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October 2025
nemo ranger
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Fatal Crash
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25 Oct
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FactCheck
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25 Oct
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backbench bite
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25 Oct
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UK Labour Party
A month after being sacked from Starmer’s cabinet, Lucy Powell elected deputy Labour leader
25 Oct
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I'm out
Heather Humphreys concedes presidential election and congratulates Catherine Connolly
Updated 25 Oct
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biohazard
Ballot paper smeared with suspected excrement found in Cork count centre
25 Oct
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Soldier F: Here's what's known about what actually happened in Glenfada Park on Bloody Sunday
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Your guide to the Púca Halloween Festival 2025
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Oct 25
Catch a gig
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Have a laugh
The Swift Cultural Centre will act as the base for all things comedy.
Get into mischief
With the Samhain Fire lighting, fire shows, and Irish tales.
Sit back for a story
The Craicly Stories banquet wows at the Darnley Lodge Hotel.
How to get to the Púca Festival
Find out how to get there on public transport.
Plan your Púca
Get your tickets before they sell out.
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spoiled vote
'I felt really strange doing it': Peadar Tóibín spoiled his vote and wrote in Maria Steen
25 Oct
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Marek Puska
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Updated 25 Oct
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Saggart
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25 Oct
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spoiled votes
Spoiled votes emerge from boxes in large numbers, with many referencing alternative candidates
25 Oct
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Trump talks
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One Direction
Early tallies point to comprehensive Connolly win and sharp increase in spoiled ballots
25 Oct
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PSNI
Broken glass held to head of baby in back seat of stolen car in Belfast
25 Oct
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Dublin
Man arrested over alleged assault on two people canvassing with Mary Lou McDonald yesterday
25 Oct
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on course for victory
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25 Oct
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Daylight Savings Time
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25 Oct
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Ukraine
Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight kill at least four people and wound 16 others
25 Oct
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Ballot boxes opening, cold weather coming and Donald Trump plays ‘dirty’…
25 Oct
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UK
Manhunt continues in England for sex offender released from prison by mistake
25 Oct
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Ronald Reagan
Trump says he can play 'dirtier' than Canada in row over anti-tariff ad
25 Oct
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Analysis
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25 Oct
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Bank Holiday
Weather expected to turn cold this bank holiday weekend
25 Oct
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mol an oige
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25 Oct
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october bank holiday
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25 Oct
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The Morning Lead
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25 Oct
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tariff tiff
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24 Oct
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evening fix
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
24 Oct
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Liveblog
Ireland v Belgium, Nations League play-offs
24 Oct
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Polling House
Come to vote, stay for the rhubarb tart: The polling station inside a sitting room in Tipperary
24 Oct
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Ransomware
Dublin Airport passenger data could be compromised following cyber breach by criminal gang
24 Oct
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coalition of the willing
Starmer calls on Western allies to do more to bolster Ukraine's long-range missile capability
Updated 24 Oct
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'My conversations with Vladimir go nowhere': Trump pulls trigger on Russian oil firm sanctions
23 Oct
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22 Oct
Trump denies Zelenskyy US long-range missiles, says Putin wants to end war
17 Oct
Thurles
Graffiti on office is ‘attempt to intimidate me and my team’, Tipperary TD says
24 Oct
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NOT FINISHED YET
Irish boxer Kellie Harrington confirms she is coming out of retirement
The 42
24 Oct
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Co Clare
Man who drowned in River Shannon was driving jet ski at ‘unsafe speed’, inquiry finds
24 Oct
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As it happened
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Counting will begin tomorrow morning.
Updated 24 Oct
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High Court
High Court grants orders allowing Tusla to secure protection of vulnerable minor
24 Oct
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Dublin Marathon
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24 Oct
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