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Friday 6 February 2026 Dublin: 7°C
St Patrick's Day
Taoiseach receives formal invitation from Donald Trump to visit the White House in March
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he is looking forward to his trip to Washington DC in March.
storm chandra
'Drier conditions' due over the weekend but flooding is not yet over, emergency group says
RIP
'He walked to town for dinner every day': Tributes paid as man who died in Dublin bus crash is named
White House
White House deletes Trump post depicting Obamas as apes after initial defence
Doggy excellence
Rescue dog who was found in Tesco bag to represent Ireland at Crufts
Today's news
The Daily Poll
Did you watch the Ireland–France match?
White House
White House deletes Trump post depicting Obamas as apes after initial defence
2 hrs ago
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Doggy excellence
Rescue dog who was found in Tesco bag to represent Ireland at Crufts
4 hrs ago
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boyzone
Keith Duffy says Boyzone wasn’t offered an Irish stadium for upcoming reunion
6 hrs ago
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RIP
'He walked to town for dinner every day': Tributes paid as man who died in Dublin bus crash is named
The man, who was in his 80s, has been named as Frank Daly from East Wall.
Eimer McAuley
Updated 7 hrs ago
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Dublin
'It was like it was put in a washing machine': Clontarf Baths battered by overnight flooding
8 hrs ago
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Russia
Russian general shot 'several times' in Moscow apartment block
Updated 9 hrs ago
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SPOTLIGHT

A break from the weather

light the lights
I asked if I could write a review of The Muppet Show 50th Anniversary Special and they said yes
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sunshine spots
Quiz: How well do you know these popular holiday destinations?
lording it
Michael Flatley's show went ahead after a long, bitter legal saga – here's what it was like
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Welcome to the cottage
'There's a lot more to it than the sex': How Heated Rivalry became a cultural phenomenon
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The Daily Poll
Did you watch the Ireland–France match?
11 hrs ago
15.6k
55
As it happened
Met Éireann rain alerts elapse but warning that 'full impacts' won't be known until later
Updated 11 hrs ago
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Gregory Campbell
DUP MP defends Connolly encounter and says 'Londonderry' should have been mentioned in speech
11 hrs ago
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DAFT.IE PROPERTY MAGAZINE
Do some celeb spotting from this dream coastal home on Dublin's south side
lording it
Michael Flatley's show went ahead after a long, bitter legal saga - here's what it was like
By hook and by crook, the show finally returned last night on the 3Arena stage.
Cormac Fitzgerald
11 hrs ago
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time to meet the muppets
I asked if I could write a review of The Muppet Show 50th Anniversary Special and they said yes
It’s not easy being greenlit.
Carl Kinsella
Updated 13 hrs ago
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plan for flooded future
Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land
Pádraic Fogarty
14 hrs ago
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The Morning Lead
'It's honest work': Dubliners who collect bottles and cans on the streets share their stories
We sat down with four men who collect bottles and cans to raise money for food, Leap card top-ups, phone bills and more.
Valerie Flynn
21 hrs ago
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Yesterday
5th February 2026
Quiz
Quiz: How well do you know these popular holiday destinations?
21 hrs ago
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Six Nations reaction
'We left ourselves too big a mountain to climb' - Ireland reflect on a tough night in Paris
The 42
Reports from Stade de France
21 hrs ago
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VOICES

Opinion and analysis on the stories that matter

Mandelson, Epstein and new pressure on Starmer
What now for Britain's unpopular leader?
Peter Flanagan
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Therapist on therapy notes
Stop using sexual assault survivors' words against them
Jacky Grainger
New apartments, empty shops
The quiet scandal of Ireland’s modern dereliction
Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor
42
OnlyFans influencers
Porn industry is normalising sex trade for teen girls
Eoghan Cleary
Commuting
If public transport was free, would you use it more?
Paddy Comyn
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Novo Nordisk
Wegovy maker to try and block cheaper weight loss pill launched in the US
22 hrs ago
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Minute-by-Minute
Ireland fall well short in 36-14 Six Nations defeat to France
23 hrs ago
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north earl street
Man in his 80s killed and three hospitalised after Bus Éireann bus crashes in Dublin city centre
Updated 5 Feb
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As it happened
Fears of overnight flooding as work-from-home advised for tomorrow
Counties Waterford, Dublin, Wicklow and Louth have Status Orange warnings into tomorrow.
Updated 5 Feb
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penisgate
Sports doping body on the lookout for 'penis injections' at Winter Olympics
5 Feb
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storm leonardo
Storm Leonardo leaves one dead and one missing in heavily flooded Spain and Portugal
5 Feb
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Central Criminal Court
Amateur kickboxer who stomped on 62-year-old mother's skull found guilty of manslaughter
5 Feb
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storm coverage
'Umbrellas near me' - Dublin shops inundated with drenched tourists seeking raingear
5 Feb
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High Stakes
'I don’t do ultimatums unless they come from my wife,' Bord Bia chair tells TDs
5 Feb
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Dublin 4
Planning permission refused for 'landmark' luxury hotel in Ballsbridge
5 Feb
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5 Feb
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Courts
Serving garda to stand trial accused of corruption and leaking confidential PULSE information
5 Feb
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Gregory Campbell
'You’re in our country', veteran DUP MP tells President Connolly in Derry
5 Feb
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virgin media
Ryan Tubridy is on an Irish media blitz - but won't 'accept responsibility for whole RTÉ storm’
5 Feb
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Under Pressure
Is this the moment Irishman Morgan McSweeney must (finally) fall on his sword for Keir Starmer?
Rónán Duffy
5 Feb
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departure lounge
Kenny Jacobs is voluntarily stepping down as the head of DAA
5 Feb
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Rain
Status Orange alert extended to Dublin and Louth as further warnings kick in for other counties
Updated 5 Feb
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'We need to know she's alive': US news anchor pleads for return of her abducted mother
5 Feb
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The Daily Poll
Are you a sporty person?
5 Feb
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Epstein files
Bertie Ahern says 'it's not clear' what George Mitchell is being accused of over Epstein files
5 Feb
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GUS LAMONT
Disappearance of four-year-old in Australian outback declared major crime
5 Feb
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Epstein files
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clara
Teenage girl in critical condition after being struck by a car in Co Offaly
5 Feb
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North Dublin
Primary school in limbo over additional autism classes as department says no funding available
5 Feb
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