https://www.thejournal.ie/budget-2027-childcare-fees-7182394-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-05T00:03:19+01:00 Parents with a child in full-time childcare could save €1k a year under budget proposals afterschool fees, Budget 2027, Childcare, childcare fees, families, parents https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/beautiful-blonde-baby-girl-playing-in-kindergarten-high-quality-photo-74bcc597-9bbc-4b24-ba24-95e4e5dd2afe-630x419.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-israel-nations-league-match-2-7182388-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T22:13:04+01:00 Spitting allegation made against Israeli player added to list of controversies with Ireland Republic Of Ireland, Soccer, uefa nations league, none https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/troy-parrott-scores-his-sides-first-goal-of-the-match-from-a-penalty-4d37baf3-c246-46f8-8941-ac2b701ac7ac-630x419.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/october-trivia-quiz-7179276-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T22:00:45+01:00 Quiz: How much do you know about October? Autumn, Budget, entertainment, Ireland, October, Quiz, Trivia https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/aerial-views-of-autumn-colours-in-tollymore-forest-park-2f63575d-4b8d-4155-95db-5aadc97540da-630x472.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-coverage-ireland-israel-uefa-feed-review-7182248-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T21:53:49+01:00 An empty stadium and even emptier commentary: RTÉ broadcasts Uefa feed of second Israel game Football, ireland vs israel, Israel, Nations League, Republic Of Ireland, RTÉ, Soccer, UEFA, View from the telly https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/ryan-manning-waits-to-take-a-free-kick-48da9c3b-7b98-4bf2-ac85-895ba28e4f58-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/money-diaries-spending-saving-103-7170365-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en OpEd 2026-10-04T20:00:11+01:00 Money Diaries: A teacher on €68K living in the east of the country Finances, HISMM, How I Spend My Money, Money, Money diaries, Saving, Spending, spending and saving https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/09/download-12a86ff2-8748-400a-b2b3-06a783a60c84-630x418.png https://www.thejournal.ie/evening-news-headlines-2-7182205-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T19:32:45+01:00 Here's What Happened Today: Sunday evening fix, Here's What Happened Today, News Fix, The Fix https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/roz-purcell-ireland-home-of-halloween-2026-8-5b86648e-e0c6-4062-89d6-9a97ec4fa160-630x450.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/wind-farm-kilkenny-japanese-soldier-world-war-2-phillipine-jungle-7182193-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T19:03:05+01:00 Judge compares wind farm objectors to 'dogged Japanese soldier still fighting World War 2' An Coimisiún Pleanála, Castlebanny, High Court, Kilkenny, Planning, richard humphreys, Wind Farm https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/wind-turbine-blades-on-blue-sky-background-b2255a5a-7c31-4bc8-b1c1-c818c3781833-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/union-strikes-7182159-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T18:32:25+01:00 McEntee says public sector strikes 'won't benefit anybody' ahead of teachers joining action Budget 2027, Helen McEntee, Public Sector, Public Sector Pay, Public Sector Pay talks, Public sector strikes, Trade Unions, union strikes, Unions https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/river-2026-10-04t173057-739-2526ebdf-f8cf-4406-8361-8050ae101c22-630x410.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/colin-keegan-rip-7182122-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T17:39:27+01:00 Tributes pour in for award-winning photographer who died in motorcycle crash colin keegan, RIP, Road Death https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/img_9339-409b06b0-ed0c-4383-bd45-cfe8b5f49ea3-630x595.