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Jeffrey Donaldson trial; rise in arson attacks on council houses

29 May 2026

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The jury hearing the trail of former DUP leaderJeffrey Donaldson, 63, has been told he wrote a letter to one of the two alleged victims expressin...

Irish visas for Russians; ADHD and addiction; reckoning for dating apps

28 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There are concerns ‘hostile’ agents may be among the 14,000 Russians granted Irish visas in the past four years.The Government hopes to make “sw...

Naval service names online; wind farm objections; most annoying phrases

27 May 2026

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The names of dozens of Defence Forces personnel, including those involved in intelligence work and sensitive counterdrug smuggling operations, are bei...

Is Sinn Féin still seen as left wing? New anti-drone technology for the defence forces

26 May 2026

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There are tensions between left wing parties and Sinn Fein on the policy direction of Mary Lou McDonald’s party following its performance in the Dub...

Kyne and Ennis elected to the Dáil; HSE waiting lists; the trial of Jeffery Donaldson

25 May 2026

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The Dáil has two new TD’s; Daniel Ennis from the Social Democrats and Sean Kyne from Fine Gael. Political correspondents Cormac McQuinn and Marie O...

Polls open in byelections; Paul Rudd on filming in Dublin; Under the Hawthorn Tree

22 May 2026

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Voters in Dublin and Galway are going to the polls in two byelections on Friday after intense canvassing in the closing days of the campaign and effor...

META job losses; RTÉ˙ salary row; more registered voters that residents in some areas

20 May 2026

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Meta is to cut 350 jobs from it’s Irish workforce amid a global round of layoffs affecting around 8000 roles worldwide.RTÉ has faced tough question...

Dodgy boxes; more flotilla boats set for Gaza intercepted; What happened to Yves Sakilas

20 May 2026

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200 users of so-called dodgy boxes used to illegally stream live TV have been issued with cease and desist notices.Rents across Ireland have just shot...

Tobacco lobbyists; sexually abusive homes; A.I. in schools

19 May 2026

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Irish diplomats in Brussels have been warned to be on high alert for lobbying by the tobacco industry.The European Commission has signalled tighter re...

Irregular betting on by election; bodyguards to protect special care staff

18 May 2026

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There are serious questions about betting activity linked to Friday’s by-election in Dublin Central in which $1 million (€860,000) was placed and ...

Dublin Central by election; trouble for Kier Starmer; Trump in Beijing

15 May 2026

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Sinn Féin’s Janice Boylan leads the race for the Dublin Central by election according to a new Irish Times/ TG4 poll.A UK Labour MP has stepped dow...

Ballooning national debt, women and cycling, and Patrick Freyne’s ‘history of sexy tellly’

14 May 2026

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Ireland’s national debt could approach a quarter of a trillion euro by the 2030s, the head of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) will te...

Four to a bed, Keir Starmer, one-off housing, and ice Hockey in Dublin?

13 May 2026

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A spotlight is being shone on the condition of council housing after plans to regenerate one of Dublin’s most neglected flat complexes were halted. ...

Ambulance strike; guns ordered off the dark web; and falling overseas holiday bookings

12 May 2026

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Two thousand ambulance staff in the Unite and SIPTU unions begin a 24-hour strike this morning in a long running dispute over pay.The media regulator,...

Derelict city council properties, Louth sisters in Miami plastic surgery, and the richest man in the Seanad?

11 May 2026

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More than 30 vacant and derelict properties bought by Dublin City Council for social housing since 2017 remain unused, and may no longer be viable for...

Narrow lead for FG in by election poll; Passengers who disembarked cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak

08 May 2026

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Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne holds the slimmest of leads over Independent Ireland rival Noel Thomas in the Galway West by election campaign, according to ...

Asylum seekers posing as children; peace negotiations over Iran; billion dollar TV series’

07 May 2026

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Almost 300 adult asylum seekers who claimed they were children were placed in Tusla children’s centres in the last four years. Separately, Tusla is ...

Katie Simpson murder review; replaceable batteries in electric devices

06 May 2026

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has called for anyone abused by Jonathan Creswell to come forward after a review found a failure to prop...

