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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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CONCERN AT SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF LEARNER DRIVERS
THE number of unqualified drivers on Irish roads is causing concerns with a jump of over 12,250 in those on learner permits in the past six months. Close to 400,000 motorists are now on learner permits, new figures from the Road Safety Authority (RSA)...
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FEARS OVER TEENAGERS’ EASY ACCESS TO WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS
DOCTORS have warned of a surge in teenagers being referred to medics after using weight-loss jabs they purchased online, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. A special investigation by the Mail found that online retailers are perfectly willing to sell...
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‘She carried a little black gun... we were afraid of her’
DUBLIN tattoo artist Ruth Lawrence has been found guilty of the murder of two men whose bound bodies were found on a lake island in Co. Meath in 2014. Lawrence – who carried around a ‘little black gun’ according to a key witness – shot drug dealer...
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‘The people have used their voices to shape a country we can be proud of ’ SIX-PAGE COMMEMORATIVE SPECIAL
OUR new President made no secret of remaining vocal in times of need, regardless of the limitations of the office, in the lead-up to last month’s election. While it is refreshing to finally hear a national politician speak with some conviction, it is...
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PERMISSION GRANTED FOR 44,000 HOMES BUT NOT ONE BLOCK LAID
CONSTRUCTION work has still not begun on over 44,000 homes that have planning permis- sion in Dublin, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Details of the large number of stalled developments are contained in a briefing document prepared for Minister for...
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KELLEHER TURNS THE HEAT UP ON TAOISEACH
A SEARING attack by Billy Kelleher on Micheál Martin’s Northern and domestic politics has turned the heat up even further on the Taoiseach’s leadership. Traditionally Northern policy is the sole preserve of the Fianna Fáil leadership but speaking...
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I’LL HELP DJ TURN HIS LIFE AROUND
A FAITH healer who was used by DJ Carey to back up his cancer fraud has said that he wants to visit the disgraced hurler in prison and offer him a path to redemption. Séamus Byrne of St Gemma’s Healing Ministry in Kilkenny told the Irish Daily Mail...
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GARDAI FOIL FAR RIGHT TERROR PLOT
GARDAÍ believe they have foiled a potential far-right attack on the immigrant community. Two men were arrested in Laois while the PSNI raided a house in Down where they allegedly found explosives. The neighbourhood had to be evacuated as the bomb...
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FF REBELS: WE’RE NOT CHILDREN!
FIANNA Fáil TDs have denounced colleagues for sending a ‘rebel’ list of deputies to media. At a stormy parliamentary party meeting last night, Louth TD Erin McGreehan said the list, which the Mail has seen, was circulated to ‘put us out in public to...
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HOUSING CRISIS FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS
THE housing shortage is set to continue for the next 20 years – and that’s only if building targets are met. A new Department of Finance analysis has warned that pent-up demand for housing will not be eliminated until 2045, and that high house prices...
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Once a superstar, DJ Carey’s legacy is now a pathetic image of a cheat with a charger up his nose to carry out a wicked fraud
IF WE believe that hurling is the best of us, a uniquely Irish artform that distinguishes us from every other culture, then DJ Carey was Ireland personified. Nobody refined hurling’s manic grace more precisely, and to such exquisite effect...
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GIVE OUTGOING BOSS OF IRISH RAIL A PAY RISE
IARNRÓD Éireann sought to increase the salary of its outgoing chief for the final month of his contract, which would have led to €1.4million in additional pension benefits. Documents obtained by the Irish Daily Mail show Iarnród Éireann chairman Steve...
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A STUNNING FALL FROM GRACE FOR DJ CAREY
HURLING legend DJ Carey was left penni- less and sleeping in his car, despite duping friends and acquaintances into giving him over €400,000 by falsely claiming he had cancer – a fraud that sees him facing jail. A court heard yesterday that while the...
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HOSPITALS PAID CONSULTANTS ‘ON THE DOUBLE’
TWO hospitals misused taxpayers’ money to pay consultants ‘on the double’ from a fund designed to cut waiting lists, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Doctors at Naas General Hospital and Kerry University Hospital were paid to treat people ‘on a...
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GROPED AS THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE LIVES
FEMALE paramedics have been subjected a litany of sexual harassment incidents and a culture of misogyny, a secret report obtained by the Irish Daily Mail reveals. The survey was carried out by female paramedics in the National Ambulance Service (NAS)...
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TWO THIRDS OF WAITING LIST TARGETS ARE MISSED
TWO THIRDS of hospital waiting list targets are being missed despite a €420million investment and a pledge to reduce the rate by the end of this year, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Hospitals are consistently missing their monthly Sláintecare...
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NEW JOBS ON OFFER LOWEST SINCE THE PANDEMIC
LABOUR demand has hit a four-year low, as job advert numbers fell to levels not seen since the middle of the pandemic, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. A softening in labour demand was expected after a spike in the post-Covid years, but external...
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SEVEN IN TEN CONNOLLY VOTERS FEEL WORSE OFF
SEVEN in ten people who voted for Presi- dent-elect Catherine Connolly say they feel worse off now than they did a year ago. After a wave of discontent fuelled a landslide victory for Ms Connolly, exit poll data from Ireland Thinks shows a majority of...
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THE FIVE-STAR TERRORISTS
HAMAS terrorists released under the Gaza peace deal are staying in a five-star hotel alongside unsuspecting Western tourists. Experts warned of a radical new threat to global security after the Daily Mail discovered that more than 150 of the highly...
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FOUR MORE DAYS OF DISORDER FEARED AT CITYWEST
GARDAÍ fear another five days of violent disorder at Citywest as anti-immigration protests continue. Serious violence has plagued the Citywest asylum centre complex in Saggart, west Dublin, since Monday. So far, 31 people have been arrested with...
