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Monday, 22 December, 2025

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Initiatives including bursaries must be reviewed to boost teacher supply, Minister told

Naughton advised of shortage of personnel with qualifications in key subjects at post-primary level

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Order of 100 Dart carriages to complete replacement of 1984 fleet

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Education

Children with dyslexia ‘denied’ chance to learn Irish due to lack of support in schools

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Early Edition Podcast

Early Edition podcast with 4 stories under 10 minutes: The Script drummer’s ‘mouldy’ rental, and more

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Ireland

‘It is so important to support smaller shops’: west coast villages count on loyal locals at Christmas

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After the Bondi attack: ‘We would love to feel some love from Ireland,’ says Rabbi

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Catherine Connolly highlights wars and climate change in first Christmas message as President

President speaks of ‘deep gratitude’ to Defence Forces personnel who are overseas

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Opinion: I didn’t want to spend another Christmas pretending I wasn’t hungover

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Ken Early: The Saipan film makes the conflict between Keane and McCarthy less interesting

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Prisoner electronic tagging first part of criminal justice system to be privatised

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Sarah Moss: The far right likes to say everything is broken. Rage thrives on simple stories

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Eoin Lenihan’s Vandalising Ireland proposes an idiosyncratic new direction for Ireland

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Defence Forces took ‘correct decision’ not to shoot down rogue drones, says Taoiseach

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Thousands celebrate ‘magical’ winter solstice sunrise at Newgrange ancient tomb

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Two further hospitals deemed non-compliant with public pay rules

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Drummer from The Script is landlord of mould-ridden ‘uninhabitable’ garden studio

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Found dead in the Phoenix Park in 2023. Despite IDs on him, he wasn’t identified for a year

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