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Tuesday

14th April 2026

Northern Ireland

Tractors cause traffic disruption in Belfast with go-slow convoy protesting fuel prices

14 Apr

7.2k

food outlets

Mouse and cockroach activity leads to five closure orders at Dublin's Moore Street Mall

14 Apr

21.7k

Dublin Connolly

A (very early) extra train from Drogheda to Dublin is being put on to help the busy route

14 Apr

13.6k

Sponsored

Poll: Which of these dogs should win the Great Irish Bark Off for April?

trade agreement

Petition to suspend trade between EU and Israel reaches one million signatures

Updated 14 Apr

27.9k

Sold

State to exit Permanent TSB after Austrian bank strikes deal to buy it for €1.6bn

14 Apr

9.6k

fuel protests

Opinion: The protests aren't just about fuel, they're a revolt against a hollow state

Sinéad O'Sullivan

Updated 14 Apr

24.8k

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RIP

'She walked through the world like an angel': Music stars pay tribute to Clannad's Moya Brennan

Updated 14 Apr

42.4k

The Daily Poll

What do you think about cosmetic procedures?

14 Apr

18.7k

FactCheck

Debunked: Micheál Martin was not attending his daughter’s wedding while protesters faced off with Gardaí

14 Apr

34.3k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Moya Brennan dies aged 73, Government faces no confidence motion and Lebanon-Israel peace talks due to take place today

Updated 14 Apr

3.9k

seen the light

Trump deletes AI post depicting himself as Jesus and says he thought 'it was me as a doctor'

‘I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross,’ Trump said yesterday. ‘It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better.’

14 Apr

27.3k

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Online banking

Revolut rival Monzo officially launches in Ireland

14 Apr

21.9k

sam altman

Man charged with attempted murder after Molotov cocktail thrown at home of OpenAI founder

14 Apr

9.2k

tough talks

Israel and Lebanon (without Hezbollah) will meet in Washington for talks on ending war

14 Apr

3.4k

Ouch

Why is Irish electricity so expensive? Economists have crunched the numbers

14 Apr

25.9k

The Morning Lead

Nurses travelling to work in groups to avoid racist abuse

There were 183 reported incidents in the past five years.

Noel Baker

14 Apr

19.9k

Monday

13th April 2026

Road Traffic Act

Two tractor drivers arrested on the M1 Motorway in Co Louth

13 Apr

36.3k

Cycling

Dublin City Council backs plan to phase out trucks with high blind spots from city streets

13 Apr

13.6k

co antrim

Motorcyclist dies after collision with car in Ballymena

13 Apr

3.6k

Courts

Man who overpowered and sexually assaulted teenage girl in alleyway jailed for six years

13 Apr

30.0k

Green Line

Luas Finglas extension back on track after Manhattan Peanuts legal challenge resolved

13 Apr

24.3k

C130 Hercules

Man charged with criminal damage of US military plane at Shannon Airport denied bail

13 Apr

13.8k

good evening

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

13 Apr

4.8k

Walking for neutrality

At 91 years of age, with 220 km on the road, activist Lelia Doolan walks for Irish neutrality

13 Apr

12.9k

Siúlóid na Neodrachta

'Ardú croí an tacaíocht d'ár neodracht atá léirithe ar mo shiúl ó Aerfort na Sionainne go BÁC'

13 Apr

2.8k

Courts

'Extraordinary' that TD did not mention child victim in reference for convicted ex-adviser, judge says

13 Apr

43.5k

Courts

Convicted child rapist found in company of three boys jailed for two and a half years

13 Apr

21.8k

scarlett faulkner

Limerick woman Scarlett Faulkner dies in hospital three weeks after roadside attack

The young woman was on life-support after an attack on the side of a road outside the village of Birdhill, Co Tipperary, on 21 March.

Updated 13 Apr

39.9k

Cork

Man (20s) charged with several road traffic offences after being arrested at Whitegate

13 Apr

26.5k

Backlash

Taoiseach under fire over fuel protest handling in marathon four-hour long Fianna Fáil meeting

The Taoiseach was told at parliamentary party meeting today that he can come across as ‘narky’ and it doesn’t go down well with the public.

Christina Finn

13 Apr

56.0k

120

Threats

Commissioner 'appalled' as gardaí who policed protests are doxxed and threatened online

13 Apr

61.0k

Strikes

SIPTU members of the National Ambulance Service to strike in May

13 Apr

5.3k

Back To School

All major roads are largely clear this evening, with full Dublin Bus and Luas services restored

It follows six days of protests on Irish roads and blockades of fuel terminals and the country’s only oil refinery in Co Cork.

Updated 13 Apr

58.7k

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Courts

Man thrown into Luas tracks, strangled and hit with glass bottle during robbery, court hears

13 Apr

17.4k

defamation case

Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday message thrown out

13 Apr

18.9k

Decision time

Some pro-government Independent TDs still mulling over confidence vote decision

13 Apr

17.8k

Evening Wrap

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

Updated 13 Apr

1.4k

change of tune

Radio 1 changed the music for all of its shows (and it's pushing us all closer to the brink)

13 Apr

16.9k

Freedom of the Press

Minister's comments about coverage of protests criticised as 'sinister and deeply disturbing'

Patrick O’Donovan has suggested that media coverage last week was biased in favour of the protesters.

13 Apr

93.2k

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