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Thursday 29 January 2026 Dublin: 6°C
Housing
Housing completions hit highest level in over a decade as apartment builds surge
The initial State target of 41,000 house completions (which the government abandoned in November) was missed, however.
footprint underwriting
Staff at leading Irish insurance underwriter say they've been left without pay as firm enters liquidation
reverse course
Trump says the Minneapolis mayor is 'playing with fire' as court blocks detention of refugees
commuter chaos
Ongoing delays to rail services while parts of Dublin without water due to burst mains pipe
PodcastThe Explainer
What exactly are the rules for scramblers and e-scooters?
Today's news
The Daily Poll
Would you try a 'Guinness kebab'?
commuter chaos
Ongoing delays to rail services while parts of Dublin without water due to burst mains pipe
Uisce Éireann is carrying out “urgent repair works” to the water main on Edge’s Corner in Fairview.
Updated 2 hrs ago
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Carlow Weather: 'Ireland has flood forecasts - we’re just not allowed to see them'
13 hrs ago
Further rain warnings in 'saturated' areas as minister criticises Met Éireann communications 
18 hrs ago
‘Five feet of water’: Wexford businesses swamped as Storm Chandra leaves trail of destruction
22 hrs ago
reverse course
Trump says the Minneapolis mayor is 'playing with fire' as court blocks detention of refugees
Updated 4 hrs ago
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Dublin
Calls for swift replacement of inner city task force chair after Jim Gavin steps down
5 hrs ago
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Colombia
Fifteen dead as investigators search through fog for plane crash site in Colombian mountains
Updated 5 hrs ago
18.0k
Champions League
A 98th-minute goal from Benfica's goalkeeper sent his team through in Champions League drama
5 hrs ago
7.8k
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Fairview
Construction begins on close to 800 apartments on site of St Vincent's Hospital
7 hrs ago
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SPOTLIGHT

Storm Chandra 

Travel trouble
Delays to rail services while parts of Dublin without water due to burst mains pipe
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Carlow Weather
Ireland has flood forecasts – we’re just not allowed to see them
Alan O’Reilly, Carlow Weather
35
For fliuch sake
How much rain actually fell, and why was flooding so severe?
43
Union Rules
Workers facing 'impossibe choice' between their safety and their livelihood during storms
40
south dublin
Dublin residents say Dodder flooding caused 'chaos' overnight
16
new rent reforms
Higher rents, more evictions: What is the reality behind the Government’s rent reset?
Rory Hearne
Updated 8 hrs ago
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The Morning Lead
Garda sources say they are limited in what they can do to stop scramblers
Garda sources say a commitment from government to bring in new regulations misses the key issue.
Niall O'Connor
13 hrs ago
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Yesterday
28th January 2026
warnings failure
Carlow Weather: 'Ireland has flood forecasts - we’re just not allowed to see them'
Alan O’Reilly, Carlow Weather
Updated 13 hrs ago
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footprint underwriting
Staff at leading Irish insurance underwriter say they've been left without pay as firm enters liquidation
“People are desperately trying to find jobs at the moment, but it is very difficult,” one former employee said.
Eimer McAuley
15 hrs ago
70.6k
Verdict
Connacht and Ireland's Bundee Aki banned for four games
The 35-year-old centre was dropped from Andy Farrell’s Six Nations squad today.
16 hrs ago
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58
Liars Tale
Kneecap hit out at Keir Starmer over stance on Gaza in new single
16 hrs ago
9.1k
71
Callan
Infant boy seriously injured after attack by two dogs in Kilkenny
17 hrs ago
27.3k
alex pretti
Two US immigration agents involved in fatal Minneapolis shooting placed on leave
18 hrs ago
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storm chandra
Further rain warnings in 'saturated' areas as minister criticises Met Éireann communications 
Met Éireann has warned of the potential for ‘rapid surface flooding’ in saturated areas.
Met Éireann has issued a rainfall warning for counties Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford.
The forecaster has said that 'even modest showers' could lead to flooding in saturated areas.
Updated 18 hrs ago
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RELATED
'Devastating' scenes in Enniscorthy amid warnings flood risk will remain for another 48 hours
28 Jan
Parts of Dublin are flooded - why wasn't there a rain warning?
