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Trust is gone'</h5><div class="oneclick-media float-start standard-tpl-podcast" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen |</div></div></a><script> addToPodcast('41522255', ('0' == '1') ? 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class="card-title "> 41% of new mothers given C-section in Irish hospitals</h5><div class=card-text>Doula warns that 'the medicalisation of birth is actually getting out of control' as Eurostat data shows cesarean sections are carried out in Ireland at double the rate of most other European countries</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 25 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523383" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523383.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523383.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8789/4394714_12_teasersmall_Taoiseach_20Simon_20Harris_20at_20Knock_20Airport_20002_20_1_.jpg" alt="Fine Gael has '48 hours to turn things around' after weekend blows" title="Taoiseach Simon Harris at Knock Airport 002 (1).jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523383.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Fine Gael has '48 hours to turn things around' after weekend blows</h5><div class=card-text>Party sources said that the Taoiseach's swift apology to Ms Fallon was to be commended, but accepted that the optics and timing of the incident were a problem</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 25 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523194" data-article-link="/news/arid-41523194.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41523194.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394459_10_teasersmall_iStock-472156308_1_.jpg" alt="vapouring e cigarette close up" title="iStock-472156308.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41523194.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Vapes with cannabinoids causing psychosis in users as young as 13</h5><div class=card-text>Psychiatric illnesses suffered by young people who use this drug may be long-term and irreversible, according to Prof Bobby Smyth</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 25 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522798" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522798.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522798.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394483_6_teasersmall_2.78275921.jpg.jpg" alt="Conor McGregor court case" title="78275921" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522798.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Protest planned in support of Nikita Hand following DDP decision not to take criminal case</h5><div class=card-text>During the civil case, Ms Hand said she was 'disappointed and upset' at the decision not to prosecute.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 25 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522633" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522633.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522633.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8789/4394591_5_teasersmall_01JBHAXJ32C9FM6YVNKHEX3MS2_1_.jpg" alt="Review of the 125th Infantry Battalion" title="01JBHAXJ32C9FM6YVNKHEX3MS2.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522633.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: What do the parties say about security, defence, crime, policing, and drugs?</h5><div class=card-text>Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe looks at the major party manifestos to find out what they hope to do if elected into Government</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 25 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523392" data-article-link="/news/arid-41523392.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41523392.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8789/4394774_4_teasersmall_2.8036764.jpg.jpg" alt="Prescription charges Ireland" title="8036764" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41523392.html"><h5 class="card-title "> 'Without swift action from Government, pharmacy closures will become a reality', warns union</h5><div class=card-text>Union president Tom Murray said pharmacies want to offer more medical care and build on recommendations in a recent expert taskforce report on the sector</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 25 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523287" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523287.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523287.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8789/4394516_5_teasersmall_PACKED_20LUAS_20TRAMS_3Q2A0078.jpg" alt="Green Party makes €10bn public transport investment a 'red line issue'" title="Green Party makes €10bn public transport investment a 'red line issue'" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523287.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Green Party makes €10bn public transport investment a 'red line issue'</h5><div class=card-text>Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman said that, while planning for these projects has progressed, the next Government must fully commit to fund them and get them built</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523344" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523344.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523344.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8789/4394603_3_teasersmall_Harris_Charlotte_Fallon_2.jpg" alt="Six things we learned from the election campaign trail today" title="Harris_Charlotte_Fallon_2.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523344.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Six things we learned from the election campaign trail today</h5><div class=card-text>Sinn Féin's sunny side It's all blue skies for Sinn Féin as Mary Lou McDonald said the mood on the ground is now "very reminiscent" of the last general election, during which Sinn Féin enjoyed a surge in support. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523305" data-article-link="/news/arid-41523305.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41523305.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8789/4394693_6_teasersmall_dan_20riverblackwater_201.jpg" alt="Early warning system 'would have helped people better prepare for floods'" title="Early warning system 'would have helped people better prepare for floods'" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41523305.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Early warning system 'would have helped people better prepare for floods'</h5><div class=card-text>Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reilly said if such a system was in place people in areas worst hit by Storm Bert could have been better prepared</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523278" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523278.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523278.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394495_6_teasersmall_IRISH_20Election_20_2011582914A.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="IRISH Election 11582914A" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523278.html"><h5 class="card-title "> McDonald believes support for Sinn Féin higher than what polls show</h5><div class=card-text>The poll leaves it all to play for with just days left of the campaign and a potentially crucial leaders' debate on Tuesday</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523089" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523089.