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Thursday
25th June 2026
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PodcastThe 42 GAA Weekly
‘Sometimes the Championship can get a bit wild’ - All-Ireland quarter-finals preview
Declan Bogue and Fintan O’Toole join Ronan Early to look ahead to a packed weekend of football, as the Championship is down to the last eight.
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The Daily Poll
Do you think there should be limits on election poster sizes?
25 Jun
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take the plunge
Bunking off work for the beach today? Here’s how to check where it’s safe (and clean) to swim
25 Jun
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the housing essay
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Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor
25 Jun
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MAYOR OF A TOWN
'Extremely liberal': Trump makes first public remarks about likely new British prime minister
Andy Burnham, who won last week’s byelection in Makerfield, is favoured to become prime minister following Keir Starmer’s resignation.
Updated 25 Jun
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Dozens dead after twin earthquakes in Venezuela, landlord body wants a part in the government’s new savings scheme and Ireland braces for possible hottest day ever
25 Jun
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strait of hormuz
Irish shoppers to be hit with higher food prices in coming months, ESRI warns
Updated 25 Jun
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2026 world cup
Scotland’s qualification hopes up in the air after bruising defeat to Brazil
Elsewhere in Group C, Morocco came from behind twice to beat Haiti.
25 Jun
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Best of the Box
World Cup late nights and Croke Park classics – don’t miss these matches
25 Jun
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is vance ok?
Stars and Swipes: JD Vance is revealing himself as a shapeshifter with no fixed principles
Marion McKeone
25 Jun
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high alert
More than 26 million suspected scam calls were blocked by one network provider last year
25 Jun
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The Morning Lead
Ireland's biggest landlord Ires Reit wants your savings (via Harris's new investment scheme)
Ires argues both retail investors and renters would benefit from its inclusion in the promised state-backed scheme.
Valerie Flynn
25 Jun
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Wednesday
24th June 2026
World Cup
Switzerland beat Canada to top group as co-hosts fail to seal home last-32 match
The 42
24 Jun
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An Post
An Post appoints Fergal Leamy as chief executive
24 Jun
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drug policy in ireland
Opinion: A whole of government approach is key to addressing drug use, addiction and recovery
Dawn Russell
24 Jun
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Aerial survey
You won't see this plane flying very low to the ground again
24 Jun
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The Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
24 Jun
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RIP
'He was a dreamer': Olympian Ciarán Ó Lionáird laid to rest in his native Co Cork
24 Jun
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Paris
France confirms Ebola virus in patient who worked as doctor in Democratic Republic of the Congo
24 Jun
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soaring temperatures
Minister raises concerns with Uisce Éireann over water outages planned during hot weather
24 Jun
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Tír agus teanga
"Beidh reifreann neamhspleachais ag an Bhreatain Bheag - is iad na daoine a chinnfidh cathain"
24 Jun
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RIP
Hundreds gather for funeral Mass of teenager killed while watching Donegal International Rally
24 Jun
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World Cup Diary
An Irishman, an Englishman and a Ghanaian walk into a (karaoke) bar...
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reports from Boston
24 Jun
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vaping
The government is looking to ban vape flavours - why?
24 Jun
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safeguarding issues
Victims of abuse in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland should come forward, gardaí say
24 Jun
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Language and Nation
Welsh First Minister: There'll be an independence referendum - it's the people who'll decide when
24 Jun
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Swords
Ryanair staff living in Swords feel 'unsafe' and 'unwelcome' following arson attack
24 Jun
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Budget 2027
Inheritance tax shake-up under consideration as Taoiseach notes concerns of those without children
Christina Finn
24 Jun
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Nations League
Siptu calls on RTÉ to boycott coverage of Ireland-Israel matches
The 42
24 Jun
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up the poles
No suggestion of banning election posters but their size should be limited, Commission says
24 Jun
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the heat
France records hottest day on record as Europe deals with unprecedented heatwave
Updated 24 Jun
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rules of engagement
High-level talks about foreign militaries using force on Irish soil and sea during EU presidency
Niall O'Connor
Updated 24 Jun
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National Children's Hospital
Latest Children’s Hospital completion date is August but Department official says ‘we'll wait to see’
24 Jun
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Cork Docklands
Green light for €1bn redevelopment of Cork City Docklands that could yield 25k houses
24 Jun
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Central Criminal Court
Trial of former sports coach hears evidence from schoolfriends of woman he indecently assaulted
Jane Moore
24 Jun
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World Cup
Irish pub in Boston gives staff a day to recover from Scottish takeover
24 Jun
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Summer
'We're just mad busy': Lifeguards and ice cream shops gear up for busy week with hot weather
24 Jun
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
24 Jun
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Courts
Man accused of Parnell Square attack denied to gardaí that he 'went for the smallest children'
24 Jun
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pay in instalments
'Buy now, pay later' wrongly promoted as financial management tool, says consumer watchdog
Updated 24 Jun
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