Money laundering cases surge; British King Charles III likely to visit Ireland and the case for electric HGVs

05 May 2026

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On today’s episode:There is a growing expectation that British King Charles III will visit Ireland, perhaps as soon as next year, reports Pat Leahy....

Gaza flotilla dispersed; threat from the New-IRA; and the price of Kerrygold

01 May 2026

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The aid flotilla making its way to Gaza has been dispersed. One skipper in the waters off Greece says he will be continuing on to Gaza when they regro...

Pregnant rough sleepers, autism charity controversy, and a seagull screeching competition

30 Apr 2026

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Five pregnant women who were forced to sleep rough in Dublin last year were among over 100 mothers who gave birth at the National Maternity Hospital w...

Hutch assets frozen in Spain, Dublin link to Icelandic murder-suicide pact, and Seán Moncrieff is blessèd amongst women

29 Apr 2026

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Spanish authorities have frozen Gerry Hutch’s property assets in the country as part of an ongoing money-laundering investigation into the gangland ...

Ukraine’s ‘grandad’ soldiers; bookmakers allowing bets on National Lottery numbers

28 Apr 2026

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Ukraine’s army is the largest and most battle hardened in Europe. But its also the oldest with an average age of 45. Our contributor in Ukraine, Lar...

Politicians’ security; ‘drop the debt’ murder; and a biobank to supercharge medical research

27 Apr 2026

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More than €375,000 has been spent upgrading security at politicians’ constituency offices over the past three years, amid growing concern about th...

By-elections in Dublin and Galway, Homelessness; and potential strike action

24 Apr 2026

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By-elections in Dublin Central and Galway west will take place on 22nd May. Who’s standing? And what issues are likely to sway voters?Sinn Féin’s...

Crime and drug deaths in Dublin's southwest inner city, cost rental homes, and Chris O'Dowd's GAA career

23 Apr 2026

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Of around 7,000 children who live in Dublin’s southwest inner city, fewer than four in every ten of them go to secondary school, while a new study f...

Kinahan to be tried on single charge, school patronage, and the Michael Jackson biopic

22 Apr 2026

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Daniel Kinahan is expected to face just one charge of directing organised crime when he’s tried at the Special Criminal Court.Hildegarde Naughton is...

Government spending; Daniel Kinahan; Hibernians, former UCD footballers in China

21 Apr 2026

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Ministers will be warned today that tighter spending controls are required in their departments in order to stick within agreed budgets at a time of g...

US war planes in Irish airspace; prison overcrowding; home heating costs; human connection in medicine

20 Apr 2026

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The government underreported the number of US military aircraft flying over Irish airspace, an Irish Times investigation has found.A “crisis” resp...

Fianna Fáil leadership; electricity prices; unfair dismissal against X; 1926 census records

17 Apr 2026

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The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party is rallying around Michaél Martin amid pressure for new leadership of the party, the Irish Times understands.Ele...

Gas price warning, Taoiseach under pressure, and broke Floyd Mayweather

16 Apr 2026

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Europe faces higher gas prices “for years” to come even in the best-case scenario, and possible shortages in the supply of diesel and jet fuel in ...

Government survives confidence vote; fuel prices; basic income for artists, traveller’s community

15 Apr 2026

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The government has survived a confidence vote in the Dáil but what could the impact of the resignation of Michael Healy-Rae as a Minister for Agricul...

Gardaí cracking down on protests; fuel cuts to kick in; National Museum storage; Job losses and AI

14 Apr 2026

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Gardaí are warning that fuel protesters who block roads or slow traffic on motorways will now face arrest, detention and will have their vehicles tow...

Government fuel support, consumer complaints figures and Rory McIlroy is The Master’s champion again

13 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The government has announced a €505million package to help support the rising cost of fuel following a week of protests across Ireland.Ryanair was t...

Fuel protests; proposed ban on disposable vapes; seven wonders of Ireland

10 Apr 2026

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Protests against the cost of fuel have been bringing travel chaos across Ireland and Gardaí say those blocking roads will feel the full force of the ...

Fuel protests; proposed ban on disposable vapes; National Museum of Ireland storage; seven wonders of Ireland

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Protests against the cost of fuel have been bringing travel chaos across Ireland and Gardaí say those blocking roads will feel the full force of the ...

