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This month
April 2026
round the bend
Some very creative accounting was needed to greenlight the Galway ring road
Ciarán Ferrie
11 Apr
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Shops
Essential goods shortages 'only a matter of time' if fuel protests continue
11 Apr
17.1k
70
The Morning Lead
Viktor Orbán's 16-year grip on power could end tomorrow, but will anything change in Hungary?
At the moment, opinion polls put Orbán’s main rival in the lead, but how different would the country look under his leadership?
Jane Matthews
11 Apr
12.7k
37
Golf
Rory McIlroy leads the Masters by six shots, Shane Lowry in tie for fourth
The 42
Updated 10 Apr
17.3k
17
fuel protests
Every garda in the country ordered to work for next three days for ‘exceptional event’
All members with public order training have been told to arrive in their protective gear.
10 Apr
135k
342
Met Éireann
Status Yellow weather warnings issued for six counties tomorrow
10 Apr
38.4k
9
As it happened
Talks to resume tomorrow as fuel blockades continue, Tánaiste promises 'substantial' fuel package
IFA president Francie Gorman said after today’s meeting the government needs to be ‘a lot more proactive’.
Updated 10 Apr
254k
335
Fuel blockade
Tensions at Whitegate: Garda Public Order Unit leave refinery as stand off continues
An access road, known as the Low Road, at the refinery had been opened under agreement between gardaí and the protesters.
Niall O'Connor
Reporting from Whitegate.
Updated 10 Apr
44.0k
195
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News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
10 Apr
4.1k
Talks
Fuel protests to continue after no agreement reached in government meeting with representatives
10 Apr
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82
Pakistan talks
Iran says negotiations with US cannot begin without Israeli ceasefire in Lebanon
10 Apr
3.9k
19
irish cuisine
It's his menu, not ours: Let's not rush to criticise Rory McIlroy's choice of dinner
Patrick Hanlon
Updated 10 Apr
14.4k
16
Not happy
'F***ed off and f***ed over': Fianna Fáil backbenchers furious over handling of fuel protests
10 Apr
126k
281
fuel supply
Fire and ambulance services to be curtailed due to fuel shortages caused by protests
Updated 10 Apr
59.2k
210
Newshound Quiz
The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz
10 Apr
11.4k
8
family law court
Healthy teenager to spend weekend in hospital rather than Tusla site due to motorway protests
10 Apr
15.3k
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
10 Apr
3.1k
FactCheck
Old footage and incorrect hot takes fuelling misinformation around protests
10 Apr
17.7k
fuel protests
Parcel delivery firm DPD temporarily suspending Irish services tomorrow due to fuel protest
Updated 10 Apr
76.6k
140
Galway
Further 36 sets of infant remains recovered from site of former Tuam mother and baby home
10 Apr
10.7k
85
Delays
Dublin Airport advises travellers to use back roads as M50 blocked
Updated 10 Apr
37.1k
44
PodcastThe Explainer
How far can a protest go before the State steps in?
Leitrim
Body of Liam Farrell to be exhumed as part of renewed investigation into his 2020 death
10 Apr
11.4k
The Daily Poll
Do you think the government should meet with fuel protesters today?
10 Apr
40.0k
161
National Ambulance Service
Ambulance workers say they've 'no option but to take action'
10 Apr
28.7k
fuel protests
Revenue to take ‘pragmatic approach’ as fuel protests hit business cash flows
10 Apr
21.3k
54
NASA
Artemis II astronauts prepare for re-entry and splashdown
10 Apr
6.4k
12
Status Yellow
Wet and windy day ahead as Status Yellow warnings issued for eight counties
Updated 10 Apr
19.6k
11
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Fuel protests enter fourth day, weather warnings to come into place across eight counties, and JD Vance heads to Pakistan for Iran peace talks
Updated 10 Apr
4.4k
Middle East
US vice president JD Vance flies to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran
10 Apr
4.2k
grassroots campaign
'Another few days will have things crippled': Inside the fuel price protest WhatsApp groups
The protests are being organised online by people within the sector after a major public meeting took place last month.
Eimer McAuley
10 Apr
70.1k
176
The Masters
Rory McIlroy shares lead at the Masters after helter-skelter 67
The 42
Updated 10 Apr
11.6k
13
The Morning Lead
From full-throated support to outrage, our readers have their say on the fuel protests
There was plenty of criticism for the government’s handling of the fuel crisis and the protests themselves.
10 Apr
40.9k
174
Russia
Putin announces ceasefire in Ukraine war for Orthodox Easter
9 Apr
11.5k
43
As it happened
Fuel protests: Dozens of forecourts out of petrol, panic buying underway and M50 still gridlocked
The National Emergency Coordination Group met this afternoon to discuss the response.
Updated 9 Apr
170k
288
RELATED
Crisis management: Fuel protests leave the government caught between a rock and a hard place
9 Apr
Gardaí say protesters who don't move will face 'full rigours of the law'
9 Apr
Half of houses and businesses won't have access to fuel if depot blockades continue, says industry
9 Apr
Epstein files
Melania Trump denies alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein in unexpected public address
9 Apr
20.3k
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
9 Apr
6.2k
Agóidithe breosla
An lá a chaith an Taoiseach ag fógairt dea-scéalta is ag seachaint léirsithe i gCorcaigh
9 Apr
3.8k
6
Analysis
Government's hardline response runs the risk of bolstering blockade movement
Christina Finn
9 Apr
18.9k
93
east Cork
Whitegate blockade leader says protesters aren’t “acting the langer”
The Journal has spent the day with the protestors in Whitegate Refinery who are, for the most part, farming contractors and construction workers.
Niall O'Connor
Reporting from Whitegate
9 Apr
12.0k
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