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Wednesday 8 January 2025 Dublin: -2°C
Seven hit-and-run incidents on Irish roads since November
There have been at least seven collisions in the last two months where the driver failed to stay at the scene. Five people died.
Yesterday
7th January 2025
SocDems say only 'small tweaks' are on the table in Government talks as they weigh withdrawing
Trump seeks to rename Gulf of Mexico as 'Gulf of America' while threatening Greenland, Panama
Mary Lou McDonald pays tribute to republican ‘patriot’ Ted Howell during funeral service
Status Orange low temperature and ice warnings in effect for most of country
The UK Met Office has issued a snow and ice Status Yellow warning for Northern Ireland.
Boy (17) accused of using hammer and hatchet during attack on woman in Dublin flat
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Man arrested after gardaí seize over €120,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in Wicklow
‘Tortuous search’ for Belfast man John George ends after body found in Spain
Buskers fear for livelihoods as Grafton Street apartments given green light
France remembers victims of Charlie Hebdo attacks 10 years on
NI golfer Tom McKibbin set for shock move to Saudi-backed LIV Tour - reports
Online applications for wheelchair-accessible taxi grant closes ‘after just 15 minutes’
Man arrested in connection with murder of Paula Canty in Mallow
Man arrested after off-duty PSNI officer hospitalised in Co Antrim shooting incident
Gardaí arrest man in connection with death of man in Blanchardstown over two years ago
Man in his late 60s dies after ‘altercation’ in Dublin city centre
'We're proud of our Big Bill' - College students build 23-foot-tall snowman in Limerick snowstorm
Big Bill measured over 7 metres tall before his head fell off on Sunday night.
Independent Dublin baristas may get leg up as councillors call out dominance of coffee chains
Simon Harris says calling Trump an ‘awful gowl’ was lighthearted
Witness who failed to appear at Diarmuid Phelan murder trial arrested overnight
Nearly 1,000 people arrested for drink or drug driving in recent weeks
Meta says it is killing off its third-party fact-checking programme 'starting in the US'
Teen accused of tech shop raids in which €28k worth of phones and goods taken
Getting a government up and running by 22 January increasingly viewed as unrealistic
Taoiseach Simon Harris says a government should be in place by the end of the month.
Status Orange warning 'doesn't change anything' for schools, as they continue to monitor risk
Residents of remote Direct Provision centre left without power and heat amid severe cold weather
One resident said conditions had been difficult to bear at the snowed in Kilbride centre.
Religious retailer Veritas to close Dublin city centre store after almost 100 years in business
Eamon Dunphy's The Stand podcast announces break 'for the foreseeable future'
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Plan to supply Dublin with water from the River Shannon has gone to public consultation
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right National Front, has died aged 96
Open Thread: Who do you want to see running for President this year?
Bank of Ireland to cut interest rates on 12 and 18-month fixed term deposits
Inspections find problems at site of major Dublin City Council housing project
Are you doing Dry January?
Cyclist hospitalised following hit-and-run collision in Louth
More than 90 people killed in earthquake in Tibet