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523089.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394453_6_teasersmall_19112024_Roisin_Garvey_Green_Party_Canvass_0065.jpg" alt="Election 2024: Greens are better for farmers than Independents, Clare candidate says" title="Election 2024: Greens are better for farmers than Independents, Clare candidate says" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523089.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: Greens are better for farmers than Independents, Clare candidate says</h5><div class=card-text>TADGH McNALLY joined Green Party senator Róisín Garvey on the campaign trail in the Clare constituency</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523239" data-article-link="/news/arid-41523239.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41523239.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394411_2_teasersmall_Sinn_20Fein_20manifestozz.jpg" alt="Watch: Mary Lou McDonald reacts to the Taoiseach’s interaction with a care worker in Kanturk" title="Sinn Fein manifestozz.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41523239.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Watch: Mary Lou McDonald reacts to the Taoiseach’s interaction with a care worker in Kanturk</h5><div class=card-text>"They don't listen, they don't respond, and they seem to think, astonishingly, that people ought to be grateful for their efforts, rather than hearing, reflecting and changing"</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523224" data-article-link="/news/arid-41523224.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41523224.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394378_4_teasersmall_dan_20riverblackwater_205.jpg" alt="Watch: An aerial view of the continued flooding in Mallow after Storm Bert" title="Watch: An aerial view of the continued flooding in Mallow after Storm Bert" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41523224.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Watch: An aerial view of the continued flooding in Mallow after Storm Bert</h5><div class=card-text>A drone view of the River Blackwater flooding in Mallow, Co Cork</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div>  <div style='width: 100%; margin: 0 0 10px;' id='div-gpt-ad-native-2'> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-native-2'); }); </script> </div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523098" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523098.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523098.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394186_2_teasersmall_Taoiseach_20Simon_20Harris_20at_20Knock_20Airport_20004.jpg" alt="'I'm a human and I make mistakes', says Harris after Cork carer interaction" title="Taoiseach Simon Harris at Knock Airport 004.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523098.html"><h5 class="card-title "> 'I'm a human and I make mistakes', says Harris after Cork carer interaction</h5><div class=card-text>The Fine Gael leader went on to say: 'I think people, I hope people, like to see humility in politics. If you get something wrong, you own it'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523074" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523074.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523074.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394102_12_teasersmall_Samantha_20Vaughan_2003.jpg" alt="Cancer survivor spends up to €100 per trip for treatment in Cork " title="Samantha Vaughan 03.JPG" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523074.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Cancer survivor spends up to €100 per trip for treatment in Cork </h5><div class=card-text>Samantha Vaughan is calling on the next government to increase financial supports for patients facing additional costs of treatment</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523047" data-article-link="/news/arid-41523047.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41523047.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394048_13_teasersmall_2.78277355.jpg.jpg" alt="Conor McGregor court case" title="78277355" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41523047.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Nikita Hand should be 'treasured' by women for standing up to Conor McGregor, say abuse survivors </h5><div class=card-text>Mother of one won civil action against MMA fighter on Friday after she accused him of rape in 2018 </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523056" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523056.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523056.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8788/4394054_3_teasersmall_Harris_Charlotte_Fallon_2.jpg" alt="Taoiseach's interaction with care worker 'defining moment' of election campaign" title="Harris_Charlotte_Fallon_2.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523056.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Taoiseach's interaction with care worker 'defining moment' of election campaign</h5><div class=card-text>Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said that after 14 years in Government, Fine Gael has forgotten that the decisions taken at Cabinet have lived consequences out on the ground.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41523008" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41523008.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523008.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8787/4393967_1_teasersmall_482Eamon_20Ryan.jpg" alt="Eamon Ryan: Cop29 deal ‘far from perfect but can be built on’" title="Eamon Ryan: Cop29 deal ‘far from perfect but can be built on’" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41523008.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Eamon Ryan: Cop29 deal ‘far from perfect but can be built on’</h5><div class=card-text>Mr Ryan, who along with his counterpart from Costa Rica was charged with negotiating on adaptation, said he was proud of the Irish team’s work in the talks</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522990" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522990.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522990.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-microphone"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8787/4393931_1_teasersmall_undefined_20_2_.jpg" alt="‘My Message to the next Dail’ Podcast: Colin Sheridan on resolving the middle east crisis " title="undefined (2).jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522990.html"><h5 class="card-title "> ‘My Message to the next Dail’ Podcast: Colin Sheridan on resolving the middle east crisis</h5><div class=card-text>In this episode Colin Sheridan – Irish Examiner writer and former member of the Irish Defence Forces - sets out what he feels needs to be done by the next government, whoever they may be, to help resolve the growing crisis in the middle east. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><a class="oneclick-media float-start" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen | </a><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p><a class="oneclick-media float-start d-lg-none d-xl-none" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen |</a></div></div></div><script> addToPodcast('41522990', ('0' == '1') ? 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Lack of public transport, reduced services for older people and a dearth of opportunities for young people were among the issues highlighted by members of the public who spoke to the Irish ...