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Three in four people believe that Ireland is taking in too many refugees, according to the latest Business Post/Red C poll, after the arrival of almost 100,000 people in the space of a year.
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Elon Musk, Twitterâs chief executive, has criticised proposed Irish laws on hate speech as "a massive attack on freedom of speech"
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X has instructed staff not to suspend users that post explicitly racist, sexist and homophobic content, or who send sexual material to another person, as part of a new policy that has radically stripped back the companyâs moderation of abusive material.
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Fine Gael are pledging to cut the VAT rate for restaurants to 11 per cent and to ensure a wider PRSI rebate scheme for small businesses if re-elected to government, despite not being able to deliver either of these measures in the budget just weeks ago.
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President: We must not drift into Nato and become buried in other people's agendas
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The governmentâs credibility on the immigration issue is almost entirely lost after ten days of one of the most shambolic political performances imaginable - @cooper_m.
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In an exclusive interview with the Business Post, President Higgins has given a strongly worded warning about deviating from Irelandâs traditional policy of âpositive neutralityâ.
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Three quarters of people think Ireland âtaking in too many refugees'
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âPeople must decide do they want a puppet or a Presidentâ - Michael D Higgins
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Red C poll: three out of four think Ireland has taken too many refugees
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Michael OâLeary says heâd âhappilyâ offer UK deportation flights to Rwanda
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Elon Musk has criticised proposed Irish laws on hate speech as "a massive attack on freedom of speech.".
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Mary Lou McDonald has hit back at Leo Varadkarâs criticism of Sinn FĂ©in policy changes as âpolitics for slow learnersâ, saying she doesnât think such a remark should be dignified with a response.
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A new study has found that the âŹ220 per week paid to Ukrainian refugees without employment in Ireland is the highest of any EU country
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President warns against getting involved âin other people's agendas' and is critical of the European Union for its increasing military posturing
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Bartra Capital has started to advertise its first shared living units in Ireland at âŹ1,880 a month, which is nearly âŹ800 more than it told planning authorities the units would cost to rent.
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Clerys owner: âDublin is actually heading down the sewer. there are streets where retailers have hired private security to patrol the streets for these reasons. Dublin is circling the drain at the moment in the context of the anti-social behaviour.â.
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Broadcaster Niall Boylan to contest Dublin seat in EU elections
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Sixteen companies in Ireland collectively received more than âŹ110 million from the state for the provision of refugee accommodation in the first three months of the year
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Elon Muskâs X has cancelled a trust and safety contract with an Irish outsourcing company, resulting in 72 redundancies
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The presidentâs remarks ignore the fact that Ireland cannot defend its own borders without external assistance .
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Ireland has failed to comply with three-quarters of the Council of Europeâs latest anti-corruption recommendations for government ministers, advisors and GardaĂ.
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Justice Minister's performance at the Oireachtas committee was baffling, given questions were flagged in a Sunday newspaper two days before
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Red C Poll: Three in five say Ireland has too many Ukrainian war refugees
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Nearly âŹ1bn spent on refugee housing in first half of 2024 - here are the top private sector earners
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Exclusive interview with CaitrĂona Balfe - cover star of @IrishTatler free with the Business Post this Sunday - on motherhood, the new Oscar-tipped film #Belfast, another season of hit show #Outlander, and environmental campaigning with #ProjectCaiTREEna
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Minister Eamon Ryan must resign insists Ryanair over Dublin Airport passenger cap chaos
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Peter McVerry: The government is ârunning an economy, not a âsocietyâ
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Married to the truth: Is Julian Assangeâs incarceration coming to an end?. Stella Assange spoke to this newspaper in a sit-down interview at the European Parliament in Strasbourg last month
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Ireland has long enjoyed the luxury of military neutrality, but it is a neutrality built on the implicit protection provided by Nato countries, most notably the United Kingdom.
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Ryanair has called on Transport Minister Eamon Ryan to resign, after a number of Green Party TDs, including Junior Ministers in his own party and MEPâs, raised objections to the lifting of the 32 million passenger cap at Dublin Airport
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Matt Cooper (@cooper_m): Despite JP McManus' Robin Hood status in his native region, the truth is that his decision to be a tax resident in Switzerland deprives this country of huge amounts of money.
