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LAST UPDATE | 19 Aug 2025
GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news to know as you start your day.
A garda investigation into allegations that an Irish politician was acting as a Russian spy has exonerated the public representative, The Journal has learned.
The politician has been sent confirmation from the detectives investigating the case that nothing has been found to suggest that he ever spied for Russia or worked with Russian agents.
Fine Gael has reopened nominations for its presidential candidate after a meeting of its Executive Council yesterday evening.
The meeting was convened to determine its next steps in choosing a presidential candidate following the Mairead McGuinness’ decision to withdraw on medical advice.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is willing to meet with Ukranian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid an international push to bring an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Putin told US counterpart Donald Trump on a phone call late yesterday that he is willing to meet Zelenskyy.
The family of a young Dublin woman who took her own life whilst homeless in England say she was “failed in life and death” by the systems meant to keep her safe.
Mother-of-two Melissa Core died in Brighton on January 8 this year. Originally from Finglas, she had been struggling with mental health and addiction issues in the last years of her life.
The vulnerable 34-year-old had been under the care of local adult safeguarding services, and disclosed mental health and domestic abuse concerns to outreach workers.
Her mother Barbara, along with her sister Emily Kearns, believe Melissa’s death was the result of “repeated and preventable failures” by agencies including health services, police, and safeguarding bodies.
Two people have been taken to hospital following a suspected arson attack in Armagh.
A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life. He remains in custody at this time.
Police in Northern Ireland last night attended the scene of an arson attack in the Irish Street area of Armagh.
Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke will miss the 2025 World Athletics Championships, which begin on 13 September in Tokyo, Japan.
The Tallaght AC sprinter, who was also recently forced to pull out of the National Track and Field Championships due to lingering injuries as well as a Diamond League event in Monaco last month, released a statement via Athletics Ireland explaining her absence and confirming she has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2025 season.
The funeral mass of Carlow woman Martha Nolan O’Slatarra is to take place on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old died in Montauk in New York’s Hamptons on 5 August. She was found unconscious on a boat at Montauk Yacht Club, where passersby attempted to revive her.
Ryanair, Eir and Sky were the most complained-about companies in the first half of the year.
The new report by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) said a total of 20,526 consumers contacted its helpline, mostly by phone, email and webform from January to June.
Some 4,724 queries related to faulty goods and services.
A woman known as the Ketamine Queen, charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, has agreed to plead guilty.
Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged over the overdose death of the Friends star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
Having initially pleaded not guilty, her change of plea means she will avoid a trial that had been planned for August.
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