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International

Tuesday
10th March 2026
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
10 Mar
1.6k
FIFA
World Cup ‘too big’ to postpone despite Iran war, FIFA official says
10 Mar
7.3k
25
Tomahawk missile
Mounting evidence that US missile struck Iran school, but Trump says he’ll 'live with' findings
Analysis of missile fragments and video footage points to a US strike on the Minab school.
Andrew Walsh
10 Mar
14.5k
122
FactCheck
Debunked: A graph about bisexual women shared with false claims it is about transgender kids
10 Mar
5.3k
social media ban
UK Parliament rejects ban on social media for under-16s
10 Mar
6.2k
18
Oil
Oil and gas prices plunge after Trump claims that Iran war 'pretty much' over
10 Mar
17.3k
42
through the roof
Repayments on deep retrofits can cost as much as a second mortgage
10 Mar
22.6k
49
War Death and Taxes
Opinion: Be careful who you aim your anger at when it comes to diesel prices
Paddy Comyn
10 Mar
8.5k
35
Monday
9th March 2026
Under Pressure
Trump says 'we haven't won enough' after earlier saying Iran war is 'very complete, pretty much'
Updated 9 Mar
33.5k
90
price surge
Irish hauliers call off planned protest after last minute call with Transport Minister
Updated 9 Mar
27.0k
131
direct action
Cabinet hears of new laws to allow boarding of 'Shadow Fleet' vessels by Defence Forces
9 Mar
10.0k
20
Stranded
Government to charter flight to evacuate Irish citizens from Dubai on Wednesday
9 Mar
4.2k
1
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
9 Mar
1.8k
Iran
'Black rain' falls on Tehran after Israeli strikes on oil depots release toxic chemicals into the sky
With the Sun blotted out, disoriented people in Tehran had to turn on their lights to see through the gloom yesterday morning.
9 Mar
14.5k
81
Middle East
Nato defence systems intercept Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey as US-Israeli war on Iran rages
Updated 9 Mar
16.4k
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not a good sign
Oil has hit $100 a barrel again - when has that happened before?
9 Mar
15.0k
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Scotland
Major fire causes shutdown at Glasgow Central railway station
9 Mar
14.4k
Sunday
8th March 2026
gulf war
Mojtaba Khamenei chosen to succeed his father as supreme leader of Iran
8 Mar
21.9k
106
Norway
Police in Norway investigate an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo
Updated 8 Mar
23.4k
Middle East
Trump says new Iran leader won't last long without his approval
Overnight Israeli strikes hit Tehran fuel depots and a Beirut hotel.
Updated 8 Mar
31.3k
133
Special Relationship
Keir Starmer speaks to Donald Trump after latest rebuke over Iran
Updated 8 Mar
22.1k
Clashes
Trouble on Ibrox pitch after Celtic knock Rangers out of cup on penalties
The 42
Updated 8 Mar
23.5k
55
Lebanon
Death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon up to 394 since Monday, officials say
8 Mar
1.9k
Soham
Ian Huntley’s daughter says ‘flush his ashes down the toilet’ after murderer's death
8 Mar
28.3k
Iran
'Shocking and numbing': President Connolly condemns 'horror of war' in the Middle East
8 Mar
13.1k
87
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The extravagance of the former prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
8 Mar
35.4k
7
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Iran says it can fight for six months, chartered flight from Middle East lands in Dublin and Tusla defunds therapy service.
8 Mar
2.8k
Last week
1st March 2026 - 7th March 2026
CREAMY BEAMY
Is Beamish having a moment? 'It boils my p*ss when I see 'cool kids' with a pint of Beamish'
7 Mar
29.4k
47
Liveblog
Netherlands v Ireland, World Cup qualifier
Ireland faced Netherlands in their second game of the campaign.
7 Mar
30.5k
11
mixed messages
How does the Iran war even end? We asked some experts to make sense of it all
7 Mar
12.5k
51
Strikes
Strikes in the Middle East continue as Irish Government-chartered flight departs Oman
The Middle East conflict has entered its second week.
Updated 7 Mar
19.9k
95
Shield of the Americas
'Cuba's in its last moments of life', Trump tells summit in Miami
Updated 7 Mar
20.8k
66
displaced
Leo Varadkar says US and Israel should 'accept all the migrants' from their war on Iran
7 Mar
21.2k
116
Ian Huntley
Soham double murderer Ian Huntley dies in hospital days after attack in maximum security prison
7 Mar
46.3k
Kharkiv
Russian missile kills seven people in strike on residential building in Ukraine
7 Mar
4.8k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Iran rejects surrender to Israel and US, Irish ex-army chief says war ‘appears unlawful’ and a look at the landlord firm behind Wexford evictions.
7 Mar
2.3k
It could be EU
Iceland to hold referendum on restarting EU membership talks after decade-long pause
7 Mar
9.1k
29
supply and demand
Fuel prices are soaring - how else will Ireland be affected by the deepening Middle East crisis?
The ‘ripple’ effect of the war is where the country would more closely feel any negative impacts.
Paul O'Donoghue
7 Mar
13.2k
38
The Morning Lead
US sinking of Iranian warship with 180 on board 'appears unlawful', ex-Defence Forces chief says
Questions have been raised in recent days over both whether the US and Israeli strikes on Iran are in breach of international law, and whether the Iranian ship sunk hundreds of miles from its shores was a legitimate target.
Niall O'Connor
7 Mar
22.8k
Artificial Intelligence
AI firm Anthropic vows court fight after Pentagon designates it as US national security risk
6 Mar
4.9k
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