The Journal

As it happened

Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo under Status Yellow warning as 25,000 remain without power

Much of the country is now under a Status Yellow warning.

FactCheck

FactCheck: Does the US really buy 80% of its imported butter from Ireland?

Enoch Burke

Judge says Burke 'has something to hide' by refusing to provide court with statements of income

The Morning Lead

Government braces for 'significant pressure' on hospitals with flu, Covid-19 and RSV circulating

Court

Man stands trial accused of sexually assaulting teenager

Today's news

The Daily Poll

Are you taking part in a Secret Santa exchange this year?

Yes – with family
Yes – with friends
Yes – with my work colleagues
I'm taking part in multiple exchanges
No – I don't think it's for me
No – but I would consider it

See Results

Yesterday

9th December 2025

Venezuela

Cancellation of Nobel Peace Prize event raises questions over Maria Corina Machado's whereabouts

2 hrs ago

9.5k

Courts

Retired Superintendent said enquiring into potential prosecutions 'allowed' under Garda directives

3 hrs ago

5.7k

As it happened

Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo under Status Yellow warning as 25,000 remain without power

Updated 4 hrs ago

159k

Peace Talks

Zelenskyy says he will send US updated plan to end the Ukraine war tomorrow

5 hrs ago

4.6k

enniskillen

Two men killed in collision involving Bus Éireann coach in Co Fermanagh named as Galway residents

5 hrs ago

18.8k

High Court

Elon Musk and X granted permission to challenge Irish media regulator investigation

5 hrs ago

6.3k

SPOTLIGHT

Zelenskyy visit security concerns

hybrid threat

Unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin

analysis

We may never discover who was operating the drones along Zelenskyy's flight path – here's why

investigation

Special Detective Unit leading Garda probe into unidentified drones

114

Political Football

Gianni Infantino accused of ethics breach over Fifa's Trump peace prize

6 hrs ago

3.4k

Sponsored

The ultimate itinerary for a fun day out around Louth, Meath and Fingal

Update

Crowley and Kleyn part of Munster's 'old-school' session in Limerick

6 hrs ago

4.3k

Phone pouches

Majority of €9m set aside for mobile phone 'storage solutions' has been drawn down by schools

Updated 6 hrs ago

10.9k

National Security

Portuguese, French and PSNI anti-drone police units deployed in Dublin during Zelenskyy visit

Niall O'Connor

6 hrs ago

19.9k

Explainer

A 'faster' assessment of need process promised, but still no timeline to get waitlist down

6 hrs ago

3.6k

Epstein files

US judge orders release of jury materials from Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking case

7 hrs ago

8.3k

Influenza

Here are the hospitals that have introduced visitor restrictions due to high flu cases

Updated 7 hrs ago

22.7k

Cara Darmody

Teenage disability rights advocate begins 50-hour sleep-out protest during Storm Bram

7 hrs ago

5.9k

storm bram

Trains, flights and Christmas markets - the cancellations and closures due to Storm Bram

Updated 7 hrs ago

35.7k

Let The People Sing

Wolfe Tones end retirement ‘due to demand’ as Kneecap confirmed as first All Together Now headliner

Updated 8 hrs ago

15.3k

investigates

Our award-winning investigations from this year

Deportation Flights

What role do Irish companies have in the US deportation industry?

Badger Cull

Over 80% of badgers culled in government TB programme found to be free from the disease

Planning Submissions

Series of unusual planning objections to vet practices uncovered in Dublin, Meath and Kildare

TB Crisis

‘It’s the next worst thing to losing a family member’: The toll of Ireland’s bovine TB crisis

Data Crunch

Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid

122

Femicide in Europe

Over 100 women murdered in Ireland since 2012 – and a gap in data on gendered violence

Controversy

Minister admits it was 'misconceived' for department to post video with advice on moving back in with parents

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty raised the video during Leaders’ Questions this afternoon, calling it “patronising”.

Updated 8 hrs ago

22.0k

Operation Kenova

Taoiseach says 'everybody knows who the agent is' as UK urged to reveal identity of Stakeknife

Updated 8 hrs ago

24.3k

MO ON THE MOVE

Saudi Arabia intent on recruiting Liverpool's Salah in winter transfer window

Updated 9 hrs ago

3.9k

Security

Drones during Zelenskyy visit were an attack by Russia - EU Council President

9 hrs ago

16.3k

the traitors ireland

Siobhán McSweeney wants to see Bono and Enya on an Irish Celebrity Traitors

10 hrs ago

6.0k

Office of Public Works

OPW set to spend €10m on banquets and State dinners during Ireland's EU presidency in 2026

10 hrs ago

6.3k

remote work

AIB tells staff in the North to work in Republic full-time or risk losing jobs

One AIB employee said they now face a four-hour commute or else will have to leave their job.

11 hrs ago

36.7k

Livestock

Man (30s) arrested in connection with theft of 18 cattle in west Cork

11 hrs ago

8.7k

Hack alert

Small companies in medical sector such as GPs 'critically' unprepared for cyber threats

11 hrs ago

4.2k

Courts

Garda due in court on organised crime charges

11 hrs ago

11.5k

FactCheck

Debunked: Ireland has not given ‘billions of euros’ to Zelenskyy

11 hrs ago

4.6k

Enoch Burke

Judge says Burke 'has something to hide' by refusing to provide court with statements of income

12 hrs ago

53.8k

Water Pollution

'Bad day for clean water': EU votes to extend Ireland's nitrates derogation by three years

12 hrs ago

6.3k

Housing Crisis

Young adult who moved back home: The government's 'how to cope' video shows they don't understand us

Killian Mangan

12 hrs ago

15.5k

Boost

Craig Casey signs new Munster contract

The 24-cap Ireland international has made 104 appearances for the province.

12 hrs ago

3.6k

Cocaine

Four men arrested after gardaí seize €7.2 million worth of cocaine from Shankill and Gorey

13 hrs ago

9.2k

Friends like these

Taoiseach says government has 'concerns' about Trump's new policy towards Europe

13 hrs ago

7.7k

The Daily Poll

Are you taking part in a Secret Santa exchange this year?

14 hrs ago

7.5k

storm prep

Get the outdoor decorations down and charge the phone - how to prep for Storm Bram

Updated 14 hrs ago

26.9k

Foxrock

Man in his 70s dies after being stuck by car on the N11 in south Dublin

15 hrs ago

11.6k

Dates For Diary

All-Ireland and Ulster club final ties live on TV this weekend

15 hrs ago

3.6k

Dingle Delight

Paul Geaney: 'A dream year in one sense, a hard psychological year in another'

18 hrs ago

4.3k

Housing Crisis

First-time buyers need a combined salary of (at least) €84,000 to get an apartment

18 hrs ago

38.3k

The Morning Lead

'Not good enough': Black questions whether Occupied Territories Bill is still a government priority

Senator Frances Black says the Occupied Territories Bill is a test for this government and whether it meant what it said at the height of the genocide.

Christina Finn

9 Dec

7.0k

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