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Last week
3rd May 2026 - 9th May 2026
The week that was
'Another slap in the face of workers': Four winners and two losers from the political week
Government candidate frontrunner, UK politicians riding high and low and another bike shed.
9 May
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The Liberties
Oliver Bond resident fears new plan for complex risks repeating mistakes of the past
9 May
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News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
9 May
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Minute-by-Minute
Connacht defeat Munster 26-7 in URC
9 May
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harm reduction
Summer festival supports: At PsyCare, we aim to be the calm in the chaos
Deirdre Mullins
9 May
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MV Hondius
Repatriation flight to Ireland planned for passengers on hantavirus-hit ship
The MV Hondius is expected to arrive in Tenerife in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
Updated 9 May
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RELATED
'Covid 2.0': Pandemic-era conspiracies return after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
8 May
Minister says HSE has been asked to plan for Irish passengers' return home from hantavirus ship
8 May
Evacuation plans still unclear for Irish passengers aboard virus-stricken cruise ship, minister says
7 May
Dublin
'Not what we want': Crowds protest against redesign of Stephen's Green Shopping Centre
9 May
11.7k
43
Controversy
Amid a boycott and with past winners steering clear, what can we expect from Eurovision 2026?
9 May
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Updates
Ireland v Wales, Women's Six Nations
9 May
16.4k
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Premier League
Manchester United held to battling goalless draw at Sunderland
The 42
Updated 9 May
4.7k
25
Hungary
Pro-EU Péter Magyar sworn in as Hungary's new prime minister
9 May
4.9k
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As it happens
Waterford v Cork, Munster senior hurling championship
9 May
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airport drinking
'He'd had a space cake then airport drinks': Reader stories of passengers 'hammered' on flights
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary wants pre-flight morning pints banned in airports. We asked our readers for their thoughts.
Jane Moore
Updated 9 May
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Carrick-on-Suir
Postmortem exam of woman believed to have died in childbirth at Tipperary home completed
9 May
24.2k
European Parliament
'A gay, single mum-to be': MEP Maria Walsh reveals she's expecting a baby through IVF
9 May
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Premier League
Liverpool still waiting to clinch Champions League football after Chelsea draw
The 42
9 May
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Under Pressure
Starmer brings Gordon Brown into government as he seeks reset after Labour's election losses
Updated 9 May
15.1k
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rock 'n' roll stars
A documentary about Oasis' reunion tour is coming to cinemas later this year
9 May
3.7k
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glenour
Motorcyclist (20s) dies following single-vehicle crash in Co Wexford
9 May
9.6k
Moscow
Putin oversees scaled-back Victory Day parade amid temporary ceasefire with Ukraine
9 May
8.0k
RELATED
Trump confirms Ukraine-Russia ceasefire as Zelenskyy orders army not to attack Red Square
8 May
Russia and Ukraine trade more than a thousand drone attacks overnight
8 May
In Pictures
Thousands take part in Darkness into Light walks across the country
9 May
8.1k
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Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Come on guys, we don't have it in the locker to pull off nuclear energy
Carl Kinsella
9 May
3.5k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Parents struggle with May mid-term break, Trump awaits Iran’s response to latest truce proposal and the UK front pages on Labour’s election losses.
9 May
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Front Pages
'Bloodbath', 'battering' and 'colossal defeat' - UK papers react to Labour's local election losses
British prime minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to go after his party’s performance in England, Scotland and Wales.
9 May
8.7k
51
ennis circuit court
Clare man (65) who sexually assaulted girl 19 years ago is jailed
9 May
16.7k
Catholic Church
Pope Leo has called for peace over 400 times, and it’s put him on a collision course with Trump
A recent poll found that 30% of US adults are against Pope Leo ‘urging peace and rejecting war’.
Diarmuid Pepper
Reporting from Naples
9 May
10.3k
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Middle East
US fires on two Iranian tankers as Trump awaits Tehran's response to truce proposal
9 May
4.6k
20
How to choose a car
Car love: I have that strange affliction of seeing cars as having personalities and souls
Paddy Comyn
9 May
2.9k
19
THE RUNNING MEN
‘Mum would be proud’: Brothers racing through 32 marathons raise over €1m for inherited dementia
Jordan and Cian Adams recently surpassed €1 million in donations, with 20 marathons to go.
9 May
11.4k
11
Sari Khoury
One Palestinian winemaker refuses to give up amid illegal settler expansion in the West Bank
Reporter Hannah McCarthy meets Sari Khoury, a winemaker fighting to preserve Palestinian identity in an increasingly dangerous occupied West Bank.
Hannah McCarthy
9 May
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77
The Morning Lead
'It's like they’re barely in these days': Why are some primary schools on a May midterm break?
Some parents have found the May mid-term break inconvenient, as they juggle work and childcare.
Mairead Maguire
9 May
30.6k
126
Seanfhocal Eile
Language Commissioner to probe incorrect version of Irish proverb on Kerry hospital bike shed
Updated 8 May
39.3k
69
High Court
Woman alleges gardaí targeted her relationship through ‘ruse’ apartment search
8 May
22.0k
Courts
Woman who swallowed €80k worth of cocaine sought help from Dublin hotel fearing pellet could burst
8 May
22.8k
Ceasefire
Trump confirms Ukraine-Russia ceasefire as Zelenskyy orders army not to attack Red Square
8 May
25.9k
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FactCheck
'Covid 2.0': Pandemic-era conspiracies return after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
Did the Covid vaccine cause hantavirus? No. But that hasn’t stopped people saying so.
Shane Raymond
8 May
12.2k
Palestine
EU, UK and Canada condemn 'violent' Israeli settlers after Irish Aid-backed West Bank school destroyed
Andrew Walsh
8 May
7.4k
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News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
8 May
2.5k
join the club
This country is expected to hold a referendum on joining the EU
8 May
33.5k
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Dublin
Woman fears ex-partner’s ‘next victim may not survive’, court hears
8 May
15.6k
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