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BreakingIrish sea

Pilot reports seeing large drone off Irish coast during approach to Dublin Airport

It is not known at this stage who was operating the drone or whether the incident was malicious.

Child Protection

Tusla is still 'routinely' placing children in hotel rooms with agency staff on emergency basis

Occupation

France and Canada to join UK in banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine

Must ReadDublin

Council accused of 'censorship' for rejecting designs for Trump protest posters

From The 42Integration

Mary McAleese resigns from GAA's integration committee over its refusal to stick to 2027 date

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get your act together

Transport minister criticises RSA for not saying more after fatal M9 collision

Minister Darragh O’Brien says the RSA needs to ‘get its act together’ when it comes to driving test wait times.

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8th September 2026

BreakingIrish sea

Pilot reports seeing large drone off Irish coast during approach to Dublin Airport

It is not known at this stage who was operating the drone or whether the incident was malicious.

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Tax defaulters

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Must ReadEpisode Review

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Sponsored

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SPOTLIGHT

Katie Taylor at Croke Park The Irish boxing icon said final farewell to her fans in Croke Park

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'La Madrina' Taylor remained in charge until her momentous Croke Park mic drop

hometown girl

As Katie Taylor bowed out of her boxing career, the Bray crowd cheered on their hometown hero

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

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Crazy golf in Palmerstown, a Quinnsworth ad, fighting at Croke Park: When Ali came to Ireland

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

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Final wind-down of State’s 'bad bank' included exit payments averaging €147,000 per employee

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Analysisff think-in

Fianna Fáil faithfuls gather in Tullamore as party leadership is, for once, not a talking point

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Power Struggle

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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

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Flight Cancellations

Over 40 flights cancelled at Dublin Airport due to air traffic control issues in the UK

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From The 42Integration

Mary McAleese resigns from GAA's integration committee over its refusal to stick to 2027 date

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energy costs

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Inquest

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Child Protection

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Must ReadDublin

Council accused of 'censorship' for rejecting designs for Trump protest posters

Designs featuring an image of the US president were not permitted ahead of the protest, while a third featuring an anti-war slogan was approved.

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Occupation

France and Canada to join UK in banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine

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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

Television

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Public Safety

Boy (5) finds syringe containing blood and heroin near Cork playground

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income inequality

Taoiseach takes pot shot at ESRI report which revealed rising child poverty

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Don't look back in anger

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What's the best bookshop in Ireland? It’s time to have your say

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Nassau Street

Victoria's Secret granted planning permission to open new Dublin store

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West Bank

UK accuses Israeli government of turning blind eye to 'ethnic cleansing' and announces sanctions

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Delays

Luas and bus services in Dublin city centre resume after fire on Grafton Street

Dublin Fire Brigade said the fire had been extinguished.

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The Daily Poll

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Road Crash

Major delays after lorry and tractor crash on Boyne Valley Bridge

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Top marks

Irish teenagers top of the class in EU for reading and third for science, major study says

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art heist

Paintings worth €9m stolen from Renoir Museum on French Riviera in latest art heist

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SeriesThe FOI Files

The FOI Files: The year-long battle for records on Ireland’s promised Wildlife Crime Unit

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage claimed disclosure could harm wildlife crime investigations and future prosecutions, but the Information Commissioner disagreed.

Patricia Devlin

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