International

This month

February 2026

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

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

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

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Russia

Russian general shot 'several times' in Moscow apartment block

Updated 6 Feb

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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

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

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Kaduna state

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

5 Feb

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news wrap

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

5 Feb

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penisgate

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

5 Feb

17.4k

High Stakes

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

5 Feb

30.8k

Under Pressure

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

Rónán Duffy

5 Feb

22.4k

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'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

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

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

5 Feb

5.4k

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.

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4 Feb

33.8k

the Washington Post

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

4 Feb

16.2k

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

4 Feb

18.5k

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

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

Australia

Irish grandmother of boy (13) who saved his mother and siblings' lives in Australia 'very proud'

4 Feb

22.2k

RIP

Snooker legend and broadcaster John Virgo dies aged 79

The 42

4 Feb

13.8k

Censorship

'Pure nonsense': EU dismisses US claims of 'censorship' during Irish elections

4 Feb

14.6k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Public opinion on fox hunting, new rules for e-bikes and e-scooters users and Peter Mandelson to quit the House of Lords…

Updated 4 Feb

3.2k

justice delayed

Court cases in Ireland are slower to be heard than anywhere else in Europe

4 Feb

5.2k

william stevenson

Jill Biden's ex-husband charged with murdering his wife in Delaware

4 Feb

21.9k

chios

15 people die in Aegean Sea after Greek coastguard and refugee boat collide

4 Feb

4.9k

Epstein files

Peter Mandelson 'lied repeatedly' and ‘betrayed our country’, Starmer tells MPs

4 Feb

6.6k

Washington

Trump urges public to 'get on to something else' amid political fallout from Epstein files

4 Feb

15.9k

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Investigation

Musk calls Paris prosecutors raid of X office in France a 'political attack'

Updated 3 Feb

18.9k