A significant rise in cocaine consumption has led to drug-fuelled fights in broad daylight, with people now afraid to walk the streets in some parts of Wexford, the Dáil has heard.

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The latest statistics showed the highest number of abortions on record in England and Wales and have been described as a 'national tragedy'.
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Half of the law-and-order pledges Fianna Fáil made in its 2019 local election manifesto have re-appeared in their 2024 manifesto.

Ben Scallan asks Education Minister Norma Foley why the public should believe her party will achieve these if they didn't over the last 5 years.

PREMIUM: Outrage abounds after an American football star made comments on how having children is important and brings great joy. FATIMA GUNNING asks why saying something so obvious has led to a campaign to have Harrison Butker ‘canceled’.

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'Schools, please be more inclusive': A Dublin teenager who says he has been left unable to attend his much-anticipated Debs - because the chosen venue is not wheelchair-accessible - says schools have a responsibility to 'make sure everyone's included.'

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LAURA PERRINS on the UK election and the big differences with Ireland: 'On the transgender nonsense, immigration and Israel alone the British Labour party is to the right of all major Irish political parties.'

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Nine people are due in court this morning charged in connection with protests at an asylum centre in Ballyogan in south Dublin.
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The single biggest global event since Ireland last voted is barely registering as an issue in the local and european elections: JOHN MCGUIRK thinks some candidates might be missing a trick by not mentioning it more.

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'We ask this question all the time - what is far right?': Ireland First leader Derek Blighe says repeated media descriptions of him as 'far right' and an 'anti-immigrant extremist' are unfair and inaccurate.

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JOHN MCGUIRK: 'Perhaps now that their itch for international prominence has been sated for a while our leaders might do something about crime. Or migration. Or the kids in Ireland living with the agony of scoliosis and without even the comfort of hope.'

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Dublin Lord Mayor Daithí de Róiste
speaks to Gript about a new housing development in Dublin 1 beside the Ilac Centre.

He also discussed people 'acting the maggot' at the Dublin-New York Portal project.

Ireland’s Social Democrats party has called for ‘best before’ dates on food products to be banned to help fight climate change.

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A woman lay dead for up to three years. Nobody noticed. MARIA MAYNES writes about the mounting number of people in Ireland who are so isolated that when they die, even their neighbours don't notice.

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Fianna Fáil’s candidate for Limerick Mayor has said it is “fundamentally unfair” that a number of Independent candidates are “excluded” from an upcoming RTÉ debate.

Meanwhile, RTÉ says that 'fair treatment does not mean equal treatment between parties':

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that a UK general election will take place July 4.
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Déjà vu: Half of the law-and-order promises Fianna Fáil made during the 2019 local election have re-appeared in their 2024 manifesto - though Education Minister Norma Foley is denying that this means they failed to deliver the first time:

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A response received by Rural Independent TD Carol Nolan illustrates the huge number of deportation notices issued compared to the small number of those that progressed into deportation orders, few of which are enforced, MATT TREACY writes.

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The EU Migration and Asylum pact has “mysteriously disappeared” from the agenda in advance of the local and EU elections, so that government parties can “avoid uncomfortable questions on the matter,” Deputy Mattie McGrath has claimed.

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'We do not expect Taiwan to become a member of the WHO overnight. However, Taiwan has long proven its worth on the global stage as a leading force in disease prevention and as a result deserves to represent itself at the WHA,' Pierre T.P. Yang writes.

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'A golden thread': Final chapter of history for Carriglea nuns, who are to leave Dungarvan in July after 120 years.

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