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Sunday 14 December 2025 Dublin: 11°C
Search for missing boy stood down after body discovered
Fourteen-year-old Benjamin was reported missing from Navan on Wednesday, 19 November.
Man who died after wall collapsed on him at Cork farm named
Michael O'Leary says he's planning to step down as Ryanair boss by 2035
Israel says it has killed top Hamas commander in Gaza
Irish stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley take to the red carpet in Dublin
Today's news
Ivana Bacik on her 'tetchy Taoiseach' jibe and Simon Harris's 'destabilising' Finance gig
Labour is open to doing business with the Greens and the SocDems, but when it comes to Sinn Féin, there are difficulties.
The Labour leader believes the Tánaiste has too many hats on in taking on the finance ministry
Bacik says she is concerned about the position on migration taken by their sister party in the UK.
Yesterday
13th December 2025
Two men die in four-vehicle crash in Tipperary
A renovated and extended mews home in the heart of Dublin 4 for €1,475,000
How style icons Chupi, James Kavanagh and Andrea Horan decorate their homes for Christmas
Two own goals save Arsenal's blushes against Wolves in Premier League
Quiz: What have Ireland's biggest screen stars been up to in 2025?
SPOTLIGHT

Flu season 

huge increase
Government ‘concerned’ over vaccine uptake as recorded flu cases jump 49% in one week
restrictions
Here are the hospitals that have introduced visitor restrictions due to high flu cases
62
under pressure
Government braces for 'significant pressure' on hospitals
82
Man dies after being struck by lorry in Co Monaghan
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Search for missing boy stood down after body discovered
Irish stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley take to the red carpet in Dublin
Superb Kilkerrin-Clonberne win fifth All-Ireland club title in-a-row
Opinion: Banning under-16s from social media is a half-measure. We should ban toxic algorithms
Killian Mangan
Israel says it has killed top Hamas commander in Gaza
Virginia Giuffre’s family ‘deeply disappointed’ by Met Police decision on Andrew
Ekitike brace fires Liverpool to victory over Brighton with Salah back in action
Man who died after wall collapsed on him at Cork farm named
investigates

Our award-winning investigations from this year

Deportation Flights
What role do Irish companies have in the US deportation industry?
Badger Cull
Over 80% of badgers culled in government TB programme found to be free from the disease
76
Planning Submissions
Series of unusual planning objections to vet practices uncovered in Dublin, Meath and Kildare
52
TB Crisis
‘It’s the next worst thing to losing a family member’: The toll of Ireland’s bovine TB crisis
17
Data Crunch
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
122
Femicide in Europe
Over 100 women murdered in Ireland since 2012 – and a gap in data on gendered violence
Man refused bail after several cars set alight on Dublin’s South Circular Road
Michael O'Leary says he's planning to step down as Ryanair boss by 2035
Munster earn bonus-point win over Gloucester in Champions Cup
After last week’s defeat to Bath, Munster came to Páirc Uí Chaoimh in search of redemption.
Trump dismisses new photos released of himself with Epstein as 'no big deal'
Traffic disruption in west Dublin as two protests take place
Kim Jong Un acknowledges North Korean troops cleared mines for Russia
Poll: Do you eat cereal for breakfast?
Cork teenager to represent Ireland in the Junior Eurovision today
Man guilty of one charge of sexually assaulting teenage girl as jury fails to agree on five more
Status Orange rain warning issued for Cork and Kerry
New EU fishing agreement will be 'catastrophic' for Ireland, industry warns
An Roinn 'Digitiúcháin', an Rannóg Aistriúcháin, foclóir nua agus beocht na Gaeilge
Surrealing in the Years: 'How To Suffer Indignity' - a documentary by the Department of Housing
Carl Kinsella
US envoy to meet Zelensky and European leaders in Germany to discuss peace plan
Convicted killer Derek Hutch seen speeding and doing wheelies before he hit Ukrainian grandmother
Motoring: The list of top-selling EV cars tells us two things about Irish shoppers
Paddy Comyn
Irish regulator considering testing food for toxic 'forever chemical' TFA
'Time for gloves off': Asking religious orders nicely to pay redress hasn't worked, says Bacik
Private firm brought in as stopgap measure after dramatic cuts in flying hours at Baldonnel
Due to a significant understaffing issue in Baldonnel, the Irish Air Corps was forced to adopt a five day week service.
Last week
7th December 2025 - 13th December 2025
Three more Dancing With The Stars contestants were revealed on tonight's Late Late
Three children die from exposure to the cold in Gaza as winter storm batters the territory
According to a UN report, 761 displacement sites hosting about 850,000 people are at high risk of flooding.
Man jailed for over seven years for arson attack on house during gang feud
HSE says National Gender Service does not have authority to close waiting list to new patients