# The Dawn's Early Site
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Last week 12th January 2025 - 18th January 2025
Last year 2024
# Winner
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# Winner
Donald Trump is the next US president
Trump’s projected win is one of the most unlikely turnarounds in political history.
# Brian Stanley
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- Brian Stanley TD said earlier that he'd asked the party to refer a complaint relating to an internal inquiry involving him to gardaí last month, but it didn't.
- Taoiseach Simon Harris said the respective statements from McDonald and Stanley today has "resulted in more questions than answers".
# In Short
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# In Short
Something for everyone in the audience? The key points from Budget 2025
Finance Minister Jack Chambers has confirmed a range of measures.
# Budget 2025
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# Budget 2025
Give it away, now: From tax cuts to SSIAs, some of the biggest giveaway budgets of the past
Can Jack Chambers keep up with these lads?
# Paris 2024
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# Paris 2024
'I'm just so proud': Tears and togetherness as Ireland's relay team reflect on Olympic heartache
The team finished the race in fourth with a time of 3:19.90, a new national record.
# Paris 2024
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# Paris 2024
Kellie Harrington will box for another Olympic gold medal after winning her semi-final in Paris
Harrington was already guaranteed to be the first Irish woman to medal at two Olympic Games.
# Be The Best
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# Be The Best
8,000 calories and about 500 lengths: What does a day look like for Olympic champ Daniel Wiffen
Wiffen is Ireland’s newest Olympic champion and has his sights set on more gold.
# Paris 2024
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# Paris 2024
Ireland wins rowing bronze as Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle take battling medal on the water
- The Irish pair came in behind the Romanian boat, which took the gold, and the Netherlands, which took the silver.
- Team Ireland will be hoping for more rowing medals, with two finals to come tomorrow.
# Slainte
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# Slainte
After pints in Chequers, what next for the British-Irish bromance?
Ireland and the UK are friends again, and they’ve got the hangover to prove it.
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# Bonjour
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# Bonjour
Plenty of nods to Churchill as Keir Starmer woos European leaders at grandiose Blenheim Palace
- The EPC was the brainchild of France’s Emmanuel Macron and 47 leaders are in attendance.
- Starmer has vowed to be a “friend and a partner” to European allies.
- Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is also in attendance after visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month.
# Girls In Green Documentary
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# Girls In Green Documentary
FAI CEO 'deeply shocked' by historical abuse allegations, encourages others to come forward
David Courell said that the FAI were first made aware of the allegations earlier this year and that the organisation has met with the women.
# Girls In Green Documentary
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# Girls In Green Documentary
FAI CEO 'deeply shocked' by historical abuse allegations and encourages others to come forward
David Courell said that the FAI were first made aware of the allegations earlier this year and that the organisation has met with the women involved.
# Change At The Top
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# Change At The Top
UK exit poll: Labour set for huge majority as Tories suffer defeat of historic proportions
- Keir Starmer's Labour could govern with 410 seats, a majority of 170.
- The Conservatives could lose as many as 241 seats, putting some of the party’s biggest names at risk.
- The Nigel Farage-led Reform party could pick up 13 seats, with the Green Party winning two.
- The exit poll does not contain details of Northern Ireland’s 18 seats in Westminster.
# The Dublin Era
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# The Dublin Era
Taylor Swift gives shoutout to Stevie Nicks in the crowd on final show of three-night Aviva run
She told the crowd the gigs were the first time the Aviva Stadium has been sold out for three-nights in a row.
# Grafting
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# Grafting
Election post-mortem: Evidence of FF and FG ground game crucial as SF may rue how renters voted
A polling day poll found voters were most likely to have met a Fianna Fáil candidate.
# Election Time
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# Election Time
Five big political questions we'll see answered as the local results come rolling in
It’s all over bar the counting.
# War Of Words
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# War Of Words
Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
And what’s the evidence for Helen McEntee’s claim that 80% of of asylum seekers crossed the border? Here’s what we know.
# Diplomatic Spat
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# Diplomatic Spat
Migration row: Sunak 'not interested' in deal to return asylum seekers from Ireland to the UK
- Taoiseach Simon Harris has promised to pass emergency legislation to return asylum seekers who came via NI back to the UK.
- A meeting between Justice Minister Helen McEntee and her UK counterpart was cancelled amid the row.
- Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that "a reciprocal agreement" would be required to send people back to the UK.
# Opinion Poll
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# Opinion Poll
European elections: Voters sceptical about an EU army and whether Ireland should participate
- Questions over EU military cooperation have long been a source of debate in the bloc.
- Half of poll respondents were opposed to an EU army, with just over a third in favour.
- Supporters of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Greens and Labour were in favour of Ireland's participation in an EU army.
# Legacy
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# Legacy
As Leo Varadkar waves goodbye to his time as Taoiseach, how will he be remembered?
From ‘welfare cheats’ to ‘bullet-proof’ backstops.
# Opinion Poll
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- TheJournal/Ireland Thinks poll finds voters evenly split on the relevance of immigration to June elections.
- The second survey in the major series also asked questions about EU immigration policy and sea rescue missions.
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