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8th December 2025
Deirdre Morley
Mother who killed her three children argues coroner acted 'irrationally' over trial evidence
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This week
7th December 2025 - 9th December 2025
Quiz
Quiz: how much do you know about this year's Irish music?
7 Dec
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: Connolly isn't the only one talking about Germany's military-industrial complex
7 Dec
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Last week
30th November 2025 - 6th December 2025
abortion laws
'No scientific support' for mandatory abortion waiting period, IFPA says
6 Dec
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christmas is here
CMAT, Keano and tonnes of big feelings: The top moments from this year's Late Late Toy Show
Need to catch up? Here’s what happened on the biggest night in Irish TV.
Updated 6 Dec
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The Morning Lead
Questions over why health insurers are raising prices repeatedly throughout the year
All of Ireland's main health insurance companies increased their prices at least twice this year, while Irish Life Health has raised its prices four times in twelve months
Companies blame the increases on a rise in claims, but new figures from the health insurance watchdog show that this rise is now slowing sharply.
Labour Party TD Marie Sherlock said "good explanations" are not being offered for the increase in premium prices.
5 Dec
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: A TikTok couple pulled off a murder plot. Their lawyer used stupidity as a defence
Updated 30 Nov
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Last month
November 2025
CHAMPION IN RECESS
'Love snuck up': Katie Taylor enjoying break from boxing and quiet life with husband
28 Nov
75.5k
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A320
Airbus warns of potential flight disruptions as thousands of planes require upgrades
Updated 28 Nov
19.6k
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Donabate
Stag likely beheaded in Dublin parkland so antlers could be used as 'sick trophy'
28 Nov
14.2k
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
28 Nov
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winner
Roisín O'Donnell's Nesting wins Novel of the Year at An Post Irish Book Awards
27 Nov
14.8k
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News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
27 Nov
4.3k
Donabate
Shock as stag beheaded in north Dublin parkland in 'premeditated' killing
27 Nov
58.9k
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chilling
This 'terrifying' Irish ad about online child safety plays out like a dystopian horror movie
Updated 27 Nov
26.2k
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Washington
National Guard shooting suspect worked with US military in Afghanistan
Updated 27 Nov
45.9k
Climate Change
Extreme rainfall like that earlier this month is twice as likely because of climate change
27 Nov
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The Morning Lead
Dozens of people mistakenly told they had got an apartment in Dublin housing scheme
One of the 61 people who received the email in error told The Journal it has played with her "life and emotions"
She and her partner were overjoyed when they thought they had secured an affordable tenancy
The agency took over 24 hours to say the offer had been a mistake - by which point her partner had ended his lease
27 Nov
40.1k
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fatal incident
Man (80s) dies after single-vehicle crash in Kildare
26 Nov
14.0k
CAHIRACON
The State's emergency gas reserve will be stored along the Shannon Estuary in Co Clare
26 Nov
13.4k
50
MATERNITY REPORT
Over 40% of women giving birth had caesarean sections last year, HSE says
26 Nov
11.2k
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
26 Nov
2.5k
paedophile doctor
Government will appoint senior counsel to lead scoping exercise into Michael Shine abuse
26 Nov
3.0k
mica
Government to allow for side-by-side building as amended defective blocks bill goes to Cabinet
26 Nov
14.6k
15
TEA AND CHATS
Taoiseach and President had their first weekly meeting over tea and cakes
25 Nov
22.0k
46
Mountjoy
Enoch Burke returned to Mountjoy Prison on foot of contempt of court order
25 Nov
42.6k
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
25 Nov
3.1k
Fatality
Man (60s) dies in incident at Tayto factory in Meath
25 Nov
33.3k
gender-based violence
Calls for government to do more as UN finds a woman is killed every ten minutes by family member
Updated 25 Nov
10.5k
14
rent increases
Dublin City councillors vote to pass rent hikes for tenants by razor-thin margin
24 Nov
40.8k
168
sustainability
Just one in four garments donated to Irish clothes banks are recycled, new research suggests
24 Nov
35.1k
21
Trump and Mamdani put their differences aside and have 'very productive' meeting
21 Nov
15.4k
49
George's Dock
Luas Red Line between Connolly and The Point to reopen following major fire in August
21 Nov
13.9k
12
Faked
Tourists have flocked to a 'Christmas market’ outside Buckingham Palace - but it’s not real
21 Nov
27.9k
28
Ardee
Woman (70s) killed after crash involving two cars and a truck in Co Louth
21 Nov
14.7k
Met Éireann
Status Yellow fog warning issued for eleven counties tomorrow morning
21 Nov
39.9k
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
21 Nov
2.9k
High Court
Denis O'Brien and spokesman must pay over €400k each to two solicitors they defamed, jury finds
21 Nov
21.5k
Housing Crisis
'He continued to badmouth me': Tenants who fought evictions among stories in Threshold report
21 Nov
16.5k
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forsa
Pension talks for caretakers and secretaries have broken down, trade union says
20 Nov
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