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Tuesday

7th October 2025

Buiséad 2026

Níos mó ná €36m breise curtha ar fáil don Ghaeltacht is Gaeilge i mBuiséad 2026 ag an Rialtas

7 Oct

2.0k

The Daily Poll

How do you feel about the Budget announcement?

7 Oct

13.6k

51

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

7 Oct

2.2k

Social Welfare

Minister accepts he didn't get welfare payment 'wish list' despite €10 increase

Updated 7 Oct

64.4k

39

Palestine

Hamas and Israel resume US peace plan talks as 7 October anniversary marked

Updated 7 Oct

6.4k

hospitality sector

McBudget: Opposition criticises big companies being included in VAT cut for hospitality sector

Updated 7 Oct

13.2k

28

Longford

Trial begins of man alleged to be pilot that flew aircraft carrying €8m of cocaine into Ireland

7 Oct

11.0k

mo chara

UK's prosecution service appeals decision to throw out terror charge against Kneecap's Mo Chara

7 Oct

8.5k

Sponsored

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Aras 2025

Independent Ireland TDs urge voters not to spoil ballot and hint they will back Catherine Connolly

Updated 7 Oct

10.6k

81

price at the pumps

Carbon tax increase for motorists to kick in from midnight, with further rise to come next year

7 Oct

40.0k

41

in short

The return of Prudent Paschal? Here are the key points from Budget 2026

Updated 7 Oct

59.8k

159

Tax Breaks

Property developers who build apartments given tax cut

Updated 7 Oct

6.9k

15

Dundalk

'We will carry you with us forever': Mark, Louise and Evan O'Connor remembered at funeral mass

Cian O’Connor lovingly described the qualities of his parents and younger brother in a eulogy today.

Updated 7 Oct

30.4k

Sponsored

Winter is coming: Paul Merriman on how to save money by improving the energy efficiency of your home

Herdecke

Newly elected mayor of German town fighting for life after being found stabbed in her home

7 Oct

13.5k

Under the bus

Fianna Fáil TD takes aim at Taoiseach and Chambers over 'extensive pressure' to back Jim Gavin

7 Oct

21.2k

24

Smoking

Cigarette prices to rise 50c from midnight while vape tax comes in next month

7 Oct

21.8k

25

Budget 2026

Why the average worker won't feel better off after this Budget

7 Oct

10.9k

23

Irish Air Corps

A new Irish military cargo aircraft is expected to arrive at its Dublin base later today

7 Oct

24.1k

enniscrone

Garda investigation launched after man (80s) found dead on a road in Co Sligo last night

7 Oct

11.9k

Best Laid Plans

Opinion: Fianna Fáil election disaster will remind TDs that one day, Micheál Martin won't be leader

Johnny Fallon

7 Oct

5.9k

26

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PodcastThe 42FM

Why didn’t Jim Gavin stick to football?

Sinead and Gav sift through the wreckage of Jim Gavin’s presidential campaign and ponder why so many people thought the former Dublin manager was a suitable candidate. Does this episode now force a reset in how we look at venerated GAA figures? What will he do next?

44m

october 7

Thousands of Israelis mourn victims of October 7 attack as Taoiseach condemns 'heinous terror'

7 Oct

2.9k

PodcastThe Candidate

Fianna Fáil's biggest WTF moment in years

Aras 2025

Jim Gavin will be on the ballot paper and his votes will be counted as normal

7 Oct

31.0k

134

Look Up

Did you catch last night's supermoon? It should be out again this evening

Updated 7 Oct

8.9k

20

Caledon

Animal carcasses dumped on grounds of Catholic church in Co Tyrone

7 Oct

9.5k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Budget day, 7 October anniversary and the O’Connor family funeral…

Updated 7 Oct

4.4k

Gaza Flotilla

Irish flotilla participants claim they were deprived of clean water and mattresses in Israeli detention

7 Oct

8.7k

Quaker Road

Man taken to hospital with serious injuries after alleged assault in Cork last night

7 Oct

10.1k

Heroics

Bystanders help lift medical helicopter in rescue effort after crash on California motorway

7 Oct

19.1k

3

Housing Crisis

Opinion: This Budget must do something for the 5,000 homeless children around Ireland

Niamh Allen

7 Oct

4.3k

43

concerns

Counsellors and psychotherapists' body says regulator's new standards undermine client safety

7 Oct

6.6k

4

Analysis

For Micheál Martin, the next week is crucial

Christina Finn and Jane Matthews

7 Oct

13.0k

77

Last Chance

Today is the deadline to register to vote in the presidential election

7 Oct

4.5k

18

The Morning Lead

State pension and other social welfare rates to rise by €10 in Budget 2026

No increase on excise fuel duty meaning no rise for petrol and diesel prices in this year’s budget

Christina Finn

Updated 7 Oct

72.0k

141

Monday

6th October 2025

Gaza Flotilla

Greta Thunberg hailed by crowds in Athens after release from Israeli detention

6 Oct

17.6k

109

Dublin

Teenager hospitalised after shooting in Bluebell

Updated 6 Oct

27.4k

The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

6 Oct

7.2k

3

Organised Crime

Two men arrested as gardaí recover cash worth a combined €261,000

6 Oct

14.9k

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Rescue Mission

Snowstorm traps hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest

6 Oct

14.3k

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