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Vacuum billionaire James Dyson in stand-off with Waterford locals over access to graveyard

Dyson owns the historic 850-acre estate in west Waterford which he purchased for around €30 million two years ago.

flash floods

Death toll from Nepal floods climbs to over 900, with more than 4,700 people missing

Childcare

Changes to income thresholds for Childcare Scheme to see thousands more families receive subsidies

HSE

Video showing 'deeply upsetting' treatment of patient was not filmed at UHL, investigation finds

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Good Morning

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SPOTLIGHT

Dolly Parton There's been an outpouring of tributes from the worlds of music, film and politics following the death of the country icon

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Dolly Parton's iconic status was the one thing all of America could agree on

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ICONIC

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Gasps as Irish actor informs audience of Dolly Parton’s death before 9 To 5 musical

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flash floods

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Opinionreturn to school

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Housing Crisis

Housing overtakes substance abuse as most common reason people seek help from national charity

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Iran

Iran attacks US military targets in retaliation for first American strikes in a month

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Childcare

Changes to income thresholds for Childcare Scheme to see thousands more families receive subsidies

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Must ReadThe Morning Lead

Vacuum billionaire James Dyson in stand-off with Waterford locals over access to graveyard

Dyson owns the historic 850-acre estate in west Waterford which he purchased for around €30 million two years ago.

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Yesterday

30th August 2026

Quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about coffee?

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rules are rules

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Money diaries

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VOICES

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The great return to school

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From The 42signing off

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From The 42Class

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investigates

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

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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

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From The 42Athletics

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Arrests

Two men charged after drugs worth €2.3m seized, including 20kg cocaine and 5,000 ecstasy tablets

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flash floods

Nepal begins burials and appeals for support as flooding death toll reaches 797

Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai said Nepal needed “more than a thousand” freezer units to store bodies.

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it's a no

Iceland votes against reopening talks on joining the EU

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From The 42Take a Bow

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Murder Investigation

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