2 h. ago LIVE: Early turnout sluggish as Connolly and Humphreys cast their votes

Opinion polls suggest Catherine Connolly is the frontrunner to win the election.

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4 h. ago LIVE: Connolly and Humphreys cast their votes as each tries to win the country's favour

Opinion polls suggest Catherine Connolly is the frontrunner to win the election.

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4 h. ago From pigs’ heads to arson plots: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe

The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine

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5 h. ago LIVE: President Higgins casts his vote as country takes to the polls

Opinion polls suggest Catherine Connolly is the frontrunner to win the election.

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9 h. ago Opinion: Irish abroad should have the right to vote for their president

Irish people abroad should be able to vote, especially in presidential elections due to the significance of the role for international relations, writes Cáit Caden.

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10 h. ago Law professor: Diluting the Occupied Territories Bill would be a political choice more than a legal one

Conor Crummey examines the Taoiseach’s comments that the Attorney General has advised that the bill in its current form would not be implementable.

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10 h. ago Justine McCarthy: Anyone with a shred of humanity would feel sorry for the parents of Paddy Jackson

By making unfounded allegations about a rape case, Danielle Meagher has given ammunition to those who want to believe the fallacy that women are in the habit of lying about rape

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10 h. ago Heather Humphreys: From a rural farm on the border to a presidential bid

She grew up on a farm outside a village called Drum, located at the Cavan-Monaghan border.

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10 h. ago ‘This is our country, get them f***ing out’: Citywest riot raises questions for social media giants

There is now a depressingly familiar pattern to how this plays out – and at the centre of it all are online social media platforms.

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16 h. ago Despite global headwinds, the Irish economy is projected to grow by almost 11%

Bank of Ireland issues robust outlook on back of strong pharma exports and consumer spending

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19 h. ago High spirits from candidates on last day of presidential campaign

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly has a lead over Fine Gael hopeful Heather Humphreys in the opinion polls.

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23 h. ago Attacks on Palestinian farmers during West Bank’s olive harvest captured on video

Masked Israeli settler is filmed clubbing a 55-year-old Palestinian woman while she was picking olives

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33 h. ago Opinion: The relationship between farming and pharma is closer than you might like

We’re a long way from the locally grown, nutrient-dense foods that previous generations grew up on, writes Pippa Hackett.

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34 h. ago Finn McRedmond: Prince Andrew is not a problem that can be solved by clever PR moves or stripping of a title

We are witnessing the limitations of a system entirely reliant on the moral character of its personnel

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34 h. ago Joseph O’Connor on celebrating a Kerry priest who became a war

He assembled a network of activists that hid thousands of fugitives, including many escaped Allied prisoners of war

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44 h. ago Merck KGaA to mothball operations at Ireland API plant by end of 2028

Merck KGaA to mothball operations at Ireland API plant by end of 2028  Fierce Pharma

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46 h. ago Central Bank boss says ICJ opinion not considered in Israeli 'war bonds' transfer to Luxembourg

The committee heard that if Ireland had denied the approval of the transfer, Israel would not have been able to issue its bonds for this year.

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47 h. ago International Court of Justice says Israel must allow UN aid into Gaza

While the opinion is non-binding, it carries significant moral and diplomatic weight.

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49 h. ago Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency to supply aid to Gaza

The UN General Assembly asked the court to give an advisory opinion on Israel’s legal obligations after the country effectively banned the UN agency.

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57 h. ago Opinion: Fine Gael's confused campaign branding has done nothing to help Humphreys

Fine Gael’s campaign hasn’t been clear in painting a picture of the person they are asking the electorate to vote for, writes Gerard O’Shea.

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