</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 24 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522882" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522882.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522882.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8787/4393778_6_teasersmall_2998825.jpg" alt="High Court 24 - P Ní Laimhin v McGregor & Anor" title="DFX_6026" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522882.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Independent Ireland candidate resigns amid backlash over Conor McGregor association</h5><div class=card-text>Dublin City councillor Phil Sutcliffe has resigned from the Independent Ireland party ahead of a meeting to discuss his support for Conor McGregor. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522588" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522588.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522588.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8782/4391219_4_teasersmall_Garda_20stock_20image_1_.jpg" alt="Blue lights on the roof of a Garda Siochana Irish police car" title="Garda stock image.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522588.html"><h5 class="card-title "> 'Community in total shock' as two friends killed in Donegal crash named</h5><div class=card-text>Two men in their 30s have died and two others have been seriously injured following a two-vehicle collision on Friday night.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522660" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522660.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522660.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8786/4393451_1_teasersmall_2.78275921.jpg.jpg" alt="Conor McGregor court case" title="78275921" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522660.html"><h5 class="card-title "> McEntee commends Nikita Hand for 'bravery and determination' after winning civil case against McGregor</h5><div class=card-text>Nikita Hand, who accused the sportsman of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018, won her claim against him for damages in a civil case at the High Court in the Irish capital on Friday</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522603" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522603.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522603.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8786/4393439_10_teasersmall_2.78260108.jpg.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="78260108" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522603.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Simon Harris apologises for failing to engage with Cork carer on disability services</h5><div class=card-text>'I want to say I didn’t give her the time that I should’ve given her and I feel really bad about that because it’s not who I am.'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist photosoftheweek" id="article-card-41522009" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522009.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522009.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8779/4389743_1_teasersmall_dan_duck_1_1_.jpg" alt="A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk" title="dan duck 1.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522009.html"><h5 class="card-title "> <span class="tag-title photosoftheweek"></span>A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk</h5><div class=card-text>The Photographs of the Week as selected by our Visual Media team. 23/11/2024</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div>  <div style='width: 100%; margin: 0 0 10px;' id='div-gpt-ad-native-3'> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-native-3'); }); </script> </div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522147" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522147.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522147.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-microphone"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8780/4390052_1_teasersmall_ElaineLoughlinPodcastMessage.jpeg" alt="‘My Message to the next Dáil’ podcast: Elaine Loughlin on ending child poverty and providing better childcare" title="ElaineLoughlinPodcastMessage.jpeg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522147.html"><h5 class="card-title "> ‘My Message to the next Dáil’ podcast: Elaine Loughlin on ending child poverty and providing better childcare</h5><div class=card-text>In this episode we also took to the streets to gauge the opinions of people on this issue</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><a class="oneclick-media float-start" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen | </a><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p><a class="oneclick-media float-start d-lg-none d-xl-none" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen |</a></div></div></div><script> 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electorate</h5><div class=card-text>Like the children's song, the party’s manifesto will strike a chord with some but it lacks depth or detail when you fully tune in</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522444" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522444.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522444.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8782/4391099_5_teasersmall_CC_20PARNELL_20SQUARE_20EAST_20_1.jpg" alt="One year on, mum says of little girl stabbed in Parnell Square: 'She has made great progress'" title="One year on, mum says of little girl stabbed in Parnell Square: 'She has made great progress'" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522444.html"><h5 class="card-title "> One year on, mum says of little girl stabbed in Parnell Square: 'She has made great progress'</h5><div class=card-text>'So much has happened and our little girl has endured so much, yet she still manages to bolster a smile, even when crying'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522429" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522429.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522429.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8782/4391135_6_teasersmall_2.78277390.jpg.jpg" alt="Conor McGregor court case" title="78277390" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522429.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Nikita Hand 'will always be a marked woman because she stood up to Conor McGregor'</h5><div class=card-text>The consequences of the verdict have yet to be seen, writes Sean Murray</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522129" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522129.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522129.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8780/4390064_13_teasersmall_Pascal_20Kelly_2011.jpg" alt="Prisoner claims Department of Justice breached his confidentiality by sharing letter on alleged abuse" title="Pascal Kelly 11.JPG" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522129.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Prisoner claims Department of Justice breached his confidentiality by sharing letter on alleged abuse</h5><div class=card-text>Tiger kidnapper Paschal Kelly, who alleges he was sexually abused by prison psychologist, claims letter he wrote to Justice Minister Helen McEntee was shared with the Irish Prison Service in breach of prison rules</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522210" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522210.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522210.