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Monday
18th May 2026
The Daily Poll
Did you boycott this year's Eurovision?
18 May
29.7k
141
MV Hondius
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship finally docks in the Netherlands as crew faces weeks-long quarantine
Updated 18 May
6.4k
20
Leipzig
German police shoot and kill tiger after it injured handler and escaped private zoo
18 May
11.5k
32
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Embassy staff avoid speeding penalties, ambulance pay dispute talks continue and President Connolly to meet King Charles…
Updated 18 May
3.7k
Hang in there
This weekend looks set to be sunny and warm (but we've a few more showery days to go first)
18 May
14.3k
25
Up In Smoke
Vapes should be recycled - but no-one seems to have told Irish people who use them
18 May
7.7k
55
dublin 15
Man (30s) in critical condition following serious assault in Blanchardstown
18 May
12.4k
nuclear bets
Ireland's energy future: What if the real failure here is that we stopped thinking bigger?
Dr Paul Davis
18 May
4.6k
21
summer stress
Watchdog finds 'shocking' levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care
18 May
17.6k
24
The Morning Lead
Embassy staff swerved punishment for 22 speeding offences in three-year period
Some diplomatic missions avoided multiple separate speeding offences.
18 May
28.5k
36
Sunday
17th May 2026
Golf
Aaron Rai wins the PGA Championship, Rory McIlroy in tie for 7th
Fintan O'Toole
Updated 17 May
26.8k
51
now what
Another year over – but can Eurovision go on like this?
Contest organisers the EBU will be breathing a sigh of relief now that the week is over – but whether the boycotting broadcasters will return remains an open question.
Daragh Brophy
reporting from Vienna
Updated 17 May
29.6k
113
Quiz
Quiz: How much do you know about Wordle?
17 May
17.6k
9
watercooler moment
What you need to know about the hockey romance series Off Campus
17 May
11.0k
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
17 May
4.3k
new book
Barry Cummins: I shudder to think I sat in Tina Satchwell’s home while her body lay buried there
Barry Cummins
17 May
10.4k
Thailand
Irish student dies in road crash in Thailand
The man has been named locally as Dublin film student Max Hendrickson.
Updated 17 May
49.7k
9
Keepers of Tradition
Family effort restoring one of Cork's most iconic clocks to air tomorrow
17 May
14.4k
17
pa daly
Supreme Court to hear Sinn Féin TD's appeal over super junior ministers at Cabinet
17 May
8.4k
Leinster SFC final
Westmeath see off Dublin after extra time to win stunning Leinster title
The 42
17 May
15.9k
26
Coolcotts
Man injured in shooting at home in Wexford town
17 May
15.9k
Not for turning
Ireland ‘needs to avoid' type of political leadership turmoil 'impacting UK’, Taoiseach says
17 May
10.1k
109
Northern Ireland
Murder investigation after man (51) dies following serious assault in east Belfast
Updated 17 May
8.4k
Thalidomide
No date for State apology for thalidomide survivors, but Taoiseach says 'good progress' being made
17 May
3.7k
Ukraine War
Russia says four killed after Ukraine launches large-scale drone attack
Updated 17 May
6.4k
Updates
Ireland v Scotland, Women's Six Nations
17 May
17.5k
10
Road Deaths
Four killed on Irish roads in 24 hours after collisions in Donegal and Dublin
Three people have died after two separate collisions in Co Donegal, while a pedestrian in her 20s died after being struck by a car in south Dublin.
Updated 17 May
34.0k
Abu Dhabi
Drone strike starts fire outside UAE nuclear plant
17 May
9.0k
10
The Daily Poll
Poll: Who should be the next James Bond?
17 May
39.1k
193
Calling 353
Have you ever stopped to think... what exactly is a parish pump?
17 May
15.6k
28
7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The article Israel is suing The New York Times over
17 May
13.8k
27
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Bulgaria wins Eurovision, Ebola outbreak in DRC declared global health emergency and three dead following separate road traffic collisions.
17 May
3.4k
column
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sanction Israel now, the way we did Russia
Richard Boyd Barrett
17 May
6.8k
109
Artane
Man (60s) arrested following death of man at north Dublin house released without charge
Updated 17 May
24.5k
Loughlinstown
Woman (20s) dies after being struck by a car in south Dublin
17 May
30.2k
world health organization
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo declared a global health emergency
17 May
13.6k
life in the west
An Spidéal in a byelection: We're caught between dereliction, development and a lack of vision
Toner Quinn
17 May
6.9k
13
Analysis
Why young Irish people have much worse pensions than their parents
Private or public sector, today’s young workers are not getting the generous pensions of the past, writes Paul O’Donoghue.
Paul O'Donoghue
17 May
13.3k
38
eurovision result
Bulgaria are surprise winners of the Eurovision Song Contest, as Israel finish in second place
Israel finished in 8th place after the jury votes were announced and once again received a massive public vote in the contest.
Daragh Brophy
reporting from Vienna
Updated 17 May
56.4k
135
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