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Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea as club look to ‘get season back on track’
Road deaths rise to highest level in over a decade as 190 people killed in 2025
Meet some of the first babies of the year born in Irish hospitals today
Shelbourne sign defender James Norris on permanent deal from Liverpool
Auto-enrolment pensions start collecting from payslips this month, but how will it work?
A new portal for the MyFutureFund scheme also goes live today.
Tá pobal nua ag teacht ar an sean nós mar gheall ar ranganna damhsa The Cobblestone
'The Brits are at it again': Kneecap says appeal against dismissal of terror charge begins this month
Have you made a New Year’s resolution?
Opinion: New Year's resolutions can be a bit of a faff, but I'm giving them another go this year
Gwen Loughman
'Tá níos mó béime ar earraí Éireannacha tar éis Covid': Standún i mbun gnó le 80 bliain
‘Commuters can’t take any more’: Calls for Transport Minister to scrap today’s toll price hikes
'There's more emphasis on Irish goods after Covid': Standún celebrates 80 years in business
Social welfare increases and everything else to know about the Budget changes kicking in today
Budget 2026 saw overall government spending increase by €9.4 billion.
Yesterday
31st December 2025
Quiz: How much do you know about chat shows and their hosts?
New Year celebrations begin as Australia and Asia welcome 2026 with fireworks displays
A minute of silence was held at 11pm in Sydney to remember the victims of the Bondi Beach attack.
Gardaí launch hate crime investigation after antisemitic graffiti painted on Louth roads
Louth County Council strongly condemned the graffiti and said arrangements are being made to remove it “as quickly as possible”.
Saipan could be the film that brings lads back to the cinema in 2026
Almost 25 years later, the Saipan story still gets people talking, and is apparently filling screenings at Irish cinemas.
Poll: Should time restrictions be put on bin collections to help reduce traffic congestion?
Inside Meat Loaf's whirlwind pre-comeback tour of Irish ballrooms and nightclubs
David Heap, who played Donal in Fair City, has died aged 76
Our best explanations of 2025
‘We’re going to have an Irish Trump,’ claims former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon
Woman who beat pensioner and stole his jeep in Limerick is jailed for four years
Passengers ate a fry-up every 50 seconds in Dublin Airport this year
Minister pledges 'year of renewed focus' on road safety after 190 fatalities on Irish roads in 2025
Five people, including three teens, hospitalised after overnight arson attack in Finglas
Gardaí attended the scene at Creston Avenue in the early hours of this morning
Legal limbo: 'If I walked out there today and got hit by a car, he would be orphaned'
Cannabis, cocaine, vapes and cash totalling €740,000 seized in separate garda raids
Temperatures plummeted to -7 degrees in Northern Ireland last night as snow ice warning issued
Ireland dealt major Josh Cullen injury blow ahead of World Cup playoffs
How will you ring in the New Year?
Surrealing in the Year 2025: Let's hope 2026 is absolutely nothing like that, then
Carl Kinsella
Who's on the Hootenanny and the Late Late special? Your guide to TV this NYE
We need leadership from local councils. Rezoning is an obligation, it's not optional
John Cummins
'Don't manage the disease alone': Irish people with obesity wait years before seeking health help
An Post reveals some householders are setting dogs on postal workers
The deliberate attacks make up some of 400-plus dog incidents or injuries sustained by postal staff since 2023, The Journal can reveal.
Tuesday
30th December 2025
Manchester United booed off as Wolves claim just their third point of the season