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Scandal

Conker tournament introduces 'airport-style' security after steel conker scandal

12 Oct

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Test Yourself

Maths Week: Your Sunday puzzle

12 Oct

14.9k

your stories

We want to hear your thoughts on Michael D Higgins' presidency

12 Oct

25.6k

samhain

Eilish Fisher: We use ghost stories to deal with grief and keep alive memories of those we've lost

Eilish Fisher

12 Oct

3.6k

Sponsored

Check out all of the Samhain celebrations taking place across the country this month

DiscoverIreland.ie

Oct 12

Kilkenny

Blending harvest celebration with centuries-old local legends

Galway City

Galway City reclaims Samhain’s ancient Celtic origins with Gaillimh Ah-Boo

Meath & Louth

Explore the origins of Halloween with a five-week celebration rooted in ancient stories

Longford & Westmeath

“Samhain: Fire, Folklore & Feasting” – a celebration of ancient Celtic highways

Kerry

Samhain Chiarraí: A Kerry Halloween is a four-week celebration

Fingal

The Festival of Fire & Light brings Halloween to life in North County Dublin

Limerick

Limerick’s Home of Halloween Festival 2025 will transform streets, towns, and villages

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Leinster House

Connolly to consider publishing correspondence on Garda clearance for employee

12 Oct

84.4k

diane keaton

Tributes to 'extraordinary' actress Diane Keaton pour in after her death at age 79

12 Oct

11.6k

freedom flotilla

Irish author and doctor among flotilla activists released from Israeli prison

Updated 12 Oct

21.6k

Abbey Street

German club Schalke condemns 'completely unjustifiable' behaviour of fans in Dublin

Updated 12 Oct

73.7k

Knockane

Man hospitalised with serious injuries after petrol attack in Co Tipperary

12 Oct

23.5k

ceasefire deal

Trump setting off for Middle East to mark Gaza ceasefire deal

12 Oct

4.1k

Frontrunner

Catherine Connolly, who has been the underdog ‘all her life’, on her presidential vision

12 Oct

16.3k

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Taliban

Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes, officials say

12 Oct

6.0k

aras25

Candidates have second head-to-head debate as poll shows Humphreys trailing behind

12 Oct

35.4k

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Donegal

Judge warns 'no-show' former GAA referee witness that jails are already 'stuffed to the brim'

12 Oct

28.3k

Investigation

Bodies of man and woman discovered at house in north Clare

12 Oct

41.4k

Donegal Catch

Huge ocean sunfish found washed up off Donegal coast

12 Oct

34.1k

tennessee

Sixteen dead after blast at US explosives factory

12 Oct

9.5k

The Daily Poll

How many keepie-uppies can you do?

12 Oct

12.3k

ceasefire deal

Hamas and Israel captive exchange set to take place tomorrow morning

12 Oct

3.8k

formal alert

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Eoghan Dalton

12 Oct

104k

Fatal Collisions

Teenager and man (40s) die following separate road crashes in Cork and Kilkenny

Updated 12 Oct

23.7k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Two fatal road traffic collisions, childcare costs and the National Guard cannot deploy in Chicago.

12 Oct

4.0k

7 deadly reads

Sitdown Sunday: His genes meant he should've developed Alzheimer's 25 years ago. Why hasn't he?

12 Oct

13.2k

Illinois

US court denies Trump's deployment of troops in Chicago

12 Oct

14.4k

newsletter

Iceland, like Ireland, is in a housing crisis - and it's pushing climate down the political agenda

12 Oct

19.2k

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lapwing

Opinion: Do you know our national bird? We aren't taking nearly enough care of it

Jack Morley

12 Oct

33.0k

Analysis

Let’s be clear: Ireland’s hospitality VAT rate will not be passed onto consumers

Once more for the people at the back: lower prices are neither the aim nor the likely outcome here.

Paul O'Donoghue

12 Oct

25.7k

HSE SELLING UP

State bodies at odds as Housing Department says it was never offered the Baggot Street Hospital

12 Oct

16.3k

Investigateschildcare fees

‘We basically pay two mortgages’: Our readers share the impact of soaring childcare costs

We asked our readers to share their experience of the cost of childcare. Here’s what we heard back.

Conor O'Carroll

12 Oct

41.3k

DAFT.IE PROPERTY MAGAZINE

Coastal retreat in Malahide with a bar, home gym and six bedrooms – yours for €2,850,000

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October 2025

Quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about Dolly Parton?

11 Oct

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California

Actress Diane Keaton dies aged 79

Updated 11 Oct

60.6k

Liveblog

Portugal v Ireland, World Cup qualifier

11 Oct

53.0k

Fianna Fáil

Micheál Martin apologises to Fianna Fáil membership for 'clear failure' in selecting Jim Gavin

11 Oct

19.2k

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

11 Oct

9.6k

Mitchelstown

Gardaí say Co Cork assault did not occur in Ipas centre after false reports circulated

11 Oct

12.6k

Scoil Mochua

'A total nightmare': A Kildare primary school's fight for support for its students

11 Oct

22.6k

aras25

Micheál Martin says he's 'glad' Jim Gavin paid the money back to previous tenant

11 Oct

10.8k

Test Yourself

Maths Week: Your Saturday puzzle

11 Oct

10.8k

notes on hurling

Old Parish: An extract from Ciarán Murphy's book about taking up hurling at the age of 42

Ciarán Murphy

11 Oct

6.4k