Catherine Connolly highlights wars and climate change in first Christmas message as President
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2025 in Irish politics: A messy Dáil start, more housing woes and, finally, a new president
Discord dominated in the Dáil, Fianna Fáil tripped up in the race for the Áras and housing hasn’t gone away, you know
Greta Thunberg in Dalymount Park, Dublin: ‘No climate justice without basic human rights’ ‘humbled and grateful to be in Ireland’
Activist attends ‘evening of words and song’ for Gaza awareness at Dublin’s Dalymount Park
Two senior counsel nominated for appointment as High Court judges
Mark Dunne and Micheál O’Connell to fill vacancies arising due to appointment of judge to Court of Appeal and an upcoming retirement
Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap greeted by President on run for Palestine through Phoenix Park
Hundreds of runners took part in the 10km charity event on Wednesday, ahead of Greta Thunberg’s Áras appearance
Micheál Martin survives Fianna Fáil showdown - for now
Report lays out process that ultimately proved disastrous for the party’s presidential election hopes
Gaisce Gold Awards: ‘You have made an enormous difference’
President Catherine Connolly says participants had taken meaningful steps towards ‘a lifetime of active citizenship’
FF TDs call for immediate publication of report into presidential campaign
Taoiseach says he has not yet received findings but took exception to recent ‘false assertions’
Fianna Fáil review into disastrous presidential campaign ‘must come out this week’
Party figures want line drawn under Jim Gavin’s damaging departure from race for the Áras
Left rising, Lowry’s comeback and a blackface controversy: the year in politics
One important thing that happened in 2025 was something that didn’t happen – the monstering of the Irish economy by Trump’s tariffs
‘Historic’ monolingual Gaeilge-Gaeilge dictionary published
Users no longer have to learn the meaning of Irish words through English language translation
President Connolly – How the Race Was Won: Striking reminder of botched presidential campaign
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December 6th-12th highlights: including President Connolly: How the Race Was Won, The War Between the Land and the Sea, and Taylor Swift: The End of an Era
President pays tribute to homeless at Áras Christmas tree lighting ceremony
Catherine Connolly urges guests at Áras an Uachtaráin event to remember those facing ‘challenging’ season without a home
Storm Éowyn and how to pronounce it tops 2025 Google searches
Questions that baffled search engine users included: what is 6/7, Dubai chocolate and how to spoil a vote
Zelenskiy appeals for support from ‘community of nations’ during Irish visit
Ireland and Ukraine sign roadmap for bilateral relations including a further €125 million in funding
The Irish Times view on Zelenskiy’s Irish visit: neutral but not indifferent
His arrival in Dublin took place at a moment when intensified negotiations may prove pivotal
Live: Zelenskiy says he is ‘ready for a meeting with president Trump’ after Moscow talks
Zelenskiy tells Oireachtas of ‘great honour to stand in a country that understands the price of freedom’ during first official visit
In pictures: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s first official visit to Ireland
Occasion marked by an address to both houses of Oireachtas and courtesy call to President Catherine Connolly
Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s historic visit to Ireland aims to help secure Ukraine’s future
Ireland to pledge an extra €100 million in non-lethal military support
New detail emerges about President Catherine Connolly’s 2018 trip to Syria
Visit followed trip by Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in 2017 that was arranged by Irish activist who writes for sanctioned Russian website
Major Garda security operation, road closures in place for Zelenskiy visit to Dublin
Additional €100m in ‘non-lethal’ military support set to be announced during Ukrainian president’s first official trip to Ireland
Zelenskiy greeted by Taoiseach at Dublin Airport on first official visit to Ireland
Agenda set to include visit to President Catherine Connolly and expected address to joint sitting of Dáil and Seanad
‘Huge demand’ for Irish language classes as adult learners return to school decades on
Conradh na Gaeilge scheduling extra classes as expressions of interest rise more than five-fold between summer and January terms
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to visit Ireland amid ongoing efforts to end war with Russia
President is due to meet Taoiseach and may deliver an address to the Houses of the Oireachtas
President Catherine Connolly yet to move into Áras an Uachtaráin or announce key aides
Revamped official website no longer has section devoted to head of state’s spouse
Britain’s Paddington obsession is embarrassing – but so is Ireland gushing over ‘Miggeldy’
Catherine Connolly’s keepy-uppies, Paddington’s values and ‘Miggledy’s’ dogs: this toddler-babble must stop
Coalition warned about fiscally ‘flying blind’
Government was supposed to update medium-term expenditure plan last summer but still hasn’t done so
Gender-based violence is ‘an affront to human dignity’, says Connolly
President says term domestic violence ‘minimises the horrific nature’ of the crimes
SNP leader John Swinney: ‘Scotland and England are going in completely different directons’
Scotland’s nationalist first minister visits Dublin on Tuesday and Wednesday to talk economics, culture and space rockets
An adventurous spirit carried Dylan Commins ‘through every chapter of his life’
Transport and recovery business owner, who died in Co Louth crash, had ‘talked about becoming a millionaire’, sister tells mourners
‘Incomprehension’ at death of young man in Co Louth crash, mourners told
Alan McCluskey (23), from Drumconrath, was one of five young friends killed collision near Dundalk last Saturday night
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