You don’t have to become a government adviser. There are other options:

Leo Varadkar to tell Joe Biden ‘immediate’ ceasefire is needed to stop ‘shocking crisis’ in Gaza
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Tánaiste Micheál Martin demands X remove scam crypto adverts that used his image

Doesn’t look like Elon has done much about it. twitter.com/gfernandezz29/…

EU leaders ‘mentally preparing’ for Donald Trump to return to the White House as European Council elections loom
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Man of the match Bundee Aki is this week’s Sunday Independent Life magazine cover star. Pick your copy up tomorrow! #IRLvWAL #SixNations2024 #SixNationsRugby

The Taoiseach says “never a weaker piece of analysis and lack of insight and nonsense have I read in a long time”.

I dunno, I was happy enough with it.
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Electoral Commission Flex: Chair says she doesn’t bring a polling card to her local polling station because the people working there know her so well.

Next level Dublin 7 illegal dumping.

Name and shame could work.

Went for a walk with the dog around D7 and illegal dumping is definitely getting worse with every passing day.

Any current or potential DCC councillors got any solutions?

European Council have agreed to begin talks on Ukraine joining the EU. Hungary’s Victor Orbán abstained and wasn’t in the room for the vote, sources say.

Changes to definition of family in referendum could lead to increase in people seeking reunification with family who emigrated to Ireland, Cabinet warned
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Nick Cave performs 'A Rainy Night in Soho' at the funeral of Shane MacGowan in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, this afternoon. @virginmedianews

FF Senator calls for Drew Harris to step down in wake of Dublin riots and stabbings.

Erin Greehan says she hasn’t met any gardai who are happy with commissioner.

Says she’s not 100pc sure if Helen McEntee should resign.

Calls hate crime bill ‘bad law’. independent.ie/irish-news/fia…

Why has Friends of Sinn Féin USA effectively ignored the war in Gaza on social media?
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Micheál Martin meets a resident whose home was bombed by Hamas
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