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Must ReadHigh Court

Denis O'Brien has launched a new legal case against Meta's headquarters in Dublin

The businessman is already suing the social media platform over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram.

Cost of Living

Bus and train fares for adults to increase by average of 15% from January, NTA confirms

too hot

Summer 2026 was officially the hottest in modern Irish history

new rent rules

New renters coughed up about €326 more per month than sitting tenants this spring

Irish Rail

Man in hospital after train hits tractor with 'loud bang' and 'fairly violent jolt' in Co Offaly

Today's news

The Daily Poll

Will you watch the Katie Taylor fight this weekend?

Yes – I'll be watching from the stands in Croker
Yes – I'll be tuning in to the television/radio coverage
I'd like to – but won't be able to
I'm not sure yet
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Irish Rail

Man in hospital after train hits tractor with 'loud bang' and 'fairly violent jolt' in Co Offaly

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Analysisoff the rails

Commuters blind-sided by surprise fare hike - and wonder what exactly they're getting in return

We spoke to commuters in Dublin and Galway and to a transport professor about what the changes mean.

Valerie Flynn

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Breakthrough

Dozens of Co Carlow homes at centre of costs dispute are reversed to social housing list

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Evening Wrap

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

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Sponsored

Electric vehicles are becoming more common because they're cost-effective, easy-to-use and class

Budget 2027

Labour wants €100+ monthly grocery shopping supplement for families in this year's budget

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SPOTLIGHT

Katie Taylor at Croke Park The Irish boxing icon gets ready to say a final farewell to her fans

training day

Taylor makes a dream come true for a Dublin girl ahead of her Croke Park bout

final countdown

'Every punter wrote it off': Croke Park chief brings us inside preparations for the Taylor fight

late night

Croke Park doesn't want a wild crowd or 'mad busy bars' for late-night fight

Cork District Court

Boy (17) accused of driving stolen BMW wrong way on N40 is refused bail

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Big Bloomberg Interview

Taoiseach denies Europe is 'rearming its military-industrial complex'

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Seriespolitics by numbers

Gavan Reilly: 7.8 million people and 260 TDs by 2049? How Ireland's population surge affects the Dáil

Gavan Reilly

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Out for tender

A €295k tender is live for someone to manage a 'national conversation' about doing up the GPO

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Don't Hold Back

Bacik says President Connolly should express her views to Donald Trump during Irish visit

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Criminal Assets Bureau

Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley takes challenge against CAB seizure of his home to the High Court

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nug night and nug luck

That's a wrap: Amelia Dimoldenberg announces end to hugely popular Chicken Shop Dates series

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Courts

Justice minister claims courts are 'operating effectively' despite solicitors' strike

4 hrs ago

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new rent rules

New renters coughed up about €326 more per month than sitting tenants this spring

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Must ReadHigh Court

Denis O'Brien has launched a new legal case against Meta's headquarters in Dublin

The businessman is already suing the social media platform over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram.

Stephen McDermott

4 hrs ago

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VOICES

Voices at The Journal

Fail to prepare

Europe on fire – 10 things we must do in the face of hotter, drier weather

Pádraic Fogarty

Raising them right

Down with school uniforms; let the kids dress like kids

Niamh O'Reilly

The great return to school

The summer is over, here are some tips to help you get the routine right

Dr Catherine Conlon

Sulky racing

The real trauma suffered by these horses

Suzi Walsh

My ADHD diagnosis

Ten ADHD traits that took me by surprise after diagnosis

Ranae von Meding

second season

CMAT and Jeff Goldblum are both locked in to launch return of Saturday Night Live UK

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gubinea

Man in his 80s killed in two-car crash in Co Leitrim

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Cost of Living

Bus and train fares for adults to increase by average of 15% from January, NTA confirms

The move has been criticised by opposition parties.

Updated 5 hrs ago

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any good recs?

Poll: What did you make of the first week of The Traitors Ireland?

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top 5 picks

Our top 5 watches this weekend

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Letterkenny

Dumper caught after investigators find social welfare letter in rubbish

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From The 42wishes

Katie Taylor makes a dream come true for a Dublin girl ahead of her Croke Park bout

Clodagh Keating, a 10-year-old from Dublin, became her hero’s penultimate dance partner on Wednesday.

The 42

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RIP

Iconic feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies aged 92

A statement said Steinem had died at her home in New York City.

6 hrs ago

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Constant buzz

What *is* that sound? Probes launched into noise complaints around new Dublin data centre

Updated 7 hrs ago

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You Raise Me Up

Westlife to perform at Katie Taylor’s farewell fight in Croke Park

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investigates

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

Licence Applications

Who's behind the seaweed harvesting applications covering over 14,000 hectares of Ireland's coastline?

Seaweed Harvesting

Maritime regulator investigating multiple claims of illegal seaweed harvesting in protected areas

New Drugs

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

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

too hot

Summer 2026 was officially the hottest in modern Irish history

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Road closures

Traffic blocks (and lots of gardaí) are in situ for another EU presidency meeting in Dublin Castle

7 hrs ago

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The Daily Poll

Will you watch the Katie Taylor fight this weekend?

7 hrs ago

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Analysisthe housing essay

Should educational institutions be responsible for helping students find housing?

As student housing crisis once again rears its head, the cycle can only be broken with a new approach.

Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor

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Incoming

Catherine Connolly to meet with Donald Trump during his visit to Ireland next week

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Massachusetts

What happens now that the judge in Lindsay Clancy's trial has issued a 'dynamite charge'?

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Trump’s meeting the president, income tax ‘out of kilter’ and loose skunks captured…

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reykjavik

Irish woman one of three young people killed in single-vehicle collision in Iceland

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East Twin Road

Firefighters battle huge blaze at scrapyard in Belfast

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Must ReadBudget 2027

'Out of kilter': Harris says Irish workers hit with higher tax rate sooner than other countries

Budget day is just over four weeks away and crunch talks are getting underway.

Christina Finn

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US Shooting

Two dead and several more injured, including three police officers, in Minneapolis shooting

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From The 42Sports listings

Katie Taylor's Croke Park farewell, US Open tennis, and Troy Parrott v Real Madrid

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Yorgen Fenech

Outrage after Maltese tycoon acquitted of ordering killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

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Extreme Weather

'Supersized' El Niño could land 'massive blow to communities' in coming months

A strong El Niño event can significantly impact rainfall and temperature patterns – and this one is set to last until February.

Lauren Boland

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ColumnWild Horses

Stars and Swipes: America loves its wild mustangs - so why are they ending up in a ‘kill chain’?

Marion McKeone

Updated 11 hrs ago

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