUMP’S AMERICA
IRISH ‘illegals’ are quitting Donald Trump’s America voluntarily to avoid being caught up in swoops by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. It emerged yesterday that more than 100 Irish citizens were deported from the US last year. And the...
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MAY DATE FOR BY-ELECTIONS
THE Government is planning to hold two pivotal by-elections in May, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Senior Government sources confirmed to the Mail last night that the by-elections in Galway West and Dublin Central will take place at the very end of...
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FLATLEY: THE SHOW GOES ON
MICHAEL Flatley raced back to court yesterday where he won an order to prevent the cancellation of the Lord Of The Dance tour – which is due to begin in Dublin tomorrow. After a day of drama which saw the show initially pulled, the dancer got an...
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FLOODS WARNING AS THIRD DELUGE STRIKES
IRELAND is braced for a third round of flooding in a week with Met Éireann warning that three times the average rainfall could hit the east coast. Counties that saw the worst of the flooding last week – Wexford, Carlow, Wicklow and Dublin – are...
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PEOPLE AGREE WITH JUDGE... CYCLISTS ARE A NIGHTMARE ON THE ROADS
OVER half of people agree with a Circuit Court judge that cyclists on our roads are a ‘nightmare’, an exclusive Irish Daily Mail poll has found. Research by Amárach found 49% agreed with Judge James O’Donohoe, while some 30% disagreed, and the...
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BAN OUR UNDER-16S FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
NEARLY three in four people would support the introduction of an Australian-style social media ban on under-16s in Ireland, a poll for the Irish Daily Mail has found. The poll results follow major controversy earlier this month after the social media...
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€500K DEPOSIT HELPED FLATLEY WIN BACK SHOW
MICHAEL Flatley has pledged to stage ‘the greatest show ever’ in Dublin next week after overturning a court order that had barred him from interfering with the upcoming Lord Of The Dance tour. An 11th-hour deposit of €500,000 from a financial backer...
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COUNTDOWN TO CONFLAGRATION
DONALD Trump issued a chilling threat to Iran last night: Make a nuclear deal or face an overwhelming military onslaught. As the US president’s ‘beautiful armada’ of warships moved into position, the Tehran regime said any attack would be ‘an act of...
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Day Nicole (nearly) made Anna smile
WITH a newly inked Chanel contract under her belt, a thriving film career and a net worth conservatively estimated at $375million (€311million), Nicole Kidman isn’t really in need of a revenge dress. Yet the striking black feather-embellished shift she...
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What HAS Anya got up her Dior sleeves?
THE Oscars might be several weeks away, but at Paris Couture Week guests always look red carpet ready. For some, this means wearing an improbably glamorous evening gown. For others, it means incredibly glamorous jewels. And for the Oscar-nominated,...
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HOW SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IS STILL HIT BY HANGOVER FROM COVID
ALMOST a third of primary schools have seen a sharp rise in the number of pupils absent for four weeks or more in the wake of the pandemic. Patterns around primary and secondary schoolchildren taking days off have grown worse over two recent academic...
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STUDENTS ‘QUIZZED’ BY REVENUE AT CHARITY FUNDRAISER
REVENUE officials ‘interrogated’ transi- tion year students taking part in a charity fundraiser as part of a ‘nationwide operation’ targeting Christmas markets last month, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. An event in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, in...
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FLATLEY: I’LL PROVE THAT I OWN LORD OF THE DANCE
MICHAEL Flatley has claimed he is the ‘true owner’ of a company seeking to bar him from any involvement in a Lord Of The Dance tour. The dancer’s legal team told the High Court in Belfast that he can take complete control of Switzer Consulting Ltd –...
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TRUMP: I’ve struck a deal for my big, beautiful piece of ice
DONALD Trump last night dropped his threat to invade Greenland following a furious row with Nato allies. Speaking after talks with Nato chief Mark Rutte, the US president said he had agreed ‘the framework of a future deal’ regarding the control of the...
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The REAL inside story of what went on at wedding that tore Beckhams apart
KATIE HIND
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CIVIL SERVANTS PAY JUST €345 TO RENT IN PHOENIX PARK
CURRENT and former civil servants are paying monthly rents of between €56 to €345 for publicly owned properties, some of which are in the Phoenix Park. The Office of Public Works has finally confirmed to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee that annual...
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It’s a new love for smiling killer Molly
CONVICTED killer Molly Martens smiles into the eyes of her new lover as she enjoys her freedom while dog-walking in the US. Martens, 41, and boyfriend Josh Parrott, 36, kissed and cuddled as they strolled about in Knoxville, Tennessee. The blonde...
