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28th September 2025 - 4th October 2025

The Morning Lead

Scam agencies are tricking migrant nurses and Government departments in visa fraud schemes

Migrant nurses are being left jobless and distraught in Ireland when they realise that the job they travelled here to do never existed.

Eimer McAuley

30 Sep

8.3k

As it happened

Three Áras hopefuls talk defence, Gaza and immigration in first TV debate

Here’s how it played out.

30 Sep

58.9k

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Áras hopefuls

Player Ratings: How did the presidential candidates perform in the first TV debate?

29 Sep

26.0k

Sponsored

Check out all of the Samhain celebrations taking place across the country this month

DiscoverIreland.ie

Oct 9

Kilkenny

Blending harvest celebration with centuries-old local legends, Halloween in Kilkenny means food festivals, light shows, and storytelling.

Galway City

Galway City reclaims Samhain’s ancient Celtic origins with Gaillimh Ah-Boo, a vibrant, city-wide celebration of food, folklore, and feasting.

Meath & Louth

Explore the origins of Halloween through a five-week celebration rooted in the ancient stories of the Boyne Valley.

Longford & Westmeath

“Samhain: Fire, Folklore & Feasting” is a month-long celebration of ancient Celtic highways, where all routes lead to sacred and mythical locations.

Kerry

Samhain Chiarraí: A Kerry Halloween is a four-week celebration inspired by the Cailleach Chiarraí – the wise and wild winter goddess of local legend.

Fingal

The Festival of Fire & Light brings Halloween to life in North County Dublin with five weeks of immersive events rooted in local culture and heritage.

Limerick

Limerick’s Home of Halloween Festival 2025 will transform streets, towns, and villages into a six-week celebration of folklore, creativity, and community

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Donegal

Creeslough investigation file forwarded to Director of Public Prosecutions

29 Sep

5.5k

Kildare County Council

Shay Given's plans for €4m padel centre in Kildare halted by council

29 Sep

33.8k

Finglas

Gardaí investigate possible murder-suicide as father and daughter found dead in Dublin

Updated 29 Sep

45.1k

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

29 Sep

4.4k

Tallanstown

Three family members killed in Louth home named locally

Parents Mark O’Connor, a disabilities sector manager, and Louise Doherty O’Connor, a qualified nurse, were killed alongside their son Evan (27).

29 Sep

110k

Sponsored

Quiz: How much do you know about protecting yourself from fraud?

harvey morrison sherratt

Government commits to inquiry into scoliosis and spina bifida care

Updated 29 Sep

14.0k

vicar street

Independent Ireland councillor in legal bid to stop Bob Vylan concert after TD wrote to venue

Updated 29 Sep

28.6k

Budget 2026

Opinion: Excluding jobseekers from core welfare increases will cut the safety net of 2.9 million workers

Dr Laura Bambrick

29 Sep

18.6k

Louth

Man in his 30s arrested after three adults found dead at a home in Louth this morning

Updated 29 Sep

124k

Courts

Two men accused of £1.1 billion fraud over Nama deal were 'motivated by greed', trial told

29 Sep

21.9k

Sponsored

The five best moments of The Traitors Ireland

Oyster seizure

Group of people illegally picked over 1,000 oysters in Co Kerry

29 Sep

34.1k

Wexford

Councils warned 'lessons to be learned' following accidental death of worker during Storm Eunice

29 Sep

9.6k

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

29 Sep

2.7k

good news

Bill Murray to travel around Ireland in new golfing series

29 Sep

16.9k

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

'I'm saving the state money': Minister defends €10,000 offer to families to drop asylum claims

Updated 29 Sep

34.9k

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Dublin city centre

Gardaí received no reports of alleged attack and robbery of NFL quarterback in Dublin city

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Skylar Thompson was allegedly attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Updated 29 Sep

39.4k

Spending

Ireland had more tourists this August, but they spent a lot less than last year

29 Sep

8.9k

sean gillane

Prosecutor behind some of Ireland's highest profile murder cases appointed High Court judge

29 Sep

20.4k

Courts

Cabin crew member who filmed men using the urinals in Dublin Airport spared jail

29 Sep

32.5k

Ryder Cup

Rory McIlroy criticises fan behaviour as video shows his wife Erica being hit by beer cup

Updated 29 Sep

42.6k

SUSI grant support

Students urged to check if they're eligible for grants as SUSI applications soar

29 Sep

16.8k

The Daily Poll

What happens to your old or unwanted clothes?

29 Sep

18.0k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Gardaí treating Finglas deaths as murder-suicide, Trump to host Netanyahu for Gaza talks, and Shane Lowry stops US Ryder Cup comeback

Updated 29 Sep

4.5k

cuan

Justice Minister says ‘we need to do better’ as new sexual violence awareness campaign launched

29 Sep

4.2k

The Morning Lead

It's showtime! The first of the presidential debates is tonight and it's all to play for

Updated 29 Sep

29.7k

hero status

Shane Lowry said he lives for the Ryder Cup - now his name lives forever within it

Breaking down the moment Shane Lowry defied Europe’s potential disaster to guarantee victory.

The 42

reports from Bethpage Black, New York

29 Sep

29.7k

voices

Opinion: Ireland must resist EU attempts to slash and burn environment standards for businesses

Cillian Quinn

29 Sep

3.5k

unity question

Taoiseach: 'There won't be a border poll before 2030'

The Good Friday Agreement “has to fulfill its potential”, said Martin.

Christina Finn

29 Sep

12.4k

Ryder Cup

Europe win the Ryder Cup as Shane Lowry halts sensational US comeback

The 42

28 Sep

31.4k

Rihanna

Quiz: How much do you know about Rihanna?

28 Sep

16.3k

fast fashion

Majority of Irish young people buy clothes several times a month

Irish people like cheap clothes, and we mostly buy new, not second-hand.

28 Sep

12.3k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A retail supervisor on €30K who recently graduated and wants to continue studying

TheJournal.ie reader

28 Sep

22.3k

Sponsored

Did you know Ireland is the Home of Halloween? Here's the history made easy

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

28 Sep

5.4k

Cork

Man who spent 40 years tending to graves of Air India disaster victims honoured in Cork

28 Sep

21.1k

your stories

If you can't vote in next month's presidential election, we want to hear from you

28 Sep

20.3k

shared island

Opinion: We need more cross-border stories on our screens (and the funding to create them)

Gavin Halpin

28 Sep

2.6k

NFL

Steelers rise to unique occasion as Vikings leave it too late to avoid another Dublin defeat

Pittsburgh took the spoils from the first ever NFL regular-season game in Ireland, running out 24-21 winners at Croke Park.

The 42

Reports from Croke Park

28 Sep

11.9k