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8780/4390274_16_teasersmall_PRI84115197.jpeg" alt="Immunologist calls for universal access to drug that prolonged Vicky Phelan's life" title="PRI84115197.jpeg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a 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href="/news/politics/arid-41522480.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: Can't decide who to vote for? This online tool can help</h5><div class=card-text>If you're not sure who to vote for, or which candidates share your views, we might be able to help. WhichCandidate. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 23 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522528" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522528.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522528.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8782/4391063_6_teasersmall_LC_20eoghan_20kenny_2008.jpg" alt="Cork election candidate suffered epileptic seizure in RTÉ studio" title="Cork election candidate suffered epileptic seizure in RTÉ studio" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522528.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Cork election candidate suffered epileptic seizure in RTÉ studio</h5><div class=card-text>'It proves a point that people with medical conditions can go into the public eye and represent people whether that be locally or nationally'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522453" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522453.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522453.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8782/4391024_1_teasersmall_IRISH_20Election_20Ryanair_2016125860.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="IRISH Election Ryanair 16125860" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522453.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: Donohoe defends McEntee's record amid Dublin safety concerns</h5><div class=card-text>"I believe she has done a sterling job and is an exemplary colleague and politician," he said</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522318" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522318.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522318.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8781/4390634_8_teasersmall_2.78260320.jpg.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="78260320" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522318.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Micheál Martin downplays chance of border poll in five years</h5><div class=card-text>It comes after Sinn Féin launched their proposals on Irish unity</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522477" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522477.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522477.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8781/4390955_6_teasersmall_2.78268218.jpg.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="78268218" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522477.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: Six things we learned on the campaign trail today</h5><div class=card-text>Sinn Féin wants a united Ireland I know, shocking. Sinn Féin on Friday laid out its plans for a united Ireland that would give MPs from the North speaking rights in the Oireachtas and see a green paper published within 100 days. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522372" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522372.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522372.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8781/4390748_5_teasersmall_The_20Shannon-based_20Irish_20Coast_20Guard_20helicopter_2c_20Rescue_20115_2c_20_1_.jpg" alt="Body discovered in search for missing Galway swimmer" title="The Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 115, (1).jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522372.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Body discovered in search for missing Galway swimmer</h5><div class=card-text>The search for Máire Ní Fhátharta was just about to be stood down ahead of a Status Red weather alert when the body was discovered</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522237" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522237.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522237.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8780/4390418_2_teasersmall_AZERBAIJAN_20Cop29_20103007A.jpg" alt="Cop29 climate deal in doubt as draft texts blasted as 'heartless'" title="AZERBAIJAN Cop29 103007A" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522237.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Cop29 climate deal in doubt as draft texts blasted as 'heartless'</h5><div class=card-text>'This new text is absolutely heartless,' said ActionAid Ireland chief. 'The developed countries most responsible for causing climate destruction have turned their backs on climate-hit nations'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522207" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41522207.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522207.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8780/4390205_4_teasersmall_2.78261512.jpg.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="78261512" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41522207.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Mary Lou McDonald denies Sinn Féin policies would plunge country into deficit</h5><div class=card-text>Party leader defended its manifesto and the proposals set out in it against criticism levelled at it by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that it promised quick fixes to complex issues</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41522183" data-article-link="/news/arid-41522183.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41522183.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8780/4390169_11_teasersmall_Dawn_20Flight_20to_20Poznan_20from_20Cork_20Airport_2c_20Ireland-2.jpg" alt="Ryanair among five budget airlines fined in Spain for luggage and seat fees" title="Dawn Flight to Poznan from Cork Airport, Ireland" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41522183.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Ryanair among five budget airlines fined in Spain for luggage and seat fees</h5><div class=card-text>Ryanair said it had instructed lawyers to appeal against what it called the 'baseless' fines</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41250637" data-article-link="/news/arid-41250637.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41250637.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/7611/3805789_19_teasersmall_LC_20floods_2002.jpg" alt="ieExplains: What is the difference between the Met Éireann weather warnings" title="ieExplains: What is the difference between the Met Éireann weather warnings" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41250637.html"><h5 class="card-title "> ieExplains: What is the difference 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class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521982" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521982.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41521982.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8779/4389767_4_teasersmall_CCBudget_20scenes_20Twenty_20Five017.jpg" alt="Social Welfare office" title="Social Welfare office" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41521982.