Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more.
LAST UPDATE | 22 Oct 2025
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.
1. Tánaiste Simon Harris has condemned a mass riot in Citywest last night, which resulted in one officer was being injured.
2. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there was a “failure” in the case of a girl who was in state care and was allegedly sexually assaulted in west Dublin, while opposition politicians have called for answers about how she could have gone missing.
3. Presidential election candidates Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys went head-to-head on TV for the last time on Tuesday night before polling day. Here’s what we learned from the debate.
4. Public events should be cancelled in areas under Status Orange wind warnings, a review published after Storm Éowyn has said.
5. The top United Nations court will today rule on Israel’s obligations towards agencies providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, as aid groups scramble to scale up assistance following a ceasefire.
6. The legal term ‘child pornography’ has received Cabinet approval to be replaced by the term ‘child sexual abuse material’.
7. Westlife have added an additional five dates to their residency in Dublin’s 3Arena next year.
8. Donald Trump has no immediate plans to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, days after the US president said they would meet within two weeks in the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
9. OpenAI has said it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
have your say