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Sunday
7th December 2025
your stories
Do you use ChatGPT and other AI chatbots? We want to hear your stories
Updated 7 Dec
10.4k
head over heels
Gwen Loughman: Are 'love languages' just a big bag of notions?
Gwen Loughman
7 Dec
5.2k
11
Analysis
Why headlines of Irish household wealth ‘doubling' don’t tell the full story
If you were surprised at those headlines during the week and were looking for a simple answer … well, there is one.
Paul O'Donoghue
7 Dec
13.2k
Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh is first celebrity announced for new Dancing With The Stars
7 Dec
32.0k
21
Dear Landlord
Government emailing landlords planning evictions asking them not to proceed, ahead of new rules
Landlords are being ‘encouraged to maintain all current tenancies’ in letters and emails seen by The Journal.
Eoghan Dalton
7 Dec
96.5k
115
The Morning Lead
Staff at Irish Meta client company to strike over claims firm is 'misclassifying' their roles
Staff are arguing that their roles are misclassified and that they are entitled to better pay and conditions for the work they have been carrying out.
7 Dec
19.5k
Last week
30th November 2025 - 6th December 2025
Rugby
Bath's first-half demolition job leaves Munster empty-handed in Champions Cup opener
The 42
Reports from The Rec
6 Dec
12.9k
13
Quiz
Quiz: How well do you know the top Google searches of the year?
6 Dec
16.5k
10
Wicklow
March date for reopening of Bray to Greystones cliff walk will be 'challenging'
6 Dec
10.5k
32
History makers
Wexford's St Martin's win Leinster hurling final thriller against Ballyhale Shamrocks
6 Dec
8.9k
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
6 Dec
3.5k
lé william butler yeats
Irish naval ship monitored suspicious vessel off Dublin during Zelenskyy visit
The ship had been involved in damaging an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea earlier this year.
Niall O'Connor
6 Dec
48.0k
Updates
Bath v Munster, Champions Cup
6 Dec
19.2k
54
The clean girl look
Opinion: Teens shouldn't be hydrated and well-rested. It's not the natural order of things
Margaret Lynch
6 Dec
17.4k
1
Class
Walshe wins silver and Wiffen bags bronze at European Short Course Championships
Updated 6 Dec
6.7k
2
Match Report
Ballyboden St Enda's lift third Leinster senior football title after second-half surge
6 Dec
7.3k
Pretoria
Three children among 11 people killed in mass shooting at South African bar
6 Dec
11.7k
Liveblog
Leinster v Harlequins, Champions Cup
6 Dec
29.8k
37
Courts
Man who was 'wrongly accused' of Ashling Murphy's murder cites PTSD in disputed theft case
6 Dec
52.0k
Michael Malone
Outgoing head of Irish Navy tells sailors to embrace change to respond to 'Cold War' level threat
6 Dec
9.6k
The Daily Poll
What did you think of this year's Late Late Toy Show?
6 Dec
46.3k
66
Peacekeepers
Lebanese army arrests six suspects for attack this week on Irish soldiers
Irish soldiers were shot at by a group of six people as they carried out a night patrol near Bint Jbeil in South Lebanon.
Niall O'Connor
6 Dec
8.1k
It Could Be You
Did you buy a Lotto ticket in Donegal? Someone won €500,000 and time's running out to claim it
6 Dec
8.7k
6
abortion laws
'No scientific support' for mandatory abortion waiting period, IFPA says
6 Dec
6.8k
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Government could learn something from RTÉ's delayed bravery
Carl Kinsella
6 Dec
8.0k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your day.
Updated 6 Dec
3.7k
Election Promises
Have kids in creche? They'll probably have grown out of it by time €200 childcare promise happens
6 Dec
9.9k
50
voices
The DeLorean, the Shamrock and the 'Donegal Beetle': The cars once built in Ireland
Paddy Comyn
6 Dec
11.6k
christmas is here
CMAT, Keano and tonnes of big feelings: The top moments from this year's Late Late Toy Show
Need to catch up? Here’s what happened on the biggest night in Irish TV.
Updated 6 Dec
44.2k
68
Drew Harris accommodation
TD demands answers on timeline surrounding when accommodation for Drew Harris was leased by Gardaí
6 Dec
10.9k
The Morning Lead
Brother of Co Louth woman who died in 'free birth' at home gives stark warning
Naomi James gave birth at home without the assistance of a medical professional after getting involved in the online freebirthing world.
6 Dec
54.2k
As it happened
The Late Late Toy Show brings songs, surprise guests and several mentions of the 6-7 meme
Roy Keane, Kingfishr and CMAT all popped by.
Updated 5 Dec
22.5k
24
National Security
We may never discover who was operating the drones along Zelenskyy's flight path - here's why
Sailors on board the LÉ William Butler Yeats reported seeing four drones as they maintained a security watch off Dublin on Monday.
Niall O'Connor
Updated 5 Dec
22.8k
Limerick
A Superintendent has said colleagues accused in Limerick trial were 'humble and dependable'
5 Dec
9.9k
Courts
Judge lifts 'farcical' bail condition that Pro-Palestine activist living on Inis Oirr 'sign on' at Inis Mór
5 Dec
15.2k
Paul Butler
Garda Ombudsman appeals for information regarding man who died after interaction with gardaí
5 Dec
18.4k
stop the lights
'Emergency' funding secured to save 'pulled-down' Christmas lights in Drogheda
Minister James Browne said his Department ‘recognises the importance of Christmas lighting in bringing that bit of festive cheer and enhancing local businesses’ footfall’.
Updated 5 Dec
31.6k
53
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
5 Dec
3.8k
Courts
Man jailed for assaulting three gardaí after being 'swept up in frenzy' of Dublin riots
5 Dec
11.8k
British-Irish Council
Taoiseach backs Eurovision boycott but DUP says it 'won’t make a jot of difference'
5 Dec
25.0k
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