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Here's when additional social welfare payments will be paid over the Christmas period</h5><div class=card-text>The Government has confirmed a number of changes have been made to dates on which a number of social welfare payments will be available over the Christmas period</div></a><p 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We support international courts and we apply their warrants'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521238" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521238.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41521238.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8775/4387790_10_teasersmall_Creeslough_20explosion_20scene_2030.jpg" alt="Man arrested in connection with Creeslough explosion released without charge" title="Creeslough explosion scene 30.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41521238.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Man arrested in connection with Creeslough explosion released without charge</h5><div class=card-text>Four men, three women and three children, ranging in age from five to 59, died in 2022 blast in Co Donegal</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521928" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521928.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521928.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8779/4389530_3_teasersmall_2.76657312.jpg.jpg" alt="General Election campaign 2024" title="76657312" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521928.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Watch: Here's what happened on day 14 of the election campaign </h5><div class=card-text>Paul Hosford gives a recap of what was another eventful day on the campaign trail </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521280" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521280.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41521280.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8775/4387907_7_teasersmall_305dff45-6bea-4a68-b4ad-25253b6e56e6.jpg.jpg" alt="Sad girl in hooded top, sitting on a window ledge with head in hands in despair" title="F0122W" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41521280.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Tusla to recruit extra staff to expand services to child victims of sexual abuse</h5><div class=card-text>Child and family agency said budget funding would allow it to develop new multi-agency 'Barnhus' centre in Cork to provide medical, child protection, therapeutic and policing services under one roof</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521418" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521418.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521418.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-microphone"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8776/4388168_2_teasersmall_SeamusBolandPodcast.jpeg" alt="'My Message to the next Dáil' podcast: Seamus Boland on securing sustainable rural communities" title="SeamusBolandPodcast.jpeg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521418.html"><h5 class="card-title "> 'My Message to the next Dáil' podcast: Seamus Boland on securing sustainable rural communities</h5><div class=card-text>We also travelled to a local mart to gauge the opinions of people on this issue</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><a class="oneclick-media float-start" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen | </a><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p><a class="oneclick-media float-start d-lg-none d-xl-none" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen |</a></div></div></div><script> addToPodcast('41521418', ('0' == '1') ? 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Hutch's candidacy, saying of Dublin's gangland conflict: 'It wasn’t glamourous, it is not cool, it is not funny'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521676" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521676.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521676.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8778/4389089_2_teasersmall_IRISH_20_20Election_20Aontu_2014582715.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="IRISH Election Aontu 14582715" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521676.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: Aontú launches manifesto promising 'common sense' approach to range of issues</h5><div class=card-text>The party has a good chance of taking a number of seats, mainly thanks to the able performance of its single TD Peadar Tóibín in the previous Dáil</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521586" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521586.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41521586.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8777/4388615_7_teasersmall_LEAVE_20OUR_20LEAVE_20BILL_20ANNOUNCEMENT_20_1_.jpg" alt="LEAVE OUR LEAVE BILL" title="LEAVE OUR LEAVE BILL ANNOUNCEMENT .jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41521586.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Lifesaving cancer treatments denied to public patients due to lengthy delays for HSE approval </h5><div class=card-text>Advocates call for cancer drugs readily available to private patients to be accessible to those in the public health system</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Fri, 22 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521862" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521862.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521862.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8778/4389407_1_teasersmall_143General_20Election_20Campaigns.jpeg" alt="Election 2024: 'Nothing honest' about Fianna Fáil's approach to housing — Eoin Ó Broin" title="Election 2024: 'Nothing honest' about Fianna Fáil's approach to housing — Eoin Ó Broin" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521862.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: 'Nothing honest' about Fianna Fáil's approach to housing — Eoin Ó Broin</h5><div class=card-text>Sinn Féin housing spokesman was responding to minister Darragh O'Brien who said he could not release last month's homelessness figures ahead of the election</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521841" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521841.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521841.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8778/4389386_8_teasersmall_IRISH_20Election_20_2011581539.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="IRISH Election 11581539" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521841.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Taoiseach dismisses Greens' claim to have unique impact on climate issues</h5><div class=card-text>Simon Harris said climate issues are 'not owned' by any one political party after the Greens suggested carbon reduction targets will not be met by any other party</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521811" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521811.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521811.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8778/4389317_3_teasersmall_2.76307758.jpg.jpg" alt="European Parliament election" title="76307758" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521811.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Green TD accuses big parties of seeking the coalition partner 'they can buy for the cheapest'</h5><div class=card-text>Ossian Smyth said the Green Party's former coalition partners Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael want to team up with 'whoever they can push around'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521826" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521826.