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Irish Daily Mirror

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Trinity College lights up in stunning tribute to Ashling Murphy to mark St Brigid's Day

The event, organised by the group Herstory, is a celebration of women who have contributed to Irish society and culture → Read More

Lisa Smith tried to justify suicide bombings, court hears

On the second day of her trial, the court heard Smith frequently discussed jihad and was 'justifying why suicide bombs were happening', giving the view that 'we were being attacked, so we were attacking back' → Read More

Covid restrictions must go if there's no public health rationale for them, says Health Minister Stephen Donnelly

Donnelly said restrictions have come at 'a huge cost' and must only be maintained if there is a strong public health argument for them → Read More

New adoption laws giving access to birth certificates and info 'will finally address failures of the State'

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman has published the long-awaited Birth Information and Tracing Bill → Read More

Lisa Smith seeks to have ISIS member charges dropped

Lawyers for the Louth woman have made an application for the case against her to be dismissed → Read More

European Central Bank's chief economist says inflation will fall later in 2022

The current high rates are part of a 'pandemic cycle of inflation' → Read More

Irish colleges commit to bringing in domestic violence leave policy for staff in 2022

NUI Galway announced in May last year that all staff members experiencing domestic violence or abuse would be granted 10 working days of paid leave → Read More

Irish parents can now register children aged five to 11 for Covid-19 vaccines

'Though serious illness from Covid-19 is rare in this age group, they are even less likely to become seriously ill with Covid-19 if they are vaccinated' → Read More

'Very clear' Northern Ireland Protocol is working, says Tanaiste Leo Varadkar

'It was designed to protect our place in the single market and it has' → Read More

Leo Varadkar warns Boris Johnson UK will not get better Brexit deal by triggering Article 16

The Tanaiste said suspending the protocol would be a 'big mistake' → Read More

Brexit: 'Not inevitable' that UK will trigger Article 16, says Taoiseach Micheal Martin

Mr Martin has sought to play down talk of a looming trade war → Read More

'Utterly harrowing' Rescue 116 crash report identifies 'systemic safety issues'

The Irish Coast Guard helicopter smash off Co Mayo on March 14 2017 claimed four lives → Read More

National Children’s Hospital in Dublin could end up costing a staggering €1.9bn

A meeting of the Dail’s Public Accounts Committee heard the hospital's contractor has submitted more than 900 claims worth €446m → Read More

Almost half of Irish adults now fully vaccinated against Covid-19

New figures released on Saturday show that 48% of adults, 1.8 million people, have now received two doses of the jab → Read More

One fifth of sexual violence cases involve victim and offender aged under 18, new research shows

Four out of five, 79%, of victims of sexual violence reported in 2020 were female → Read More

Covid vaccine Ireland: Update for everyone aged under 60 as to what month they will get jab

Health bosses have said they "expect and hope" that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will become available during quarter two → Read More

Changes to Ireland's mandatory hotel quarantine system to be brought in 'quickly' as ministers back vaccine proposal

Helen McEntee is among a number of Fine Gael ministers who has backed the proposal to allow those who are fully vaccinated avoid the quarantine system → Read More

Health bosses 'expect and hope' Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine will be available in Ireland soon

The HSE's latest modelling is based on the J&J vaccine not being made available this quarter → Read More

Covid rates in Ireland's nursing homes hit record low as vaccine impact begins to show

The news comes as Ireland passed the one million mark for vaccines doses administered → Read More

Violence breaks out in Northern Ireland again as bus hijacked and set on fire and press photographer attacked

Riots and attacks on police have taken place repeatedly throughout the last week and have now resumed after a relative lull → Read More