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EXPLAINED: Why are Oscar winners cutting off their hair?

Oscar-winning actresses Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche and other stars including Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg and singer Jane Birkin have filmed themselves cutting off locks of their hair in support of protesters in Iran. Their ...

05 Oct 2022 at 16:02

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Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition

Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition of the island, census figures show. The Census 2021 figures, published on Thursday, show that 45.7% of the region’s population said they were either ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:50

National News

Delay in 2% pension increase for An Post workers ‘immoral and unfair’

A group of An Post pensioners have held a protest calling for the Government to implement a “lousy” 2% increase in their pensions as agreed. The retired workers staged the demonstration outside the Department of Environment, Climate and ...

03 Aug 2022 at 18:50

National News

€1.5 million in funding announced for St. Vincent de Paul and Protestant Aid

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, and Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien, have today announced over €1.5 million in funding to the Society of St....

02 Aug 2022 at 11:23

National News

Ukrainians gather outside Dáil in anger at Russian invasion

Dozens of Ukrainians gathered outside the Dáil on Thursday to express their anger at the Russian assault on their country. The crowd chanted, waved Ukrainian flags and carried placards attacking the full-scale invasion launched by ...

24 Feb 2022 at 16:28

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Cost-of-living protest planned for Dublin city later this month

The organisers of a cost-of-living protest planned for Dublin city later this month have urged people to take part in the demonstration. The protest is being organised to put pressure on the Government to take further action ...

02 Jun 2022 at 13:05

National News

Protesters demand secular ethos at new National Maternity Hospital

Protesters have called for the complete independence of the new National Maternity Hospital to ensure women’s health services remain secular. Demonstrators have raised concerns about the legal framework surrounding the ...

28 Apr 2022 at 18:01

National News

Truckers vow to have Dublin in lockdown on Monday over rising fuel prices

Hauliers protesting against ever-increasing fuel prices have planned a major demonstration again on Monday which will cause significant delays for commuter traffic. The protest plans for several convoys of vehicles – ...

09 Apr 2022 at 16:19

National News

'We are all in crises' - Hauliers face fines for disruptions in Dublin amid fuel protest

A number of hauliers and truckers protesting over spiralling fuel costs have been fined for obstructing roads in the docklands area of Dublin. The protest has caused disruption in the east of the city after ...

11 Apr 2022 at 15:28

Hundreds gather for protests across Ireland as part of global climate strike

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Climate protesters gather across island of Ireland

Hundreds of people gathered for protests across the island of Ireland today (Friday March 25) as part of a global climate strike. A rally closed off one side of Merrion Square in Dublin, as protesters ...

25 Mar 2022 at 17:18

National News

Thousands of people protest in Brussels against new Covid-19 restrictions

Thousands of peaceful protesters demonstrated in central Brussels on Sunday for a third time against reinforced Covid-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter a surge in ...

19 Dec 2021 at 14:42

National News

Department ‘deplores’ protests held outside centres where migrants are living

The Department of Integration has strongly condemned protests held outside centres where asylum seekers are being housed, saying that they are causing “fear and distress”. Last night, ...

13 Jan 2023 at 15:41

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