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Emirates to fly hundreds of Irish people stuck in Dubai home to Ireland tonight
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (394+ words) THE AIRLINE EMIRATES will run a flight from Dubai to Dublin tonight, in what is believed to be the first commercial flight to Ireland since the war in Iran began on Saturday." Thousands of Irish people are stranded in Dubai…...
Tom Clonan: Trump’s war on Iran is a death blow to the rules-based order
16+ hour, 16+ min ago (885+ words) I DO NOT mourn the killing of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nor do I mourn the killing of his fanatical fellow clerics and zealots in Iran's theocracy and Republican Guard leadership. What I do mourn, however, is the death of…...
Father of teenage US school shooter found guilty of murder and manslaughter
20+ hour, 14+ min ago (416+ words) A MAN WHOSE teenage son shot dead four people at a US high school was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in a rare case of a parent charged over a shooting carried out by their child. Colin Gray, 55, was…...
Government to charter flight to evacuate Irish citizens from the Middle East in coming days
20+ hour, 20+ min ago (533+ words) LAST UPDATE | 14 hrs ago THE GOVERNMENT HAS confirmed that it will charter a flight to the Middle East to evacuate Irish citizens amid the intensifying conflict in the region. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Helen McEntee confirmed the move…...
Thousands mourn schoolgirls and staff killed in bombing of school in Iran
21+ hour, 39+ min ago (479+ words) THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS gathered in the Iranian city of Minab this afternoon for the funerals of victims of an alleged air strike on a girls" school in Iran." Iranian authorities said the explosion took place on the first day of…...
Gardaí ‘not actively monitoring’ the dark web, says assistant commissioner
1+ day, 28+ min ago (577+ words) GARDA" ARE "NOT actively monitoring" the dark web, a Garda assistant commissioner said. Appearing in front of the Artificial Intelligence Committee, Angela Willis was asked by Fianna F'il's Naoise " Cear'il if, given the prevalence of child sexual exploitation on the…...
More than half a million car journeys avoided every day in Dublin by walking and cycling
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (375+ words) ADULTS IN IRELAND'S five largest cities are taking an estimated 660,000 cars off the road every day by walking, wheeling or cycling instead of driving, according to new figures. The 2025 Walking and Cycling Index from the National Transport Authority found that…...
Labour joins the running for the Dublin Central by-election
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (422+ words) THE LABOUR PARTY has selected its candidate for the upcoming Dublin Central by-election, with almost all parties now having selected runners. Ruth O'Dea, a community activist and staff member in its local TD Marie Sherlock's constituency office, will contest the…...
‘They don’t know how they’ll pay their mortgages’: Paramedics to ballot after contracts row
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (738+ words) DOZENS OF NEWLY qualified paramedics have been left in limbo after being informed they will not automatically receive permanent contracts with the National Ambulance Service (NAS). Around 76 trainees were told last month that they would instead be placed on fixed-term…...
As it happened: Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran as US urges citizens to leave Middle East
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1752+ words) LAST UPDATE | 2 hrs ago THE MIDDLE EAST has been engulfed by violence since the United States and Israel launched a massive attack on Iran on Saturday, with retaliatory Iranian strikes hitting multiple states in the region." Iranian missile and drone…...