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Friday 18 July 2025 Dublin: 17°C
Do you support the decision to lift overnight flight restrictions at Dublin Airport?
Trump says he will sue US newspaper over report he sent 'raunchy' birthday letter to Epstein
One child dead after coach crashes on way back from school trip in the UK
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TDs are gaslighting us about their holidays
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Almost 600 people dead in Syria as US refuses to back Israel over strikes
SPOTLIGHT

Catch up on one of Ireland's most significant crime stories

Hot pursuit
The inside story of the raid on the MV Matthew
How Hezbollah fundraisers helped finance the €157m operation
Revealed: How Hezbollah fundraisers helped finance the €157m MV Matthew drug operation
Podcast
What really happened on board the MV Matthew?
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Awash with coke
MV Matthew seizure was a major success … but Irish appetite for cocaine remains
Interpol OC chief
'Irish criminals top tier of international organised crime'
Sentencing
Eight men jailed over Ireland's biggest-ever drug seizure
Stunning drama as England come from behind and knock Sweden out on penalties in Euro 2025
Just 32 homes eligible for rent assistance payments in Ireland on market in June
Lightning strikes in India have killed 33 people this week
Tour this €2,250,000 luxurious home in coastal Malahide
Property tax is being hiked in Dublin - if you own a house, here's how much you'll pay next year
Irish sovereign wealth fund stops investing in two more companies linked to Israeli settlements
The government saw its shareholdings in four other companies increase from €2.1m to €5.3m in 2024.
The companies are listed on a UN report of businesses that enable the existence of illegal settlements on Palestinian land.
Finance Minister revealed this week that the fund divested €3.6 million worth of Israeli bonds in recent weeks.
Get ready for Saturday morning’s Lions Test with the pick of our Tour coverage
Yesterday
17th July 2025
Austrian space diver Baumgartner (56) dies while paragliding in Italy
Three killed in Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which Pope Francis called daily
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said the IDF claimed that the strike was 'by mistake' but 'we are not sure about this, they hit the church directly'.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed 'regret' over the deaths, which he blamed on a 'stray' round after a phone call with Donald Trump.
A direct train from London to Berlin is in the works under new UK-Germany deal
VOICES

Parenting experiences in a modern, working Ireland 

Call the housekeeping staff to complain
Margaret Lynch
It's complicated…
Gwen Loughman
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'Much as I love school events, there are just too many'
Niamh O'Reilly
One Dad has had enough of them
Anonymous Dad
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Are we becoming more dog friendly than child friendly?
Niamh O'Reilly
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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
FactFind: What do we know about Catherine Connolly's visit to Syria in 2018?
Connolly says she did not “utter one word of support for Assad.”
Young woman found dead in Limerick City hotel named locally
Former head of garda group was ‘profoundly distressed’ by online harassment, court hears
Shane Lowry endures bad weather but remains in contention at The Open in Portrush
Boy could hear his friend 'screaming' as former All-Star hurler hit him with stick, court hears
Cork native Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff, highest paid UK Government special adviser
Life on a US campus: What is MAGA’s impact on the next generation of US Leaders?
Katherine Santini
MP Diane Abbott suspended from Labour Party for second time over comments about racism
Ben Healy loses yellow jersey after first mountain stage of the Tour de France
German Chancellor Merz tells Starmer he 'deeply deplores' UK's decision to leave EU
'Truly shocking and should never have happened': Hiqa chief on RTÉ nursing home doc
investigates

Our investigative team uncovers the detrimental impacts of cancer care delays

INVESTIGATION
'It's getting tougher': Hospitals failing to consistently start chemotherapy on time
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YOUR STORIES
Delays to scans: 'It’s breaking me — This could be the difference of life and death'
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NEWS
Almost 25% of 'urgent' patients waiting too long for breast clinic appointments
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Eight babies born from three-person IVF technique to prevent devastating disease
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Why does Ireland still invest in companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements?
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British special forces and MI6 spies among more than 100 Britons included in Afghan data leak
Simon Harris was having the time of his life today with Pearse Doherty's SuperValu mistake
Dublin artist makes his US art fair debut in the Hamptons
Connie Francis, pop star who dominated the charts in late '50s and early '60s, dies aged 87
Limerick man pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of his niece Marguerita O’Rourke
Coalition accused of being 'epic wasters' in testy final Dáil sitting
Dublin Airport wins battle against overnight restrictions, paving the way for more late flights
More flights will be allowed between midnight and 6am from the airport’s second runway.
Three men have pleaded guilty to killing Sligo pensioner Tom Niland
John Irving from Mayo this morning changed his plea to guilty five days into his trial.
Donald Trump claims Coca-Cola has 'agreed' to use real cane sugar in drinks