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3rd May 2026 - 9th May 2026

How to choose a car

Car love: I have that strange affliction of seeing cars as having personalities and souls

Paddy Comyn

9 May

2.9k

THE RUNNING MEN

‘Mum would be proud’: Brothers racing through 32 marathons raise over €1m for inherited dementia

Jordan and Cian Adams recently surpassed €1 million in donations, with 20 marathons to go.

9 May

11.4k

Sari Khoury

One Palestinian winemaker refuses to give up amid illegal settler expansion in the West Bank

Reporter Hannah McCarthy meets Sari Khoury, a winemaker fighting to preserve Palestinian identity in an increasingly dangerous occupied West Bank.

Hannah McCarthy

9 May

6.6k

The Morning Lead

'It's like they’re barely in these days': Why are some primary schools on a May midterm break?

Some parents have found the May mid-term break inconvenient, as they juggle work and childcare.

Mairead Maguire

9 May

30.6k

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Seanfhocal Eile

Language Commissioner to probe incorrect version of Irish proverb on Kerry hospital bike shed

Updated 8 May

39.2k

High Court

Woman alleges gardaí targeted her relationship through ‘ruse’ apartment search

8 May

21.9k

Courts

Woman who swallowed €80k worth of cocaine sought help from Dublin hotel fearing pellet could burst

8 May

22.8k

FactCheck

'Covid 2.0': Pandemic-era conspiracies return after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship

Did the Covid vaccine cause hantavirus? No. But that hasn’t stopped people saying so.

Shane Raymond

8 May

12.2k

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Palestine

EU, UK and Canada condemn 'violent' Israeli settlers after Irish Aid-backed West Bank school destroyed

Andrew Walsh

8 May

7.4k

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Friday

8 May

2.5k

join the club

This country is expected to hold a referendum on joining the EU

8 May

33.5k

Dublin

Woman fears ex-partner’s ‘next victim may not survive’, court hears

8 May

15.6k

Carrick-on-Suir

Mother and baby found dead following suspected medical tragedy at house in Co Tipperary

Updated 8 May

82.1k

Seanfhocal is seanscéal

Coimisinéir Teanga ag fiosrú bothán rothair ospidéal Chiarraí faoi seanfhocal Gaeilge mícheart

8 May

1.7k

blame it on the boogie

Kneecap denied UK number one album as Michael Jackson greatest hits compilation takes top spot

Updated 8 May

14.2k

Pope Leo

Pope praises Naples for its care of refugees in address to mark his first year in office

Diarmuid Pepper

Reporting from Naples

Updated 8 May

6.8k

Newshound Quiz

The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz

8 May

10.5k

Evening Wrap

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

8 May

1.4k

Cocaine

New report reveals majority of drug intimidation cases linked with cocaine

8 May

3.4k

Courts

Judge criticises insufficient mental health services as he jails man who attacked four women

8 May

7.1k

UK-Ireland relations

‘Don’t jump to conclusions’: Reform’s rise and what it could mean for Ireland

The ascendancy of Reform has been described as ‘ominous’ by some in government, but today there’s been a cautious reaction.

Christina Finn

8 May

18.0k

22m

Courts

Man who ran over bride-to-be was already banned from driving

8 May

24.3k

Northern Ireland

Man (47) appears in court over attempted car bomb attack on Lurgan police station

8 May

2.2k

An Bhreatain

Irish-speaking teacher from Meath faces long wait as UK election results pour in

Updated 8 May

23.9k

tell us

Good craic or taking it too far? We want to hear your stories of airport pints and drunken passengers

Updated 8 May

16.3k

Gaeilgeoir i Londain

Lá fada i ndán do Ghaeilgeoir óg- agus Keir Starmer - is vótaí á gcomhaireamh i Sasana

8 May

1.5k

The Daily Poll

Have you listened to Kneecap's new album?

8 May

12.2k

oil price shock

Aer Lingus owner confident of maintaining its fuel supply this summer

8 May

5.4k

Courts

Dublin man who returned to Howth pub in disguise and armed with hammer gets community service

8 May

25.1k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 US and Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz, Starmer’s Labour suffers early local election losses and Pope Leo marks one year in the job.

Updated 8 May

2.7k

Europa League

Aston Villa thrash Nottingham Forest to book spot in first European final for 44 years

The 42

Updated 8 May

6.0k

Nobody Needs This

Somebody tell the parents that the kids don't need to be constantly celebrating something

Emer McLysaght

Author and journalist

8 May

26.1k

voices

David Attenborough turns 100: He brought the natural world into focus for us, we owe him so much

Lynn Ruane

8 May

4.5k

One Year In

Pope Leo marks one year in the job with trip to Naples – and a continuing spat with Trump

Pope Leo this week told reporters that if Trump ‘wishes to criticise me for proclaiming the Gospel, let them do so truthfully’.

Diarmuid Pepper

Reporting from Naples

8 May

7.9k

The Morning Lead

Irish ferry companies closely monitoring Iran war for impact on fuel this summer

Ferry operators are insisting there will be more certainty if travelling by sea instead of air this summer – but it’s a mixed picture on prices.

Eoghan Dalton

8 May

7.1k

Courts

Wicklow man who sexually assaulted six-year-old girl given fully suspended sentence

7 May

33.8k

News Fix

Here's what happened today: Thursday

7 May

3.7k

20m

Translink

Belfast-Dublin rail service gets €700m cross-border investment and eight new trains

7 May

10.9k