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521826.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8778/4389302_8_teasersmall_IRISH_20_20Election_20Aontu_2014582715.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="IRISH Election Aontu 14582715" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521826.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: Six things we learned on the campaign trail today</h5><div class=card-text>Micheál Martin ruled out going into coalition with Aontú, while Mary Lou McDonald grappled with questions on IRA funerals</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521763" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521763.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521763.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8778/4389251_11_teasersmall_Mayo_20TG4_20Ipsos_201.jpg" alt="Election 2024: TG4 poll predicts Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will take two seats each in Mayo" title="Mayo TG4 Ipsos 1.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521763.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: TG4 poll predicts Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will take two seats each in Mayo</h5><div class=card-text>Junior housing minister Alan Dillon led the way in the Ipsos B&A poll — but questions remain about Fine Gael's strategy of running four candidates</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521037" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521037.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521037.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-microphone"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387418_4_teasersmall_undefined_20_1_.jpg" alt="‘My Message to the next Dail’ podcast: Terry Prone on ending wastage in government spending" title="undefined (1).jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521037.html"><h5 class="card-title "> ‘My Message to the next Dail’ podcast: Terry Prone on ending wastage in government spending</h5><div class=card-text>In this episode Terry Prone, business woman, consultant, writer, broadcaster and Irish Examiner columnist - sets out what she feels needs to be done by the next government</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><a class="oneclick-media float-start" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen | </a><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p><a class="oneclick-media float-start d-lg-none d-xl-none" type=button style="display: none 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'premium':'count', 'https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66507e93c82f83001200e041', '673dc2be5c679652583da885') </script></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521649" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521649.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41521649.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8777/4388729_8_teasersmall_722File_20Photo_20Garda_20Overtime_20Ban.jpg" alt="Gardai on the Beat, Dublin." title="Gardai on the Beat, Dublin." width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41521649.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Government on collision course with gardaí over 'rushed' new disciplinary regulations</h5><div class=card-text>The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors said the regulations 'will diminish the human rights of members'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521532" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521532.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41521532.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8777/4388507_1_teasersmall_Garda_20Passing_20Out_20Parade_2c_20Templemore_20_2021_1_.jpg" alt="Garda association lists six ways for next government to increase numbers" title="Garda Passing Out Parade, Templemore 21.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41521532.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Garda association lists six ways for next government to increase numbers</h5><div class=card-text>GRA general secretary Ronan Slevin said: 'We need to urgently create a more attractive and financially rewarding environment.'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521286" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521286.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41521286.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8775/4387925_7_teasersmall_Copy_20of_20iStock-504884056_1_1_.jpg" alt="Girl using smartphone" title="iStock-504884056.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41521286.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Access to free internet should be a human right, study says</h5><div class=card-text>Dr Reglitz has called on governments around the world to invest in digital services, broadband infrastructure and basic digital skills to help everyone meet the basic requirements for getting online</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521094" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521094.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521094.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-microphone"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8775/4387535_5_teasersmall_Micheal_20Martin_201.jpg" alt="Party Leaders podcast: Micheál Martin on stalled Cork projects, housing and Harris" title="Micheal Martin 1.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521094.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Party Leaders podcast: Micheál Martin on stalled Cork projects, housing and Harris</h5><div class=card-text>The Fianna Fáil leader talks about housing, Simon Harris' role in the National Children's Hospital 'debacle', stalled Cork projects and 'genocide' in Gaza</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><a class="oneclick-media float-start" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen | </a><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p><a class="oneclick-media float-start d-lg-none d-xl-none" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen |</a></div></div></div><script> addToPodcast('41521094', ('0' == '1') ? 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'premium':'count', 'https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66507e93c82f83001200e041', '673e652a045942e8b655607a') </script></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520989" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520989.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520989.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387397_6_teasersmall_Womens_20Aid_20Maternity_20report-5.jpg" alt="40% of men have ‘traditional’ views of the opposite sex, research finds" title="40% of men have ‘traditional’ views of the opposite sex, research finds" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520989.html"><h5 class="card-title "> 40% of men have ‘traditional’ views of the opposite sex, research finds</h5><div class=card-text>The findings from Women’s Aid, to mark its 50th birthday, also show traditionalist views are higher among younger men — two thirds of males aged 18 - 29 fall into the category</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520971" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520971.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520971.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387307_5_teasersmall_982f225f-b802-447f-9477-d1880e0cd035.jpg.jpg" alt="Close shot of a joint being made at a protest calling for the legalisation of cannabis in London's Hyde Park" title="D1NFK1" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520971.