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Solar eclipse in Ireland: Where's the best spot to experience it, and how can I view it safely?

You won’t see anything like it in Ireland again until 2090 – so here’s all you need to know if you don’t want to miss out.

western Colombia

Rescuers in Colombia scramble to find survivors after powerful earthquake kills at least 240

carted away

Trump reportedly hid in catering truck and took secret flight from Turkey due to Iran threat

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Applying after 'a few vinos': Everything you need to know about this year's Rose of Tralee

From The 42Athletics

Sarah Healy finishes in agonising fourth place at European Athletics Championships

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Cavan

Former Donegal All-Ireland winner James McHugh and his wife Noreen killed in road crash

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Skyclarys

Treatment for Friedreich's ataxia should not be funded by HSE, drugs group recommends

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Artificial Intelligence

Text copied from Claude to have AI watermark under new EU law

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Cork Coroner’s Court

Rally driver died after car veered off track and 'flipped over' into water, inquest hears

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Seriesrockin the suburbs

Musicians and poets upstairs and 25 comedians in a basement: Monday nights in The International

For decades the Wicklow Street venue has been a hub of culture in Dublin City – here’s what happened when we visited.

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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

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investigates

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

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

Suicide Forums

The suicide forum facilitating the deaths of vulnerable people in Ireland

Speeding

How thousands of speeding prosecutions never reach conviction in Irish courts

Nursing Homes

Older people are fighting to stay out of nursing homes as legal costs soar

Not so fast

Temperatures might hit 29 degrees this week, but that doesn't make it a heatwave

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Driving tests

Six-month wait to apply for driving test in Raheny, with over 66,000 awaiting test nationally

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From The 42Athletics

Sarah Healy finishes in agonising fourth place at European Athletics Championships

The 42

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Must ReadRose of Tralee

Applying after 'a few vinos': Everything you need to know about this year's Rose of Tralee

The 32 Roses are preparing to take to the stage in Tralee, but what does it take to become a Rose and how is the winner ultimately chosen?

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OpinionPublic Health

Folic acid in flour: Public health interventions will only work when the public gets a say

Dr Suzanne Crowe

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western Colombia

Rescuers in Colombia scramble to find survivors after powerful earthquake kills at least 240

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Courts

DPP faces strike-out deadline in case of civil servant accused of leaking to foreign power

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Cancer

The Office UK star Lucy Davis says she has 'incurable' cancer

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rare event

Solar eclipse in Ireland: Where's the best spot to experience it, and how can I view it safely?

You won’t see anything like it in Ireland again until 2090 – so here’s all you need to know if you don’t want to miss out.

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Hot tub weed

Drug-smuggling van driver had claimed he was delivering a hot tub across border to Mullingar

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VOICES

Voices at The Journal

Little forests in urban areas

How tiny pocket forests can help cities breathe again

Catherine Cleary

Raising them right

Is it ever okay to admit you’ve got a favourite child?

Niamh O'Reilly

Tech worker

I spent a decade in tech. Then AI took my job

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GLP-1s and the weight loss revolution

Obesity was never a failure of willpower. Science has moved on

Dr Michael Crotty

The physio is in

What is hypermobility and how can you manage it?

Stephen O'Rourke

Kids' pocket money

Should you pay kids for doing household chores?

Niamh O'Reilly

Drinking Ireland dry

We're asking the wrong questions about data centres

Dr Paul Davis

Witness appeal

Man (70s) seriously injured following collision between car and truck in Co Louth

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Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

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Bashar al-Assad

Syrian court sentences former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes

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SeriesHow I Spend My Money

How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a Money Diary?

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Swiss

Plane forced to divert to Dublin after reports of smoke in the cabin from portable power bank

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MyFutureFund

Some people were pushed into pension schemes instead of auto-enrolment, government memo says

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M50

Mother of man injured in M50 collision says there ‘has to be consequences for what’s happened’

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Barracksfield West

Applications to open for 25 'affordable' homes in Naas, starting at €243k for one-bed apartment

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The Daily Poll

Have you been on a summer holiday abroad this year?

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morehampton road

Passengers evacuated before Dublin Bus caught fire during rush hour on busy southside street

The incident happened on Morehampton Road.

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Fota island

What should we call this baby rhino?

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Monasterevin

Cyclist in her 80s dies after being hit by truck in Co Kildare

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carted away

Trump reportedly hid in catering truck and took secret flight from Turkey due to Iran threat

Updated 13 hrs ago

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Weather

Met Éireann issues 48-hour high temperature warning for 13 counties from tomorrow

The warning is valid from 6am on Wednesday to 6am on Friday.

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SeriesThe FOI Files

Why the Department of Foreign Affairs won’t release details of its lobby meetings with Amazon

Our request was refused because it was decided that the contents could harm the international relations of the State.

Conor O'Carroll

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Tributes paid to All Star James McHugh, search and rescue efforts in Colombia continue, and Trump’s secret plane switch.

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Ukraine

Overnight Russian attacks across Ukraine kill at least nine people and injure dozens

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From The 42League of Ireland

James McClean and Derry City set to part ways in abrupt end to star's LOI homecoming

The 42

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counter terrorism policing

UK police investigating Ann Widdecombe murder suspect over Nigel Farage arson attack

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Columnwhy so spicey

Kelly Earley: Is the success of the spice bag rooted in a culture of fussy eating?

Kelly Earley

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parnell square cultural quarter

Construction to begin on Dublin's new five-storey City Library within weeks

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Budget 2027

Increasing number of taxpayers apply for Rent Credit as Harris says he'd like to see it rise

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InvestigationNew Drugs

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

A new pilot early warning system for novel substances is already in operation.

Stats from the Poisons Centre at the Beaumont Hospital show five presentations where the substance was unknown

Senior Consultant says a specialist should be appointed to report on NPS to the Minister

The HSE is now working with EDs to “analyse samples associated with unusual presentations associated with drug use”

Noel Baker

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