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.@TheNotoriousMMA could ask for stake if $4bn @ufc sold to new owners, writes @TomLyonsBiz @@John_Kavanagh
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Michael McNamara, the Independent TD for Clare, told the Business Post that the countryâs economy could not sustain another sustained shutdown and the public would âsnapâ if they were required to do so. Larissa Nolan reports .
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Ireland is âdefinitely not seen as a placeâ for multinationals to execute major projects anymore due to major problems with the countryâs ability to deliver critical infrastructure, according to a senior executive at Ibec.
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is seeking changes to the governmentâs hate crime bill to deliver âstronger protectionâ for peopleâs constitutional right to freedom of expression.
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Matt Cooper: As car-crash ministerial performances go, Helen McEnteeâs in front of an Oireachtas committee last Tuesday was one for the ages
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Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan has admitted that a Dublin rental property he part-owns is not currently registered with the Residential Tenancies Board
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Complaint lodged with European regulator over âanti-competitiveâ deposit return scheme
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Matt Cooper: Helen McEnteeâs car crash week sees confidence drain away from her
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Elaine Byrne: Don't let the Bertie-speak obscure why Ahern is not fit to hold the office of president
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Red C Poll: Three in five say Ireland has too many Ukrainian war refugees
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The Irish government has paid more than âŹ11 million ($12 million) to buy one of the most expensive homes in Washington DC to be used as the new residence for Geraldine Byrne Nason, the Irish ambassador to the US, the Business Post can reveal.
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Elon Muskâs X hits out at Helen McEntee for âinaccurateâ claim about Garda contact over Dublin riots
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Red C Poll: Sinn FĂ©in support falls to lowest since before 2020 general election
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It is ânot appropriateâ for election candidates to present radio shows - broadcasting regulator
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âThey are not republicansâ â Mary Lou McDonald calls out far-rightâs use of tricolour and nationalist language
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Ireland gets zero votes in bid to host EU anti-money laundering agency
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âI felt safer in India than walking home alone in Dublinâ
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Several Independent TDs who have previously supported the government have indicated that they wonât support Harris in the vote for Taoiseach
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Jim O'Callaghan: Hate Speech law is deeply problematic and confusing for our courts and Gardai
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Analyis: Roderic OâGormanâs error about number of children missing from state care is a serious matter
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The latest BP/Red C poll shows that 75% of people feel 'Ireland has now taken in too many refugees'. Govt has been at pains to dismiss the âIreland is fullâ sentiment - but research signifies the same attitude hasnât trickled down to the public. How did we get here? A đ§”.
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Red C poll: Two-thirds of public think Ireland has taken in too many refugees
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'Ireland is by far the most successful country in the EU at integrating migrants, and itâs vital that debate on the issue is not allowed to descend into emotional soundbites'. @stephenkinsella on immigration.
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Sinn FĂ©inâs support has surged to a record high as Fine Gael lose ground, in the latest Business Post/Red C poll. @obraonain reports. Read more in tomorrow's Business Post or subscribe at
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Daniel McConnell appointed editor of the Business Post
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đ RED C POLL đ. Fianna FĂĄil - 21% (-).Sinn FĂ©in - 20% (+2).Fine Gael - 20% (-2).Independents - 14% (-1).Social Democrats - 6% (-).Labour - 4% (+1).Ind Ireland - 4% (+1).Greens - 4% (-).AontĂș â 4% (-1).PBP - 2% (-). Read more here - . @RedCResearch #GE24
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Alan Kelly: People of Ireland âoutragedâ at prosecution of Garda over fatal burglary gang crash
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Shane Coleman: âFarmers hate them, the working class think they're shite' â it's tough being a Green
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A large majority of voters, seven out of every ten, is demanding the abolition of the âŹ5 billion a year Universal Social Charge before the next General Election, according to the latest Business Post/Red C poll.
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Shane Coleman: Put this government out of its misery and letâs have a September election
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Deirdre Heenan: No matter what Biden said, the DUP would have spit the dummy
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Ireland faces wide-scale unemployment and economic hardship not seen since the aftermath of the financial crisis if the global economy is rocked by a damaging credit crunch, AIB has warned
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Emirates has become the latest airline to say that the Dublin Airport passenger cap has ended their interest in expanding services here.