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/us-flight-returns-to-dublin-united-airlines-flight-ua-316-7182183-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T17:38:53+01:00 Flight returns to Dublin after crew report headaches and 'burning sensation in nasal passages' Dublin Airport, Emergency, Flight emergency, u-turn, United Airlines https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/los-angeles-united-states-october-11-2024-united-airlines-boeing-757-200-airplane-at-los-angeles-international-airport-united-states-7dada41c-b4c0-44ee-8d35-c468bab2996f-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/france-school-protests-7182063-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T14:37:44+01:00 Up to 500 French schools to be totally or partly closed amid student protests France, France school protests, French school protests https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/france-protests-b7432d0f-1bfc-4820-9d61-c91931cf9074-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/minimum-wage-rise-budget-7182034-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T14:04:34+01:00 Labour accuses government of 'shameful posturing' over plans to slow minimum wage increases Budget, Budget 2027, emer higgins, Ged Nash, Labour, Minimum Wage, National Minimum Wage https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/plinth-politics-5_90748069-c513cf46-9144-44ee-993f-412f54f1898a-630x470.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/house-renovation-qs-7179482-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T13:00:37+01:00 How much contingency do you really need for a renovation? Architect, architect design, Builders, column, Construction, Designer, engineers, ideas, Opinion, Renovation, the big reno clinic, voices https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/apartment-picture-after-demolishing-jobs-renovation-inside-house-92716aaf-8e35-4dd1-85cc-78504d0e20aa-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/yves-sakila-investigation-update-7182006-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T12:53:59+01:00 Gardaí investigating Yves Sakila's death make appeal for woman knocked down during incident Dublin, henry street, Investigation, yves sakila https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/river-2026-10-04t125140-865-fe46ae5c-ae18-48c2-ba08-480bfa84585c-630x410.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/kneecap-garvaghy-road-visit-7181980-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T12:17:56+01:00 Sinn Féin will ‘of course’ cooperate with any PSNI investigation into protest drumcree, Garvaghy Road, kneecap, Northern Ireland, Orange Order, Portadown https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-13-50-35-a3f92a5b-7736-4fa8-857b-4dccaf2cfc8d-630x418.png https://www.thejournal.ie/budget-2027-independent-poll-popularity-leaders-7181817-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T10:03:00+01:00 Sinn Féin narrowly ahead of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in latest poll Budget 2027, fuel costs, Money for nothing, Poll, sunday independent / ireland thinks, sunday independent/ireland thinks https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/mixcollage-04-oct-2026-10-12-am-2763-e7e473db-e491-457d-8c57-9b096508eec4-630x462.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/dracula-translation-irish-calling-353-7180942-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T10:00:50+01:00 The tale behind the Irish translation of Dracula is something to really get your teeth into bram stoker, Calling 353, drac, dracula, nosferatu https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/shutterstock_772970875-28ba3f7a-b8fb-4410-b966-0d3c1699bb3c-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/drumcree-dispute-taoiseach-7181871-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T09:50:50+01:00 Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin ‘sincerity’ over Drumcree dispute drumcree, Drumcree dispute, Garvaghy Road, Micheál Martin, Northern Ireland, Orange Order, Sinn Féin https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-09-36-36-2c1a2fa5-0978-4a14-95a7-4c17df914862-630x349.png https://www.thejournal.ie/man-dead-apartment-fire-stillorgan-dublin-7181888-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T09:48:41+01:00 Man in his 50s dies in overnight fire at Dublin apartment complex Apartment, Dublin, Fire, Garda, Stillorgan https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/garda-irish-police-patrol-car-sligo-republic-of-ireland-b317cd33-79b4-4fab-9123-c98ae07182cb-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/best-longreads-of-the-week-sitdown-sunday-5-7176904-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T09:00:14+01:00 Sitdown Sunday: Her bones were picked clean - but authorities say her pet bears didn't kill her 7 deadly reads, drug policy, Environment, Immigration, Jeffrey Donaldson, long reads, longform content, Longreads, Northern Ireland, sitdown sunday, Tradwives