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Protest to 'save Stephen's Green Shopping Centre' to take place this weekend
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (247+ words) "They got a prestigious Irish architect to design the new fa'ade, but unfortunately this doesn't seem to have impacted the quality of the design at all," reads a post from the Save Stephen's Green campaign. A protest is scheduled to…...
Michael D. Higgins returns total of "2. 6 million to Exchequer over course of two terms as President of Ireland
21+ hour, 31+ min ago (320+ words) The cumulative figure includes "1, 310, 491 in Oireachtas and Ministerial pensions, and "689, 474 in pay, foregone, over the 14 years of his Presidency. The former President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, returned a total of "2. 6 million to the State over the course of his fourteen…...
Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices: "Trump and Netanyahu have made" a monumental miscalculation " and the rest of us are stuck with the consequences" | Hotpress
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1068+ words) The bullies in charge in the US and Israel made a monumental blunder in not foreseeing that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz " and everyone else is paying the price. Back in Ireland, vested interests should beware of playing…...
Caoimhe Butterly on the Global Sumud Flotilla: "When we sail, we need to sail as a people's flotilla. Without spectacle, without stars and without opacity" | Hotpress
2+ week, 37+ min ago (289+ words) Irish human rights campaigner Caoimhe Butterly is currently sailing with the 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla, a mission to deliver aid to Palestine. On Instagram, she shared her reflections on the ongoing war and the flotilla. Butterly has a history with similar…...
Moya Brennan: A True Icon of Irish Music
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1257+ words) This issue of Hot Press was ready to go to press, with just the final corrections to be done and proofs to be signed off on, when the news hit. "Did you hear about Moya?" We just had, and decided…...
Anti-war protest to take place in Dublin next week
3+ week, 2+ day ago (212+ words) The protest is a collaboration with Healthcare Workers Against Genocide, Pals for Palestine, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Irish Anti-War Movement. The Irish Neutrality League has announced an anti-war protest, scheduled for April 18 at 1 pm at the Garden of…...
Professor Ian Williams on Gerry Mc Govern's "important, timely, and morally compelling book" 99th Day: A Warning About Technology | Hotpress
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1223+ words) We told you it was brilliant " but it is even better than that. With positive notices landing from just about every direction, we thought we'd let Hot Press readers see what Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science at the…...
Read an exclusive extract from Paul Charles' Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove
3+ week, 5+ day ago (443+ words) An Irish music industry veteran whose remarkable story " including encounters with the The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, U2, Van Morrison and Tom Waits " was recounted in Adventures In Wonderland, published by Hot Press Books, Paul Charles also enjoys a…...
Nicola Coughlan, Madonna and Kesha sign open letter demanding closure of ICE detention centre
4+ week, 2+ day ago (255+ words) Children held in immigration detention endure trauma, neglect, and conditions that violate basic standards of health, safety, dignity, and human rights," reads the letter. A coalition of celebrities, including Nicola Coughlan, Madonna, and Kesha, has signed an open letter demanding…...
Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Robert De Niro, and Jane Fonda take part in the record-breaking "No Kings" protest.
4+ week, 2+ day ago (389+ words) Previous 'No Kings' protests saw the involvement of well-known figures such as Jack Black, Jimmy Kimmel, Glenn Close, Pedro Pascal, Bill Nye, David Byrne, Bon Jovi, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The "No Kings" protest movement reached a new peak this…...