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Ireland takes case against UK over NI Amnesty Law

The European Court Of Human Rights has said that Ireland had launched a legal challenge against Britain over a new law that gives conditional amnesties to former soldiers and paramilitaries during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The law has been condemned by victims’ families, human-rights groups and all major political …

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Rise in number of people who received PUP while working

The number of people believed to have received the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) while they were working has “increased quite significantly” with the estimate more than doubling, the Department of Social Protection has said. Last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) reported that the department hoped to recover up …

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Wet and windy weather to replace icy conditions

Snow and ice warnings are set to be replaced by wet and windy weather as temperatures rise slightly after this week’s cold snap. Met Éireann said that after another cold day today, it will be milder tomorrow with outbreaks of rain drizzle. However, heavy rain and strong winds will hit …

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Ukrainian drone downed, oil depot catches fire

Oil tanks at a storage facility in the town of Klintsy in Russia’s Bryansk region caught fire after the military brought down a Ukrainian drone, Alexander Bogomaz, the regional governor, has said. According to preliminary information, nobody had been hurt in the incident, Mr Bogomaz said, adding that the fire …

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How Ballinamore has fared 4 years after asylum protests

It is more than four years since people in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, mounted protests in opposition to plans to move asylum seekers into the town. In October 2019, placards with the slogans “Community Not Compounds”, “System Failure” and “Proportionate Provision” were carried by locals on pickets outside the apartment complex …

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N Korea says tested ‘underwater nuclear weapon system’

North Korea has said that it had tested an “underwater nuclear weapon system” in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The drills were “seriously threatening the security” of the North, so in response, Pyongyang “conducted an important test of …

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Man dies in explosion at Dublin homeless hostel

A man has died following an explosion inside a homeless hostel in Dublin city centre. The man, who was in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene on Little Britain Street in Dublin 7. His body has been removed to the city morgue where a post-mortem examination is due …

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Controlled explosion carried out at homeless hostel

A controlled explosion has been carried out by the Army after a man died in an explosion at a homeless hostel in Dublin yesterday. The Defence Forces Explosives Ordnance Disposal Experts carried out the operation at the premises in Little Britain Street last night. Just after 3pm yesterday afternoon emergency …

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Israel says troops reached far south of Gaza

The Israeli army said troops had reached the southernmost point of their ground invasion of Gaza so far as they intensified operations across the south of the Palestinian territory. As fears rise that the Israel-Hamas war will escalate, tensions flared in the wider region following Pakistani strikes in Iran and …

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US spaceship lost over Pacific after failed Moon trip

A US spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon. Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander was launched on 8 January under an experimental new partnership between NASA and private …

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