https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/black-bear-ursus-americanus-approaching-springtime-in-yellowstone-national-park-wyoming-usa-e60d42f5-7904-477d-883e-1b5f34c6955f-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-388-7181810-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T08:57:28+01:00 The 9 at 9: Sunday The 9 at 9 https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/screenshot-2026-10-03-at-18-17-53-7d052c7e-2889-4d6c-8877-fae8c662cc94-630x395.png https://www.thejournal.ie/christa-pike-botched-execution-7181835-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T08:23:03+01:00 US prison chief resigns after botched execution attempt botched execution, Christa Pike, criminal justice, Death Penalty, Frank Strada, Lethal Injection, tennessee https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-08-13-41-0fe911eb-d333-438b-8cee-8539f1e2393f-630x398.png https://www.thejournal.ie/war-sky-7178181-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T08:05:47+01:00 Interview: Dominic West and Sienna Miller on their new Sky original series War Best of the Box, watercooler moment https://www.thejournal.ie/internet-diaries-cornell-gang-rape-social-media-detectives-7179435-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T08:00:51+01:00 The internet's detectives used a gang rape allegation to dress up sexual humiliation as investigation algorithms, cornell rape allegations, cornell university, Diary of a man on the internet, Internet Diaries, Rape, Social Media https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/people-attending-a-hearing-read-over-a-resolution-on-sexual-assault-at-cornell-university-in-ithaca-n-y-thursday-oct-1-2026-ap-photomatt-rourke-19b95fdd-b1b8-46b3-821c-44e73a249e11-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/limerick-shooting-thomas-oneill-7181815-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T07:58:12+01:00 Convicted criminal shot and injured in Limerick city Crime, Gardaí, Limerick, Limerick City, Shooting, Thomas O'Neill https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/screenshot-2026-10-04-at-07-50-43-a2a70952-dc7d-41a6-b5d2-c2aaa854799f-630x402.png https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/nursing-home-care-ireland-7158485-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en OpEd 2026-10-04T07:30:10+01:00 Nursing home care: If Ranulph Fiennes can disappear, what about everyone else? Abuse, abuse of older people, care of older people in nursing homes, column, Elder Abuse, medical care, Nursing Home Care, Nursing Homes, Opinion, voices https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/09/sir-ranulph-fiennes-at-home-on-his-farm-fa255ed4-e1c9-4be2-b13d-c6b08cae6bcd-630x450.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/collision-motorcycle-car-co-meath-7181433-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T07:29:52+01:00 Motorcyclist (50s) dies after collision with car in Meath co meath, Dunboyne, Harlockstown, R156, Summerhill https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/screenshot-2026-10-03-at-13-50-22-760cfa98-2560-489f-b158-38a2024f8eca-630x293.png https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-corporate-tax-why-to-we-borrow-7180665-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T07:00:38+01:00 Ireland is awash with corporate tax cash - so why will we pay €6bn a year to borrow money? Budget, Budget 2027, Money, Spending, windfall cash https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/closeupofeurobanknotes-0a010c31-6610-4047-baa2-8c797c238a2c-630x398.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/political-winners-and-losers-of-the-week-7178399-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en Opinion 2026-10-04T06:30:10+01:00 'There are no Fenian bastards': The winners and losers from the political week Albert Dolan, Chris Andrews, Evanne Ní Chuilinn, FAI, Garvaghy Road, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, jennifer whitmore, Mary-Lou McDonald, Northern Ireland, Politics, Simon Harris, Winners and Losers, Women's football https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/27092026-portadown-northern-ireland-over-two-thousand-people-have-gathered-near-drumcree-and-blocked-the-garvaghy-road-in-protest-over-a-orange-order-parade-on-sunday-morning-pic-steven-mcauley-7e26a7de-ad55-4e52-8dd9-d5f3a8293e07-630x419.