General News
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- 'World at global tipping point' - Clinton
Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has described the world as at "a global tipping point" where "even facts and reason are under assault like never before". - Man charged with rape in Dublin park
A man has appeared in court charged with raping a woman in west Dublin earlier this week. - Plans in place to combat ticket touting for papal visit
Security measures have been put in place to ensure that tickets for the visits by Pope Francis to the Phoenix Park and Knock Shrine are not sold on by touts. - Security to be increased at some DART stations
Iarnród Éireann says it is increasing security at certain north Dublin stations due to concerns raised by DART drivers about increased violence and anti-social behaviour. - Orderly Brexit in everyone's interest - Varadkar
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said an orderly Brexit was in everyone's interest, but that the European Union needed to be prepared for the possibility that that would not happen. - People urged to be safe around water during hot weather
People have been urged to take extra care around water ahead of the expected spell of warm weather. - Trump urges Republicans to drop immigration effort
US President Donald Trump has said Republicans in Congress should drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections. - Potential flight disruption due to industrial action
Ryanair and Aer Lingus are warning passengers to expect some disruption to flights this weekend as a result of strike action by air traffic control workers in France. - Koreas to hold reunions for war-separated families
North and South Korea have agreed to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August - the first such meetings since 2015. - Greece crisis declared 'over' as EU agrees debt relief
Eurozone ministers have declared the end of the Greek debt crisis, agreeing debt relief and a big cash payout for the Mediterranean nation. - Airbus warns no-deal Brexit threatens its UK future
Aerospace firm Airbus has warned it could pull out of the UK with the loss of thousands of jobs at 25 sites across the country in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit. - Family separation: A rare u-turn for President Trump
Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan looks back on a week when Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at putting an end to the controversial separation of migrant families at the border. - US Immigration: 'Are you the mother?'
It took 85 days for Olivia Caceres to get her baby boy, pulled from his father's arms at the US border, a traumatic experience many more parents face to reunite with children separated under President Donald Trump's immigration policies. - Tribunal judge will not refer journalists to High Court
The chairman of the Disclosures Tribunal has said he is not referring any journalist to the High Court as it would be absolutely futile. - Settlement reached over Clonkeen playing fields
A High Court action over the Christian Brothers' plans to sell part of a south Dublin secondary school's playing grounds to builders for €18m has settled. - St Canice's Kilkenny Credit Union fined by Central Bank
St Canice's Kilkenny Credit Union has been fined €210,000 and reprimanded by the Central Bank for eight breaches of the Credit Union Act after an investigation. - EU tariffs on US goods take effect as trade war erupts
The European Union has slapped retaliatory tariffs on iconic US products from bourbon to blue jeans and motorbikes in its opening salvo in a trade war with President Donald Trump. - Galway residents campaign for retention of stone walls
Residents in south Galway who are campaigning against plans to replace traditional stone walls with wire fencing have reported some progress after a meeting with Galway County Council. - Call for EU solidarity ahead of migrant summit
All EU countries need to help southern neighbours, where most migrants are arriving, European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has said. - Pharmacy workers strike over union recognition
More than 34 stores in the Lloyds Pharmacy chain were hit by a two-hour work stoppage as around 220 staff belonging to Mandate went on strike over union recognition.
