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Tuesday
17th February 2026
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
17 Feb
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Minister 'doesn't blame' Israeli players for their government and wants Uefa game to go ahead
17 Feb
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Galway
Galway man jailed for four months for online threats to kill Simon Harris and harm his family
17 Feb
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Ionut Danca
Man who killed Canadian tourist in Dublin city centre by kicking him in the head jailed
17 Feb
39.8k
SHEIN
EU Commission opens investigation into Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls
17 Feb
4.7k
Food Safety
Aldi recalls chia seeds over possible salmonella presence as customers warned not to eat them
17 Feb
17.8k
16
Education
Government pauses controversial review of Special Needs Assistants after major backlash
17 Feb
23.8k
66
Michael Collins
TD says you would need a 'very strong stomach' to eat 'gunk' Hot School Meals
17 Feb
40.2k
68
Advertising Standards Authority
Glaze Aura ‘Irish made’ product shipped from China among complaints upheld by watchdog
17 Feb
12.3k
9
RIP
Tributes flood in for US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who has died aged 84
Updated 17 Feb
19.4k
31
festival season
Pulp, Underworld and The Mary Wallopers have been added to the All Together Now lineup
17 Feb
6.8k
22
Education
Over 40,000 people sign petition as hundreds of schools to lose Special Needs Assistant roles
17 Feb
9.2k
33
Ballincollig
Tradespeople team up to rebuild family home in Cork, six months after it was destroyed by fire
17 Feb
10.0k
18
Simon Says Invest Again
Simon Harris' saving scheme plan: 'It could make Irish savings work harder, if done properly'
Nick Charalambous
17 Feb
34.7k
69
Texas
Lawyers for Seamus Culleton say they've won a temporary halt to his deportation from the US
17 Feb
29.4k
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PodcastThe 42FM
Should Ireland play football against Israel?
Sinead and Gavin discuss in-depth the pressing issue of this week, and one that will likely make headlines all year.
46m
Cuba
Public urged to contact travel agent if they’re holidaying in Cuba or planning to travel there
17 Feb
8.8k
Republic Of Ireland
Uefa confirms no approval for games to be played in Israel, reiterates rules on refusal to play
The 42
17 Feb
8.3k
36
The Daily Poll
What's your favourite pancake topping?
17 Feb
8.7k
49
Opening Night
From gangland to centre stage: Gerry Hutch makes soft-focus theatre debut that dodges hard questions
The new play about his life shows an enraged and a pensive side to Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, but never a remorseful one.
Eimer McAuley
17 Feb
14.7k
70
Wicklow
Search as part of investigations into murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob resumes
Updated 17 Feb
11.9k
CRITICAL CARE UNIT
'This is a fiasco': Group who objected to Rotunda plans will not challenge any judicial review
17 Feb
21.3k
30
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Irish data watchdog opens investigation into X, Hillary Clinton accuses Trump of Epstein files ‘cover-up’ and more rain on the way.
Updated 17 Feb
3.0k
Courts
Noel Long appeals cold case conviction for the murder of Nora Sheehan 44 years ago
17 Feb
14.6k
grok
Data Protection Commission opens formal inquiry into X over sexualised images
17 Feb
1.8k
Take The Wheel
DoneDeal is now letting users find cars using ChatGPT prompts
17 Feb
4.9k
7
The Morning Lead
We asked Met Éireann if the weather is going to get better soon: they said no
The worst of the weather could start to migrate westwards, but it’s not going away just yet.
17 Feb
51.8k
36
Monday
16th February 2026
Bormio
The Irish man creating the magic slopes of the Olympic Games in Italy
16 Feb
17.0k
3
Courts
'Destroyed her innocence': Man who sexually assaulted four-year-old granddaughter jailed
16 Feb
18.1k
Education
Hundreds of SNA posts at risk as schools told of cuts from September
Updated 16 Feb
28.4k
56
radio activity
Claire Byrne: ‘You'll get a kick in the bum if you think you're bigger than others in Ireland’
Andrew Walsh
16 Feb
33.4k
56
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
16 Feb
2.8k
The search for Nancy
What we know about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie more than two weeks on
16 Feb
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10
trump trash talk
'Pretty girls should always smile': The oldest trick in the patriarchal playbook
Simon Tierney
16 Feb
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56
Cork
Man who poured boiling water over his wife and attacked her with a hammer as she slept jailed
16 Feb
13.4k
christopher fitzsimons
'Still picking up the pieces': Man jailed for rape and assault of three of his partner's sisters
16 Feb
57.5k
Plan for savings scheme to be approved 'in the first half of this year', Simon Harris says
16 Feb
34.4k
57
Milan Cortina 2026
Cormac Comerford just over one second shy of completing all his Olympic goals
The 42
Reports from Bormio
16 Feb
5.6k
2
Wicklow
Fresh search as part of investigations into murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob
The search is taking place near the Wicklow/Kildare border.
Updated 16 Feb
44.5k
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
16 Feb
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