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International

This month

February 2026

Poll

Poll: Which Winter Olympic sport would you most like to try?

7 Feb

8.8k

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GUS LAMONT

Australian police identify suspect in disappearance of boy (4) in outback almost five months ago

7 Feb

15.5k

Time For Peace

US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelenskyy

7 Feb

4.4k

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Rossie to Aussie: Roscommon nurse arrives in Sydney after two-year cycling challenge for charity

7 Feb

12.7k

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FactCheck

The EU-India trade deal has far-right extremists convinced that 'white genocide' is imminent

7 Feb

9.2k

storm marta

Spain and Portugal brace for another 'worrying' storm after flood deaths

7 Feb

15.9k

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Epstein files

Calls for UCD to revoke award given to Noam Chomsky over Epstein links

7 Feb

21.1k

White House

Trump says he 'didn't see' racist clip depicting Obamas as apes posted on his account

Updated 7 Feb

39.3k

Sponsored

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Oops

Crypto firm accidentally sends €33.8 billion in bitcoin to users

7 Feb

37.5k

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Epstein files

'Let's stop the games': Clintons call for their Epstein testimony to be public

7 Feb

11.4k

The Morning Lead

'Derisory' payments for expert witnesses are causing significant problems at trials

The inability to acquire the services of a psychiatrist for trial reports is cropping up with “alarming frequency” in criminal trials in Ireland.

7 Feb

8.0k

19

Ready to go

In pics: Winter Olympics open with glittering ceremony in Italy

The extravaganza reflected the most geographically widespread Games in history.

6 Feb

10.6k

34

Charged

West Wing actor Timothy Busfield charged over sexual contact with a child

6 Feb

20.7k

Social Media

EU tells TikTok it needs to change 'addictive' design or risk heavy fines

6 Feb

3.9k

28

Russia

Russian general shot 'several times' in Moscow apartment block

Updated 6 Feb

18.3k

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Gulf talks

US-Iran nuclear talks begin in Oman amid high tensions after Trump's military threat

Updated 6 Feb

4.4k

epsein files

Leadership questions intensify around Keir Starmer amid anger over Peter Mandelson scandal

6 Feb

4.2k

22

Press Freedom

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be sentenced on Monday after national security trial

6 Feb

4.7k

Novo Nordisk

Wegovy maker to try and block cheaper weight loss pill launched in the US

5 Feb

12.6k

Kaduna state

Last 89 Christians held captive after kidnapping in northern Nigeria last month released

5 Feb

3.9k

news wrap

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

5 Feb

5.3k

penisgate

Sports doping body on the lookout for 'penis injections' at Winter Olympics

5 Feb

17.4k

30

Sponsored

Poll: Which of these scenic Irish drives sounds best to you?

High Stakes

'I don’t do ultimatums unless they come from my wife,' Bord Bia chair tells TDs

5 Feb

30.8k

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Under Pressure

Is this the moment Irishman Morgan McSweeney must (finally) fall on his sword for Keir Starmer?

Rónán Duffy

5 Feb

22.4k

34

savannah guthrie

'We need to know she's alive': US news anchor pleads for return of her abducted mother

5 Feb

16.5k

Epstein files

Bertie Ahern says 'it's not clear' what George Mitchell is being accused of over Epstein files

5 Feb

15.8k

GUS LAMONT

Disappearance of four-year-old in Australian outback declared major crime

5 Feb

31.0k

10

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Weather warnings, Jeffrey Epstein’s potential AIB deal and growth in data usage in Ireland…

Updated 5 Feb

3.9k

Under Pressure

Keir Starmer's leadership in peril as Labour MPs revolt over Peter Mandelson scandal

5 Feb

8.1k

25

INTERNET LOVERS

'Unprecedented surge' in data usage in Ireland since 2019, report finds

5 Feb

5.4k

18

Epstein files

Jeffrey Epstein discussed potential €3 billion AIB deal at height of Irish financial crisis

AIB was in dire straits in 2011 when Epstein was involved in conversations about a deal with the ailing Irish bank.

Sophie Finn

4 Feb

33.8k

42

the Washington Post

Jeff Bezos's Washington Post announces 'painful' job cuts, including entire Middle East roster

4 Feb

16.2k

30

angel in disguise

Angel resembling Giorgia Meloni painted over at Rome basilica after outcry from church and state

4 Feb

18.5k

2

Ryan Routh

Man convicted of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course jailed for life

4 Feb

12.2k

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FactCheck

Debunked: Micheál Martin, Alan Shatter and Bono targeted with false Epstein allegations

4 Feb

15.1k

Marius Borg Hoiby

Son of Norway's crown princess breaks down in tears in court as he denies rape

Updated 4 Feb

26.8k

London

Limerick-born bus driver sacked for chasing a thief kept legal battle secret from his family

4 Feb

15.4k

32

Epstein files

Legal letters claim ex-prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein asked exotic dancer for a threesome

4 Feb

13.9k

Gaza

Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill 24 people, including three children

4 Feb

1.8k

Libya

Son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi shot dead

4 Feb

14.4k

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