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Thursday 20 November 2025 Dublin: 2°C
Tánaiste
Dublin woman charged with sending messages to Simon Harris which threatened his family
She is charged with sending “a threatening or grossly offensive communication to Simon Harris with intent to cause harm”.
chilly
Status Yellow ice warning issued for 10 counties after first snowfall overnight
Race Is On
Who could run to fill the Dáil seat vacated by Paschal Donohoe?
Epstein files
Trump signs bill ordering release of Epstein files - here's what happens next
Moo point
Final eight unaired episodes of cancelled Friends spin-off 'Joey' available to watch online
Today's news
The Daily Poll
Australia’s social media ban for under-16s is taking effect soon – should Ireland follow suit?
chilly
Status Yellow ice warning issued for 10 counties after first snowfall overnight
Updated 2 hrs ago
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Switching off
RTÉ will permanently close four digital radio stations - including 2XM and Pulse - on 31 December
2 hrs ago
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Commute
DART services delayed by up to 40 minutes after collapsed wall causes disruption
4 hrs ago
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Boys in Green
The World Cup play-off draw is at 12 today – here’s who Ireland could be facing
4 hrs ago
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TG4 Entertainment Magazine
What to watch: Five Irish-language films - including one game-changer
Epstein files
Trump signs bill ordering release of Epstein files - here's what happens next
5 hrs ago
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SPOTLIGHT

Ireland in the World Cup play-offs

troy wonder
Late Late Troy Show: Ireland's amazing winning moment going viral
31
road to usa
Ireland are in the play-offs … but who might we play next?
29
Heimir Hallgrímsson
The unflappable Icelandic dentist who has Ireland loving football again
35
the poll
Where were you for Ireland's incredible win?
52
Yesterday
19th November 2025
Garda station
Serving garda arrested as part of probe after large quantity of drugs goes missing from station
Gardaí have also confirmed that five other people – not garda members – were arrested on related matters.
Niall O'Connor
Updated 12 hrs ago
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Race Is On
Who could run to fill the Dáil seat vacated by Paschal Donohoe?
Move over Galway-West, there’s another by-election in town.
Jane Matthews
Updated 12 hrs ago
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i'm a celeb
Vogue Williams is headed for the I’m A Celebrity jungle and will be in tomorrow's episode
13 hrs ago
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Path to Power
Ivan Yates: "I have some regrets in relation to the 'smearing the bejesus' comment"
Yates said politics is a ‘knock down, drag down business’.
Christina Finn
14 hrs ago
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Tipperary
Businessman linked to Dundrum House Ipas centre gets two-day High Court grilling
14 hrs ago
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RIP
Funeral arrangements announced for Mark O'Connell, who died after a stabbing in Cork on Sunday
16 hrs ago
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Courts
Garda stations and homes raided during probe into alleged interference with road traffic offences
17 hrs ago
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Reform
Nigel Farage denies making racist and antisemitic remarks as a schoolboy
17 hrs ago
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Possible Team
Prendergast set to start at 10 for Ireland against the Springboks
Josh van der Flier, Garry Ringrose, and Bundee Aki may come into the starting XV.
Murray Kinsella
18 hrs ago
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castletown house
State buy lands around Castletown House for €11m following two-year standoff over access
Updated 18 hrs ago
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investigates

We investigated how much was spent at the last election

INVESTIGATION
Fancy running for the Dáil? Here’s how much it might cost you
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EXPENSES
ChatGPT, a €400 bar tab and an Apple laptop: What did candidates expense at the last election?
30
ANALYSIS
Political ad ban by social media companies leaves elections ‘susceptible to bad actors’
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happy hour
'We see things in a more positive light': Nursing home pub lifts spirits in France
18 hrs ago
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COYBIG
How many tickets will Ireland fans get for the World Cup play-off semi-final?
The 42
18 hrs ago
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spending and saving
Christmas is going to be expensive this year - would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
TheJournal.ie reader
18 hrs ago
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ballinlough
25-year-old man charged with murder of his mother and assault of his father in Cork
Updated 20 hrs ago
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Colaiste Dhulaigh
Dublin college re-branded with nonsense Irish name after officials ignored translator's advice
20 hrs ago
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39
Yantar
Russian spy ship, previously escorted out of Irish waters, warned by Britain after aircraft incident
20 hrs ago
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Epstein files
Marjorie Taylor Greene is leading the Republicans publicly questioning Trump's MAGA bona fides
The pressure is beginning to tell, if Trump’s latest statements and attacks against Taylor Greene are anything to go by.
David MacRedmond
20 hrs ago
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the big leagues
Ireland is getting its first cross-border college as Queen's and DkIT partner up
Updated 21 hrs ago
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media committee
Ivan Yates to tell TDs he is 'flabbergasted' at attention his media training role has received
Updated 21 hrs ago
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COST-OFLIVING
McDonald and Martin clash in Dáil: 'I don't need you to mansplain the economy to me'
21 hrs ago
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Courts
Man accused of sexual assault on 10-year-old girl in west Dublin 'fit to be tried'
22 hrs ago
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PASCHAL PAYDAY
How much could Paschal Donohoe be in line to earn at the World Bank?
22 hrs ago
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Belfast
Christian religious education in schools in Northern Ireland unlawful, UK Supreme Court rules
23 hrs ago
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Cork
Anti-immigration activist Derek Blighe to stand trial in January on charge of harrassing garda
23 hrs ago
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All aboard
MetroLink: 8,000 workers needed for its construction, with many coming from abroad
19 Nov
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ka-ching
Klimt portrait once looted by Nazis becomes second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction
Six bidders battled for 20 minutes over the Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer.
19 Nov
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cobbled together
First ever Coronation Street and Emmerdale crossover episode to hit screens early next year
19 Nov
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The Daily Poll
Have you watched Line of Duty?
19 Nov
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Musical Chairs
Fine Gael ministers are getting used to their new briefs this morning
19 Nov
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Happy Days
Scotland had their own Troy Parrott moment to qualify for their first World Cup since 1998
The 42
19 Nov
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GOP AT WAR
Epstein files: After near unanimous vote to release them, bill to head straight to White House
19 Nov
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Weather
Snow possible ‘on higher ground’ as warnings come into effect for 11 northern counties
19 Nov
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what we eat
Ultra-processed foods are fuelling chronic diseases, says new Lancet report
19 Nov
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InvestigatesMissing in Care
Child in Tusla care reported missing 274 times in a single year
Records obtained by The Journal Investigates reveal how there have been almost 7,000 recorded incidents of children going missing from State-run care homes in the last five years.
Some children reported missing hundreds of times a year
Dozens of teenagers never found or ‘unaccounted’ for
Campaigners call for national strategy to address repeated incidents
Patricia Devlin
19 Nov
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