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August 2026
Housing Crisis
Housing overtakes substance abuse as most common reason people seek help from national charity
Childcare
Changes to income thresholds for Childcare Scheme to see thousands of families receive more subsidies
Must ReadThe Morning Lead
Vacuum billionaire James Dyson in stand-off with Waterford locals over access to graveyard
Dyson owns the historic 850-acre estate in west Waterford which he purchased for around €30 million two years ago.
Money diaries
Festival money diaries: how much will a weekend at Electric Picnic set you back?
From pints to phone charging, here’s how much it costs – whether it’s worth it, you decide.
HSE
Video showing 'deeply upsetting' treatment of patient was not filmed at UHL, investigation finds
melvin benn
Electric Picnic promoter defends festival organisation after crowd collapse at overcrowded stage
Co. Dublin
Man (20s) arrested after 'violent disorder' in Leopardstown that put three young men in hospital
Arrests
Two men charged after drugs worth €2.3m seized, including 20kg cocaine and 5,000 ecstasy tablets
flash floods
Nepal begins burials and appeals for support as flooding death toll reaches 797
Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai said Nepal needed “more than a thousand” freezer units to store bodies.
From The 42Take a Bow
Irish trio win silver medals at World Rowing Championships
Fiona Murtagh won a silver medal in the women’s single sculls, while Mags Cremen and Konan Pazzaia also took silver in the mixed double sculls.
Opinion2026 heatwaves
The wolf is at the door: 10 things we must do to prepare for a hotter, drier future
SeriesCalling 353
How 30 years has turned Liam Neeson's Michael Collins from 'Shirley Temple' to cultural icon
The big fear (from abroad) in 1996 was that the Neil Jordan-directed movie would serve as republican propaganda. Now maybe it’s time to revisit the story.
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