61 h. ago Watch: Video shows moments around fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

Footage appears to contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’

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4 d. ago Trump claims US ‘armada’ is headed for Middle East as Iran death toll passes 5,000

US president says Washington watching Tehran closely, with ‘a lot of ships’ due to arrive in coming days

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5 d. ago Donald Trump sues JPMorgan and CEO for $5bn over claims it unfairly closed his accounts

Lawsuit is a significant escalation in a simmering dispute between US president and the Wall Street group

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5 d. ago Trump launches ‘Board of Peace’ with claims that world is ‘richer, safer’

Board was mooted as part of plan for Gaza ceasefire but Trump has suggested a broader geopolitical role

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5 d. ago Early Edition podcast: Trump claims ‘really good deal done’ on Greenland

Plus: What teens think of new age verification proposals for social media, Skerries residents up in arms over active travel scheme, and Emer McLysaght on the fear that plagues those living on their own

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5 d. ago Daniel Geary: Tired Trump’s claim that he won’t take Greenland by force is not reassuring

At Davos, the US president repeated his determination to possess what he keeps calling ‘that piece of ice’

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5 d. ago Trump claims ‘really good deal done’ on Greenland; Skerries up in arms and social media bans

Plus: What teens think of new age verification proposals for social media, Skerries residents up in arms over active travel scheme, and Emer McLysaght on the fear that plagues those living on their own

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6 d. ago FactCheck: Trump claim that the US has never asked for anything from Nato is flat wrong

Trump also questioned other members states’ commitment to mutual defence alliance.

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1 week ago Paracetamol pregnancy study contradicts Trump claims on autism link

Lancet analysis is among first total reviews of scientific literature and uses data from research participants worldwide

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1 week ago Trump threatens to impose tariffs on countries that don’t back his Greenland takeover plans

Speaking this afternoon, Trump doubled down on his claim that the US needs Greenland “for national security”.

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1 week ago Iran says no executions imminent as US sanctions security chiefs over protest crackdown

In an interview with Fox News, Abbas Araghchi said there will be “no hanging today or tomorrow” and claimed that “everything is calm” in Iran.

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1 week ago Iran says protester Erfan Soltani has not been sentenced to death

Trump claims protest killings have halted and plays down military threats

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1 week ago Trump claims Iran protest killings have halted and plays down military threats

Tehran’s foreign minister says executions detained antigovernment activists are ‘out of the question’

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2 w. ago Áras ceremony for new Iranian ambassador 'not appropriate' due to Iran protest crackdowns

Iran has an embassy in Blackrock in Dublin and its new ambassador, Eshagh Al Habib, was due to go to Áras an Uachtaráin for a ceremony to accept his credentials.

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2 w. ago Trump declares 25% tariff on Iran's trade partners as protest death toll rises

Iran’s main trading partners are China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

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2 w. ago Greenland says it will reject a US takeover 'under any circumstance' as Trump maintains threat

Yesterday, Trump claimed that if the United States didn’t take Greenland, ‘Russia or China will, and I’m not letting that happen’.

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3 w. ago Group claims ballroom at Trump's Doonbeg resort must wait until rare snail starts to prosper

The Friends of the Irish Environment claims the “terminal decline” of the protected snail species, Vertigo angustior, threatens the plans for the proposed large ballroom on the site of an existing event marquee at the golf resort.

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3 w. ago ‘We’re going to have an Irish Trump,’ claims former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon

The convicted fraudster said he was working “behind the scenes” to form a political party.

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last month New ballroom at Trump Doonbeg resort won't impact protected snails, plans claim

That is according to recently lodged planning documents with Clare County Council for the resort's planned ballroom that will have the capacity to accommodate 320 guests

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last month New ballroom at Trump Doonbeg resort won't impact local protected snail species, plans claim

The new plans come ahead of Trump Doonbeg hosting the Amgen Irish Open in September next year.

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