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Parties urged to back drug decriminalisation</h5><div class=card-text>Call from community drug projects comes as Fine Gael hardens its view and Fianna Fáil limits support to cannabis</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520959" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41520959.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520959.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387391_3_teasersmall_841General_20Election_20Campaign.jpeg" alt="Israel's actions in Gaza 'genocidal', Tánaiste Micheál Martin says" title="Israel's actions in Gaza 'genocidal', Tánaiste Micheál Martin says" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520959.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Israel's actions in Gaza 'genocidal', Tánaiste Micheál Martin says</h5><div class=card-text>Israel 'needs to be held accountable before the international courts'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520785" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520785.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520785.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387481_4_teasersmall_SCOTLAND_20Children_20_2015040201.jpg" alt="Children's mental health treatment" title="SCOTLAND Children 15040201" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520785.html"><h5 class="card-title "> ‘Children are falling in between mental health and disability services’, says psychiatrist</h5><div class=card-text>'The services are not working for children' said Dr Kieran Moore, specialist consultant paediatric psychiatrist who worked in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) for 16 years</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520578" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520578.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520578.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8772/4386380_5_teasersmall_Peter_20Boyd_2c_20Jan_20Sorensen_2c_20Gr_c3_a1inne_20O_27Leary_2c_20Tim_20O_27Sullivan_2c_20Claire_20Kinneavy_20and_20Gintare_20Valentelyte_1_.jpg" alt="Impact of arthritis on sufferers' physical and financial wellbeing 'of grave concern'" title="Peter Boyd, Jan Sorensen, Gráinne O'Leary, Tim O'Sullivan, Claire Kinneavy and Gintare Valentelyte.JPG" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520578.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Impact of arthritis on sufferers' physical and financial wellbeing 'of grave concern'</h5><div class=card-text>Survey reveals arthritis sufferers struggle with medical costs, employment, and transport</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520566" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520566.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520566.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8772/4386299_8_teasersmall_DENIS_20weather_202.jpg" alt="Numbers of robins, blue tits and blackbirds in Irish gardens falls for first time in 30 years" title="DENIS weather 2" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520566.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Numbers of robins, blue tits and blackbirds in Irish gardens falls for first time in 30 years</h5><div class=card-text>Bird Watch Ireland is asking public to take part in the upcoming garden bird survey</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521079" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521079.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521079.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/6475/3237572_12_teasersmall_Leinster-House-generic-stock.jpg" alt="Leinster House usher suspended after posting far-right and anti-immigrant content online" title="Leinster-House-generic-stock.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521079.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Watch: Here's what happened on day 12 of the general election campaign</h5><div class=card-text>Reporting from Leinster House, Irish Examiner Deputy Political Editor Paul Hosford has quick recap of day 12 on the General Election 2024 campaign trail.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521046" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521046.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41521046.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387457_5_teasersmall_iStock-980041056.jpg" alt="Man in prison hands of behind hold Steel cage jail bars. offender criminal locked in jail." title="iStock-980041056.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41521046.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Alternatives to prison in cases of non-violent crime urged </h5><div class=card-text>Poll shows people believe the root causes of crime like addiction and poverty must be better addressed</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521034" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521034.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521034.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387436_2_teasersmall_2.78260101.jpg.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="78260101" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521034.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Taoiseach criticises Fianna Fáil candidate for using 'language of the far right' in TikTok post</h5><div class=card-text>Dympna Cunniffe promised to bring about a system of mandatory community engagement if elected as a TD, with a caption on the video reading: '1,000 single males?' </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521028" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41521028.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521028.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387421_1_teasersmall_439New_20Taoiseach_20Elected.jpeg" alt="Michael Healy Rae gets inspiration from Billy Joel classic for latest election song" title="Michael Healy Rae gets inspiration from Billy Joel classic for latest election song" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41521028.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Michael Healy Rae gets inspiration from Billy Joel classic for latest election song</h5><div class=card-text>Independent TD posted a song on social media on Wednesday, just nine days before the country heads to the polls</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520977" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520977.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520977.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387316_9_teasersmall_Amanda_20Jordan.jpeg" alt="Breast cancer patients denied medical cards forced to 'choose between health and financial stability'" title="Amanda Jordan.jpeg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520977.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Breast cancer patients denied medical cards forced to 'choose between health and financial stability'</h5><div class=card-text>Medical cards would provide 'vital support' for breast cancer patients</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520995" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41520995.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520995.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387355_3_teasersmall_241Fine_20Gael_20Elections.jpeg" alt="Election 2024: Six things we learned on the campaign trail today" title="Election 2024: Six things we learned on the campaign trail today" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520995.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: Six things we learned on the campaign trail today</h5><div class=card-text>A piggy bank, down with homework, and Garda overtime discussion</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521004" data-article-link="/news/arid-41521004.