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Sunday 1 June

Today's Top Stories

drone attack

Ukraine says it destroyed more than 40 military planes in drone attack in Russia

Gerry Adams speaks to the media after his libel case victory

BBC libel case

Gerry Adams' comments about 'putting manners' on BBC described as 'chilling' by NUJ secretary

Colm Fitzgerald (28) was given a suspended sentence.

Colm Fitzgerald

Son of GAA boss Davy Fitzgerald given suspended sentence after stealing €35,000 from former employer

Michael 'Mike' Gaine.

Kenmare

Funeral arrangements announced for Michael Gaine

Cork

Young woman participating in Cork City Marathon passes away

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Israel

Lebanon says two killed in Israeli strikes

15 mins ago

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All-Ireland SFC

Armagh book All-Ireland quarter-final place as Derry and Galway play out thrilling draw

The 42

Updated 52 mins ago

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Cork

Young woman participating in Cork City Marathon passes away

Updated 55 mins ago

8.9k

Drones

Israeli army says it did not open fire on crowd at US-backed aid hub in Gaza

Updated 1 hr ago

20.3k

Allianz Home Magazine

Architect-designed extension transforms this 1930s semi-d

Colm Fitzgerald

Son of GAA boss Davy Fitzgerald given suspended sentence after stealing €35,000 from former employer

1 hr ago

18.7k

VOICES

Personal accounts and opinions on recent events

Jews against Zionism

'What Israel has done in Gaza is barbaric – I'll never support it'

Ria Czerniak-LeBov

Anti-immigration protests

Fear is what drives immigration protests in neglected communities, not hatred

Gary Gannon

Gender diverse people

Trans lives aren’t black and white, our conversations about them shouldn’t be either

Carol Ballantine

Building a nature reserve

Wildacres has gone from a desert for wildlife to a haven

Gilly Taylor

5

How do schizophrenia and psychosis present, and how can we best treat them?

Dr Stephen McWilliams

Synthetic drugs

It's high time we talked about Ketamine

Dr Chris Luke

20

Middle age woes

I have become invisible in my 50s, and it is glorious

Gwen Loughman

Ireland's security

Having a modern and well-equipped air force is now a necessity for Ireland

Kevin Phipps

97

Once that day in May came, I couldn’t continue living in a web of lies

Conor Sheehan

The one percent

Are we all just puppets for billionaires now?

Gus Landy

57

Kenmare

Funeral arrangements announced for Michael Gaine

2 hrs ago

12.9k

Hamburg

Overnight blaze in German hospital kills three and injures dozens

2 hrs ago

2.7k

drone attack

Ukraine says it destroyed more than 40 military planes in drone attack in Russia

2 hrs ago

5.3k

BBC libel case

Gerry Adams' comments about 'putting manners' on BBC described as 'chilling' by NUJ secretary

4 hrs ago

10.1k

Michael McNeela

Father of soldier killed in Lebanon in 1989 appeals to government to update Army Pensions Act

4 hrs ago

7.0k

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Courts

Notorious criminal who head-butted Garda and spat blood in his face in Donegal hotel is jailed

5 hrs ago

14.8k

PSG

Two dead, hundreds arrested and cars set on fire in France following Champions League final

The PSG team are due to hold a victory parade on the Champs-Elysees today.

Updated 5 hrs ago

27.6k

HSE

Free hormone replacement therapy available to women of Ireland from today

6 hrs ago

9.3k

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Dublin

Motorcyclist involved in crash that killed Garda Kevin Flatley last month dies in hospital

6 hrs ago

37.2k

The Daily Poll

Should there be an age limit for people running in elections?

Updated 7 hrs ago

10.0k

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FACTCHECK

The biggest questions, answered, by The Journal's factcheckers.

Vaccines and autism

Studies of millions of children show there is no connection

Viral misinformation

Is the Irish government paying for Ukrainians to repair their cars?

Information vacuums

How far-right agitators exploit knowledge gaps

Do immigrants get shorter sentences than Irish citizens?

Shooting

Two people shot dead at Irish bar in Spain's Costa del Sol

8 hrs ago

51.3k

Bryansk

Seven killed after two bridges destroyed by 'explosions' in Russian regions bordering Ukraine

Updated 9 hrs ago

12.7k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Air corps shortages, ‘massacre’ at Gaza aid hub and a left-wing consensus candidate for president?

Updated 9 hrs ago

3.6k

7 deadly reads

Sitdown Sunday: Their chart-topping album got millions of streams - but was anyone really listening?

9 hrs ago

11.9k

20

Presidential Election

Prospect of unity left-wing candidate for presidential election looking increasingly unlikely

Jane Matthews

10 hrs ago

14.7k

European Union

Poles go to the polls as voting in tight presidential election gets underway

10 hrs ago

5.6k

63

Korschenbroich

Small plane crashes into residential building in Germany, killing two people

11 hrs ago

5.2k

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US politics

Larry Donnelly: Are American politicians too long in the tooth and too long in the job?

Larry Donnelly

11 hrs ago

5.7k

44

Analysis

Growth, jobs, wages: there are plenty of positives on the sunny side of Ireland's economy

Paul O'Donoghue

11 hrs ago

9.4k

71

The Morning Lead

Report in 2021 warned of military air traffic control crisis but nothing was done until this year

The Journal has obtained a copy of the internal Report of the ATS Working Group which looked at “options to ensure the longer-term sustainability” of the service at Casement Aerodrome.

Niall O'Connor

18 hrs ago

14.1k

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Prodigy

Teenager Doué stars as PSG win Champions League for first time

Luis Enrique’s men were far too good for Inter.

20 hrs ago

13.6k

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SPOTLIGHT

What next for the families at the centre of the hip surgery scandal?

Children's Health Ireland

Families told only one parent can go to hip assessments

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Hip Surgeries

Many surgeries in two hospitals did not meet criteria for operating

33

Quiz

Quiz: Could you answer these Leaving Cert questions?

20 hrs ago

39.0k

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GAA

Cork rue missed chances in defeat to Kerry, Mayo overcome Tyrone

The 42

21 hrs ago

15.3k

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Sponsored

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Interview

Albert Dolan: FF's 26-year-old TD on Obama comparisons, buying a house and his choice for president

Jane Matthews

21 hrs ago

27.2k

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Mixed Fortunes

Leinster win, Munster lose penalty shootout in United Rugby Championship quarters

The 42

21 hrs ago

17.0k

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smartphone addiction

Doom and zombie scrolling: 'Some believe humans go through 300 feet of content in a single day'

Dr Catherine Conlon

22 hrs ago

5.8k

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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

22 hrs ago

6.2k

Courts

Man (23) charged with smuggling two men through Rosslare Europort yesterday

23 hrs ago

11.9k

Dublin

Garda struck by e-bike in hit-and-run yesterday

23 hrs ago

21.3k

Deportations

Close to 50 people have been deported on commercial flights so far this year

There have been 119 enforced deportations so far this year and the majority of these have involved periods of detention prior to removal.

23 hrs ago

8.9k

keeping buzzy

Hundreds of millions of bees escape after lorry overturns in Washington

31 May

20.6k

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Áras an Uachataráin

Frances Black '98%' certain she will not contest this year's presidential election

31 May

15.2k

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an aimsir

Scattered showers, rain and unsettled conditions forecast for the bank holiday weekend

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