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The Morning Lead
Here are the vacant and derelict buildings around Ireland that councils asked to CPO last month
Last month, two councils tried to CPO just three properties across the country.
The Journal has been keeping track of the vacant and derelict properties that councils have sought to acquire in previous months.
Stephen McDermott
6 hrs ago
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Yesterday
14th December 2025
born on christmas day
Quiz: How much do you know about these famous Christmas Day babies?
8 hrs ago
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Legal Reforms
Irish expert: UK-style cut to jury trials wouldn't solve backlog, and would need a referendum
9 hrs ago
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spending and saving
Money Diaries: A factory worker on €38K living in the west of the country
The Journal reader
10 hrs ago
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News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
10 hrs ago
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Australia
Death toll climbs to 16 in Bondi Beach terror attack that 'targeted Jewish community'
The shooting targeted Sydney’s Jewish community during the first night of the festival of Hanukkah, according to New South Wales Premier Chris Minns.
Updated 10 hrs ago
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run it again
Athenry recover to force Finbarr's to All-Ireland final replay
The 42
10 hrs ago
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Security
Gardaí to increase patrols at Jewish centres and events following Bondi Beach terror attack
Updated 10 hrs ago
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Sprucing Up
Ireland’s nature heroes: Garden size doesn’t matter - you can do a lot with a little
Jack Morley
11 hrs ago
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Shannon Airport
New York bound flight returns to Germany after diverting to Shannon
11 hrs ago
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Athletics
Historic silver medal for Ireland at European Cross Country Championships
The 42
Updated 13 hrs ago
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dingle bay
Fourteen crew members rescued at Dingle Bay after fishing boat runs aground
Updated 14 hrs ago
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Co Offaly
Funeral for Mary Holt killed in Edenderry attack hears she was a woman 'shaped by care'
16 hrs ago
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Clonmel
Appeal for witnesses after man (30s) dies in two-car crash in Tipperary
21 hrs ago
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: Rosie O'Donnell's life in Dublin after fleeing Trump's America
21 hrs ago
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Two killed in US mass shooting, multiple deaths on the roads, and weather warnings in place – This morning’s top stories.
21 hrs ago
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Gaeltacht Housing Crisis
The number of Gaeltacht families raising children through Irish is slowly falling
22 hrs ago
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Ag titim go mall
Líon na dteaghlach Gaeltachta ag tógáil a bpáistí le Gaeilge 'seasmhach' ach ag laghdú
22 hrs ago
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Weather
Flooding expected in some areas as weather warnings come into effect
22 hrs ago
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Analysis
Ireland's true housing disaster emerges - renting into old age
The pension system works on the assumption that people have little ongoing housing costs by the time they retire. If that no longer holds true, it’s a major worry.
Paul O'Donoghue
23 hrs ago
27.2k
cooperation
Opinion: The world needs the United Nations now more than ever
Neale Richmond
23 hrs ago
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Dancing With the Stars
Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin joins Dancing with the Stars cast
14 Dec
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The Morning Lead
Ivana Bacik on her 'tetchy Taoiseach' jibe and Simon Harris's 'destabilising' Finance gig
Labour is open to doing business with the Greens and the SocDems, but when it comes to Sinn Féin, there are difficulties.
The Labour leader believes the Tánaiste has too many hats on in taking on the finance ministry
Bacik says she is concerned about the position on migration taken by their sister party in the UK.
Christina Finn
14 Dec
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Last week
7th December 2025 - 13th December 2025
Roads
Two men die in four-vehicle crash in Tipperary
13 Dec
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Quiz
Quiz: What have Ireland's biggest screen stars been up to in 2025?
13 Dec
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Road Death
Man dies after being struck by lorry in Co Monaghan
13 Dec
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News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
13 Dec
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Navan
Search for missing boy stood down after body discovered
13 Dec
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Starry Night
Irish stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley take to the red carpet in Dublin
13 Dec
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LGFA
Superb Kilkerrin-Clonberne win fifth All-Ireland club title in-a-row
The 42
13 Dec
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social media ban
Opinion: Banning under-16s from social media is a half-measure. We should ban toxic algorithms
Killian Mangan
13 Dec
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Diarmuid Manning
Man who died after wall collapsed on him at Cork farm named
13 Dec
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criminal damage
Man refused bail after several cars set alight on Dublin’s South Circular Road
13 Dec
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Fly the Nest
Michael O'Leary says he's planning to step down as Ryanair boss by 2035
13 Dec
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Minute-by-Minute
Munster earn bonus-point win over Gloucester in Champions Cup
After last week’s defeat to Bath, Munster came to Páirc Uí Chaoimh in search of redemption.
13 Dec
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Demonstrations
Traffic disruption in west Dublin as two protests take place
Updated 13 Dec
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The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you eat cereal for breakfast?
13 Dec
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Georgia
Cork teenager to represent Ireland in the Junior Eurovision today
13 Dec
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Court
Man guilty of one charge of sexually assaulting teenage girl as jury fails to agree on five more
13 Dec
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Weather
Status Orange rain warning issued for Cork and Kerry
13 Dec
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