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July 2026
Must ReadThe Morning Lead
‘They aggressively pushed Ireland’: Are students sold ‘fake dreams’ in five-star hotels in India?
The government run free education events in five-star hotels in major Indian cities, but international students say the reality of studying in Ireland doesn’t match up to what was advertised.
Must ReadFive Years On
Bray-Greystones cliff walk barriers have injured more people than the landslides have, TD says
Local Sinn Féin TD John Brady said that people have received “serious injuries” while climbing the barricades, including one man who he said was impaled.
Analysistoo much of a good thing
Why the EU wants to limit food supplement doses - and why health food stores are not happy
Road Safety
Amazon pulls sale of e-scooter as retailers urged to remove those non-compliant with Irish law
Series7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The man who paid for one night in a New York hotel - and stayed for five years
Analysisfast fashion
Will the EU's new ban on companies destroying unsold clothes really stop bad behaviour?
Sponsored
How €1 billion is being invested into Ireland's energy infrastructure
Bord Gáis Energy
Jul 19
Must ReadMichael Shine
'There were hundreds of victims, and I am one of them'
Paddy Comyn speaks for the first time about his experience of Michael Shine in Louth in 1993.
He recalls how appendicitis brought him into contact with a man who would leave wounds no surgeon could ever repair.
He explains why he still has the plastic wristband from his hospital stay.
Must ReadThe Morning Lead
Shops in Dublin city dead zone caused by EU presidency 'should get compensation'
“It’s absolutely ham-fisted, and it has been ham-fisted from the very beginning,” Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes said.
SeriesWinners and Losers
Summer report card: The political winners and losers of 2026 (so far)
The Dáil has risen for the summer and politicians are off on their holidays, but how have they got on so far this year?
occupied territories bill
Senator has a Bill 'ready to go' to implement ban on services with Israeli settlements
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Must ReadThe Morning Lead
Burnham wants to make Manchester the second seat of power. Could that happen in Ireland?
A 2023 report called Ireland one of the most centralised countries in Europe, with only Hungary, Russia and Moldova worse.
Dublin
Vulnerable Ukrainian refugees protest enforced move from Citywest
Vulnerable Ukrainians gathered in Dublin city centre today to protest their enforced move from Citywest Hotel to a former equestrian centre in Co Kildare.
taking the reins
'I am ready': Andy Burnham named UK Labour Party leader ahead of becoming prime minister
Sponsored
How €1 billion is being invested into Ireland's energy infrastructure
Bord Gáis Energy
Jul 17
election security
Trump revives claims of Chinese interference in 2020 election in prime-time address
Must ReadSocial Media
Calls for platforms to do more after ten days of abuse on Jamey Carney’s Instagram account
CEO of Safe Ireland said that the abusive comments online will “set survivors back”.
Marie Sherlock
Dublin TD calls for six-week e-scooter ban to get ‘right regulatory systems’ in place
fire risk
Retailers asked to stop selling disposable BBQs after fires caused by 'reckless' activity
A fire broke out in Killarney National Park on Tuesday, while another burned part of the Wicklow Mountains on Wednesday.
Road Safety
Tánaiste says 'swift' action will be taken on e-scooters, as Taoiseach leans towards outright ban
strait of hormuz
Iran says it struck a US base in Jordan after claiming US hit area near children's cancer hospital
Public Accounts Committee
Children's science centre saga has exposed Exchequer to 'significant financial risk', PAC says
aughinish alumina
Harris won't prejudge Aughinish report, but pledges to support workers if sanctions recommended
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