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28th December 2025 - 30th December 2025

deadly reads

Sitdown Sunday: The best longreads of the year

28 Dec

8.8k

Rising Son

Charlie Smyth's NFL ascent is one of the best Irish sports stories of 2025, or any year

The former Down goalkeeper has endeared himself to New Orleans players, coaches and supporters alike with a series of outstanding displays.

Gavan Casey

28 Dec

2.2k

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21st December 2025 - 27th December 2025

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unforgettable

The inside story of the greatest week in Irish football history

How The Traitors and a powerful Seamus Coleman speech set tone for victories over Portugal and Hungary to reach World Cup play-offs.

David Sneyd

26 Dec

11.6k

santa tracker

Do you want to track Santa's trip around the world tonight? Here's how you can

Updated 24 Dec

20.1k

Homelessness today

Life at the Lighthouse café at Christmas: 'If I touched your life ... I was like a hurricane'

In the the Lighthouse Cafe, many people who have been on their own recovery journey are leading an innovative service that links those who need meals in with long-term supports.

Eimer McAuley

24 Dec

9.2k

no need for speed

Almost 400 new speed camera safety zones will become operational from New Year’s Day

Updated 23 Dec

39.6k

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Road Safety

Road deaths up 17 on last year as gardaí arrest 170 for drink and drug driving

22 Dec

7.8k

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This month

December 2025

guidance

Don't hang Christmas lights from electricity poles, says ESB

15 Dec

4.1k

Courts

Man coercively controlled, sexually assaulted and raped his wife during Covid lockdown, court hears

17 Dec

32.6k

Athlone

Woman sentenced over €22,000 luxury goods and over €100,000 in drugs, cash

12 Dec

12.6k

The Morning Lead

Have you been getting scam calls from +44 numbers? ComReg is going to crack down on them

One expert told The Journal that Christmas can be a lucrative time for scammers due to the increase in spending.

Cormac Fitzgerald and Jane Moore

12 Dec

78.2k

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ComReg

The telecoms regulator has blocked 131 million scam phone calls since crackdown began

11 Dec

8.0k

Courts

Retired Superintendent said enquiring into potential prosecutions 'allowed' under Garda directives

9 Dec

12.7k

evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

11 Dec

3.8k

Limerick

Fine Gael politician sought to move speed vans while asking superintendent to cancel speeding fine

10 Dec

19.4k

Limerick

Trial into alleged interference with road traffic offences hears from Kerry superintendent

8 Dec

15.2k

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

9 Dec

4.0k

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Online Safety

'Digital wallet' pilot to be rolled out next year to verify age of social media users

10 Dec

11.0k

cancer treatment

Cancer survival in Ireland held steady despite Covid-19 hospital disruptions

10 Dec

3.3k

storm bram

Status Orange wind warning extended to seven more counties as Storm Bram set to hit Ireland

A separate rain warning will come into effect tonight in seven counties.

Updated 8 Dec

133k

Courts

Former Fianna Fáil councillor who harassed waitress at work given nine-month suspended sentence

4 Dec

26.7k

Courts

Ex-GNBCI head denies seeking to quash road traffic summons in trial of gardaí accused of the same

4 Dec

11.0k

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limerick circuit court

Retired superintendent tells garda trial he 'looked after' hundreds of summonses for people

3 Dec

21.4k

Courts

Trial into alleged interference with road traffic offences told former superintendent central to case

2 Dec

17.2k

bravery awards

90-year-old who died pushing woman away from moving car among those receiving bravery awards

5 Dec

15.3k

Courts

Judge lifts 'farcical' bail condition that Pro-Palestine activist living on Inis Oirr 'sign on' at Inis Mór

5 Dec

15.3k

South Dublin

Burglar who pretended to be a guest at a hotel to rob alcohol and order breakfast jailed

4 Dec

28.1k

Chrissie Treacy

Farmer who killed his 76-year-old aunt using a teleporter has sentence reduced by 18 months

3 Dec

17.6k

Moriarty Tribunal Revisited

RTÉ Irish language documentary to revisit the Moriarty Tribunal findings tonight

2 Dec

2.3k

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November 2025

7 deadly reads

Sitdown Sunday: A TikTok couple pulled off a murder plot. Their lawyer used stupidity as a defence

Updated 30 Nov

16.5k

This year

2025

Name change

Dublin council chief insists no senior politicians pressured him to drop Herzog Park plan

Richard Shakespeare told councillors tonight he did receive a phone call from a senior civil servant on Saturday about the legality of the name change.

Updated 1 Dec

28.3k

Courts

Gardaí investigating €27,000 scam that involved Facebook met 'resistance' from company, court hears

1 Dec

14.7k

Brían Gleeson

'I thought it was a dead arm. Then my mind went to, ‘That’s Chicago gone’'

26 Nov

16.3k

Courts

Man jailed for harassing 15-year-old girl he met on Roblox after convincing her to send sexualised images

26 Nov

29.8k

Courts

Gardaí seized files, phones and computer equipment in raid on Limerick Garda office, trial hears

26 Nov

76.0k

donbas

As negotiations to end to the war grind on, Ukraine's army is struggling to hold the front line

26 Nov

7.2k

Courts

Garda stations and homes raided during probe into alleged interference with road traffic offences

19 Nov

61.8k

7 deadly reads

Sitdown Sunday: Inside the surveillance empire that tracked thousands using phone numbers

16 Nov

12.5k

Eurovision

Major changes to Eurovision voting as organisers aim to head off vote on Israel's inclusion

Earlier this year, a report found that an Israeli government agency paid for adverts targeting the Eurovision public vote.

21 Nov

18.5k

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Limerick

Trial of gardaí and retired superintendent hears evidence of road traffic summonses 'struck out'

20 Nov

13.5k