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-israel-ireland-football-match-7181791-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T06:15:43+01:00 Taoiseach says football match boycott may ‘harm’ Ireland with no benefit to Palestinians FAI, Football, Ireland, ireland vs israel, Israel, Micheál Martin, Palestine https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/taoiseach-micheal-martin-speaking-to-the-media-ahead-of-the-cairde-fail-presidents-dinner-at-the-clayton-hotel-in-dublin-picture-date-saturday-october-3-2026-bc14f82a-78e3-4697-8f47-38c9e6203dc7-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/leixlip-water-outages-business-usice-eireann-7180682-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T06:00:04+01:00 ‘Go home and shampoo yourself’: Salons and coffee shops battling repeated water outages in Kildare town black angel, joe neville, Kildare, Leixlip, nuala killeen, rinse and repeat, Small Business, Uisce Éireann, Water Outage, willow and wild https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/water-993_90584325-328737cc-27b3-4116-b016-37ac17a02caa-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/electric-picnic-overcrowding-duke-dumont-stage-move-7179723-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-04T00:05:09+01:00 Electric Picnic kept DJ on same stage despite knowing about 'potential overcrowding' in advance Duke Dumont, Electric Picnic, EP2026, festival republic, FOI, Freedom of Information, Laois, Laois County Council, Music festivals, Stradbally, The Morning Lead https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/img_0163-15effabf-c01f-4d44-9f1c-7322ef88ff8d-8cf8a918-27a5-4fb9-b6a5-bb90b26a6a68-630x472.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/teen-movie-quiz-2-7180490-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T22:00:10+01:00 Quiz: How much do you know about teen movies? entertainment, Mean girls, Movies, pop culture, Quiz, teen movies https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/jonathan-bennett-lindsay-lohan-mean-girls-2004-42923012-2dda-45a3-9f34-eb9279dbf1de-630x408.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/fuel-allowance-ireland-2026-2027-7179616-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T21:00:16+01:00 How far does the €5 weekly bump to fuel allowance actually go in an energy crisis? Cost of Living, Energy Crisis, fuel allowance, Home Heating Oil, Ireland, Social Welfare https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/thechildshandswarmtheirhandsneartheheatingradiator-19e8f54c-80be-4874-81da-6fdd45e066c9-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/mciheal-martin-carbon-tax-7181622-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T20:25:50+01:00 Carbon tax pause on home heating oil and a 'significant' childcare package in Budget 2027, says Martin Budget 2027, Carbon Tax, energy credits, Fianna Fáil, Micheál Martin https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/taoiseach-micheal-martin-speaking-to-the-media-ahead-of-the-cairde-fail-presidents-dinner-at-the-clayton-hotel-in-dublin-picture-date-saturday-october-3-2026-c65028ad-b572-4ddf-a99d-506589331e53-630x419.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-saturday-3-october-7181569-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T20:04:47+01:00 Here's What Happened Today: Saturday evening fix, News Fix https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/madrid-madrid-spain-3rd-oct-2026-madrid-spain-october-03-an-estimated-70000-people-took-to-the-main-avenues-of-madrid-and-marched-to-the-cibeles-fountain-where-the-headquarters-of-the-madri-e4833f42-6f2a-47bd-a856-c753ed341450-630x472.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/drumcree-latest-7181268-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T20:00:00+01:00 Drumcree: Thousands gather at rival rallies in Portadown as police say it is illegal to block road Armagh, Chris Bryant, drumcree, Garvaghy Road, Northern Ireland, Portadown https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/031026-portadown-northern-ireland-drumcree-disputethousands-of-protestors-on-the-mainly-nationalist-garvaghy-road-portadown-hold-a-rally-on-saturday-afternoon-as-the-stand-off-continues-betwee-d67145af-c8c5-408b-b52d-cb66cee78c67-630x419.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/john-gibbons-irish-climate-policy-7172148-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en OpEd 2026-10-03T19:00:37+01:00 What if city living also meant you could grow your own food? One Dutch community has it sussed climate catastrophe, Climate Change, climate denial, column, doing things differently, Holland, Ireland, ireland climate, Opinion, voices https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/img_4378-ab0abfa6-50ce-46a9-b456-60c31b84aa60-630x472.jpeg https://www.thejournal.ie/us-jets-shannon-airport-diversion-7181594-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T18:59:03+01:00 US fighter jet makes emergency landing at Shannon Airport Irish Coast Guard, Jets, McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagles, North Atlantic, Shannon Airport, strike eagle, United States https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/usaf-f15-diversion-shannon-1-488052eb-08a5-4fca-bab7-bf63d3a6853e-630x403.