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May 2026
The Morning Lead
Martin meeting with Pope offers chance of reset after past ‘difficult’ relations with Vatican
The last time a pope met with a Taoiseach was back in 2018, when Pope Francis met with Leo Varadkar.
Euro Country
CMAT calls on artists to stop ‘sitting on the fence’ after winning Ivor Novello Award for best album
Public Accounts Committee
‘National scandal’: Committee seeks urgent meetings on €50m write-off of Irish Rail IT project
University of Galway
Calls for winners of University of Galway's alumni awards to boycott event over links to Israel
Health Research Board
Treatment for crack cocaine up by 30% as addiction to powdered cocaine among women surges
austin appelbee
Teenager who saved family after they were swept out to sea in Australia welcomed to the Dáil
Eurovision
The Moldovan equivalent of Kevin Bakhurst had to quit after uproar over the Eurovision jury vote
Revenue operations
Detector dogs assist Revenue in seizing contraband worth close to €700k in operations last week
children's health ireland
Robots will be used to transport food, medicines and supplies around National Children’s Hospital
Twenty of the driverless robots have been purchased for use in the new National Children’s Hospital.
walks like a duck
'Groundhog Day': RTÉ under fire as it confirms Derek Mooney earned enough to make top 10 lists
RTÉ said that in 2020 up to 2024 Mooney was designated as a producer, and not as a presenter
gardening leave
RTÉ paid Ray D’Arcy and Claire Byrne combined €97k after they stopped working for broadcaster
RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst said it would have cost a ‘shed load more money’ to enter into a ‘legal fight’ over the payment.
Derry
Colum Eastwood condemns Free Derry Corner graffiti that ‘seeks to hurt Bloody Sunday families’
Old Jute Factory Fire
Asbestos materials removed from roads and footpaths after fire at Waterford industrial estate
fix or switch
Mortgage holders advised to ‘urgently’ review interest rates ahead of expected ECB hike
Radio Wars
Newstalk feeling 'positive' after schedule overhaul but RTÉ Radio 1 loses listeners across the board
Journalism
New York Times backs author of article outlining widespread sexual abuse of Palestinian inmates
The Morning Lead
Data centres 'cannibalising' renewables as Ireland warned of fossil fuel 'energy shock'
It’s been warned that the instability in global energy markets ‘reinforces the importance and urgency’ of the government ending Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels.
Dublin Central
PBP byelection candidate makes ethics complaint against rival and lord mayor Ray McAdam
Publicans
Rural pubs say they face ‘existential threat’, with over 2,220 pubs closing in past 20 years
Waterford
Asbestos identified in buildings severely damaged by fire at Waterford city industrial estate
Air monitoring conducted yesterday did not detect elevated asbestos fibre concentrations in the air.
An independent asbestos consultancy has been appointed to monitor the environment throughout the remediation works.
Fethard Road
Woman seriously injured after hit-and-run collision involving car and e-bike in Co Tipperary
Catholic Church
Pope Leo has called for peace over 400 times, and it’s put him on a collision course with Trump
A recent poll found that 30% of US adults are against Pope Leo ‘urging peace and rejecting war’.
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