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# News

Last month
May 2023
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This year
2023
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# Newshound Quiz 2
The Friday Newshound Quiz
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# Newshound Quiz
The Friday Newshound Quiz
How closely have you watched the news this week?
# inside the newsroom
Invitation to free Inside The Newsroom: Lunchtime Live webinar
A chance to look at how we discover, research and report the stories that matter to you.
# evening fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
Last year
2022
# News
Injury concern for Limerick star Casey; Galway final replay details confirmed
The defender limped off late on in yesterday’s Munster club semi-final.
# Stormont
NI Secretary Heaton-Harris extends deadline for election to March with option to cut MLAs' pay
The Northern Ireland Secretary has already ruled out a December election.
# evening fix
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# evening fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Your roundup of what made the headlines.
# evening fix
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
Here’s your round up of what made the news today.
# evening fix
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
Here’s your round up of what made the news today.
# Opinion Poll
Sinn Féin remains most popular party by wide margin, new poll shows
The Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks poll shows approval for Sinn Féin at 35%.
# digital news
RTÉ and The Journal the most popular sources of online news in Ireland
For the first time in Ireland, the smartphone is now the first place where consumers turn for news in the mornings.
# evening fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Covid remembrance day, Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Israel parliament, and post-mortem takes place in Finglas shooting.
# Mayo Man
Geelong 'respect' Oisín Mullin's decision to stay in Ireland
The Mayo star has turned down a move to the AFL.
THE MORNING LEAD
At least five Irish MEPs to oppose contentious 'green' label for gas and nuclear power
A report by
Lauren Boland
A European Commission proposal would classify natural gas and nuclear power as sustainable investments, sparking backlash from anti-nuclear states.
Five Irish MEPs will oppose a controversial green label for natural gas and nuclear power, with others still to decide, Lauren Boland reports.
The European Commission proposal would classify gas and nuclear as sustainable investments, which has sparked backlash from anti-nuclear countries.
Ireland's Department of Finance and the Department of the Environment are now considering the draft text.
'A step on the road': The climate action that Ireland will - and won't - take in 2022
Ireland split on whether to build a nuclear power station for clean energy
All time
# Year in Review
The year in photos: Images that tell the story of 2021 in Ireland
This year was full of Covid news, sporting success and Wally the walrus.
Voices
Money Diary: A manufacturing technician on €55K living in Dublin
This week, our reader is saving hard for travel but also enjoying some socialising, while getting through night shifts.
Voices
Money Diaries: A 29-year-old quality control analyst on €54K living in Dublin
This week, our reader is determined to get back to travelling a little more and enjoys subsidised meals at work.
# daily stats
Coronavirus: 4,650 new cases confirmed in Ireland
Dr Tony Holohan said around one in six people in Ireland experienced Covid-like symptoms in the past week.
# Coronavirus
'A very worrying picture': There's been a 25% increase in Covid hospital admissions in a week
The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid is due to meet later this evening to discuss the worsening situation.
It will be "difficult" to continue the level of care in ICU if numbers approaches 150; there are currently 117 people with Covid-19 in ICU.
COO of the HSE Anne O'Connor said that there has been a 41% increase in ICU admissions in a week.
The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid is set to meet this evening to consider NPHET's latest advice.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin 'extremely concerned' at rise in cases of Covid-19