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Monday 18 May 2026 Dublin: 10°C
The Morning Lead
Embassy staff swerved punishment for 22 speeding offences in three-year period
Some diplomatic missions avoided multiple separate speeding offences.
National Ambulance Service
Ambulance union reps and HSE to resume talks in Labour Court over pay dispute
MV Hondius
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship finally docks in the Netherlands as crew faces weeks-long quarantine
blighty
Catherine Connolly expected to meet King Charles as she kicks off three-day UK visit
Leipzig
German police shoot and kill tiger after it injured handler and escaped private zoo
Today's news
The Daily Poll
Did you boycott this year's Eurovision?
The Daily Poll
Did you boycott this year's Eurovision?
24 mins ago
1.7k
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MV Hondius
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship finally docks in the Netherlands as crew faces weeks-long quarantine
Updated 32 mins ago
3.3k
14
Leipzig
German police shoot and kill tiger after it injured handler and escaped private zoo
2 hrs ago
5.0k
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Embassy staff avoid speeding penalties, ambulance pay dispute talks continue and President Connolly to meet King Charles…
Updated 2 hrs ago
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Omagh
One person dead after two-vehicle crash in Co Tyrone
2 hrs ago
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SPOTLIGHT

Galway West and Dublin Central go to the polls on Friday

Not looking good
Taoiseach dismisses leadership speculation amid poor Fianna Fáil polling in byelection
39
One week out
'It’s going to be a dogfight': Three winners and three losers from the political week
1
Dublin poll
Sinn Féin leading Dublin Central race while Fianna Fáil has only 4% of the vote, poll shows
107
Galway poll
Seán Kyne holds a narrow lead over Independent Ireland candidate in TG4's Galway West poll
110
Hustings
Candidates clash over SNA pledge at Dublin Central by-election meeting
45
Sinn Féin's campaign trail
Boylan says Dublin Central voters not raising immigration, calls Hutch remarks ‘out of order’
139
The Monk
Rights group condemns Gerry Hutch comments calling for 'illegal immigrants' to be 'interned'
Dublin Central
Laughs but plenty of tough questions as civil war candidates do battle in Glasnevin
67
forecast
Weather to remain chilly to start off the week, but it's expected to get very warm this weekend
3 hrs ago
5.9k
18
e-waste
More than 20 million vapes sold in Ireland last year were not recycled
3 hrs ago
3.6k
33
National Ambulance Service
Ambulance union reps and HSE to resume talks in Labour Court over pay dispute
3 hrs ago
1.2k
4
dublin 15
Man (30s) in critical condition following serious assault in Blanchardstown
4 hrs ago
6.5k
nuclear bets
Ireland's energy future: What if the real failure here is that we stopped thinking bigger?
Dr Paul Davis
4 hrs ago
2.0k
10
blighty
Catherine Connolly expected to meet King Charles as she kicks off three-day UK visit
Rónán Duffy
Reports from London
4 hrs ago
4.3k
20
summer stress
Watchdog finds 'shocking' levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care
5 hrs ago
11.9k
16
The Morning Lead
Embassy staff swerved punishment for 22 speeding offences in three-year period
Some diplomatic missions avoided multiple separate speeding offences.
11 hrs ago
21.2k
35
Yesterday
17th May 2026
Golf
Aaron Rai wins the PGA Championship, Rory McIlroy in tie for 7th
Updated 11 hrs ago
24.5k
48
Quiz
Quiz: How much do you know about Wordle?
13 hrs ago
12.8k
8
investigates

Investigating the impact of Ireland's data centres

Lobby Efforts
How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
57
Fossil Fuel Use
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
114
Data Centre Map
Where are all the data centres and why should you care?
Analysis
What happens now? Data centres being built outside Ireland may be better for the environment
68
watercooler moment
What you need to know about the hockey romance series Off Campus
14 hrs ago
8.9k
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
15 hrs ago
3.9k
new book
Barry Cummins: I shudder to think I sat in Tina Satchwell’s home while her body lay buried there
Barry Cummins
16 hrs ago
8.6k
Thailand
Irish student dies in road crash in Thailand
The man has been named locally as Dublin film student Max Hendrickson.
Updated 16 hrs ago
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Keepers of Tradition
Family effort restoring one of Cork's most iconic clocks to air tomorrow
16 hrs ago
11.5k
17
pa daly
Supreme Court to hear Sinn Féin TD's appeal over super junior ministers at Cabinet
17 hrs ago
7.2k
Leinster SFC final
Westmeath see off Dublin after extra time to win stunning Leinster title
The 42
18 hrs ago
14.5k
25
Coolcotts
Man injured in shooting at home in Wexford town
19 hrs ago
14.2k
Not for turning
Ireland ‘needs to avoid' type of political leadership turmoil 'impacting UK’, Taoiseach says
19 hrs ago
8.9k
104
Northern Ireland
Murder investigation after man (51) dies following serious assault in east Belfast
Updated 20 hrs ago
7.8k
VOICES

Thoughts and opinions on the stories that matter

Hantavirus on a cruise ship
What is hantavirus and how does it spread?
Dr Catherine Conlon
22
Ireland and its future energy needs
Higher energy prices aren’t a blip — they’re the future, and we need to prepare
Barry Andrews
74
From Idaho to Ireland
I chose to leave the US behind, and now I love my new home
Sasha Piton
43
Parenting
Should we make children finish activities they no longer like?
Niamh O'Reilly
34
Fitness trackers
How your fitness watch is changing how you move
Stephen O'Rourke
20
Screen free schools
We have no tablets, no screens and no regrets
Olivia Relova
29
Polluters pay?
Carbon tax may be the one we love to hate, but it's the tax we can't afford to scrap
John Gibbons
122
Motoring
The quiet death of the manual gearbox
Paddy Comyn
91
Thalidomide
No date for State apology for thalidomide survivors, but Taoiseach says 'good progress' being made
20 hrs ago
3.2k
Ukraine War
Russia says four killed after Ukraine launches large-scale drone attack
Updated 20 hrs ago
6.0k
now what
Another year over – but can Eurovision go on like this?
Daragh Brophy
reporting from Vienna
Updated 21 hrs ago
26.3k
117
Updates
Ireland v Scotland, Women's Six Nations
Scott Bemand’s side enjoy record-breaking occasion at Aviva Stadium.
21 hrs ago
16.8k
10
Road Deaths
Four killed on Irish roads in 24 hours after collisions in Donegal and Dublin
Three people have died after two separate collisions in Co Donegal, while a pedestrian in her 20s died after being struck by a car in south Dublin.
Updated 21 hrs ago
32.9k
Abu Dhabi
Drone strike starts fire outside UAE nuclear plant
21 hrs ago
8.5k
9
The Daily Poll
Poll: Who should be the next James Bond?
17 May
35.8k
188
Calling 353
Have you ever stopped to think... what exactly is a parish pump?
17 May
14.6k
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The article Israel is suing The New York Times over
17 May
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Bulgaria wins Eurovision, Ebola outbreak in DRC declared global health emergency and three dead following separate road traffic collisions.
17 May
3.3k
column
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sanction Israel now, the way we did Russia
Richard Boyd Barrett
17 May
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112
Artane
Man (60s) arrested following death of man at north Dublin house released without charge
Updated 17 May
24.0k
Loughlinstown
Woman (20s) dies after being struck by a car in south Dublin
17 May
28.0k
world health organization
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo declared a global health emergency
17 May
13.3k
life in the west
An Spidéal in a byelection: We're caught between dereliction, development and a lack of vision
Toner Quinn
17 May
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