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Garda probe into Glen Hansard death will retrace route he took and prepare file for coroner
Gardaí will seek CCTV and interview witnesses as they investigate the death of the musician.
Female councillors receiving ‘very disturbing’ sexual calls from withheld numbers
'One of our own': A queue out the door in Dublin to sign Glen Hansard's Book of Condolence
Ireland should embrace being the land of the piseog
Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual misconduct by four women in new BBC documentary
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Why we should be building more two-bedroom terrace houses
These types of houses can be ‘starter homes’.
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Fewer new homes finished in the three months to June compared to last year
Garda probe into Glen Hansard death will retrace route he took and prepare file for coroner
Gardaí will seek CCTV and interview witnesses as they investigate the death of the musician.
'One of our own': A queue out the door in Dublin to sign Glen Hansard's Book of Condolence
Members of the public shared their memories of a man who would ‘talk to anyone’.
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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
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Water Use
Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more
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Nitrous Oxide
Thousands of nitrous oxide canisters are ending up at waste facilities amid warnings of explosions
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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
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Nursing Homes
Older people are fighting to stay out of nursing homes as legal costs soar
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Our top 5 watches this weekend
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Stars and Swipes: When the classroom met Sally – a cautionary tale from New York
Marion McKeone
Uncertainty over Bank Holiday weather forecast but there could be widespread rain on Monday
Iranian strike kills worker and damages Chinese firm’s building in Kuwait amid renewed attacks
The incident came after the US military said it had carried out a ‘heavy wave of strikes’ against Iran.
Should TDs be allowed to use AI to write parliamentary questions?
Female councillors receiving ‘very disturbing’ sexual calls from withheld numbers
'A man of Celtic soul': Tributes and grief in Ireland and abroad on Glen Hansard's death
The 56-year-old Irish singer-songwriter and activist died yesterday in a motorcycle crash.
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Life after Trump
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Larry Donnelly
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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
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Stars and Swipes
Lindsey Graham was a political survivor who always followed the power
Marion McKeone
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The good ole days
Silly season once meant moving statues and killer clowns, not conspiracy theories
Lise Hand
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The physio is in
What is hypermobility and how can you manage it?
Stephen O'Rourke
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'Risk to public health’: EPA warns many private water supplies are not being monitored
Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual misconduct by four women in new BBC documentary
Kerry and Galway meet again, the Women’s British Open, and the Galway Races
Japan earthquake death toll hits 30 as survivors struggle in the heat
Government clears next hurdle in €300m+ plan to purchase military radar systems from France
State's affordable housing agency to build 13,000 homes by 2030 (and most of them are in Dublin)
The Land Development Agency said it is “firmly in our plans” to expand beyond cities in the future, but its immediate plans are focused on urban areas.
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29th July 2026
Ireland should embrace being the land of the piseog
Lise Hand
Kate O'Connor wins gold medal at Commonwealth Games
From 20p a day as a busker to selling out Sydney Opera House: Glen Hansard's life in music
Hansard, who died on Wednesday morning, left school at the age of 13 to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. It paid off.
No further action to be taken by police against UK Green Party leader over guillotine image
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
The psychology of Mayo
More than 4,500 fish found dead in major river kill in Co Cavan
Names of 341 former Christian Brothers to be published in newspaper, abuse case judge orders
Oireachtas officials had to overhaul the system for TDs to ask questions to clamp down on AI use
Gardaí believe man missing for over five weeks was stabbed and his body hidden by his attacker
Electricity bills to face fresh hike from October as regulator approves higher network charges
Sentencing of woman in prostitution case the latest court proceeding delayed by solicitor protest
Three firefighters killed in Greece as fires rage across Europe and another heatwave looms
Firefighters have continued to battle a wildfire in south-west France which covers an area four times the size of Paris.
The government has completed just 10 of its 74 climate commitments for the last three years
Man jailed for 12 months for possession of over 2,400 child abuse images
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Could nature itself help stop Ireland's wildfires?
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Glen Hansard, frontman of The Frames and Oscar winner, killed in road crash
The well-known singer died in a crash at the Strawberry Beds near Lucan in West Dublin in the early hours of this morning.
Hansard and The Frames were a key part of the Irish music scene in the 1990s and 2000s, and he later gained wider fame through the movie Once and its soundtrack.
President Connolly described him as "one of the vital driving influences of the Irish music world".
The OpenAI hack was more extensive than we thought
Norwegian man arrested and accused of raping Irish woman in Croatia