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Living

Last month
May 2026
The Daily Poll
Are you sunburnt?
26 May
17.6k
22
The Morning Lead
Calls to extend lifeguarding season to May as temperatures soar to high 20s
The official lifeguard season covers weekends in June and every day of July and August, Ireland’s meteorological summer.
Mairead Maguire
26 May
6.7k
MV Hondius
Quarantined Spanish national evacuated from hantavirus cruise ship tests positive
25 May
12.0k
Alex Coughlan
'We are all in shock': Vigil held for man who died after assault in Blanchardstown
25 May
21.6k
The Daily Poll
Have you put on sun cream today?
25 May
12.3k
20
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: Inside the hantavirus-hit cruise ship
24 May
7.6k
4
Road Safety
Motoring: Should we trust self-driving cars?
Paddy Comyn
23 May
4.4k
52
RIP
Tributes paid to man who died after assault in Blanchardstown
Updated 22 May
81.9k
Catherine Bailey
'Seán deserved better': Seán Rocks' widow wants meeting with Kevin Bakhurst over pension issue
22 May
13.7k
RIP
Seanchaí and founder of Sneem Storytelling Festival Batt Burns has died
22 May
10.2k
0
The Daily Poll
Should there be a full cabinet minister for older people?
21 May
11.1k
77
At long last
Top temps of 19 today with 'warm or very warm' weather continuing into next week
21 May
11.2k
27
Dublin 7
Patients urged to avoid A&E in non-urgent cases as Mater hospital under 'extreme pressure'
19 May
8.9k
13
summer stress
Watchdog finds 'shocking' levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care
18 May
17.8k
24
Keepers of Tradition
Family effort restoring one of Cork's most iconic clocks to air tomorrow
17 May
14.9k
17
Analysis
Why young Irish people have much worse pensions than their parents
Private or public sector, today’s young workers are not getting the generous pensions of the past, writes Paul O’Donoghue.
Paul O'Donoghue
17 May
13.5k
34
Road Deaths
Drink-driving: If your chance of being caught is 1 in 77, where is the deterrent?
Paddy Comyn
16 May
9.6k
46
modern dating
Bumble is killing the swipe and replacing it with AI matchmaking – how romantic
15 May
9.1k
18
Nobody Needs This
Nothing is untouched by the pristine fingers of the clean-living movement, not even raves
A series where Emer McLysaght saves us from chasing every trend but instead points us to things worthy of our time (and money).
Emer McLysaght
Author and journalist
15 May
13.2k
35
not great
New Dún Laoghaire baths the only 'poor' bathing spot in Ireland last year
Updated 13 May
18.4k
30
high prices
Energy providers in Ireland are not making ‘excessive profit’, regulator says
11 May
11.4k
65
Frontline staff
'I'd no money for food, the diesel light was on in my car': Student nurses on cost of living
10 May
26.6k
58
How to choose a car
Car love: I have that strange affliction of seeing cars as having personalities and souls
Paddy Comyn
9 May
3.2k
17
Nobody Needs This
Somebody tell the parents that the kids don't need to be constantly celebrating something
Emer McLysaght
Author and journalist
8 May
26.9k
52
butterfly skin
First EB-specific gel treatment in Ireland made available by the HSE
5 May
15.5k
7
Marriage
The CSO has revealed the most (and least) popular days of the week to get married in 2025
5 May
8.7k
21
healing after surgery
Good Vibrations: The Cork choir helping cancer survivors to reclaim their voice
Trish Rooney
4 May
5.1k
6
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The world leaders who want to live forever
3 May
11.4k
18
Oh you have children?
The people carrier: Why have they almost disappeared from Irish roads?
Paddy Comyn
2 May
15.6k
48
April
April 2026
Opinion
Kelly Earley: Don’t fall for the idea that Dublin is dangerous
Kelly Earley
Updated 28 Apr
10.7k
62
Motoring
An Irish conundrum: Why do 125 people a year buy a convertible in this country?
Paddy Comyn
25 Apr
10.6k
44
PodcastThe Explainer
How do you start tracing your family tree?
Analysis
Motoring: The quiet death of the manual gearbox
Paddy Comyn
18 Apr
23.6k
90
pop superstar
Britney Spears enters voluntary rehab weeks after arrest for driving under the influence
13 Apr
15.0k
21
Analysis
Motoring: How we can all get a bit more from our fuel
Paddy Comyn
11 Apr
9.7k
52
FactCheck
FactCheck: What does a price map tell us about energy costs in Ireland compared to Europe?
3 Apr
23.1k
March
March 2026
get up to speed
All you need to know about the biggest Ireland football match of the decade so far
Updated 26 Mar
54.6k
32
Fuel Prices
Motoring: Does it make sense for you to switch to an electric vehicle?
Paddy Comyn
21 Mar
24.0k
93
cause and effect
How could the Middle East crisis affect supermarket prices?
Updated 14 Mar
11.7k
66
paudfather of dance
Paudie hits back at critics: 'It's not called a dance competition it's an entertainment show'
The Traitors star has brushed off the backlash over making it to the Dancing with the Stars finale.
Updated 13 Mar
17.8k
35
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