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Shot dead, Robina, 23, a victim of the mullahs’ death squads
A STUDENT protester was shot in the back of the head during the Iran regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent. Robina Aminian, 23, was killed at close range as she left college to join one of the dozens of demonstrations sweeping the country. As human...
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PASCHAL GAVE EXTRA €10M TO WORLD BANK IN ADVANCE OF HIS NEW JOB
FORMER finance minister Paschal Donohoe provided an extra €10million in funding to the World Bank than it had requested, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Documents obtained by the Mail show that the World Bank recommended a contribution of...
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SHOWDOWN IN THE ATLANTIC
FIGHTER jets from Britain scrambled to intercept a Venezuelan oil tanker off the Irish coast yesterday, as the US plotted a mission to seize the vessel. The RAF jets were thrust into action across Irish airspace as Britain was drawn into the US...
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GREENLAND RAID WILL FINISH NATO, TRUMP IS WARNED
DONALD Trump was last night warned that any attempt to seize Greenland would spell the end of Nato. The US president has hinted that the Arctic island could be next on his hit list following a dramatic US raid on Venezuela at the weekend. Danish...
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DO THE RIGHT THING – OR ELSE: TRUMP’S WARNING TO NEW LEADER
VENEZUELA’S new hardline interim socialist leader will pay a bigger price than her predecessor ‘if she doesn’t do what’s right’, Donald Trump warned last night. Delcy Rodríguez, Nicolás Maduro’s vice president, was yesterday confirmed as acting...
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SHOW YOUR ID TO GET ONLINE
SOCIAL media account holders in Ireland who want to access sites such as Facebook and Instagram will have to download a Government app under new plans aimed at safeguarding children online. In an exclusive sit-down interview with the Irish Daily Mail,...
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CHAMPAGNE SPARKLERS BLAMED FOR INFERNO THAT COST 47 LIVES
A SPARKLER in a champagne bottle is believed to have caused a Swiss ski bar inferno that killed at least 47 revellers yesterday. Families face an agonising wait to find out whether loved ones died in the early hours at Le Constellation in...
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TV LICENCE FEE IS ‘NOT BROKEN’
MINISTER for Media and Communications Patrick O’Donovan does not believe the TV licence fee to fund RTÉ is broken – but will be presented with options to replace it in the coming months. Licence fee takings collapsed in the wake of a series of...
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IT’S DECISION TIME FOR THE FF REBELS ON MICHEAL’S LEADERSHIP
FIANNA Fáil rebels have ‘an obligation to make a decision’ on whether to move against leader Micheál Martin, first-time TD Albert Dolan has said. There is growing weariness within the party ranks over the speculation around the leader’s future, with...
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MORE SPINAL SURGERIES BUT WAITING TIMES ARE NOT REDUCING
THE increase in surgeries for children requiring spinal ser- vices is ‘not sufficient’ to reduce waiting times, despite major investment, internal Department of Health documents reveal. The Irish Daily Mail has obtained briefing documents prepared for...
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TEENAGERS NOW BUYING HEROIN AND COCAINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
A SOCIAL media-based drugs market is being used by teenagers as young as 15 to buy heroin, cocaine and cannabis as well as a host of other drugs, the Irish Daily Mail has learned. The online shop, which is based on the Telegram app, allows users to...
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HORSE RACING AT BREAKING POINT
OUR horse racing industry is under severe pres- sure claim insiders, citing rising costs, too much racing and constraints around prize money. The Government’s contribution to racing through Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) remains at €79.3million under last...
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THE €260K BOSS OF BUS EIREANN
MINISTER for Transport Darragh O’Brien signed off on a €70,000 salary rise for the new CEO of Bus Éireann, despite a review advising it could stay the same. The Irish Daily Mail can reveal a salary of €280,000 was sanctioned by Mr O’Brien to promote...
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HOMELESS ISSUE NOW DRIVEN BY MIGRATORY PRESSURE
HOMELESSNESS is being driven by ‘migra- tory pressure’, Micheál Martin has said. New figures seen by the Irish Daily Mail show a third of adults in emergency accommodation are from outside the EU – with the total figure more than tripling since...
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TUBRIDY: I’M COMING HOME
RYAN TUBRIDY said last night he is coming back to live in Ireland – but will still continue to do presenting work in the UK. The 52-year-old yesterday dramatically left his role with Virgin Radio UK in London after almost two years and is to launch a...
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PENSIONERS CASHING IN ON SOCIAL WELFARE LOOPHOLE
PENSIONERS are taking advantage of a social welfare loophole that allows them to claim more money than they are entitled to. John McKeon, secretarygeneral at the Department of Social Protection, is ‘more concerned about pensioners than jobseekers’...
