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Taoiseach says asylum seekers weren’t moved from camp due to St Patrick’s Day
The Taoiseach has said that the reason dozens of asylum seekers were moved from a makeshift camp in Dublin to a separate location was for health and safety reasons.
Concerns have been raised after men who had been camping on Mount...
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Dozens of people moved from asylum seekers camp in Dublin
Tents are cleared from a makeshift camp in Mount Steet, Dublin after asylum seekers who were living there were bussed to new tented accommodation with more facilities.
INT: Lena Seale, a community volunteer and member of People Before...
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Leo Varadkar full speech as he makes traditional visit by the Taoiseach to the White House
Full remarks by Leo Varadkar as US President Joe Biden welcomes the Taoiseach to the White House for the traditional visit by the Irish premier before St Patrick's Day.
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Biden welcomes Varadkar to White House for St Patrick's Day tradition
US President Joe Biden welcomed Leo Varadkar to the Oval Office on Friday as the Taoiseach made the traditional visit by Ireland's premier to the White House before St Patrick's Day.
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Joe Biden full speech at White House reception for Irish premier Leo Varadkar
Full remarks by US President Joe Biden as he welcomes Leo Varadkar to the White House for the traditional visit by the Taoiseach before St Patrick's Day.
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Leo Varadkar speech highlights as he makes traditional visit by the Taoiseach to the White House
Highlights from a speech by Leo Varadkar as US President Joe Biden welcomes the Taoiseach to the White House for the traditional visit by the Irish premier before St Patrick's Day.
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Joe Biden speech highlights at White House reception for Irish premier Leo Varadkar
Highlights from US President Joe Biden's speech as he welcomes Leo Varadkar to the White House for the traditional visit by the Taoiseach before St Patrick's Day
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Biden and Varadkar leave Capitol building after congressional lunch event
GVs of Joe Biden leaving the Capitol building in Washington DC after lunch with Irish premier Leo Varadkar.
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Taoiseach speaks to the media after 'very good meeting' with Joe Biden in the White House
Irish Premier Leo Varadkar discusses his meeting with US President Joe Biden in the White House as both leaders agreed the need for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
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Protests in Dublin and Belfast urge Joe Biden to support Gaza ceasefire
Protests have been held in Dublin and Belfast urging US President Joe Biden to demand a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East.
The Amnesty International demonstrations took place to coincide with Irish premier Leo Varadkar’s meeting...
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Leo Varadkar and Joe Biden hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, during his visit to the US for St Patrick's Day.
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US Vice President Kamala Harris hosts a breakfast meeting for St Patrick's Day
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and partner Matt Barrett (left) with the US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff (right) during a breakfast meeting hosted by the VP at her official residence in Washington, DC.
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US is working very hard to put a ceasefire in place, says Leo Varadkar
Irish Premier Leo Varadkar said the US is "using its influence" to try an help initiate a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, as he met with US President Joe Biden at the White House.
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Leo Varadkar speaks in Washington
Leo Varadkar addresses the crowd at the Irish ambassador's residence in Washington DC on the eve of his bilateral with Joe Biden.
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More migrants entering Republic from Northern Ireland, Leo Varadkar says
Ireland can take steps to strengthen its borders, the Irish premier has said.
The Irish Government has said it cannot guarantee accommodation to asylum seekers amid increasing numbers of arrivals.
Leo Varadkar said it is “very evident”...
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Taoiseach celebrates Jet Blue's service from US to Boston ahead of St Patricks Day
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks to the media during a visit to Boston's Logan airport to mark Jet Blue's recent announcement of its new seasonal daily flights service from Boston to Dublin during his visit to the US for St Patrick's Day.
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Leo Varadkar says meeting asylum seekers sleeping in tents ‘won’t change situation’
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he has “no difficulty” in meeting asylum seekers who are sleeping in tents in Dublin but said he did not believe it would “change the situation”.
He said he was aware of the number of people who had...
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Leo Varadkar addresses the Ireland Funds Young Leaders event in Boston
The Irish Premier Leo Varadkar speaks at the Ireland Funds Young Leaders event in Boston as part of the Taoiseach's traditional tour of the US to commemorate St Patrick's Day.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks to the media on the second day of his US visit - full
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks to the media outside the Boston Harbour Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, US, during the Taoiseach's visit to the US for St Patrick's Day.
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Varadkar - Government 'defeated comprehensively' in referenda
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Government had been 'defeated comprehensively' as voters appeared to have voted resoundingly against the family and care amendment referenda.
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Varadkar speaks about the referenda count and accepts the government has been defeated
Irish premier Leo Varadkar said he accepts the government has been defeated in its referenda to change the Constitution of Ireland.
Mr Varadkar admitted the Irish government “clearly got it wrong” as the final counts of the two...
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Counting under way in Ireland’s twin referenda
Counting is now under way in twin referenda on proposed changes the Constitution in Ireland.
The boxes were opened at 9am after the public went to the polls on Friday to vote on whether to change the wording of the Constitution relating...
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President Michael D Higgins among those to vote in referenda
President Michael D Higgins was among those to vote on proposed changes to the Constitution in Ireland.
Mr Higgins and his wife Sabina voted at their polling station at St Mary’s Hospital in Phoenix Park on Friday morning.
It is the...
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Meeting with Ryanair boss was more about issues than personalities - Transport Minister
Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said his meeting with the head of Ryanair Michael O’Leary was “more about issues than personalities”.
The meeting took place one week after the airline executive launched a personal broadside against the...