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Monday 9 December 2024 Dublin: 5°C
Average expected spend on Christmas rises to almost €1,200
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission found that one in five people also plan to borrow to fund their spending this Christmas.
Yesterday
8th December 2024
Quiz: How much do you know about Irish shops?
Money Diaries: How is your budget looking this Christmas? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Five-star Leinster begin Champions Cup campaign with bonus-point win
Leo Cullen’s side overcame a scrappy encounter to secure a big win in Bristol.
Dutch authorities say they suspect Hague building explosion a criminal act
SPOTLIGHT
Winners and losers
Who are the big winners from the general election, and who’s counting the cost?
full house
Here's everyone who has been elected to the 34th Dáil
Not returning
All the TDs we're bidding farewell to after they lost their seats
out on top
Micheál Martin set to become Taoiseach for a second time
analysis
Health and disability ministers lost their seats. One reason for it is all politics is local
Chelsea beat Spurs in seven-goal thriller to go second
Assad in Moscow after Syrian rebels declared him overthrown with capture of Damascus
It has been reported by Russian media that Assad and his family are now in Moscow, and have been granted asylum on humanitarian grounds.
Arsenal's title hopes take a hit as Gunners denied by Fulham and VAR
Storm Darragh: 55,000 still without power as repairs may take 'a number of days'
Toulouse swat Ulster aside in nine-try Champions Cup victory
Taoiseach and Tánaiste among world leaders welcoming end of Assad regime in Syria
Investigation launched after several dead sheep washed up on popular Donegal beach
Former Stardust site now host to Artane art studios as part of refurbishment programme
Aontú joins Dáil technical grouping 'Regional Group' as formation talks ramp up
'We need change' - McDonald hopes to meet Fianna Fáil for government formation talks this week
Motorist killed in single-vehicle crash in Co Kerry as gardaí appeal for witnesses
SPOTLIGHT
South Sudan
Niall O’Connor reports on the ‘forgotten’ African crisis.
Cholera fears
Fears cholera will 'explode' as cases take hold among refugees fleeing war
renk hospital
Medics battle to save infant lives in swamped South Sudan hospital
goal director
Aid boss John Rynne: 'The maps drawn in colonial times are starting to erode'
at the border
'They've nothing': Aid workers struggle to save lives at edge of war-torn Sudan
Fewer than one in ten injured using an e-scooter wore protective headgear, says new study
Trump calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine after talks with Zelenskyy in Paris
Were you impacted by power outages due to Storm Darragh?
Funeral details announced for 36-year-old woman fatally assaulted at a Cork soup kitchen
The Central Bank governor thinks people should be pushed to work after 65 - is he right?
Body of man (50s) discovered at Cork home as garda investigation launched
At least five dead after explosion devastates apartment block in the Netherlands
Young man hospitalised in critical condition following e-scooter crash in Kerry
Sitdown Sunday: 'Many of you could be where we are' - a writer's account of being homeless in the US
SPOTLIGHT
Voices
Personal accounts and opinions on recent events
A slim majority is not the worst thing for a government
Johnny Fallon
Climate Change hasn’t gone away, you know
Oisín Coghlan
This election exposed disability services for what they are — the scandal of our age
Tom Clonan
Was President Biden wrong to pardon his son?
Larry Donnelly
'Nothing is permanent': PBP's Gino Kenny considering next move after two terms in Dáil
Law and order in Ireland: 'Our new government must now avoid policing by press release'
John O'Brien
Exit payments: 26 TDs who lost their seats could cost the State €1.3 million over the next year
It adds to an existing bill of €3.9 million for TDs who already said they would not run again, as revealed by The Journal Investigates.
This beautifully reimagined Georgian coach house in Dublin 16 could be yours for €2,200,000
Last week
1st December 2024 - 7th December 2024
Connacht comfortably beat Zebre in Challenge Cup
Quiz: How well do you know the Home Alone films?
More woe for Ruben Amorim's Man United
Opinion: Dublin's North inner city's issues must be resolved at the root cause once and for all
Glen Kearney
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
World leaders gather to celebrate reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral
Munster earn bonus-point victory over 13-man Stade Francais in Champions Cup opener
Storm Darragh: 175,000 premises still without power as work to restore water, power and service continues
A Status Orange wind warning remains in place for the entire country.
According to ESB Powercheck, 175,000 homes, businesses and farms remain without power, and there have been numerous reports of fallen trees and debris on the roads.
In Co Antrim, power generation facility EP Ballylumford reported damage to one of its chimneys resulting in a pause in operations.
Dublin City Council refuses planning permission to 100 bedroom Baggot Street hotel after objections