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a 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src="/cms_media/module_img/8773/4386992_12_teasersmall_2.63048693.jpg.jpg" alt="Domino's Pizza xmas jobs" title="63048693" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520824.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Department of Social Protection issues new code to assess bogus self-employment</h5><div class=card-text>Revised code of practice based on Supreme Court decision which ruled Domino's pizza drivers were full employees and entitled to benefits such as holiday and sick pay and pension contributions</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520767" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520767.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520767.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8773/4386989_4_teasersmall_ColmFox.jpeg" alt="Detective under stress from 'ridiculous and endless' demands before death, inquest hears" title="ColmFox.jpeg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520767.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Detective under stress from 'ridiculous and endless' demands before death, inquest hears</h5><div class=card-text>Det Supt Fox was in charge of the investigation into the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel, Dublin, on February 5, 2016</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520803" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41520803.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520803.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8773/4386941_9_teasersmall_IRISH_20Election_20_2021571128.jpg" alt="General Election Ireland 2024" title="IRISH Election 21571128" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520803.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: Prospect of a four-day working week becomes battleground issue</h5><div class=card-text>Fine Gael is not in favour of moving to a four-day week</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520587" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520587.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520587.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8772/4386350_9_teasersmall_iStock-1131198259_1_.jpg_tn_FILE_channel_IE-WEB" alt="IT Technician with a Laptop Computer and Black Male Engineer Colleague are Talking in Data Center while Walking Next to Server R" title="iStock-1131198259.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520587.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Campaigners urge moratorium on data centres</h5><div class=card-text>Data centres used more than one-fifth of Ireland's electricity in 2023</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520608" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41520608.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520608.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8772/4386341_8_teasersmall_Fine_20Gael_20discuss_20Ireland_e2_80_99s_20economic_20future_20002.jpg" alt="Election 2024: War of words as Fine Gael hits out at Sinn Féin on economy with attack ad" title="Fine Gael discuss Ireland’s economic future 002.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520608.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Election 2024: War of words as Fine Gael hits out at Sinn Féin on economy with attack ad</h5><div class=card-text>Fine Gael has unveiled a new ad that says Sinn Féin are planning to break into the “State piggy bank” to lift €16bn from its coffers</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520653" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520653.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520653.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8772/4386476_5_teasersmall_KGT23D_1_.jpg" alt="litter washed up on a beach in county cork, ireland." title="KGT23D.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520653.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’ </h5><div class=card-text>Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment produced 132m tonnes of it, analysis finds</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520668" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520668.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520668.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8772/4386437_1_teasersmall_2.43913168.jpg.jpg" alt="PSNI stock" title="43913168" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520668.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Eight children escape injury following Fermanagh bus crash</h5><div class=card-text>Eight children have escaped injury following a bus crash in Co Fermanagh. The incident happened on the Tattygare Road in Lisbellaw shortly after 8am on Wednesday. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520545" data-article-link="/news/arid-41520545.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41520545.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8772/4386263_8_teasersmall_450266.jpg" alt="Convicted killer died from alcohol poisoning before house fire in Cork" title="Convicted killer died from alcohol poisoning before house fire in Cork" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41520545.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Convicted killer died from alcohol poisoning before house fire in Cork</h5><div class=card-text>Conor Downey was jailed in London in 1993 for manslaughter after he confessed to killing his flatmate whose torso was never found</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41517977" data-article-link="/news/arid-41517977.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41517977.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8761/4380599_10_teasersmall_Montage.jpg" alt="Watch : Immigrants interviewed ahead of the General Election on living in Ireland " title="Montage.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41517977.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Watch : Immigrants interviewed ahead of the General Election on living in Ireland </h5><div class=card-text>Alison O Reilly interviews Immigrants on their views ahead of the upcoming General Election. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41520080" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41520080.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520080.html"><span class=mediatag><i class="fa fa-microphone"></i></span><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/8770/4385411_3_teasersmall_thumbnail_image010.jpg" alt="‘My Message to the next Dáil’ podcast: Imasha Costa on improving the lives of migrants in Ireland" title="thumbnail_image010.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41520080.html"><h5 class="card-title "> ‘My Message to the next Dáil’ podcast: Imasha Costa on improving the lives of migrants in Ireland</h5><div class=card-text>In this episode we also took to the streets and got the opinions of some recent migrants on how life in Ireland is going</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><a class="oneclick-media float-start" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen | </a><small class=text-muted>Wed, 20 Nov, 2024</small></p><a class="oneclick-media float-start d-lg-none d-xl-none" type=button style="display: none !important;" data-podcast="" data-url="" onclick=loadMedia()><i class="fa fa-volume-up"></i> Listen |</a></div></div></div><script> addToPodcast('41520080', ('0' == '1') ? 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