27 Jan
Oireachtas Committee
'Unprecedented': Rowing Ireland CEO absent for hearing into athlete welfare allegations
The 42
19 hrs ago
10.5k
Stephen O'Sullivan
Limerick businessman pleads not guilty to giving detective garda €20,000 in return for information
19 hrs ago
18.2k
Layoffs
Amazon, which employs over 6,000 people in Ireland, to cut 16,000 jobs globally
Updated 19 hrs ago
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45
Inquest
George Nkencho 'threw furniture at his family' in year before fatal shooting, inquest hears
19 hrs ago
8.0k
Darragh O'Brien
Minister says gardaí have 'power' to seize scramblers but tougher laws to go to Cabinet within weeks
Updated 19 hrs ago
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RELATED
Scramblers and E-Scooters: Time for radical action before another life is lost
28 Jan
Taoiseach says there should be no scramblers on public roads after teenager's death
27 Jan
'Just heartbreaking': Community remembers Grace Lynch (16) and calls for crackdown on scrambler bikes
26 Jan
Lord of the Dance
Michael Flatley 'borrowed from anyone he could' to fund ‘Monaco millionaire’ lifestyle, court hears
19 hrs ago
47.3k
Secure our futures
Emergency services and military groups claim Government betrayal over pension reforms
21 hrs ago
8.0k
9
Mullingar
Man jailed for eight years for what judge described as the worst domestic violence case he had seen
21 hrs ago
35.3k
storm chandra
‘Five feet of water’: Wexford businesses swamped as Storm Chandra leaves trail of destruction
Businesses in Enniscorthy and Bunclody are left reeling after intense flooding in the region yesterday.
Eoghan Dalton
22 hrs ago
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ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES
Principals resigning and returning to teaching due to hot school meals red tape, committee hears
Updated 23 hrs ago
52.2k
63
Flooding
Storm Chandra: How much rain actually fell, and why was flooding so severe?
28 Jan
11.8k
43
Tipping Point
Two thirds of people feel tipping in Ireland is ‘becoming less voluntary’
28 Jan
12.9k
33
premium product
VHI cites increased healthcare demand as it confirms third price hike in twelve months
28 Jan
11.0k
32
political will
Scramblers and E-Scooters: Time for radical action before another life is lost
Marie Sherlock
Updated 28 Jan
7.6k
Setback
Bundee Aki set to miss Ireland's Six Nations opener due to disciplinary matter
The 42
28 Jan
26.7k
31
system down
Payroll portal for public servants back on line for 'majority of users' after security alert fix
Updated 28 Jan
32.1k
Setback
Aki dropped from Ireland's Six Nations squad due to disciplinary issue
The 35-year-old centre is not with Andy Farrell’s squad at their training camp in Portugal.
Murray Kinsella
28 Jan
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The Daily Poll
What time are you having dinner?
28 Jan
19.9k
19
RSVP
Ireland invited to G20 leaders summit at Trump's golf resort in Miami
28 Jan
13.9k
57
storm chandra
'Devastating' scenes in Enniscorthy amid warnings flood risk will remain for another 48 hours
The storm left homes and businesses inundated with water, cars stranded, power cut and the town centre closed off after the River Slaney burst its banks
The National Emergency Co-ordination Group warned that the risk of flooding will remain throughout today and into tomorrow as further rain falls on already sodden ground.
"Particularly I think South Dublin caught us a little bit by surprise - we just weren’t expecting those levels of rainfall,” emergency planning boss Keith Leonard said this morning.
Updated 28 Jan
44.5k
Attack
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar faces down attacker after being sprayed with unknown substance
‘We’re gonna keep talking. Just give me ten minutes. Please don’t let them have the show’.
28 Jan
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Minnesota
Trump says 'we're going to de-escalate' in Minneapolis after backlash over Alex Pretti killing
28 Jan
9.1k
RELATED
Immigration officer who led Trump's Minneapolis anti-immigration campaign to leave the city
27 Jan
Why is Trump's administration facing bipartisan pushback over Ice shooting of Alex Pretti?
26 Jan
How footage of Minnesota shooting directly contradicts US government's account of what happened
26 Jan
Commute by water
Could water ferries in Dublin Bay be one solution to the capital's congestion problem?
Commuting by water is a common approach used around the world and should be considered here, say two Fine Gael representatives.
Christina Finn
28 Jan
19.7k
51
Taxi Industry
Freenow says around two-thirds of taxi drivers have ended shifts early due to safety concerns
28 Jan
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InvestigatesSocial Housing
Councils taking enforcement action against private developers over social housing
Local authorities are increasingly having to take enforcement action against developers who breach planning rules around Part V social housing delivery.
Over 60 cases opened against developers in the last five years
Disagreements with developers mostly over cost
Longford County Council have not acquired any Part V social housing
Conor O'Carroll
28 Jan
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