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Sinn Féin has extended its lead over the government parties since the release of the budget, in its strongest ever performance in a Business Post @REDCResearch poll. @obraonain reports.
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Car lanes will begin to be phased out of College Green from next year as part of wider plans to remove traffic from Dublin city centre over the next three years, the Minister for Transport has said.
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Investment funds controlling more than âŹ28 billion worth of Irish property have almost halved their tax payments since the government introduced measures aimed at tackling their âaggressive behaviour to avoid taxâ
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Metaâs data centre in County Meath used the same amount of electricity, and emitted carbon at the same rate, as roughly 151,000 Irish homes in 2021.
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Simon Harris has signalled that he wants to establish a Department of Infrastructure, with responsibility for critical infrastructural projects, citing current âinfrastructural deficitsâ across various sectors
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Red C poll: No âfreedom dayâ bounce for coalition as SF retains commanding lead â @obraonain reports.
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Exclusive: Intel and Siemens withdraw from Web Summit following Paddy Cosgraveâs Israel tweet
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Sinn FĂ©in has broadly the same level of support as the other two large parties, but they have been locked out of any shot at coalition. How long can that be sustained? .
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Sinn FĂ©in should fret as 18-34-year-old age group begins to slip away from it
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Ossain Smyth, the Green Party TD, has claimed his coalition colleagues Fine Gael and Fianna FĂĄil were asked to block the Occupied Territories Bill by the Democratic Party in the US .
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Thousands of migrants will be detained, processed and deported before ever gaining access to the state at new border centres which are likely to be located near airports
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âMichael D Higginsâs presidency has become obsessive in its pioneering of a jaded and dangerous Marxist ideology that caused endless misery, deprivation and disaster wherever it was tried.â
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Lucinda Creighton: How Michael D got it so badly wrong on Iran, and he was not speaking for me
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RTĂâs head of human resources has admitted she signed off on an arrangement that meant a former senior executive at the broadcaster got a âŹ450,000 exit package without approval from its executive board.
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Red C poll: Sinn FĂ©in back down to 25% as independents surpass Fianna FĂĄil
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National debt one of worldâs highest at âŹ42,000 per person
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Health spending requires same level of scrutiny as RTĂ finances
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Sinn FĂ©in has overstated banksâ willingness to lend mortgages under the partyâs flagship election policy to make houses available for less than âŹ300,000, senior banking sources have said .
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Mary Lou McDonaldâs party is up two points to 29 per cent, putting it level with Fine Gael. @obraonain reports.
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Sinn FĂ©in leads in Red C poll for the first time, the first time Sinn FĂ©in has led the poll since Red C began its tracking for the Business Post in 2003, reports @obraonain
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Shane Coleman: Sinn FĂ©in rallying cry of âTiocfaidh ĂĄr lawsuitâ poses serious questions for party
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Matt Cooper @cooper_m says he has witnessed drug dealing, muggings, fights breaking out on the streets in the daytime as well as evenings and, as a result, is constantly on alert in Dublin.
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Ireland mulls joining Nato subsea group after Russian boat activity
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Mark Ruffalo urges Eamon Ryan to assess risk of terrorist attack on LNG terminals
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âFingal County Council needs to withdraw this stupid enforcement notice. You canât have local government setting national transport policy. Itâs the definition of the tail wagging the dog.â. Michael OâLeary has never been a man to mince his words.
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Migration top priority for Irish voters ahead of EU elections
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Red C poll: Independents rise again as Fianna FĂĄil slumps to two-year low
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Eamon Ryan, the Minister for the Environment, is planning to speed up the introduction of bus-only sections on public roads in an attempt to force more drivers out of their cars.
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Daniel McConnell appointed editor of the Business Post
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Coca-Colaâs Irish office, which has been accused of hiding âastronomicalâ profits by US tax authorities, has funnelled more than âŹ9.5 billion to a remote tax haven since 2016, the Business Post can reveal.
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Lucinda Creighton: "The problems are manifold. Despite five years of Green Party participation in government, Ireland still has the highest energy costs of any European country.
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Editorial: Hate speech laws must not curtail freedom of expression
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Privatised bin collections aren't working. With profits soaring and litter piling up, Ian Guider argues it's time to bring waste management back into public control .
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