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Dublin Castle
Silk Road Café staff granted entry to café after court injunction
The Journal went along with a number of staff this morning as they began to clear out their fridges and clean up the café.
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Yesterday
16th June 2026
Irish Media
Closure of Phoenix magazine 'another blow to media plurality', union says
19 hrs ago
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Dublin Castle
Dublin's Silk Road Café to reopen after securing injunction preventing closure for EU presidency
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plant-based food
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This week
14th June 2026 - 17th June 2026
Crude oil
Oil prices plunge as Strait of Hormuz to reopen under US-Iran deal
15 Jun
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The Daily Poll
Should trillionaires exist?
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Analysis
Two years on, how is the company behind Ireland’s biggest-ever merger performing?
Ireland’s packaging giant is booming on paper, but not on the stock market.
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7th June 2026 - 13th June 2026
what's cooking
Kitchen prices are going up, from appliances to timber
Consumer preferences – including for fancy worktops and storage solutions – are also a factor in rising costs.
13 Jun
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The Car Clinic
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12 Jun
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gas and electric
Energy prices rose by 3% of incomes for some of the poorest households in the country
12 Jun
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here we go
Mortgage holders urged to assess their options as ECB raises interest rate to 2.25%
Updated 11 Jun
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Investing
OpenAI is going public. Should you buy shares?
11 Jun
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High Court
Elon Musk and X open High Court action against Irish media watchdog
9 Jun
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Examinership
Around 7,000 Rathwood customers warned they will only get 'very small sum' back
9 Jun
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build baby build
Johnny Ronan's group gets green light to build more offices on Dublin's quays
8 Jun
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Green Light
Permission granted for €1bn data centre campus in Westmeath despite local opposition
8 Jun
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it pays to shop around
Less for more: shrinkflation is coming for health insurance
7 Jun
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Gross Domestic Product
Irish people know our GDP is skewed - but there’s a reason everyone pays attention to it
The GDP system works well enough for most countries. But not for Ireland.
Paul O'Donoghue
7 Jun
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The Morning Lead
Can consumers really opt out of supermarket loyalty schemes when some price differences are so big?
Civil liberties campaigners say consumers have a right to consent to their data being collected – but when opting out means paying more, do we really have a choice?
7 Jun
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This month
June 2026
Motoring
The scrappage scheme: Who will be the biggest winners?
Paddy Comyn
6 Jun
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FactCheck
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6 Jun
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family matters
King Charles pays the rent for Andrew's adult children, says new report into royal family
5 Jun
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Great
Elon Musk could soon become the world's first trillionaire, as SpaceX to debut on stock market
4 Jun
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The Morning Lead
Irish drivers are borrowing more to buy cars. Why? And what are the risks?
1 Jun
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AI stocks
How should Irish investors react to upcoming $1 trillion AI stock market listings?
Paul O'Donoghue
31 May
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company gambles
When cars nearly destroyed the companies that made them
Paddy Comyn
30 May
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Steve Dempsey
29 May
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Layoffs
Workers to protest outside Meta and Covalen offices
28 May
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Central Bank
Risk to Irish economy from the Middle East war and expansion of AI has intensified
27 May
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governance issues
BP ousts Irish chairman Albert Manifold amid 'serious concerns' about his conduct
26 May
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FactCheck
The EU is bringing in Digital IDs for citizens – but what are they, and how will it affect you?
The app should allow users to verify their age without giving their date of birth.
24 May
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Road Safety
Motoring: Should we trust self-driving cars?
Paddy Comyn
23 May
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TROUBLESOME TECH
Only one supermarket chain makes 'best reputation' top ten, X and Meta are rock bottom
21 May
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Talks
Iran weighs US proposal to end war, as Trump awaits 'right answers'
21 May
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Charities
One in four NGOs 'surviving year to year' as state funding crisis worsens
21 May
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Silk Road Café
Taoiseach 'not clear' on why café at Dublin Castle must close for EU presidency
20 May
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Ronan Group
Johnny Ronan's property group is the latest objector to the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre revamp
19 May
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summer stress
Watchdog finds 'shocking' levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care
18 May
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Analysis
Why young Irish people have much worse pensions than their parents
Private or public sector, today’s young workers are not getting the generous pensions of the past, writes Paul O’Donoghue.
Paul O'Donoghue
17 May
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