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2025
Presidency race
'Dragon's Den has a lot to answer for': Dublin City Council bewildered by presidency pitches
It wasn’t the Conor McGregor show in Dublin City Hall today, but it was hectic all the same.
Eimer McAuley
15 Sep 2025
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Kirk shooting
Charlie Kirk shooting: Everything we know about Tyler Robinson and the FBI investigation
12 Sep 2025
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Investigation
Man arrested in connection with Creeslough explosion that killed 10 people
12 Sep 2025
14.0k
The headlines
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
11 Sep 2025
5.8k
Housing Crisis
New tenancy rents in Ireland have gone up across the board (by over 10% for eight counties)
11 Sep 2025
10.7k
40
Play Streets
These 26 Dublin city streets will temporarily close to traffic so kids can play later this month
11 Sep 2025
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raise a glass
Irish drinks firms may axe ‘hundreds of thousands’ worth of investment in US over tariffs
Updated 11 Sep 2025
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on the grid
South Dublin County Council passes motion calling for moratorium on new data centres
9 Sep 2025
15.3k
online fraud
Bank of Ireland CEO urges Government to legislate to stop onslaught of online scams
9 Sep 2025
4.4k
London
Heathrow terminal 'safe to reopen' after evacuation over possible hazardous materials
Updated 8 Sep 2025
8.0k
scam ads
Irish economist David McWilliams warns against fake crypto scheme ads using his image
8 Sep 2025
13.1k
hospital costs
Children's hospital row reignites as BAM pushes back on Health Minister's claims
Updated 4 Sep 2025
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MacNeill slams BAM over Children's Hospital construction, says claims of '99% completion' aren't credible
27 Aug 2025
June 2026 now earliest date the National Children's Hospital will begin seeing patients
22 May 2025
'BAM’s pace is insufficient': National Children's Hospital delayed again until September 2025
21 May 2025
Middle East
New US Ambassador says aid must get into Gaza, acknowledges that Irish and US stances 'differ'
30 Aug 2025
13.1k
Pulse check
What's behind the baseless rumours that US President Donald Trump 'is dead'?
30 Aug 2025
139k
Foreign Affairs
Tánaiste says EU will lose its 'credibility' if there is no real action on Gaza genocide
30 Aug 2025
6.4k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 US court rules on Trump’s tariffs, Ireland’s shares in firms linked to Palestine’s occupation, and a look at Fianna Fáil’s relationship with the presidency.
Updated 30 Aug 2025
7.4k
Crime
Man charged and due before court following Temple Bar assault that left victim critical
30 Aug 2025
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Byrne Drain
Claire Byrne's shock exit from RTÉ comes at a time of change in Radio 1
At Newstalk, Byrne will go head-to-head with her replacement, RTÉ’s David McCullagh.
29 Aug 2025
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Claire Byrne is leaving RTÉ to go to Newstalk in shock move
29 Aug 2025
Pat Kenny's Newstalk show moving from weekdays to weekends next year
29 Aug 2025
RTÉ
Claire Byrne is leaving RTÉ to go to Newstalk in shock move
The news has just broken this afternoon.
29 Aug 2025
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Pat Kenny's Newstalk show moving from weekdays to weekends next year
29 Aug 2025
Tuam Excavation
Personal items and adult human tooth found in first six weeks of Tuam Mother and Baby home dig
29 Aug 2025
13.0k
national strike
'We will win!': School secretaries and caretakers rally in their thousands as strike starts
“I’m not doing this for me, I’m old, I’m doing it for the women who will be school secretaries after me, for them to have their rights,” one striking worker said.
Eimer McAuley
28 Aug 2025
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INDEFINITE STRIKE
Secretaries and caretakers' strike to go ahead with 2,000 schools impacted as crunch talks fail
Some schools have already been informing families and parents that no one will be manning the phones tomorrow as a result.
Eimer McAuley
27 Aug 2025
27.3k
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Children's brain injuries
Doctor warns e-scooter incidents have seen brain injuries in children spike dramatically
27 Aug 2025
9.5k
82
The Morning Lead
'It feels off to me': Panda customers react to being sent photos of the inside of their bins
A trial Panda carried out for 80,000 customers over 18 months showed that the bin imaging system was effective in bringing contamination levels in bins down from 50 to 5 per cent.
Eimer McAuley
26 Aug 2025
232k
135
Justice for Harvey march
Large crowds gather in Dublin to remember Harvey, as opposition calls for Simon Harris to resign
Parents of children and children themselves who have been impacted by spinal surgery waiting times took part in the march of remembrance.
Eimer McAuley
23 Aug 2025
19.0k
harvey morrison sherratt
Parents of Harvey say Simon Harris is responsible for failed promises, but not their son's death
20 Aug 2025
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Limerick City
Far from the Oasis masses, Ireland's underground music scene came alive at Féile na Gréine
Eimer McAuley
20 Aug 2025
11.9k
Disability Matters
HSE has helped just 104 younger people move out of nursing homes for the elderly
19 Aug 2025
8.6k
Helping Irish Hosts
Group that helped Ukrainians and hosts warns of rise in exploitation since it got defunded
17 Aug 2025
16.7k
home births
Closure of private midwifery firm is a 'return to the Dark Ages' for birth options, says NGO
14 Aug 2025
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Witness appeal
Man dead and woman seriously injured following car crash on the N20 in Limerick
14 Aug 2025
17.7k
Protest
'I'm leaving this country': Migrant workers call for immediate action in wake of attacks
Migrant workers protested outside of the Department of the Taoiseach today and handed in a petition demanding action in relation to recent attacks.
Eimer McAuley
13 Aug 2025
27.3k
Shortage of teachers
Union says teachers returning from places like Abu Dhabi shouldn't be on basic pay
13 Aug 2025
16.3k
angel care
Fine Gael councillor didn't declare 50% stake in firm accused of charging nurses unlawful fees
12 Aug 2025
52.8k
Speaking from Gaza City
MSF workers in Gaza city fear for malnourished women and children as Israel takeover looms
The Palestinians working with MSF are saving the portion of rice they get during their shift to bring home to their children as food is so scarce.
Eimer McAuley
9 Aug 2025
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Investigatesunlawful agency fees
Fine Gael councillor co-owns company accused of charging migrant nurses unlawful ‘agency fees’
One nurse paid over €3,000 into another Fine Gael councillor’s account as part of the recruitment process.
Three nurses say they paid thousands of euro to the company co-owned by Baby Pereppadan, the recent mayor of South Dublin.
Charging these fees to jobseekers is unlawful and complaints have been made to gardaí and Indian police.
One nurse paid over €3,000 into the bank account of Baby's son Britto, who is also a Fine Gael councillor.
Eimer McAuley
8 Aug 2025
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gardai investigating
Indian family in Waterford say kids attacked their six-year-old and racially abused her
6 Aug 2025
33.8k
CANCER AWARENESS
Daughter of Waterford woman who died from bowel cancer calls for lower screening age
6 Aug 2025
18.9k
The Morning Lead
'Bumpin' that': Workers chat about their cocaine use and the rise of 'the bag' in Ireland
An Irish teacher, a high ranking civil servant, a financial services worker and a tech worker talk about their personal cocaine use.
Eimer McAuley
3 Aug 2025
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Medical burnout
One in four Irish doctors working over 48 hours a week, as hundreds left to work abroad in 2024
29 Jul 2025
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