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Monday
5th October 2026
Budget 2027
Parents with a child in full-time childcare could see €1k-a-year reduction under budget proposals
Declining Invites
Are social media firms fronting up to public scrutiny? Not always
In most European countries, tech companies can decline invitations to answer to parliamentary committees, just as they can here.
New campaign in Poland wants to make tech firms pay back 150% of the revenue generated from ‘scam’ ads
In France it is an offence not to appear before a parliamentary inquiry commission
While some tech giants appeared before an Oireachtas Committee, others didn’t
Sunday
4th October 2026
uefa nations league
Spitting allegation made against Israeli player added to list of controversies with Ireland
View from the telly
An empty stadium and even emptier commentary: RTÉ broadcasts Uefa feed of second Israel game
As it happenedLiveblog
Ireland v Israel, Nations League
Ireland faced Israel in their final match of this four-game window.
Public Sector Pay
McEntee says public sector strikes 'won't benefit anybody' ahead of teachers joining action
u-turn
Flight returns to Dublin after crew report headaches and 'burning sensation in nasal passages'
Budget 2027
Labour accuses government of 'shameful posturing' over plans to slow minimum wage increases
Seriesthe big reno clinic
How much contingency do you really need for a renovation?
Shay Lally outlines why it’s prudent to always make sure you have adequate contingency funds in your back pocket when starting a renovation.
yves sakila
Gardaí investigating Yves Sakila's death make appeal for woman knocked down during incident
sunday independent/ireland thinks
Sinn Féin narrowly ahead of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in latest poll
SeriesCalling 353
The tale behind the Irish translation of Dracula is something to really get your teeth into
The scholar who carried out the translation was so respected that he was approached by the government and asked to take his pick of novels.
Series7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: Her bones were picked clean - but authorities say her pet bears didn't kill her
SeriesInternet Diaries
The internet's detectives used a gang rape allegation to dress up sexual humiliation as investigation
OpinionNursing Home Care
Nursing home care: If Ranulph Fiennes can disappear, what about everyone else?
Analysiswindfall cash
Ireland is awash with corporate tax cash - so why will we pay €6bn a year to borrow money?
Corporation tax boosts have single-handedly helped buffer the public finances, but the interest the country pays on its debt is set to double.
SeriesWinners and Losers
'There are no Fenian bastards': The winners and losers from the political week
Budget talk crunch time and the stand-off on the Garvaghy Road dominated politics this week.
ireland vs israel
Taoiseach says football match boycott may ‘harm’ Ireland with no benefit to Palestinians
rinse and repeat
‘Go home and shampoo yourself’: Salons and coffee shops battling repeated water outages in Kildare town
A Leixlip café is stockpiling water while a local hair salon has resorted to boiling kettles and sending some customers home mid-treatment.
Must ReadDuke Dumont
Electric Picnic kept DJ on same stage despite knowing about 'potential overcrowding' in advance
Last week
27th September 2026 - 3rd October 2026
From The 42Stand up and fight
Young out-half Charlie O'Shea stars as Munster power to bonus-point win against Bulls
AnalysisHome Heating Oil
How far does the €5 weekly bump to fuel allowance actually go in an energy crisis?
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