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Last week
8th February 2026 - 14th February 2026
New EU safeguards to allow investigations into Mercosur farm imports (if the deal ever happens)
Tipperary Peace Convention to ‘remain vigilant’ on investigation into award winners linked to Epstein
Praise and criticism as government confirms move to scrap Dublin Airport passenger cap
Síle Seoige: 'Níl imní ag cur isteach orm an iomarca ach bhí amanntaí i mo shaol go raibh'
Government rows back on short-term let regulations for towns with populations over 10,000
Corruption watchdog warns ‘dark money’ poses growing risks to Irish national security
Have you ever dined in a Michelin-star restaurant?
HBO Max is coming to Ireland next month and taking Friends with it
Minister says he will meet campaigners over flight time changes between Donegal and Dublin
Government finally gets its 'housing tsar' as senior civil servant to take up €219k role
Trial of Limerick car dealer accused of corrupt payment to garda detective has collapsed
Irish public has left over €8.6 million unused on dormant leap cards
Protest to be held outside Dáil over 'unacceptable delays' to An Post and Eir pension increases
Kafka with coffee: Life in the European Parliament - it might be boring, but it still matters
Kevin Purcell
Smokers who have major heart attacks do so 11 years earlier than non-smokers, new report finds
Rainy mornings: It's gridlock at the school gates, so god help us all
Margaret Lynch
Warning issued on children's safety as half allowed use internet without parental controls
A psychotherapist has warned spending excessive time online compromises kids’ development of resilience.
Hundreds of people died by suspected suicide after recent contact with HSE services
Almost 450 suicides were reported to the HSE between 2022 and 2024 by healthcare staff across a range of patient services, including Emergency Departments.
Figures show critical gap in suicide prevention
Deaths may not appear in official statistics for years
Families call for mental health emergency rooms
Man who turned himself in after spotting CCTV images from Dublin riots given suspended sentence
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
'Celebrations are already underway': Two Irish restaurants awarded their first Michelin star
Dublin’s Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen was thought to be in with a chance of earning its third star this evening, but the restaurant and its two-star peers missed out.
We want to hear your stories of bidding on a house in Ireland
'One of Dublin's most authentic voices': Actress Brenda Fricker to be awarded Freedom of Dublin
Revised defence plan deadlines to be brought to Cabinet tomorrow as some projects pushed back
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media
Jeff Jarvis
Canadian tourist beaten to death in Dublin had head 'treated like a football', his sister says
The stars, the stripes and the shut-up brigade: Team USA faces a political storm in Italy
Two Dublin taxi drivers fined for refusing to take visually impaired couple and their guide dog
European committee finds Ireland in breach of Defence Forces members' rights
Housing Minister says there is a need for ‘increased transparency’ in home buying process
The price of groceries in Ireland increased by an average of 6.8% over the last 12 months
Associate of Dundon-McCarthy gang who fatally shot Noel Campion in 2007 jailed for 15 years
'It impacts your whole life': Portrane family on slowly losing their home to the sea
Today, the OPW approved funding of €622,000 for emergency works to protect eight homes at risk of imminent collapse.
Anti-immigration activist Derek Blighe to go on trial on charge of harassing garda
Stuck in the past: Ireland’s remote working policies are built for a world that doesn't exist
George Lawlor
Radiohead's guitarist asks for his music to be removed from the Melania Trump documentary
Morgan McSweeney, from the fields of Macroom GAA to the corridors of 10 Downing Street
Young family left homeless after flat destroyed in mistaken identity arson attack
Two young parents fled their apartment through flames with three young babies and a 7-year-old who sustained burns after they awoke to see their front door ablaze at 2 am.