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‘She’s my first thought in the morning and my last at night’
MURDERED schoolteacher Ashling Murphy is ‘the first thought that comes into my mind each morning, and the last thought every night’ her father told the Central Criminal Court yesterday. Ray Murphy said his daughter ‘could never be replaced’. He told...
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INFLAMED
CHAOS returned to Dublin last night as anti-immigrant protesters burned out a Garda van and threw glass bottles at officers while being tackled with pepper spray. Officers were showered with fireworks and bottles as the crowd attempted to break...
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CONNOLLY ACTED FOR BANK TO REPOSSESS OUR HOME
A MAN who voted to elect Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly as a councillor has said she later represented a bank that tried to repossess his home. Paul Stevenson told the Irish Daily Mail that Ms Connolly – then a barrister and city councillor...
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ARAS HOPEFULS DON’T HOLD BACK
BOTH Presidential race candidates have raised the temperature of their campaigns, entering into a bitter tit-for-tat ahead of the final debate tomorrow evening. Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys and Independent Catherine Connolly launched scathing attacks...
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STATE GRAPPLING WITH NEW WAVE OF UKRAINIAN YOUTHS
A ‘WAVE’ of Ukrainian youths, aged 18 to 22, are arriving here after Ukraine relaxed its exit visas, the Cabinet has been told. A confidential memo circulated to Cabinet ministers last week outlined how the State is struggling to grapple with the...
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CONNOLLY’S SYRIA U-TURN AS CLAIMS STRONGLY DISPUTED
THE man who arranged a trip to Syria for Clare Daly and Mick Wallace in 2017 has disputed Catherine Connolly claims that she was able to walk ‘freely’ around the country during her visit the following year. Irish academic Dr Declan Hayes, who was not...
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UKRAINIAN TEEN KILLED DAYS AFTER HE ARRIVED IN IRELAND
A UKRAINIAN teenager who died following a stabbing attack in a Tusla refugee centre yesterday had only arrived in Ireland in recent days, sources have told the Irish Daily Mail. He had been moved to Tusla accommodation for unaccompanied minors and was...
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HEALTH SERVICE ‘IGNORES’ WOMEN
THE country’s health system has been accused of ‘disgusting’ and ‘traumatic’ treatment of women in a pair of Government-funded reports. Women were left feeling ‘completely infantilised’ while going through labour and ignored while seeking...
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CASH-TO-LEAVE LETTER SENT TO 33,000 MIGRANTS
A LETTER offering €10,000 per family to asylum seekers to return home has been sent to all 33,000 people seeking international protection here, the Justice Minister has confirmed. The figure is five times the previous offer and is part of the...
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CONNOLLY’S SCRAMBLE OVER VIEWS ON EUROPE
PRESIDENTIAL candidate Catherine Connolly was scrambling last night to explain her claim to be pro-European Union after being unable to recall any instance where she supported EU treaties. Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys sought to create a wedge...
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LIVELINE’S NEW HOST DROPPED BY LATE LATE
RTÉ was forced to abandon last night’s Late Late Show appearance by its new Liveline host, Kieran Cuddihy, following legal threats from Newstalk. Tensions between the rival broadcasters intensified last night with RTÉ poaching rising Newstalk star Mr...
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A fractious meeting, a hasty exit, and a ‘hugely disappointed’ Ray D’Arcy
RAY D’ARCY’S shock exit from RTE Radio 1 yesterday came after a fractious exchange with station bosses, the Irish Daily Mail can exclusively reveal. Mr D’Arcy said he is ‘hugely disappointed’ with the way RTE has handled his departure after he was...
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Victoria Beckham: I secretly suffered from an eating disorder for years
IT WAS the night Victoria Beckham had always dreamed of. And even the notable absence of her estranged, yet beloved, son Brooklyn couldn’t stop her from smiling as she hosted the star-studded premiere of her much-anticipated Netflix documentary simply...
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Rebels circle Martin over Gavin implosion while €9.4billion package decried as a Budget for ‘burger barons and big builders’
The €9.4billion fiscal package – dubbed ‘a Budget for burger barons and big builders’ by the Opposition – was overshadowed by persistent pressure on Mr Martin over his botched handling of the Presidential election. The VAT rate on sales of new...
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MARTIN HITS THE PHONES TO SAVE HIS LEADERSHIP
MICHEÁL Martin began phoning ministers, TDs and senators yesterday – the morning after Jim Gavin’s Áras campaign imploded, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. The Fianna Fáil leader’s move was interpreted by some backbenchers as an effort to shore up...
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JIM GAVIN PULLS OUT OF RACE FOR THE PRESIDENCY
FIANNA Fáil candidate Jim Gavin sensationally quit the Presi- dential race late last night, throwing the Government party into turmoil, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal. Immediately after Micheál Martin sent a message informing Fianna Fáil ministers,...
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MCENANEY FIRMS NETTED €231M FOR HOUSING REFUGEES
COMPANIES owned by former GAA manager and businessman Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney and 14 other members of his family have been paid more than €231million for housing asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees. Millstreet Equestrian Services, which formerly...
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CONNOLLY SIGNED EX-CONVICT INTO DAIL EVERY DAY
CATHERINE Connolly had to sign a former Éirigí prisoner into the Leinster House campus every day because the woman didn’t have security clearance, it has emerged. Ms Connolly, the left-wing Presidential candidate, insisted yesterday that Ursula...
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JIM GAVIN ACCUSED OF ‘POLITICISING DEFENCE FORCES’
PRESIDENTIAL candidate Jim Gavin has been accused of ‘politicising the Defence Forces’ after posing with Army personnel in a now-deleted campaign video. A clip shared on the Fianna Fáil nominee’s social-media channels yesterday showed him running in a...
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