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Last week
11th October 2026 - 17th October 2026
High Court
Enoch Burke ordered to prison for sixth time for 'provocative' trespasses at Westmeath school
The High Court also ordered that a car driving Burke to school every day should be sequestered.
Up In The Air
Top EU court leaves future of Dublin Airport passenger cap in Irish government's hands
The Candidate
The politest strike that has nobody losing face...yet
The public sector strike that saw 300,000 workers on the picket lines is the dominant political story of the week, but as yet nobody is getting pilloried over it. The unions say the government could have avoided the whole mess four months ago, but the government keeps saying it’s ready to do a deal once everyone talks.
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victim impact
'My childhood was stolen': Jeffrey Donaldson's victims say nothing can undo the damage he's done
Witness appeal
Two masked males robbed a business in Balbriggan and threatened staff with an apparent firearm
BreakingJailed
Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson sentenced to 15 years for multiple child sex offences
The 63-year-old was convicted in June of 18 offences, including rape, against two women when they were children.
Analysisthe housing essay
Is the new Derelict Property Tax designed to fail?
In part one of a deep dive into the Budget 2027 measure, our resident Derelict Ireland experts look at how we got here.
The Tonight Show
Joanne McNally is heading to Jimmy Fallon - and she's not having the criticism over McGregor
right to be forgotten
Cancer survivors now have 'right to be forgotten' when seeking mortgage protection insurance
Public Accounts Committee
Uisce Éireann spend average of €4k on media training before every Oireachtas committee appearance
Must ReadThe Morning Lead
Stress, anxiety and life being put on hold: Readers on the incoming citizenship reforms
In September, the government announced the biggest shake up to citizenship rules in decades.
Seriesrockin the suburbs
'Pay me nothing and I'd still do this': High-flying wrestling on a Sunday in a Finglas GAA club
Over The Top Wrestling brought two hours of high-octane fun to Erin’s Isle GAA Club last Sunday.
Must ReadInside the Occupied West Bank
‘People like you are why I carry a gun’: Life under threat of settler violence in Masafer Yatta
Palestinian villagers in the South Hebron Hills say violence has worsened since their community was put under a global spotlight through the documentary ‘No Other Land’.
From The 42Champions League
Liverpool beat LASK as new €145m signing Bradley Barcola nets a hat-trick
public pay dispute
Chambers 'absolutely' happy for pay to be dealt with first in talks with public sector unions
because of twit twoo
Since you've been wronged: Kelly Clarkson, a viral New York store and a very expensive bird
ColumnSouthWestEnders innit
The royal family have become Britain's biggest soap opera
Britain’s Queen Liz was the ultimate royal superstar. Now the Windsors are mired in scandal, the family is more soap opera than monarchy.
As it happenedStrike Day
Minister 'hopeful' for new talks with unions after thousands of public sector workers strike
Public sector workers took to the streets across the country to call for a new pay deal.
weight loss jabs
State funding decision on weight loss jabs could be months away as HSE weighs multibillion-euro cost
Courts
Woman tells gardaí she was 'kidnapped, tied up, struck with bars and burned' in Tallaght last week
The 42FM
‘There will be a united Ireland before there is a united Ireland football team’
Paul Howard joins Sinéad O’Carroll and Niall Kelly to talk about how sport would work in a united Ireland. This is a subject Paul has spent a lot of time thinking about during the research and writing for his new novel, A Nation Once Again.
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