Third day of fuel protests, gambling tipster faces questions, and AI coming for Irish white collar jobs

09 Apr 2026

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We are in for another day of disruption due to fuel protests. The Taoiseach has condemned the blockades of depots and the State’s only oil refinery,...

99 days of petrol reserves, heightened terror alert, and family finances after separation

08 Apr 2026

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It is understood officials from the National Oil Reserves Agency will tell government ministers today that the country has reserves of petrol for 99 d...

Inland Fisheries spent €60,000 on communications, Children in care and protests at rising fuel costs

07 Apr 2026

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Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) spent almost €60,000 on communications support ahead of its hearing at the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee.The he...

Valerie’s law, mortgages, oil shocks, and French wine going to waste

03 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Plans to strip parental rights from killers are to be pressed ahead with by the Department of Justice despite the State’s child and family agency ra...

Data centres, dogfighting Air Corps, dodgy boxes, and gold mining in the north

02 Apr 2026

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Fear of electricity blackouts has prompted Irish authorities to set down new protocols for data centre operators.Jet fuel supplies could be disrupted ...

U.S. military aircraft in Europe, severe weather in 2025 and treatment of patients at Bloomfield Hospital

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Italy and Spain have blocked U.S. military aircraft en route to Iran from using their air bases causing a rift with the Trump administration.It could ...

Cash missing from Garda stations, mortgage approval figures and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There have been 13 incidents or allegations of money going missing from Garda stations between 2020 and 2025, the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee ...

National Concert Hall, auto-enrolment pensions and children’s mental health waiting lists

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The National Concert Hall is embroiled in a row over a decision by one of its officials to cancel a booking for a fundraiser by the Irish branch of an...

Heartbreak for Ireland in Prague, an unfinished housing development in Co Tipperary and delays to the Covid Evaluation

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland won’t progress in the World Cup qualifiers and won’t be in America this summer after losing to the Czech Rep...

Where are Martina and Ammi Burke, modular homes, and World Cup playoff in Prague

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Three weeks after a judge ordered their arrest and committal to prison, Martina and Ammi Burke have still not been located and jailed. They were found...

Rogue dentists, presidential pardons, and hogging the overtaking lanes

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An unregistered dentist was offering patients treatments, including X-rays, in the sittingroom of a Dublin apartment, the Irish Dental Council has sai...

Russian arms manufacturing, cost of living measures and driving test delays

24 Mar 2026

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The Irish Times can reveal that the Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick is supplying Russian smelters whose aluminium ends up with a trad...

Rising seas, the cost of living, and replacing stolen bicycles

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The World Meteorological Organisation has warned that Earth’s climate is swinging increasingly out of balance, and there are potentially severe cons...

Energy prices surge, the government considers measures to help and AI in the workplace

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Oil and gas prices have surged following attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East. EU leaders have been considering steps to secure Europe’...

Gardaí searching for couple ordered to demolish their house, Gerry Adams in court and Ireland’s carbon budget goal

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Gardaí have been searching for a couple in County Meath who were ordered to demolish their house because it was built without planning permission. Ch...

Micheál Martin at the Oval Office, US investment in Ireland and the tricolour in a United Ireland

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Taoiseach Micheál Martin will visit the White House today will issues including Iran, Gaza and economic ties on the table. &n...

Taoiseach in Washington D.C., cost of living abroad and what’s the problem with virtue signalling?

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Taoiseach Micheál Martin is in Washington and begins the second day of his St. Patrick’s Day visit. He will attend the Irish Funds dinner later...

Iran war displaces millions, homelessness in Dublin and the new Elvis Presley movie

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Iran says it will continue to block the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial global shipping route, according to a statement attributed to the country’s new ...

Flooding trauma, new powers for Naval Service, and Atlanta Hawks’ strip club controversy

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The psychological impact of flooding often lasts far longer than the physical damage caused, a new Irish study has found.The Naval Service is to be gi...

Nudification apps aren’t banned, Iran school bombing, and the Luas torched in Dublin riots

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial intelligence (AI) apps that “nudify” images of people without their consent are not currently banned under European Unionregulations.An...

Rising energy costs, the Kinahan gang, and British military veterans open to troubles era charges

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Fuel has hit €2 a litre and it’s estimated the rise in energy costs brought on by the war in Iran could cost Irish households an extra thousand eu...

Iranian regime chooses a new leader, fatalities on Ireland’s roads, and the cost of Storm Chandra

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Iran has said its Assembly of Experts has elected a new supreme leader, without identifying who it is. Israel has vowed to target whoever succeeds Ali...

Iran strikes intensify, a report into a dentist who defrauded the HSE and Six Nations returns

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Missile strikes across the middle east intensified on Thursday. In retaliation for US and Israeli attacks on targets across Iran, the regime launched ...

'Price gouging' oil companies, scrambler ban, and Jessie Buckley's 'problematic' dislike of cats

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has been called in to investigate complaints of ‘price gouging’ after the cost of home heating ...

Evacuating Irish from Middle East, energy prices, retrofits and a 'good Irish death'

04 Mar 2026

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Hundreds of Irish citizens trying to escape the unfolding conflict in the Middle East are to be offered an “assisted departure” on a government-ch...

US strikes continue in Iran, microchipped dogs, and Irish language revival

03 Mar 2026

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US and Israeli war planes have continued to strike targets in Iran, and Donald Trump has awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour to three servicemen...

Iran, income scams and justice for people convicted under historic anti-gay laws

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Air raid sirens continue to sound in cities across the Middle East following the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.The number of patients ...

DCC new building, University of Galway arts cuts, and Hilary Clinton Epstein deposition

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dublin City’s Council’s new premises at the former Dublin Institute of Technology will cost €670 million, The Irish Times can reveal.The governm...

Mike Gaine murder, transport police, Botox and the next GAA president

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

54 year-old American man Michael Kelley remains in custody this morning after being charged in court with the murder of Kerry sheep farmer Mike Gaine....

New deal for Defence Forces, special needs assistants, and gang related merchandise

25 Feb 2026

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A new deal has been struck to buy hundreds of new state of the art vehicles with new capabilities that could allow Ireland to take a greater role in p...

Four years of war in Ukraine, learner driver believed to have killed 16-year-old in Navan, and Peter Madelson arrested

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today marks 4 years since Russia mounted its invasion of Ukraine. On a visit to Kyiv today the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hope...

Facial Recognition Cameras, workers believe their underpaid, and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

UK Border Force is piloting new surveillance technology from today, live facial recognition cameras. Thousands of passengers&...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released from police custody, Judge speaks out against Tusla and a lookahead to Ireland vs England

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The former British prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been released from police custody after being arrested accused of misconduct in public offi...

Uber in Ireland, ChatGPT caricature trend, the multinationals propping up the economy

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland should embrace Uber, Bolt and other ride-hailing apps to increase options for taxi users, says the Competition and Consumer Protection Commiss...

Irish tech in Russian drones, the infinite scroll, crypto for cars

18 Feb 2026

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Irish electronic components are being shipped to Russia in vast numbers where they are often fitted to “kamikaze drones” for use against civilian ...

What happened to Jo Jo Dullard, dozens of dangerous incidents in the Defence Forces and ideas for Pancake Tuesday

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Josephine Dullard, better known as JoJo, went missing on the 9th of November 1995. She was 21 at the time. And Deirdre J...

Overcrowded prisons, Long Covid financial support ending and Bondi Beach suspect appears in court

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There has been a spike in Ireland's prison population, driven by a rise in arrests of immigrants who are awaiting deportation.The financial support sc...

Ice flights through Shannon, parental child abductions, Big Tech's big scam ads

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Another aircraft has passed through Ireland, chartered by the Trump administration as part of its programme of mass deportations.The shadow of the Gre...

Undocumented Irish, laptop shortages and replacing Prince Albert in Leinster House

12 Feb 2026

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The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts In The News and Early Edition.This survey is open to anyone who has list...

Special rapporteur for child protection hasn't reported since 2022, and today's other top stories

11 Feb 2026

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The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts In The News and Early Edition.This survey is open to anyone who has list...

Number of Gardaí suspended last year doubled, and todays other top stories

10 Feb 2026

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:The number of Gardaí suspended from duty last year doubled compared with 2024A new flood defence syst...