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FF HAD THREE WARNINGS ON BACKING GAVIN
FIANNA Fáil were warned on three occasions about issues between their ill-fated Presidential candidate Jim Gavin and his former tenant. The long-awaited internal review into the botched Áras campaign of the former Dublin GAA manager lays bare a lack...
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JUSTICE MINISTER’S WARNING AMID RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM
THE Justice Minister has called on his political colleagues to be careful with their use of language following the Bondi Beach attack amid a rise in anti-semitism worldwide. Jim O’Callaghan was last night speaking at Herzog Park in Dublin’s Rathgar...
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HERO OF THE BONDI BEACH MASSACRE
THE hero who disarmed a gunman who was on an anti-Semitic rampage in Sydney that killed 16 has been praised for saving countless lives. Fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, risked his life to wrestle with the terrorist and help bring the attack on...
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MINISTER BACKS DOWN IN BLISTER PACKS ROW
NEW fees on blister packs have been postponed until the end of March next year at least, after a meeting between pharmacies and the Department of Health last night. The Irish Daily Mail can reveal the meeting was arranged following phone calls between...
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OVER €1M IN ENERGY ‘WASTED’ EVERY DAY
AN AVERAGE of €1.3million worth of wind energy has been wasted every day since the start of 2025, politicians have been told. Billions of euro worth of renewable energy has been unused in recent years because producers are instructed by Eirgrid to...
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NEW €50 FEE FOR PILL BLISTER PACKS
ELDERLY and vulnerable patients suffering from illnesses such as dementia are facing new monthly fees of up to €50 for drugs in blister packs. Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has told the Dáil that the Government will not intervene in the...
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MEDICS QUITTING CROWDED HOSPITAL
THE resignation of a number of senior medics from University Hospital Limerick has prompted fears of an exodus from the country’s most crowded hospital to the private health care system. Several well-placed health sources have told the Irish Daily...
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GARDAI PROBE REVENGE LINK TO FIRE THAT KILLED BOY, 4 AND WOMAN
GARDAÍ are investigating a petrol-bomb attack that claimed the lives of a child and his grand-aunt, and injured his grandmother. A double murder inquiry was under way last night, as those killed in the incident in Co. Offaly were named locally as...
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OFFSHORE WIND HOPES FALL FLAT
IRELAND’S potential to develop offshore wind energy is far smaller than initially believed due to large swathes of our waters being unsuitable, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Confidential maps and an analysis paper provided to Energy Minister...
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REVENUE EYEING UP YOUR FOREIGN HOLIDAY HOME
A new agreement with 24 OECD countries will see Ireland share and exchange information on property ownership as part of a worldwide effort against tax evasion. Hundreds of thousands of foreign properties and holiday homes are believed to be owned by...
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MEGHAN’S FATHER ‘FIGHTING FOR LIFE’
MEGHAN Markle’s father is fighting for his life after emergency surgery in the Philippines. Thomas Markle, 81, who has been estranged from his daughter since her 2018 marriage to Prince Harry, was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after being taken...
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WE ARE READY FOR WAR WITH EUROPE
UKRAINIAN president Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday told the Irish people there was a ‘chance to end’ the war with Russia – just as Vladimir Putin warned Europe his nation was ready to expand the war if provoked. As talks between the United States and...
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PRISONS FULL TO BURSTING
OVERCROWDING in the prison system has become so severe that the 1,500 new beds promised by the Government will be instantly wiped out. At the time of writing, there are 5,700 people in custody in our prisons, with over 600 of those sleeping on roll-up...
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GARDAI PROBE AMBULANCE SEX PREDATOR
SEVEN female paramedics have come forward to lift the lid on an alleged sexual predator in the service who they claim has been drugging colleagues for almost a decade to abuse them. The man is at the centre of a Garda investigation into the sexual...
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SOCIAL MEDIA BAN ON THE WAY FOR UNDER-16S
THE Government is to introduce online verification processes that will effectively ban under16s from social media, the Irish Daily Mail understands. Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan has told the Dáil that work is under way in Government to introduce...
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FAILTE IRELAND CLIMATE ACTION OFFICIAL AMONG THE OBJECTORS TO METROLINK
A CLIMATE officer at Fáilte Ireland is among 20 people who have launched a judicial review against the MetroLink despite the tourism body praising the project’s green benefits. Geraldine Ann Cusack, a sustainability and climate action officer, lives...
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NUMBER OF HOMELESS MIGRANTS ON THE RISE
MIGRANTS leaving asylum accommodation now make up a majority of new emergency housing occupants in Dublin, a confidential Government report has said. It has emerged as Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan is set bring a series of measures to Cabinet...
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