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Last week
1st February 2026 - 7th February 2026
Social Media
EU tells TikTok it needs to change 'addictive' design or risk heavy fines
6 Feb
3.8k
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RIP
'He walked to town for dinner every day': Tributes paid as man who died in Dublin bus crash is named
The man, who was in his 80s, has been named as Frank Daly from East Wall.
Eimer McAuley
Updated 6 Feb
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Dublin
'It was like it was put in a washing machine': Clontarf Baths battered by overnight flooding
6 Feb
27.1k
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public survey
Do you feel safe in your community? The government has asked for the public's views
Updated 6 Feb
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Food Safety Authority of Ireland
More batches of Aptamil and Cow & Gate formula recalled due to potential presence of toxin
6 Feb
8.3k
jack chambers
Minister says judicial reviews by residents have stalled progress on flood relief schemes
6 Feb
7.1k
32
Excavation
Further 22 sets of infant remains recovered from site of former Tuam mother and baby home
6 Feb
10.5k
47
The Daily Poll
Did you watch the Ireland–France match?
6 Feb
18.1k
58
As it happened
Met Éireann rain alerts elapse but warning that 'full impacts' won't be known until later
Updated 6 Feb
41.5k
34
Gregory Campbell
DUP MP defends Connolly encounter and says 'Londonderry' should have been mentioned in speech
6 Feb
24.3k
106
lording it
Michael Flatley's show went ahead after a long, bitter legal saga - here's what it was like
By hook and by crook, the show finally returned last night on the 3Arena stage.
Cormac Fitzgerald
6 Feb
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45
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Status Orange rain warning for four counties, US and Iran prepare for talks, and Keir Starmer under pressure over Peter Mandelson scandal
Updated 6 Feb
3.7k
PodcastThe Explainer
What's stopping flood defences from being built?
time to meet the muppets
I asked if I could write a review of The Muppet Show 50th Anniversary Special and they said yes
It’s not easy being greenlit.
Carl Kinsella
Updated 6 Feb
18.1k
12
plan for flooded future
Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land
Pádraic Fogarty
6 Feb
23.0k
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The Morning Lead
'It's honest work': Dubliners who collect bottles and cans on the streets share their stories
We sat down with four men who collect bottles and cans to raise money for food, Leap card top-ups, phone bills and more.
Valerie Flynn
6 Feb
43.3k
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Quiz
Quiz: How well do you know these popular holiday destinations?
5 Feb
25.7k
Six Nations reaction
'We left ourselves too big a mountain to climb' - Ireland reflect on a tough night in Paris
The 42
Reports from Stade de France
5 Feb
14.2k
Minute-by-Minute
Ireland fall well short in 36-14 Six Nations defeat to France
5 Feb
53.5k
217
Addiction
National Drugs Strategy is 'unbudgeted and speaks of services that don't exist', says Gannon
5 Feb
6.5k
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news wrap
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
5 Feb
5.3k
north earl street
Man in his 80s killed and three hospitalised after Bus Éireann bus crashes in Dublin city centre
Updated 5 Feb
183k
90
As it happened
Fears of overnight flooding as work-from-home advised for tomorrow
Counties Waterford, Dublin, Wicklow and Louth have Status Orange warnings into tomorrow.
Updated 5 Feb
100k
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wearable devices
Watching the kids: When parental fear meets GPS tracking
Niamh O'Reilly
5 Feb
3.3k
Cork
Emergency department at Cork's Mercy University Hospital closed due to flooding
5 Feb
7.9k
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storm leonardo
Storm Leonardo leaves one dead and one missing in heavily flooded Spain and Portugal
5 Feb
10.9k
Bánú na Gaeltachta
Cosaint déanta ag Aire na Gaeltachta ar chur chuige a Roinn i leith na tithíochta
5 Feb
1.7k
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Central Criminal Court
Amateur kickboxer who stomped on 62-year-old mother's skull found guilty of manslaughter
5 Feb
17.2k
storm coverage
'Umbrellas near me' - Dublin shops inundated with drenched tourists seeking raingear
5 Feb
10.9k
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
5 Feb
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High Stakes
'I don’t do ultimatums unless they come from my wife,' Bord Bia chair tells TDs
5 Feb
30.4k
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Redress
Concerns raised over ‘exclusionary and re-traumatising’ Mother and Baby home redress scheme
5 Feb
2.8k
Dublin 4
Planning permission refused for 'landmark' luxury hotel in Ballsbridge
5 Feb
14.8k
Courts
Serving garda to stand trial accused of corruption and leaking confidential PULSE information
5 Feb
16.4k
NOAH DONOHOE
Noah Donohoe ‘missed’ in initial CCTV search during first 'critical' 24 hours, inquest told
5 Feb
6.3k
Gregory Campbell
'You’re in our country', veteran DUP MP tells President Connolly in Derry
5 Feb
42.3k
145
virgin media
Ryan Tubridy is on an Irish media blitz - but won't 'accept responsibility for whole RTÉ storm’
5 Feb
24.5k
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Under Pressure
Is this the moment Irishman Morgan McSweeney must (finally) fall on his sword for Keir Starmer?
Rónán Duffy
5 Feb
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oideachas Gaeilge tríú leiibhéal
Amhras ann go mbainfidh an rialtas a gcuid spriocanna earcaíochta Gaeilge amach faoi 2030
5 Feb
3.2k
2
departure lounge
Kenny Jacobs is voluntarily stepping down as the head of DAA
5 Feb
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