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Friday 13 February 2026 Dublin: 2°C
Flooding impact
Residents at north Dublin apartment building without power and water supply after flooding
The firm that manages the huge apartment complex told vehicle owners to contact their insurers, and told residents of 126 apartments they may be without power until next week.
ivan rosney
Inspector of Prisons has 'deep reservations' about injuries to mentally ill inmate who died
Nations League
FAI called on to boycott Ireland's matches against Israel but Taoiseach says they should go ahead
Epstein files
Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon pays damages to Alan Shatter over false Epstein claim
security conference
A year on from the JD Vance speech that stunned Europe, what can we expect in Munich?
Today's news
The Daily Poll
Trinity College is banning vapes on its campus – should other public spaces follow suit?
women and infants
'Deeply disappointed’: Ministers question 'surprising' refusal of Rotunda critical care unit
‘Health infrastructure is critical infrastructure. Simple as that,’ says Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Christina Finn
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transport disruption
Motorists urged not to drive through flooding in Dublin as council to review 'timeliness of warnings'
A Status Yellow rain warning was in place in Dublin and Wicklow until midday today, but this alert was announced at around 2.30am.
Updated 2 hrs ago
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Flooding impact
Residents at north Dublin apartment building without power and water supply after flooding
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Nations League
FAI called on to boycott Ireland's matches against Israel but Taoiseach says they should go ahead
Ireland has been drawn into the same group as Israel, Austria and Kosovo for the Nations League.
Updated 6 hrs ago
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DAFT.IE PROPERTY MAGAZINE
An €8 million modern estate with a wellness suite and top notch equestrian facilities
The Daily Poll
Trinity College is banning vapes on its campus – should other public spaces follow suit?
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SPOTLIGHT

A break from the weather

less is moor
'He sounded like someone from Emmerdale': What Irish cinemagoers made of Wuthering Heights
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pitt slop
No, that's probably NOT Brad Pitt drinking a pint in your local
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late to the party
What will the arrival of HBO Max mean for Sky customers in Ireland?
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blades of glory
Are you seeing lots of videos online of backflipping ice skaters? Here's why
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Donations
GoFundMe for James Van Der Beek’s family has topped €1.6 million
11 hrs ago
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Epstein files
Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer to resign after emails show close ties to Epstein
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status yellow alert
Dublin and Wicklow under Status Yellow rain warning as country hit by freezing weather and rain
There may be flooding in Dublin and Wicklow this morning .
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Six Nations Magazine
Kick off the Six Nations with the pick of this week's rugby coverage
trump administration
Dublin woman Gail Slater leaves White House job less than a year after appointment
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Yesterday
12th February 2026
abp
Waterford abattoir begins redundancy consultation with more than 200 employees
21 hrs ago
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Environmental Protection Agency
Trump revokes legal basis for US climate laws, calling climate change 'a scam'
22 hrs ago
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garda probe
Two Limerick gardaí have five-year-long suspensions lifted as fallout from trial continues
23 hrs ago
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Winter Vomiting Bug
Public urged to be alert to signs and symptoms of norovirus as cases up over 50% in a week
23 hrs ago
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Search underway for man who went overboard from ferry in Irish Sea
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VOICES

Parenting – opinions on the stories that matter

Traffic at the school gates
When it rains, parents get frustrated
Margaret Lynch
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Tracking the kids
When parental fear meets GPS devices
Niamh O'Reilly
Long live the Sunday Drive
In the olden days, we used to just drive places for the craic
Gwen Loughman
18
Hot school meals
The intentions are good, but the delivery is poor
Jen Cummins
59
Irish Defence Army
Man accused of plotting to blow up mosque claims Explosives Act is unconstitutional
12 Feb
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investigates

Our team exposes issues with Ireland's care system

Emergency Arrangements
Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements
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Residential Care
Mounting damage costs in residential care amid warnings that children are 'criminalised'
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Missing in Care
Child in Tusla care reported missing 274 times in a single year
An Coimisin Pleanála
New €100m Rotunda Hospital critical care unit for women and infants denied planning permission
Conservation groups objected on the grounds that the new building would damage the Georgian square’s prospect of long-term regeneration.
Eimer McAuley
12 Feb
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SEAMUS CULLETON
Plans under way to deport Irish ICE detainee Seamus Culleton from the US as early as next week
It comes amid confirmation that Culleton had a number of charges against him before he left Ireland in 2009.
Updated 12 Feb
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Musgrave
Supervalu and Centra owner announces that over 80 jobs are at risk
12 Feb
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Joe O'Reilly
'Lovely surprise': A Fine Gael senator won a car on last week’s Late Late Show
12 Feb
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Home and Away
Ireland to face Israel in Nations League
12 Feb
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Pot Luck
Ireland to face Israel in Nations League
The league phase matches will take place between 24 September and 17 November 2026.
12 Feb
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Courts
American man who strangled father at Laois hotel found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
12 Feb
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exclusive home
An €8 million modern estate with a wellness suite and top notch equestrian facilities
12 Feb
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Meath
Warning over appearance of highly poisonous flowering plant on Dublin and Meath beaches
Updated 12 Feb
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Winter Olympics
Ukrainian racer calls Olympic ban over war victim pictures on his helmet ‘a terrible mistake’
12 Feb
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she is handsome she is pretty
'Such a coup to get this over Dublin': Retailer Sephora opens its first Irish shop in Belfast
12 Feb
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RIP
Katie Holmes leads tributes to Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek, who has died aged 48
Updated 12 Feb
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morning glory
Radio Nova breakfast show tops chart in Dublin, as FM104 loses out for first time in decades
Comedian PJ Gallagher and veteran presenter Jim McCabe told The Journal they’re over the moon.
12 Feb
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Rugby
Farrell makes six changes for Ireland's clash with Italy
Edwin Edogbo is set for his Ireland debut off the bench in Dublin.
12 Feb
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refresh
Farrell makes six changes for Ireland's clash with Italy
Edwin Edogbo is set for his Ireland debut off the bench in Dublin.
Murray Kinsella
12 Feb
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Heated rhetoric
Ratcliffe issues carefully worded apology for 'offending some people' with immigration remarks
Updated 12 Feb
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mixed opinions
'He sounded like someone from Emmerdale': What Irish cinemagoers made of Wuthering Heights
This might just be the first adaptation of a Brontë novel to feature two sun-soaked Australian leads yearning in the English countryside.
Mairead Maguire
Updated 12 Feb
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incredible scenes
'Washed-up loser lawyer!' - How Pam Bondi's hearing on Epstein descended into yelling and chaos
The five-hour hearing saw Democrats round on the US attorney general over her department’s handling of the release of the Epstein files.
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12 Feb
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below freezing
Met Éireann issues Status Yellow ice warning for all of Ireland from tomorrow
12 Feb
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Murder Investigation
Man arrested in connection with murder of Daniel Aruebose released without charge
12 Feb
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consumer watchdog
Conor McGregor served with compliance notice for not disclosing promotional Instagram content
12 Feb
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Election bid
Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has confirmed he'll run in the Dublin Central by-election
‘The Monk’ had restarted his social media accounts and had been hinting that he might run since the by-election was announced.
12 Feb
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The Morning Lead
'The system is broken': Our readers' stories of the 'madness' of bidding on a home in Ireland
From being asked to bid in €2,500 increments to being told to bid higher even when others have bowed out, our readers say reform is needed.
12 Feb
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