Secretly evacuating Trump from Air Force One left dozens of others as potential targets

It was not the first time US authorities have used sleight of hand to protect presidents, but Trump team’s ruse in Turkey ...
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Fine Gael significantly outspent Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin on elections last year

Fine Gael spent significantly more than either Fianna Fáil or Sinn Féin on elections last year, according to party accounts provided to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo). Fine Gael was ...
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State’s overseas aid sector faces ‘existential crisis’ over international funding cuts, Minister says

The overseas development sector in Ireland is facing “an existential crisis”, as a result of international funding cuts, the Minister responsible for international aid has said. Neale Richmond, ...

Nightjar by Emily Ruskovich: Borderline psychotic in its trippy mystery

The author’s dazzling debut, Idaho, won the Dublin Literary Award in 2019, and Nightjar is another daring, immersive achievement by Emily Ruskovich. It’s distinguished by beautifully crafted, lyrical ...
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‘They decided they were going to sell the building’: Maggie Roche’s Wicklow cafe Little Acorn to close

Wicklow chef and RTÉ Today show contributor Maggie Roche is closing her Little Acorn cafe in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, because the building where it is located is being sold. “I knew about the building ...

Hosepipe ban could be extended, Uisce Éireann says

Rain forecasted in some areas in next few days isn’t going to do much to change the soil moisture deficit,’ says utility’s head of water operations ...
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Queues form for solar eclipse sunglasses in Dublin

Will you be watching the eclipse tonight? To enjoy the spectacle safely, never look at the sun with the naked eye, even with sunglasses on. Video: Rebecca Daly ...

Father of boy with Friedreich’s ataxia devastated as HSE recommends against drug funding

Craig Coady lost his 13-year-old son Rory to the disease last year and says his other son Paudie had hoped to benefit from the drug ...

Solar eclipse chasers flock to Spain in search of best viewing point

Officials have estimated that as many as six million people could flock to the eclipse path on Wednesday, which stretches about 200km from A Coruña in Spain’s northwest to the Mediterranean island of ...
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Zhu Rongji, reforming Chinese prime minister, dies aged 97

Zhu Rongji, one of the most consequential Chinese leaders after the Communist revolution in 1949, died on Wednesday, aged 97. Alongside Jiang Zemin, the president he served, he engineered China’s ...

Solar eclipse weather forecast: ‘No guarantees’ for clear skies across much of Ireland

Many places will have a dry and sunny day on Wednesday with a yellow heat warning for 12 counties in the east and southeast, but the presence of clouds makes detailed forecast difficult for the time ...
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Who is the Irish man behind the Fifa World Cup deal?

Will you be watching the eclipse tonight? To enjoy the spectacle safely, never look at the sun with the naked eye, even with sunglasses on. Video: Rebecca Daly ...