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Monday 14 July 2025 Dublin: 17°C
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
Mother should never have been convicted of sexually assaulting her children, court rules
EU says it could target €72 billion worth of US goods if tariff talks with Washington fail
Brussels is considering a major overhaul of farm subsidies
This abandoned cottage was transformed into a coastal haven, using four shipping containers
Opinion: Why everyone needs an Airport Dad in their lives
Niamh O'Reilly
SPOTLIGHT

Catch up on one of Ireland's most significant crime stories

Hot pursuit
The inside story of the raid on the MV Matthew
How Hezbollah fundraisers helped finance the €157m operation
Revealed: How Hezbollah fundraisers helped finance the €157m MV Matthew drug operation
Podcast
What really happened on board the MV Matthew?
27m
Awash with coke
MV Matthew seizure was a major success … but Irish appetite for cocaine remains
Interpol OC chief
'Irish criminals top tier of international organised crime'
Sentencing
Eight men jailed over Ireland's biggest-ever drug seizure
Former priest who sexually assaulted his three sisters jailed for eight years
Investigation launched after more than 1,000 fish found dead in Co Cavan
Status Yellow thunderstorm warnings to come into effect in Clare, Kerry, Limerick and Galway
It marks a noisy end to the weekend’s sunshine.
'This is just a fairytale': Ireland's brilliant Ben Healy takes yellow jersey at Tour de France
Healy becomes the first Irish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey since Stephen Roche won the Tour in 1987.
Bus Éireann suspended routes in Drogheda last Friday night after bus windows were smashed
Trump threatens Putin with 'severe' secondary tariffs if no Ukraine ceasefire within 50 days
Trump said he was "very disappointed" with Putin as he announced plans to send "top-of-the-line weapons" to Ukraine via Nato.
He did not provide specifics on how the potential secondary tariffs would be implemented.
"I don't want to say he's an assassin, but he's a tough guy," the US president said of his Russian counterpart.
Investigation launched into suspected arson attack on GAA club in west Belfast
Man accused of stalking online influencer in Dublin city hotel remanded on bail
'Burrow Beach will be mobbed whenever there's a heatwave unless we fix seaside transport links'
VOICES

Parenting experiences in a modern, working Ireland 

Call the housekeeping staff to complain
Margaret Lynch
It's complicated…
Gwen Loughman
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'Much as I love school events, there are just too many'
Niamh O'Reilly
One Dad has had enough of them
Anonymous Dad
28
Are we becoming more dog friendly than child friendly?
Niamh O'Reilly
44
Waterford boy says he’s 'luckiest guy in the world' after performing with The Script
British aristocrat and her partner found guilty of manslaughter of their newborn baby
After pledging to 'declassify the files', Trump's Epstein U-turn has angered the Maga faithful
Witnesses report seeing 'fireball' as small plane crashed at Southend Airport, killing four
Man found guilty of raping his niece, with child's mother convicted of facilitating the rape
Full-scale excavation at former mother and baby home in Tuam gets underway
Delivery cyclist who hit into door of car parked in cycle lane gets €60,000 in damages
Real doctors’ names being used in scam ads for weight loss drops and other bogus products
'Humanitarian city' for Palestinians would be a 'concentration camp', says former Israeli PM
Over half of allegations against ex-MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace substantiated
Teenage girl in critical condition following crash in Galway
Mary Lou McDonald appears on Good Morning Britain to call for a border poll
investigates

Our investigative team uncovers the detrimental impacts of cancer care delays

INVESTIGATION
'It's getting tougher': Hospitals failing to consistently start chemotherapy on time
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YOUR STORIES
Delays to scans: 'It’s breaking me — This could be the difference of life and death'
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NEWS
Almost 25% of 'urgent' patients waiting too long for breast clinic appointments
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Poll: Did you head to the beach at the weekend?
Ireland has lost a quarter of its pubs since 2005
Israeli drone strike on Gaza kills eight children at a water point
US to send air defence missiles to Ukraine, but Trump claims Europe is footing the bill
Ireland pushing US to renew backing for UN peacekeepers remaining in Lebanon
Behind the scenes: Ships delivering drugs to Ireland are making drop-offs in other countries first
The ships, which are colloquially called motherships, meet smaller vessels off the coast and transfer the drugs in a process known as “coopering”.
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