Ireland's bidding system for buying homes is pushing up prices, and today's other top stories

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Our system of home-buying is stoking bidding wars and pushing property prices higher, according to the ESRI.In the space of two years, a playschool in...

Support for a right to housing in the constitution, and today's other top stories

06 Feb 2026

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The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts In The News and Early Edition.This survey is open to anyone who has list...

Landlord ‘traumatised’ after tenants left him €20k in arrears, and today's other top stories

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A Cork man who had to move in with family after his overholding tenant failed to pay rent for more than a year has described his experience as a landl...

Gerry Adams civil case reaches London court, and today's other top stories

04 Feb 2026

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The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts In The News and Early Edition.This survey is open to anyone who has list...

Clintons to testify at Epstein investigation, and today's other top stories

03 Feb 2026

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:Bill and Hillary Clinton have notified the US congress they will testify in the Epstein investigationA...

Taoiseach urges caution over standing up to Donald Trump, and today's other top stories.

02 Feb 2026

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times.The Taoiseach urges caution over the EU standing up to Donald Trump in an interview with The Irish Tim...

Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain, and today's other top stories

30 Jan 2026

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times. Yellow weather warnings issues for Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford, and ...

Counties affected by flooding brace for more rain, and today's other top stories

29 Jan 2026

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The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts In The News and Early Edition.This survey is open to anyone who has list...

More mortgages secured laster year than in any year since 2008, and today's other top stories

28 Jan 2026

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:Homebuyers took out more mortgages in 2025 than in any year since 2008. The Doomsday Clock reache...

Cabinet to approve Patrick's Day White House plans, and today's other top stories

27 Jan 2026

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The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts In The News and Early Edition.This survey is open to anyone who has list...

Why so many young people denying the holocaust?

26 Jan 2026

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:What do teachers think is behind the alarming number of young people denying the holocaust?Could hybri...

Zelensky slams Europe's 'inaction' in Davos

23 Jan 2026

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times. Volodymyr Zelensky had strong words for Europe, and is said to have agreed security guarantees from D...

Donald Trump claims "really good deal" done over Greenland, and today's other top stories

22 Jan 2026

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As expected, Donald Trump brought the drama in Davos yesterday. Today EU leaders meet for an emergency summit in Brussels, where they’ll have to fig...

Trump's speech in Davos amid chaos over Greenland, and today's other top stories.

21 Jan 2026

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times: Donald Trump is to speak to the World Economic Forum in Davos following fresh tariffs over his desire...

Garda who assaulted his wife was 'allowed to flourish' An Garda Síochána

20 Jan 2026

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A former garda who was assaulted by her ex-husband says she will handcuff herself to the gates of Leinster House if he is allowed to keep his job in A...

Surge in Irish deportations from United States, and today's other top stories

19 Jan 2026

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The number of Irish people being deported from the US amid Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown has surged, writes Martin Wall.An Irish cit...

Trans school pupils have right for their preferred pronouns to be used, and todays other top stories

16 Jan 2026

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A selection of today's top stories from The Irish Times. Schools must use the preferred name and pronoun of transgender childrenIreland could cre...

West Dublin data centre consumes energy equivalent of 200k homes, and today's other top stories

15 Jan 2026

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Just one single data centre in west Dublin consumes energy equivalent to 200,000 homes, according to an internal government document seen by The Irish...

Children waiting years for medical assessments, and todays other top stories

14 Jan 2026

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A selection of stories from The Irish Times.  Children in Ireland are waiting years for primary medical assessments Extreme weather -&n...

The ironic MAGA hat sported by Greenlanders, and today's other top stories

13 Jan 2026

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It’s the first day back in the Dáil for TDs after their Christmas break. Political editor Pat Leahy takes a look at the issues expected to command ...

Vulnerable, evicted, and facing homelessness at 70, and today's other top stories

12 Jan 2026

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A selection of today's stories from The Irish Times. An especially vulnerable women, and survivor of the Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry, who’s fa...

Key vote on the EU's Mercosur trade deal and overcrowded hospitals, today's top stories

09 Jan 2026

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A selection of today's top stories from The Irish Times. A crucial vote on the EU’s Mercosur trade deal in Brussels. The Health Minister c...

US seizes Venezuela-linked tanker, house prices keep rising and a Minister criticises X

08 Jan 2026

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