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Sunday
5th October 2025
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: What happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet
5 Oct
12.4k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Catherine Connolly leading in Áras race, crews working to restore power after storm and Trump deploys National Guard to Chicago.
5 Oct
4.7k
N25
Man (60s) dies following two-vehicle collision in Co Wexford
5 Oct
19.3k
race to the aras
Latest Áras poll puts Catherine Connolly out in front as support for Jim Gavin drops
5 Oct
55.8k
149
Budget 2026
Opinion: Throwing more money at it won't solve the housing crisis. We need more workers
Ciarán Casey
5 Oct
8.5k
70
The Daily Poll
Will you watch today’s The Week in Politics debate?
5 Oct
15.9k
48
The Morning Lead
The Journal readers in the North and abroad say it’s wrong they can’t vote for the president
Emigrants, immigrants and Irish citizens in Northern Ireland can’t vote this month – we asked our readers what they think.
Valerie Flynn
5 Oct
9.4k
90
Last week
28th September 2025 - 4th October 2025
early promise
Munster edge Cardiff in Clayton McMillan's first game in charge at Thomond Park
4 Oct
8.8k
13
global sumud flotilla
Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees express concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities
4 Oct
16.5k
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
4 Oct
7.1k
a star is coded
Opinion: Hollywood agencies want to represent the first AI 'actress'. Film audiences must push back
Niamh O'Reilly
4 Oct
6.2k
12
Weather
Storm Amy: 26,000 still without power as crews work to address 'significant damage' to supply
Status Yellow wind warnings for counties Dublin, Louth, Wicklow, Clare, Kerry, Galway and Mayo were lifted at 12pm.
Updated 4 Oct
41.5k
35
RELATED
Donegal man who died in weather-related incident during Storm Amy is named locally
4 Oct
Business concerns
'We have met Gaels for Gaza': GAA President on Allianz, the NFL, and amateurism
The 42
Reports from Croke Park
4 Oct
4.6k
11
Dublin
Pro-Palestine activists pepper-sprayed and two arrested during protest at Port Tunnel
Updated 4 Oct
33.5k
England
Sarah Mullally named first female Archbishop of Canterbury
4 Oct
9.4k
17
Last Orders
Some Dublin Airport bars closed early yesterday as flights were cancelled
4 Oct
32.1k
38
Tolls
Toll income on the M50 surges on the back of higher toll charges and traffic volumes
4 Oct
22.6k
88
Agher
Gardaí investigating after man's body found in Co Meath
4 Oct
29.3k
special congress
Jim Gavin rule enhancements for Gaelic football voted in overwhelmingly
The 42
Reports from Croke Park
4 Oct
13.8k
29
tommy connors
Donegal man who died in weather-related incident during Storm Amy is named locally
4 Oct
49.7k
Dublin Children's Court
Teenager hit speeds of over 200km/h and drove on wrong side of dual carriageways, court told
4 Oct
21.0k
Finances
Department of Finance’s ‘White Paper’ ahead of Budget confirms €10.3bn surplus
4 Oct
13.0k
56
feeling the pressure
Twenty years on, the spectre of Rip Off Republic is again in focus come Budget time
4 Oct
28.2k
70
Co Louth
Funeral details announced for father, mother and son killed in Co Louth
4 Oct
19.7k
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Things are not as simple as Micheál Martin might like us to believe
Carl Kinsella
4 Oct
6.8k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Ongoing disruption after Storm Amy, asylum seekers criticise government’s payment offer to drop claims and local policing.
4 Oct
3.8k
bit of a row
Humphreys says she 'absolutely' backed new drink driving laws - after Shane Ross said she didn't
4 Oct
14.5k
91
North Wall
Garda appeal after armed robbery at hotel in Dublin's north inner city
4 Oct
28.3k
a solemn promise
Workers face higher taxes as government set to cave into hospitality industry lobbying
The measure will cost the state several hundred million euros per year in foregone tax revenue.
Paul O'Donoghue
4 Oct
36.1k
44
education funding
Opinion: Teachers are marking the government's education homework; it better not let the dog eat it
John Boyle
4 Oct
7.0k
17
local policing
Plan to replace local policing committees now moving ahead after criticism of delays
4 Oct
5.3k
9
guess who
Someone is promising €30m for Waterford Airport - but local politicians aren't allowed to know who
4 Oct
17.2k
50
The Morning Lead
Asylum seekers offered money by government to drop claims feel 'bribed' and 'threatened'
‘Is the money we’re being told to take worth more than our own lives and those of our children?’
Eoghan Dalton
4 Oct
26.5k
As it happened
Storm Amy leaves one dead and 180,000 homes and businesses without power
Updated 3 Oct
66.3k
32
good news
Dublin doctor responds to nearly 50 medical emergencies in his spare time
3 Oct
29.6k
19
Gaza
Trump tells Israel to 'immediately' stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to make a deal
Hamas has responded after Trump gave the group a deadline to agree to his plan, or else face “all hell”.
3 Oct
31.5k
Courts
Man, 29, charged over alleged south Dublin assault spree remanded in custody
3 Oct
19.9k
Letterkenny
Man (40s) dies after storm-related incident during red weather alert in Co Donegal
3 Oct
65.9k
manchester attack
UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy heckled at vigil near site of Manchester terror attack
3 Oct
10.0k
Central Criminal Court
Seven men go on trial accused of raping a deaf woman over many years
3 Oct
31.8k
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