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Saturday 14 February 2026 Dublin: 0°C
Rubio tells Munich Security Conference UN has played 'no role' in resolving world's conflicts
Rubio’s speech this year was much more conciliatory in tone than Vance’s diatribe last year and said that the US and Europe should work together.
Gardaí seeking to identify driver involved in three-car collision after woman (30s) killed
Status Yellow rain and snow warnings to come into effect in several counties from 12pm
Ten years on from the very first date on First Dates Ireland, how successful has it been?
Surrealing in the Years: There was never any chance that we wouldn't draw Israel
Today's news
Gardaí seeking to identify driver involved in three-car collision after woman (30s) killed
Rubio tells Munich Security Conference UN has played 'no role' in resolving world's conflicts
Rubio’s speech this year was much more conciliatory in tone than Vance’s diatribe last year and said that the US and Europe should work together.
Surrealing in the Years: There was never any chance that we wouldn't draw Israel
Carl Kinsella
Kick off the Six Nations with the pick of this week's rugby coverage
US to spend €32 billion to expand ICE detention centre capacity
SPOTLIGHT

A break from the weather

less is moor
'He sounded like someone from Emmerdale': What Irish cinemagoers made of Wuthering Heights
18
pitt slop
No, that's probably NOT Brad Pitt drinking a pint in your local
10
late to the party
What will the arrival of HBO Max mean for Sky customers in Ireland?
19
blades of glory
Are you seeing lots of videos online of backflipping ice skaters? Here's why
6
Ten years on from the very first date on First Dates Ireland, how successful has it been?
Status Yellow rain and snow warnings to come into effect in several counties from 12pm
Steering clear of stress: how to navigate the complex Irish car finance market
Paddy Comyn
An €8 million modern estate with a wellness suite and top notch equestrian facilities
Women looking to pay cash for private breast cancer treatment due to long public wait time
Minister says he's open to police from other countries helping with security for EU Presidency
Concerns have been raised that gaps in Ireland’s military and security capabilities could put events held during the presidency of the bloc under threat.
Politicians say past legal issues should not stop help for Irish man in 'subhuman' US detention
“An outstanding bench warrant does not make the punishment he is receiving now justified in any way, shape or form,” Duncan Smith said.
Yesterday
13th February 2026
Peter Mandelson asked by US Congress to give evidence of his relationship with 'best pal' Epstein
Nurses at Naas General Hospital suspend industrial action after 'lengthy' negotiations
Police in Paris shoot and kill knife-weilding man at ceremony under Arc de Triomphe
VOICES

Parenting – opinions on the stories that matter

When it rains, parents get frustrated
Margaret Lynch
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When parental fear meets GPS devices
Niamh O'Reilly
In the olden days, we used to just drive places for the craic
Gwen Loughman
18
The intentions are good, but the delivery is poor
Jen Cummins
59
New Dublin hotel receives public backlash for seeking injunction against bar next door over noise levels
investigates

Our team exposes issues with Ireland's care system

Emergency Arrangements
Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements
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Residential Care
Mounting damage costs in residential care amid warnings that children are 'criminalised'
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Missing in Care
Child in Tusla care reported missing 274 times in a single year
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Deaths, disease and mistreatment: The immigration prison where Seamus Culleton is being held
Woman arrested after car intercepted by gardaí found to have €275,000 stashed inside suitcase
Taoiseach says Government would consider ban on vaping in cars carrying children
Horse riding coach in his 60s jailed for nine years for rape of 14-year-old girl
A year on from the JD Vance speech that stunned Europe, what can we expect in Munich?
Jaws were on the floor last year when Vance rode in to declare there was a “new sheriff in town” – will the message from Marco Rubio this year be different?
'Deeply disappointed’: Ministers question 'surprising' refusal of Rotunda critical care unit
‘Health infrastructure is critical infrastructure. Simple as that,’ says Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon pays damages to Alan Shatter over false Epstein claim
Man charged to court in connection with murder of man in Belfast
Motorists urged not to drive through flooding in Dublin as council to review 'timeliness of warnings'
A Status Yellow rain warning was in place in Dublin and Wicklow until midday today, but this alert was announced at around 2.30am.
Residents at north Dublin apartment building without power and water supply after flooding
Inspector of Prisons has 'deep reservations' about injuries to mentally ill inmate who died
Trinity College to become a vape-free campus next week
Debunked: Images apparently showing Jeffrey Epstein alive in Israel are fake
City centre horse handler to do community service for assaulting American tourist
Busy coast road in Dublin's Raheny to be partly closed until mid-summer for water mains upgrades
Irish journalist Fergal Keane is leaving the BBC after 37 years
Psychiatric care and prisons: Why is the State relying on prisons to fill the gaps in a broken system?
Saoirse Brady
Bishop of Limerick condemns arson attack on mosque and says it's a 'wake-up call'
FAI called on to boycott Ireland's matches against Israel but Taoiseach says they should go ahead
Ireland has been drawn into the same group as Israel, Austria and Kosovo for the Nations League.
Discovery of six bodies in Bulgarian mountains likened to ‘Twin Peaks’ TV series
Two League of Ireland fixtures postponed after heavy rainfall in Dublin