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Wednesday 18 June 2025 Dublin: 17°C
Health warnings issued as parts of UK brace for approaching heatwave
Outcry over 'exploitative' gaming machine arcade planned for Ballymun
Gardaí investigating 'horrific' fire in Roscommon housing estate
Clothes worn in Europe from brands like Penneys and Zara found in huge dumps at Ghana nature reserve
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
Court rules three Limerick houses tied to son of organised crime figure are proceeds of crime
VOICES

Personal accounts and opinions on recent events

When starving babies is the strategy, not just the outcome
Dr Clare Patton
If we don't act now, we'll be complicit in the annihilation of the Palestinian people
Lynn Ruane
'What Israel has done in Gaza is barbaric – I'll never support it'
Ria Czerniak-LeBov
We need to reverse the privatisation of our social care sector
Sinéad McGarry
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Fear is what drives immigration protests in neglected communities, not hatred
Gary Gannon
Something is rotten in the Irish property industry
Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor
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Dublin's streets are a mess, and not enough is being done to fix them
Gus Landy
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John O'Brien: It's wrong to say rank and file gardaí have treated Drew Harris unfairly
John O'Brien
Inside and outside the Kneecap courtroom: Film directors, The Fields of Athenry, and a few police
Here’s what happened when hundreds of supporters of Kneecap’s Mo Chara convened on Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Iran launches fresh attacks on Israel as Trump weighs up wading into conflict
Earlier today, Iran’s supreme leader said the nation would never surrender as demanded by Trump and warned the US it would face ‘irreparable damage’ if it intervenes.
Baby born to brain-dead US woman who was kept alive due to abortion law
'Don't tell too many people': A financial advisor on what to do if you've just won the Lotto
Woman dies from rabies in UK after being scratched 'very slightly' by puppy in Morocco in February
Calls made to recognise Elizabeth Plunkett as a legal victim of Ireland's first serial killers
Boy (13) to be sentenced after he posted images of himself sexually abusing 6-year-old sister
Taoiseach slams vandalism of constituency office as 'undemocratic' after red paint smeared on walls
The Lotto has narrowed down the part of the country the winning ticket was sold in - just a tad
Ireland faces top EU court over delay in removing terrorist and bomb-making content online
investigates

We mapped, for the first time, all Irish data centres.

VISUAL INVESTIGATION
Where are all the data centres and why should you care?
DATA CRUNCH
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
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Drone delivery service lodges plans for new hub in south Dublin
Teenage boy who died after swimming incident in River Barrow named locally
Daniel O'Donnell confirms he and his wife Majella are not at death's door amid fake posts
Call to action to tackle the prospect of a 'toxic goo lagoon' in Wexford
Man pleads guilty to firearms charges in case linked to Carlow shooter Evan Fitzgerald
Team raises €1.5m for children impacted by cancer by climbing highest mountain in every county
CART Bai: Ireland's second city is getting its own electrified rail line
Three Irish players start for opening match of Lions tour against Argentina
'Blatant sectarian violence': PSNI urge rioters to 'see sense' as 11 arrested in Derry overnight
FACTCHECK

The biggest questions, answered, by The Journal's factcheckers. 

Studies of millions of children show there is no connection
Is the Irish government paying for Ukrainians to repair their cars?
How far-right agitators exploit knowledge gaps
Do immigrants get shorter sentences than Irish citizens?
Dublin tanning salons 'heavily' promoting products that encourage sunbed use
Shutting down a nursing home is a 'nuclear option' for regulator, TDs told
Dog owners urged to keep their pets cool as the weather heats up
Surge in male victims reporting historical sexual offences to gardaí last year
This Galway monastery has been voted Ireland's favourite new building of 2025
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland said 14,000 votes were cast in total to decide the winner.
Israeli troops kill 11 Palestinians waiting for food, with 19 killed in strikes, Gaza's civil defence says
Kneecap's Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh released on unconditional bail as case in UK court is adjourned
The 27-year-old appeared in court charged with displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation in Britain.
If you won the Euromillions, would you tell anyone?
Motorcyclist killed in single-vehicle crash in Co Mayo last night
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Arise Sir Becks: What David Beckham tells us about modern football and celebrity
Gavin and Sinéad discuss why Beckham wanted a knighthood so badly, and detail his 20-year campaign for the honour.
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Kneecap erect large billboards in London as band member Mo Chara due in court on terror charge
Delays expected as services through Clonsilla resume after horses removed from line