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Reporter with Rte News. From Kerry but based in Dublin

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Martin says Israel's Gaza blockade 'clearly a war crime' Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the blockading by Israel of food and humanitarian aid to Gaza "clearly constitutes a war crime".

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06.05.2025 14:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘She wasn’t cared for. Who didn’t care for her? And why?’ Grace case report leaves questions unanswered A whistleblower has described the investigation into the alleged abuse of a vulnerable young woman as Kafkaesque

“no executive summary, no timeline of events, no chronological narrative, no overall table of contents, no unified pagination..the report is divided into multiple volumes, each with multiple chapters; each chapter with its own page numbers” No index. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

19.04.2025 09:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Call for chair to answer questions on 'Grace' case report Former TD Finian McGrath, who was minister for disabilities when the Farrelly Commission examining the 'Grace' foster home abuse case was launched, has said its chair should answer questions over its ...

Former TD Finian McGrath, who was minister for disabilities when the Farrelly Commission examining the 'Grace' foster home abuse case was launched, has said its chair should answer questions over its findings

18.04.2025 17:37 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Search for missing Kerry farmer 'unique and challenging' Gardaí have described the scale and nature of the search for missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine as "unique and challenging".

Gardaí have described the scale and nature of the search for missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine as "unique and challenging"

11.04.2025 14:15 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Irish data watchdog to investigate Musk's AI tool Grok Ireland's data regulator said today it had opened an investigation into social media platform X over the use of personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI system Grok.

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11.04.2025 14:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Family left 'devastated' over hit-and-run sentence The family of a nine-year-old boy, who was killed in a hit and run incident in Donegal two years ago, said that they are devastated by the sentence the driver involved received.

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11.04.2025 12:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Minister for Health is to ask the HSE to expand cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford to a 24/7 service.
Cardiac services at the hospital currently operate from 8am to 8pm. It follows the publication of the National Review of Adult Specialist Cardiac Services

08.04.2025 11:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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24.03.2025 21:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Oscar-winning Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ assaulted by Israeli settlers in the West Bank | CNN The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken away by Israeli soldiers, his colleagues and eyewi...

The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken away by Israeli soldiers, his colleagues and eyewitnesses said.

24.03.2025 21:23 👍 607 🔁 426 💬 49 📌 41
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Man arrested in Belfast in Dublin stabbing investigation A man has been arrested in Belfast in connection with a fatal stabbing in Dublin at the weekend.

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17.02.2025 09:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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More people in US seeking to become Irish citizens The number of people in the United States seeking to become Irish citizens has significantly increased.

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07.02.2025 13:54 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Online fundraiser for Indian students who died in crash An online fundraiser has been set up to support the families of two Indian students who died in a crash in Co Carlow yesterday.

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01.02.2025 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DoD evicts NYT, NBC, NPR and Politico from their physical work spaces inside the Pentagon and gives them to NY Post, Breitbart, OAN and HuffPost.

01.02.2025 03:14 👍 165 🔁 93 💬 18 📌 27
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Winners, Losers and Florida David! Podcast Episode · Behind the Ballot · 02/12/2024 · 27m

I've not had a chance to listen yet but I promised my Irish friends that I would pass it along. Katie Hannon and her producer, Elayne have been incredibly gracious throughout this. #speirgorm

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02.12.2024 17:36 👍 229 🔁 44 💬 43 📌 12

Just wait and see - he’ll turn out to be the third cousin twice removed of somebody in the studio

01.12.2024 21:10 👍 45 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
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This was the moment Independent candidate Gerard Hutch, also known as ‘The Monk’, arrived at the Dublin Central count at the RDS.

Labour’s Marie Sherlock took the final seat following the distribution of Paschal Donohoe’s surplus.

Link in bio for live updates📲

#rtenews #GE24 #Election24

01.12.2024 15:46 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 4
Gary Gannon

Gary Gannon

Gary Gannon (Social Democrats) elected in Dublin Central | Live updates: rte.ie/b/1483874

01.12.2024 12:08 👍 62 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 1
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Sarah Dooly from Debbycot in Mountmellick in Co Laois is the Netwatch Family Carer of the Year Award- Sarah cares for her twin sons with special needs and a third child who's undergoing cancer treatment.

28.11.2024 13:57 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Killybegs in Donegal badly flooded again this morning on Bridge Street. Photo by Eileens Unisex Hairsalon. Sadly more flooding images are likely to emerge this morning. We need flood forecasting information made public!

23.11.2024 08:45 👍 117 🔁 24 💬 5 📌 3
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Masked men invaded Nikita Hand's home earlier this year The woman who accused Conor McGregor and his friend of rape moved this year after her property was invaded by a group of men wearing balaclavas who stabbed her partner and broke her windows, it can no...

Masked men invaded Nikita Hand’s earlier this year www.rte.ie/news/2024/11...

22.11.2024 18:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Body discovered during search for woman in Galway Bay-
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22.11.2024 16:42 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

International criminal court issues arrest warrant from Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu- www.bbc.com/news/article...

21.11.2024 12:15 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

RTÉ News is now on Bluesky.

Appropriately for an Irish audience, the first post is about the weather.

19.11.2024 19:16 👍 174 🔁 54 💬 6 📌 1
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Dept to move IP applicants in Crooksling tents indoors The Department of Integration has said that international protection applicants who are currently sheltering in damp and leaking tents at a site in Crooksling, Co Dublin, will either be moved indoors ...



Hundreds of people WILL now be housed indoors tonight after strong concerns were expressed about deteriorating conditions at a site for international protection applicants in Crooksling www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

19.11.2024 18:22 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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19.11.2024 12:48 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Calls to move asylum seekers from IPAS tents to indoors Calls have been made to move hundreds of people currently sheltering in damp and leaking tents at a site for international protection applicants in Co Dublin, indoors, before temperatures plummet furt...

Calls to move hundreds of people sheltering in damp & leaking tents at a site for international protection applicants in Dublin indoors, amid plummeting temperatures www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

19.11.2024 11:49 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Good morning lady!

19.11.2024 07:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Some of the front pages this morning

19.11.2024 07:24 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Jon Kenny, actor and comedian dies, aged 66 The death has been announced of the actor and comedian Jon Kenny, best known for his work opposite Pat Shortt in the comedy duo d'Unbelievables. He was 66.

Jon Kenny, actor and comedian dies, aged 66 www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

16.11.2024 11:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hi everyone, I’m a reporter with Rte News. I generally post about news- mainly Irish but sometimes international, or random bits of Irish life that catch my eye. Just moved over here so still getting the hang of it. All tips gratefully received!

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