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Wednesday 10 December 2025 Dublin: 9°C
Government braces for 'significant pressure' on hospitals with flu, Covid-19 and RSV circulating
The HSE is understood to be seeking to expand the provision of the children’s flu vaccine in schools next year.
FactCheck: Does the US really buy 80% of its imported butter from Ireland?
Judge says Burke 'has something to hide' by refusing to provide court with statements of income
Thousands remain without power in the aftermath of Storm Bram
Department of Housing deletes moving back in with parents video after ‘negative online commentary’
Today's news
Chaos for commuters as both Luas lines impacted by power outage
Bob Vylan issues defamation proceedings against RTÉ over reporting on Glastonbury performance
EU to decide whether veggie ‘burgers’ face a possible rebrand
Diageo says 'no disruption' to Guinness supply as workers at Belfast site prepare to strike
Social media ban for children under 16 begins in Australia
SPOTLIGHT

Zelenskyy visit security concerns

hybrid threat
Unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
analysis
We may never discover who was operating the drones along Zelenskyy's flight path – here's why
investigation
Special Detective Unit leading Garda probe into unidentified drones
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Gardaí are asking for the public's opinions on how and when body-worn cameras should be used
Thousands remain without power in the aftermath of Storm Bram
TD: New adults had their teens interrupted by Covid. A free 'culture card' could be the remedy
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
Teachers' unions renew calls for masters programme to be cut from two years to one
Employers have registered less than half of eligible workers for auto-enrolment pensions so far
Government braces for 'significant pressure' on hospitals with flu, Covid-19 and RSV circulating
The HSE is understood to be seeking to expand the provision of the children’s flu vaccine in schools next year.
Man stands trial accused of sexually assaulting teenager
FactCheck: Does the US really buy 80% of its imported butter from Ireland?
The figure was cited in a CNN article published last year.
Yesterday
9th December 2025
PSNI make three arrests as part of cross-border investigation into ‘violent right-wing extremism’
Department of Housing deletes moving back in with parents video after ‘negative online commentary’
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
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Planning Submissions
Series of unusual planning objections to vet practices uncovered in Dublin, Meath and Kildare
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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
Around 25,000 homes and businesses without power as ESB warns ‘further outages can be expected’
Cancellation of Nobel Peace Prize event raises questions over Maria Corina Machado's whereabouts
Reporters Without Borders says Israel killed highest number of journalists again this year
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
Retired Superintendent said enquiring into potential prosecutions 'allowed' under Garda directives
Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo under Status Yellow warning as 25,000 remain without power
Zelenskyy says he will send US updated plan to end the Ukraine war tomorrow
Two men killed in collision involving Bus Éireann coach in Co Fermanagh named as Galway residents
Elon Musk and X granted permission to challenge Irish media regulator investigation
Majority of €9m set aside for mobile phone 'storage solutions' has been drawn down by schools
Portuguese, French and PSNI anti-drone police units deployed in Dublin during Zelenskyy visit
A 'faster' assessment of need process promised, but still no timeline to get waitlist down
US judge orders release of jury materials from Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking case
Here are the hospitals that have introduced visitor restrictions due to high flu cases
Teenage disability rights advocate begins 50 hour sleep-out protest during Storm Bram
Trains, flights and Christmas markets - the cancellations and closures due to Storm Bram
Wolfe Tones end retirement ‘due to demand’ as Kneecap confirmed as first All Together Now headliner
Minister admits it was 'misconceived' for department to post video with advice on moving back in with parents
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty raised the video during Leaders’ Questions this afternoon, calling it “patronising”.
Succession or betrayal? The complicated endgame for Mo Salah and Liverpool FC
Taoiseach says 'everybody knows who the agent is' as UK urged to reveal identity of Stakeknife
Drones during Zelenskyy visit were an attack by Russia - EU Council President
Siobhán McSweeney wants to see Bono and Enya on an Irish Celebrity Traitors
OPW set to spend €10m on banquets and State dinners during Ireland's EU presidency in 2026