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fintech

Over 160 jobs to be cut at PayPal's Irish operations

The company employs 1,380 people on a full-time basis in Ireland.

Barry Daly

Man (21) jailed for life for murder of Cork postman who was attacked with golf club outside his home

Review

How bad was the mud? And how good was the music? Highs and lows of Electric Picnic 2026

Retail investors

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From The 42Messi

Argentina captain Lionel Messi retires from international football

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Court Appearance

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fintech

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deemed disposal

A 'complex' 38% tax on investments will not apply to the government's new savings scheme

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Operation Irini

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SPOTLIGHT

Electric Picnic Catch up on our coverage of the music and arts festival as the curtains come down for another year

REVIEWED

How bad was the mud? And how good was the music? Highs and lows of EP 2026

BACK SOON

Fontaines D.C. confirm Slane Castle gig next June as they close out Electric Picnic

FESTIVAL MONEY DIARY

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Drug testing lab

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Belfast

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Dungannon

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Must ReadEpisode Review

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Limerick

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Barry Daly

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Review

How bad was the mud? And how good was the music? Highs and lows of Electric Picnic 2026

This was the most Irish edition to date, and not just because of the weather.

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Dog Ear

Irish comic Marty Gleeson named best newcomer at Edinburgh Comedy Awards

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Retail investors

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VOICES

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Raising them right

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The Daily Poll

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who's who

Here are the 23 players stepping inside Slane Castle for the new series of The Traitors

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Slane

Fontaines D.C. confirm Slane Castle gig next June as they close out Electric Picnic

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Good Morning

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eu presidency

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From The 42Tennis

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North Carolina

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flash floods

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Columnreturn to school

Raising them right: Hot school meals won't fix lunches if kids don't have enough time to eat

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investigates

Recent investigations from our team shining a light on how Ireland works

Licence Applications

Who's behind the seaweed harvesting applications covering over 14,000 hectares of Ireland's coastline?

Seaweed Harvesting

Maritime regulator investigating multiple claims of illegal seaweed harvesting in protected areas

New Drugs

'An arms race': the evolving new synthetic drugs that need fresh methods to detect them

Illegal Wildfires

Ireland has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites

Water Use

Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more

Nitrous Oxide

Thousands of nitrous oxide canisters are ending up at waste facilities amid warnings of explosions

Housing Crisis

Housing overtakes substance abuse as most common reason people seek help from national charity

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Iran

Iran attacks US military targets in retaliation for first American strikes in a month

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Childcare

Changes to income thresholds for Childcare Scheme to see thousands more families receive subsidies

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Must ReadThe Morning Lead

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Yesterday

30th August 2026

Quiz

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rules are rules

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Money diaries

Festival money diaries: how much will a weekend at Electric Picnic set you back?

From pints to phone charging, here’s how much it costs – whether it’s worth it, you decide.

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Reports from Electric Picnic

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russell street

Man (60s) charged after entering house in Dublin armed with knife

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OpinionHow I Spend My Money

Money Diaries: An administrative officer on €55K living in Dublin

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Kyrenia

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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

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Cox's Demense

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From The 42signing off

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