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/tanaiste-wife-baby-girl-7181552-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T17:56:40+01:00 Simon Harris and wife welcome baby just days before budget Baby, Caoimhe Wade, girl, It's a girl, Simon Harris, Tánaiste https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/image-32ed202e-566f-4867-95c4-d7e49808898c-630x899.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/danielle-okeane-death-tributes-7181370-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T16:26:17+01:00 Tributes paid after mother-of-two dies in rickshaw accident after Westlife concert Co. Dublin, Danielle O'Keane, rickshaw, RIP, Road Traffic Collision, Westlife concert https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/blurred-frame-1-a7d47b7f-680b-4a7a-a194-42edf890d928-630x378.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/daily-poll-uk-rejoining-eu-7181479-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en Opinion 2026-10-03T16:23:28+01:00 Do you think the UK should rejoin the EU? Brexit, Daily poll, EU, Poll, Referendum, The Daily Poll, UK, Your Say https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/liverpool-uk-29th-sep-2026-prime-minister-andy-burnham-commands-the-stage-at-the-labour-conference-2026-rallying-the-party-faithful-with-an-ambitious-policy-agenda-the-prime-ministers-inaugural-d90d45b9-8fff-4df0-8fa7-aa178caa9145-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/workplace-deaths-crossnacreevy-co-down-7181190-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T15:43:00+01:00 Two people who died in workplace incident in Co Down are named Ambulance, ballygowan road, co down, Crossnacreevy, tributes, Workplace https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/emergency-services-at-the-scene-in-crossnacreevy-after-two-people-have-died-following-a-workplace-incident-in-co-down-the-emergency-services-are-at-the-scene-on-the-ballygowan-road-in-crossnacreevy-17cd402b-744d-4d6b-8008-470ce0754909-630x399.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/co-pilot-attacked-captain-with-axe-flydubai-7181444-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T15:42:31+01:00 Co-pilot on FlyDubai plane ‘attacked captain with axe’ axe, flydubai flight, Oman, pilot attack, Saudi Arabia, Tel Aviv https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/tel-aviv-israel-30th-sep-2026-a-replacement-flydubai-plane-lands-at-ben-gurion-airport-the-flight-travelling-from-dubai-to-tel-aviv-was-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-following-a-violent-altercation-a4f48a17-96e0-4e26-bbb3-34db5bbc2a62-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/jim-ocallaghan-solicitors-strike-7181449-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T15:24:20+01:00 Law Society urges O'Callaghan to bring in mediator ahead of new legal term Jim O'Callaghan, Law Society https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/cabinet-meeting077_90730742-f95ca53d-14ff-40e7-9dbf-c89191e2ff95-630x440.jpeg https://www.thejournal.ie/spain-housing-protests-7181430-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T14:22:56+01:00 Over 70,000 take to the streets in Spain to protest housing crisis Affordable Housing, housing protest, Madrid, Pedro Sanchez, renters protections, Spain https://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/a-large-crowd-gathered-during-the-demonstration-calling-for-a-reduction-in-housing-rents-on-3-october-2026-in-madrid-spain-the-tenants-union-organised-the-march-to-demand-changes-to-housing-poli-73d6672f-40d3-4dcd-b85f-1ffb01e4b67d-630x420.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/landlord-eviction-short-term-lets-7181303-Oct2026/ thejournal.ie en 2026-10-03T12:41:48+01:00 Landlord must pay almost €20k after evicting tenant and using flat for short-term lets Dublin, dublin 2, Eviction, Landlord, Renting, renting crisis, rtb, short-term let, short-term lets https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/embargoed-to-0001-wednesday-october-15-file-photo-dated-221215-of-a-set-of-house-keys-rests-on-a-table-the-average-age-of-a-first-time-buyer-has-decreased-from-32-to-31-over-the-past-year-accordin-d01249db-9025-4c54-b7e3-76d88769ccfc-630x387.jpg https://www.thejournal.ie/russian-strikes-kyiv-northern-bridge-7181348-Oct2026/ 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