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Monday
21st April 2025
Road Safety
Truck drivers often can't see pedestrians or cyclists - but a London law shows a way forward
London has banned trucks without clear sightlines to vulnerable road users from driving on its streets.
Almost 10% of cyclists who die on Irish roads are hit by trucks.
21 Apr
20.6k
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Derry
Petrol bombs and fireworks thrown during dissident republican parade in Derry
21 Apr
13.8k
Fairyhouse
Haiti Couleurs puts in stellar performance to land Irish Grand National victory
The 42
21 Apr
9.5k
14
Gaza
Pope Francis had nightly Whatsapp calls with Catholics in Gaza since start of Israeli invasion
21 Apr
14.4k
58
League of Ireland
Bohs come from two goals down to claim dramatic win over Shamrock Rovers
21 Apr
8.0k
wheatfield prison
Four arrested over attempted drone delivery into Dublin prison
21 Apr
17.3k
Mountjoy Square
Dublin Bus services remain impacted after alleged gun threat against driver
Updated 21 Apr
30.8k
Catholic Church
'Pope Francis did some good, but on the issue of clerical child sex abuse, he was disappointing'
21 Apr
12.0k
White House
'Refugees cry out': The roots of Pope Francis's immigration rift with JD Vance
‘We can no longer allow that flow of containers, of humanity driven back, fraternity denied, to continue to represent us,’ wrote Francis in his autobiography.
Diarmuid Pepper
21 Apr
21.1k
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tributes
'A man who died with his boots on': Tributes paid to Pope Francis following his death
US President Donald Trump wrote a clipped tribute on Truth Social this afternoon: “Rest in Peace Pope Francis! May God Bless him and all who loved him!”
Updated 21 Apr
22.3k
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rip pope francis
Fr Tony Flannery: I loved that man and that Pope — I will miss him
Tony Flannery
Updated 21 Apr
22.2k
31
Derrybeg
Donegal church destroyed in early morning blaze
Updated 21 Apr
43.6k
Coast Guard
Search resumes for man believed to have fallen overboard from a yacht
Updated 21 Apr
16.1k
changing landscape
Trump’s America: Believe it or not, he's not always the main topic of conversation stateside
Larry Donnelly
Updated 21 Apr
17.5k
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pope francis
Pope Francis has died aged 88
In a statement, the Vatican said: "Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta."
Francis was admitted to the Gemelli hospital in Rome in February for bronchitis, where he spent five weeks.
Updated 21 Apr
54.3k
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 ‘Fear across the board’ for undocumented Irish in the US, calls for alternatives from people under 65 in nursing homes, and driving test wait times.
Updated 21 Apr
7.0k
Dublin
Teenager travelling on scrambler killed in collision at Citywest
21 Apr
25.6k
increase not cuts
Minister says Ireland will not cut aid budget, unlike other countries - and should increase it instead
21 Apr
9.6k
Wait Times
‘Something drastic needs to happen’: Driving test waiting times hit 35 weeks in Tallaght
21 Apr
14.0k
51
Education
New teachers to get permanent contracts sooner in effort to make teaching 'more sustainable'
21 Apr
20.3k
28
The Morning Lead
‘Fear across the board’ for undocumented Irish in the United States, says immigration lawyer
21 Apr
23.1k
70
Sunday
20th April 2025
Test your knowledge
Quiz: Do you know what these baby animals are called?
20 Apr
34.0k
Disability care
'I don't want to be here forever': The hidden struggle of middle-aged adults living in nursing homes
20 Apr
28.8k
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Easter Sunday
20 Apr
8.3k
HISMM
Money Diaries: A healthcare worker preparing for retirement in the South East of the country
TheJournal.ie reader
20 Apr
31.3k
17
Archie's Army
Members of the Defence Forces to raise funds for treatment for 7-year-old Archie Ennis
20 Apr
27.2k
6
traffic corps
Gardaí say they won't comment on 'uninformed remarks and unproven accusations' after McGregor interview
20 Apr
42.8k
Border poll
Sinn Féin calls for a border poll 'this decade' as Taoiseach's stance labelled 'wrong'
20 Apr
13.1k
146
W6N
Dominant Ireland power to bonus-point win in Wales
20 Apr
6.9k
2
Midlands Prison
Prisoner dies of suspected overdose in Midlands prison
20 Apr
16.5k
The Daily Poll
Should hare coursing be banned?
20 Apr
26.0k
113
Minute-by-Minute
Tipperary v Limerick, Munster Senior Hurling Championship
20 Apr
36.8k
22
Irish Embassy
Individual arrested by police for speaking Irish during protest in Berlin
Updated 20 Apr
42.4k
Southeast
Rescuers searching for man believed to have fallen overboard into Irish Sea
Updated 20 Apr
25.2k
Liveblog
Wales v Ireland, Women's Six Nations
20 Apr
9.0k
2
Dublin
Freemasons to donate fee from use of their hall for Conor McGregor interview to charity
20 Apr
22.7k
O'Connell Street
Ceremony commemorating the Easter Rising takes place at the GPO
Updated 20 Apr
10.0k
77
Co Clare
Planned €1.5bn data centre for Ennis being put at risk due to 'bureaucratic inertia', CEO says
20 Apr
15.5k
38
trans rights
Nicola Coughlan raises over €130,000 for trans charity after UK ruling on gender
Updated 20 Apr
18.8k
Courts
Man assaulted two gardaí with shovel in town car park, court hears
20 Apr
30.3k
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