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Last week
28th June 2026 - 4th July 2026
The Daily Poll
Have you ever owned a PlayStation?
3 Jul
12.3k
46
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PodcastThe Explainer
Ireland just took over the EU presidency, but what does that actually mean?
24m
customer service
Consumers can request to speak to human instead of chatbot under new financial services rules
3 Jul
7.0k
27
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Noah Donohoe inquest adjourned, Bob Vylan sues the BBC in Ireland’s High Court, and an unusually warm summer ahead.
3 Jul
2.4k
Sponsored
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Jul 3
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From €315,000
Balmoston, Donabate
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Belfast
Loyalist paramilitary groups were 'involved in directing violence' during Belfast riots, police say
3 Jul
4.1k
Climate Change
El Niño phenomenon fuels likelihood of extreme weather over summer
3 Jul
12.1k
57
any good recs?
Poll: What did you make of The Bear season 5?
3 Jul
3.6k
small but mighty
Ciarán Cannon: Fewer small cars, saloons, hatchbacks... why have we let SUVs rule the roads?
Ciarán Cannon
3 Jul
12.2k
84
Belfast
Noah Donohoe inquest adjourned in 'unprecedented' move as jury unable to reach unanimous verdict
3 Jul
5.6k
Dominant
Breel Embolo and Dan Ndoye on target as Switzerland end Algeria World Cup hopes
The 42
3 Jul
2.0k
1
Nobody Needs This
I know now how parents felt when we all started saying 'like' in the 1990s
A series where Emer McLysaght saves us from chasing every trend and instead points us to things worthy of our time (and money).
Emer McLysaght
Author and journalist
3 Jul
12.6k
33
The Morning Lead
Some restaurants are now trimming prices after getting a VAT cut - but most aren't
“Each business will decide for themselves what to do,” the head of the Restaurants Association of Ireland said.
Eoghan Dalton
3 Jul
21.5k
66
High Court
Musk's X accuses Ireland's media watchdog of reputational damage
2 Jul
11.1k
Courts
Nurse found man in 'large pool of congealed blood', murder trial hears
2 Jul
14.5k
River Lee
Woman hospitalised after multi-car crash in the Jack Lynch Tunnel near Cork city
Updated 2 Jul
29.4k
evening fix
Here's what happened today: Thursday
2 Jul
3.7k
Cork
Joshua Allen faces charges of assaulting two gardaí
2 Jul
73.2k
UK Labour Party
Morgan McSweeney shares his regrets about his time in UK politics... and his go-to karaoke song
2 Jul
11.8k
23
Perspectives
Want a 'Letter to the Editor' published on The Journal?
2 Jul
8.6k
49
eu presidency
Warship moves to waters off Cork as French police join gardaí in land-based security operation
Niall O'Connor
Reporting from Cork.
2 Jul
54.7k
Nations League
Motion on Israel fixtures to be voted on by FAI next week
The 42
2 Jul
3.6k
37
Dublin
'We have a fight on our hands': Crowds protest against end of Yamamori Izakaya's late events
2 Jul
31.9k
19
HARE COURSING BILL
Comparison between hares and domesticated pets is 'nonsense', Fianna Fáil TD says
2 Jul
8.3k
39
Analysis
The Housing Essay: Getting Europe building without costing the literal earth
Fergus McCullough
Co-founder Progress Ireland
2 Jul
2.4k
19
legal aid row
Taoiseach says legal aid fee was increased so he disagrees with solicitors withdrawing services
2 Jul
9.6k
24
health challenges
Living with cystinosis: The rare disease that upended my life, but taught me resilience
Lucy Beckwith
2 Jul
4.8k
Ursula von der-layed
After a four-hour delay, Ursula von der Leyen arrives for two days of meetings in Cork
Updated 2 Jul
23.6k
82
Investigation
Taoiseach says review into Aughinish Alumina expected to be complete within ‘number of weeks’
2 Jul
5.1k
20
river rye
Over 500 fish dead in 'significant' fish kill in Co Kildare
2 Jul
12.6k
27
Analysis
Von der Leyen visit comes as Euroscepticism is high and the EU's Gaza response is a key driver
The visit of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Cork comes as support for Ireland’s EU membership is at its lowest point in 13 years.
Christina Finn
reports from Cork
2 Jul
8.2k
82
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
2 Jul
1.8k
La Guaira
Man rescued after 8 days under rubble following earthquake in Venezuela
2 Jul
2.7k
Belgian Malinois
Judge orders destruction of dog that 'savaged' garda's face during drug search
2 Jul
22.2k
Wicklow
Garda search linked to Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob murder investigations ends
2 Jul
6.2k
Met Éireann
Dublin just recorded its hottest-ever June (and 13 other places also broke temperature records)
2 Jul
4.2k
23
Murder Investigation
Man (70s) arrested in connection with 1973 murder of teenager in Co Tyrone
2 Jul
8.1k
presidential visit
Trump 'thinks' he'll visit Doonbeg in September, praises 'fighting Irish' in special message
The US President also described Taoiseach Micheál Martin as “a fantastic guy.”
2 Jul
12.5k
66
Courts
'Atmosphere of violence' in home of garda charged with rape and child cruelty, court hears
2 Jul
13.0k
politics by numbers
Gavan Reilly: How much of our law is some form of EU law?
Gavan Reilly
2 Jul
2.8k
26
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PodcastThe Candidate
More houses in rural Ireland sounds great until you ask about the buses
20m
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