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Yesterday
1st July 2025
Twelve years after it was first rejected, the Slane bypass has been given planning permission
Companies and organisations bought up nearly 13,000 houses and apartments last year
Progress on removing lead from drinking water pipes 'far too slow', watchdog warns
Last week
22nd June 2025 - 28th June 2025
From less than a dozen marchers to tens of thousands: A history of Dublin Pride
The celebration of Pride in Ireland today has its roots in the boots-on-the-ground activism of the 1970s and 1980s.
With fear and courage, Hungarians are refusing to let their government beat them down
Hungary’s government is trying to chip away at LGBTQ+ rights and democracy. Its people are pushing back.
Irish politicians to attend Budapest Pride as Hungary threatens participants with fines
Varadkar on Kneecap row: Terrorism is bombs and guns, not music
Hungary is setting ‘political trap’ for EU with Pride ban, says Leo Varadkar
Budapest mayor threatened with imprisonment as he defies police to host Pride parade
Hungarian authorities have tried to ban this weekend’s Pride parade in Budapest, but the city’s mayor is fighting for it go ahead.
Ban on Irish imports from Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestine is approved by Cabinet
Delayed classrooms at Dublin school could be ready in November if no planning appeal lodged
Last month
June 2025
Varadkar to speak at Budapest LGBTQ+ event ahead of city's 'banned' Pride march
Man killed after explosion and fire at house in Co Roscommon named locally as Des Deegan (72)
It happened near Frenchpark village, which is around 30km north of Roscommon town.
Central Bank lowers forecast for how many houses are likely to be built next year
Last government could have done better at helping Midlands adjust to peat-cutting ban - expert group
'It haunts a lot of people': Hope and sadness on streets of Tuam as excavation work begins
The process of excavating children’s unmarked burials at the site of a former mother and baby home started in Tuam on Monday.
Roads around unmarked burial site at the Tuam home sealed off as pre-excavation work begins
Many babies and young children were buried without a proper funeral or marked grave at the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home.
TD Paul Murphy and other Irish activists detained while trying to cross Egypt for March to Gaza
Several dozen Irish activists are among the thousands who travelled to Egypt for the march but face major hurdles trying to reach the border.
Autism classes face delays at Dublin school in dispute over parish hall
Tánaiste says gardaí should investigate treatment of nursing home residents in RTÉ documentary
Leisure centre in Larne set alight by rioters as violence extends beyond Ballymena
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
Poll: When was the last time you read a book?
No plans for new public toilets to be open at night-time, says Dublin City Council manager
Oceans get their day in the sun at UN summit in French Riviera
Landowners with empty residential-zoned sites pay €28m in taxes days before Revenue deadline
More than 70 properties owned by the OPW are lying vacant around the country
'Ingratitude'; 'Very disappointed': Trump and Musk exchange insults in public falling-out
Hungary's infamous ban on LGBTQ+ content deemed to be violation of EU law
Ireland just had its warmest spring in at least 126 years
HSE to refer unpublished Children's Health Ireland report to gardaí and Medical Council
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
Over 50 new EV charging stations are opening along national roads - here's where to find them
Open thread: Tell us your best, worst, and funniest Leaving Cert memories
'One of the worst things I've ever been through' - Domestic abuse survivors on Ireland's courts
Storm warning: Extreme wind is now 'priority' climate risk for Ireland