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Sunday 20 July 2025 Dublin: 16°C
Fianna Fáil 'should be running a candidate' says wannabe candidate Mary Hanafin
FactCheck: Are families really spending €3,000 more a year on groceries than they were in 2021?
Opposition TDs have rounded on the government over the spiralling cost of living.
As part of their criticism, the €3,000 claim has been made 18 times in the Dáil in the past few weeks.
Tour this €2,250,000 luxurious home in coastal Malahide
Yesterday
19th July 2025
10-woman Germany defeat France on penalties to reach Euro 2025 semi-finals
Dublin beat Galway after extra-time to set up All-Ireland final showdown with Meath
Quiz: Test your memory of these famous side projects
SPOTLIGHT

The cost of living: already high and still going up 

Your Stories
'I'm genuinely afraid when I get to the till': Our readers on how food price rises affect them
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the weekly shop
Cost of milk and beef sees Irish farm produce prices rise faster than anywhere in EU
60
ouch
Oasis tickets for Croke Park reselling for €600 – including a hefty cut for Ticketmaster
65
black stuff
The price of a pint in Ireland is 205% of the European average
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food prices
Taoiseach acknowledges prices are 'elevated' – and gets told to 'wake-up' to the cost of living
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Parenting: Summer is supposed to be the best season - until it arrives and fills you with guilt
Margaret Lynch
"The recession has followed us, it's marked us": The children of the boom and bust
CMAT’s new song which mentions Bertie, empty houses and suicides has struck a chord with Irish people who grew up during the big recession.
McIlroy charge electrifies Portrush but Scottie Scheffler remains as in-control as ever before
It was a stunning third day at Royal Portrush, but at the end of it all, Scottie Scheffler stood unflustered.
CEO facing cheating allegations resigns from position after viral Coldplay moment
The Dáil schedule is broken and there appears to be no appetite from politicians to fix it
Politicians went on their summer holidays this week, so let’s take a look at how well Leinster House functions.
Russia pounds Ukraine with hundreds of drones, killing at least one person
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Meath dethrone Kerry to book spot in All-Ireland senior football final
US-brokered ceasefire order fails to halt fighting in Syria's Druze heartland
Young man injured in Israeli attack on Catholic church in Gaza says ‘love is stronger than war’
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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Man (70s) dies after being found in ‘unresponsive' state on local road in Co Cork
Over 30 people dead after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay
The Open gets worse for Shane Lowry as he's hit with vomiting bug hours after two-shot penalty
Car rams Los Angeles crowd, injuring close to 30 people, with three in 'critical condition'
Are you going to watch tomorrow’s All-Ireland hurling final?
Thousands attend pro-Palestinian rally in Dublin as ‘Palestine Action’ protesters arrested across UK
Man accused of assault at IPAS centre ordered not to make extremist posts or attend rallies
Lucinda Creighton: 'Our national conversation is all around things that are irrelevant'
Michael Flatley coy about possible presidential run
Dundalk FC ‘cooperating with authorities’ into alleged racism towards Sligo Rovers player
Over 30 Palestinians killed near aid centres run by controversial Israeli-backed scheme
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
25
Remains of disgraced former Bishop Eamonn Casey removed from Galway Cathedral crypt
Van intercepted in Co Wexford found with €1.6m worth of cannabis
Australia v British & Irish Lions, first Test
Nineteen injured as fireworks show goes awry at fair in Germany
Surrealing in the Years: The American government is done pretending it respects us
Carl Kinsella
Hurling's great rivalry reaches final destination: All-Ireland final preview
What's the latest on the Apple Tax? All (or most) will be revealed next week
Trump files $10bn lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein report
Ireland's nature heroes: I've rewilded five acres, and here are others doing similar work
Jack Morley
Irish swimmers warned about venomous fish that can 'ruin' a beach day
Buyer for MV Matthew found - but inaction by officials in Panama is slowing the sale down
'An attempt to rinse hard-pressed families': TDs slam new 'exit through gift shop' rule at zoo
Jen Cummins of the SocDems said it was “a real Americanisation” and “we don’t need to do that”.