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Sunday
19th July 2026
'I thought it was crap': World Cup final half-time takes 27 minutes as Madonna, Shakira and Coldplay perform
How much do you know about world cups?
Bray-Greystones cliff walk barriers have injured more people than the landslides have, TD says
Local Sinn Féin TD John Brady said that people have received “serious injuries” while climbing the barricades, including one man who he said was impaled.
Money Diaries: A healthcare worker on €83K living in Dublin and expecting her first child
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Man (20s) arrested after three people hospitalised in incident in Skerries, Co Dublin
Ferry capsizes off Guyana leaving 66 people missing
Man shot in chest in Limerick city
Why the EU wants to limit food supplement doses - and why health food stores are not happy
Teenage girl dies after car crash in Co Wexford
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Snap reaction pod: Awesome Limerick far too strong for Galway
Declan Bogue and Fintan O’Toole give their immediate analysis of the All-Ireland hurling final from Croke Park.
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What would it cost to re-do an old, small, extension?
Quantity surveyor Shay Lally from Houses to Restore answers your big (and small) questions.
Man (30s) who attended Cork festival dies after medical emergency
Madonna, Shakira and Justin Bieber to headline half-time show at World Cup final
Gambling regulator threatens prediction market with High Court action
Galway v Limerick, All-Ireland senior hurling championship final
Police cars damaged as up to 100 young people throw masonry at officers and set bins alight
Amazon pulls sale of e-scooter as retailers urged to remove those non-compliant with Irish law
Second man (20s) charged in connection with murder of Anthony Long in Mulhuddart
Bad Bunny concert in Milan cancelled after a severe hailstorm causes evacuation of venue
Do you want Spain or Argentina to win the World Cup tonight?
Calling 353: How would we translate Count Binface into Irish?
The obvious solution is not to translate at all but in a language where the tradition is to give ‘royalty’ the Gaeilge treatment…
Sitdown Sunday: The man who paid for one night in a New York hotel - and stayed for five years
Ireland narrowly missed out on record-matching heatwave this weekend, with rain set to return
Keep politics out of football? Try telling that to the internet's army of World Cup shitposters
What you need to know about Heartstopper Forever
Will the EU's new ban on companies destroying unsold clothes really stop bad behaviour?
Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami amid new sexual offence charges
From Maura Higgins and Greg O'Shea to Fitzy: How have the Irish done on Love Island UK?
Agricultural panic or opportunity? The impact of Ukraine and its 'breadbasket' joining the EU
A generational smoking ban looks to be on the cards for Ireland - but will it work?
'There were hundreds of victims, and I am one of them'
Paddy Comyn speaks for the first time about his experience of Michael Shine in Louth in 1993.
He recalls how appendicitis brought him into contact with a man who would leave wounds no surgeon could ever repair.
He explains why he still has the plastic wristband from his hospital stay.
Shops in Dublin city dead zone caused by EU presidency 'should get compensation'
“It’s absolutely ham-fisted, and it has been ham-fisted from the very beginning,” Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes said.
Last week
12th July 2026 - 18th July 2026
The Chase Around the World Quiz with Darragh 'The Menace' Ennis
Rory McIlroy launches scathing attack on 'performative' DeChambeau antics
‘The craic we have is higher’: The Chase's Darragh ‘The Menace’ Ennis on quizzing in Ireland
Kerry dethrone champions Dublin and book All-Ireland final date with Galway
Summer report card: The political winners and losers of 2026 (so far)
The Dáil has risen for the summer and politicians are off on their holidays, but how have they got on so far this year?
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday