Yet another blunder to add to the long list of blunders

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Government stalls on fuel excise duty; politics reacts to M9 tragedy

Harry McGee and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:Today the Government announced that it will stall the planned increase to fuel excise duty that was due to come into effect at the start of September. The increases for September and October ...  Show more

Why does Ireland support Palestine and does anti-Semitism play a role?

There is deep support in Ireland for the Palestinian cause. But why? And is Ireland truly an outlier in its attitudes to Palestine and Israel? Academics Miceal Canavan and Liam Kneafsey surveyed over 1,500 people to gauge attitudes, investigate the origins of this support and ask ...  Show more

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