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Tuesday 27 January 2026 Dublin: 7°C
Live Blog
Storm Chandra: Flooding in several areas as some 20,000 homes and businesses without power
Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow warnings for wind and rain across much of the country today.
The Morning Lead
Higher earners in the Republic spend six years longer renting compared to the North
ESRI
People who gambled as children nearly twice as likely to suffer from problem gambling
Retrofitting
New grant of up to €4,000 to upgrade windows and doors to be made available from March
Central Criminal Court
'I don't feel bad anymore': Woman speaks out on rape by sports coach in Cork when she was 14
Today's news
The Daily Poll
Have you watched Heated Rivalry?
flexible working
Back to office pressure: 'These rules may be harming a quarter of the workforce'
Laura Gormley & Aoife Brennan
Updated 1 hr ago
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storm chandra
'Major event' on M50 and other travel disrupted by flooding from Storm Chandra
1 hr ago
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Live Blog
Storm Chandra: Flooding in several areas as some 20,000 homes and businesses without power
Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow warnings for wind and rain across much of the country today.
Updated 1 hr ago
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Dublin
Teenager to appear in court today charged over death of 16-year-old girl hit by scrambler bike
2 hrs ago
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Minnesota
Immigration officer who led Trump's Minneapolis anti-immigration campaign to leave the city
3 hrs ago
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new era facelifts
Keelin Moncrieff on Botox: What happens if we all freeze our faces?
Keelin Moncrieff
Updated 4 hrs ago
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Retrofitting
New grant of up to €4,000 to upgrade windows and doors to be made available from March
4 hrs ago
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Yesterday
26th January 2026
Central Criminal Court
'I don't feel bad anymore': Woman speaks out on rape by sports coach in Cork when she was 14
11 hrs ago
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vacant properties
Over 3,000 homes were brought back to use last year (with Donegal one of the bright lights)
12 hrs ago
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won't back down
We asked Johnny Cash's son what the Man in Black would make of America today
John Carter Cash opens up about his parents Johnny and June, their ties to Ireland, and the wisdom their songs continue to offer.
Andrew Walsh
13 hrs ago
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State sovereignty
Trump sends border czar to Minnesota as judge considers ruling ICE deployment there illegal
Updated 13 hrs ago
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Finglas
'Just heartbreaking': Community remembers Grace Lynch (16) and calls for crackdown on scrambler bikes
Locals say dangerous driving on scrambler bikes and e-scooters is a pervasive issue, particularly among boys and young men.
Updated 14 hrs ago
35.8k
Affordable Housing
Behind the walls at Central Mental Hospital site earmarked for 900 homes (if no-one else objects)
We got a tour of the huge site in Dundrum in south Dublin, closed to the public until now.
Updated 14 hrs ago
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Keane Mulready-Woods
Man was instructed by 'volatile and dangerous' criminal when driving with teenager's body
14 hrs ago
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Travel Disruption
Storm Chandra: Entire country under Status Yellow wind warning tomorrow
Three counties in Northern Ireland will be under a Status Orange wind warning tomorrow.
Updated 15 hrs ago
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Analysis
Why was a seven-year case brought against five gardaí over road traffic tickets?
12 jurors cleared the gardaí today in a dramatic not guilty verdict at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.
Niall O'Connor
15 hrs ago
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All eyes on Ice
Why is Trump's administration facing bipartisan pushback over Ice shooting of Alex Pretti?
15 hrs ago
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Courts
Driver who fatally struck woman due to 'momentary lapse in attention' given 12-month suspended sentence
16 hrs ago
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RIP
'A pure gentleman': Former MEP Brian Crowley laid to rest after funeral in Co Cork
16 hrs ago
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Limerick
Four gardaí and retired superintendent found not guilty in cancelling road traffic tickets case
The case centres around the terminating of road traffic tickets after requests by members of the public to gardaí to not issue fines.
Niall O'Connor
Reporting from Limerick
Updated 17 hrs ago
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To Those I've Hurt
‘I am not a Nazi’: Kanye West apologises for antisemitic remarks and ‘reckless behaviour’
18 hrs ago
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Drumcondra
Apartment development worth €646 million given green light in Drumcondra
18 hrs ago
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Fraud
Insurance fraudster who claimed injury after being knocked off bike is jailed for almost three years
18 hrs ago
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Polar Vortex
At least 11 dead from massive winter storm in US as Trump questions reality of climate change
At least 20 states and the US capital Washington have declared states of emergency.
Updated 19 hrs ago
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Hamburg Declaration
Ireland among North Sea nations to sign wind power pledge to resist Russian energy 'blackmail'
20 hrs ago
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Robert Corbet
Man who murdered Aoife Phelan in 2012 dies in prison
20 hrs ago
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Great British Shakeup
Nigella Lawson to replace Prue Leith on Great British Bakeoff
20 hrs ago
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jumping ship
'I feel like I've come home': Suella Braverman becomes the latest Tory to defect to Reform
20 hrs ago
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RELATED
Robert Jenrick officially defects to Reform after being sacked by Tory leader
15 Jan
Trains
Major disruptions to commuter and DART services over Bank Holiday weekend
20 hrs ago
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Courts
Woman jailed for 15 years for sexual assault and for allowing her brother to rape her daughter
21 hrs ago
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alex pretti
How footage of Minnesota shooting directly contradicts US government's account of what happened
21 hrs ago
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Court Appearance
Dublin man Brian Grendon charged with directing criminal gang in importing drugs
Updated 22 hrs ago
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Dublin
Community 'deeply shaken' as teenage girl killed in Finglas scrambler crash is named locally
22 hrs ago
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The Daily Poll
Have you watched Heated Rivalry?
26 Jan
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Snow Joke
Two teams set for rematch in Super Bowl LX in California next month after 'thriller' shootout
Updated 26 Jan
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Minnesota
Mary Robinson says 'elements of fascism' clearly present in US government
26 Jan
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Witness appeal
Man in his 50s dies in two-car collision in Dundalk, Co Louth
26 Jan
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Minnesota
'This has to stop': Obama and Clinton urge Americans to 'speak out' after Minneapolis shootings
Multiple senators from Trump’s Republican Party and the NRA have called for a full investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti.
26 Jan
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RELATED
Protests grow in Minneapolis as man shot dead by federal agents is named as Alex Pretti
25 Jan
ICE accused of using five-year-old child as ‘bait’ in Minneapolis immigration raids
23 Jan
Judge rules ICE agents can't arrest or use pepper spray on peaceful protesters in Minnesota
17 Jan
Anger in Minneapolis after ICE agents shoot man one week after killing of Renee Good
15 Jan
California
Social media giants face trial over claims platforms are designed to addict children
26 Jan
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The Morning Lead
'Dramatic' number of kids are missing more than four weeks of school every year
The ESRI said that one of the most ‘important findings’ is that the main marker of chronic absenteeism rates stems from DEIS classification and special school status.
Diarmuid Pepper
26 Jan
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