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Thursday 11 December 2025 Dublin: 6°C
Luas Green Line services to ‘gradually resume’ this evening
Services had been suspended on the line since yesterday as the result of a power failure.
Hundreds of AIB staff reach remote work agreements following 'significant backlash' over return-to-work policies
Man found guilty of murdering 84-year-old former army captain Patrick O’Mahony in Co Kerry
2024 Eurovision winner hands back trophy due to Israel’s participation
Yes, that's Elon Musk in the lineup on the cover of the Time 'Person of the Year' edition
Today's news
Luas Green Line services to ‘gradually resume’ this evening
Services had been suspended on the line since yesterday as the result of a power failure.
Harris attends meeting of EU finance ministers to work out aid plan for Ukraine
Man who set ex-girlfriend's car on fire is jailed for 16 months
2024 Eurovision winner hands back trophy due to Israel’s participation
Yes, that's Elon Musk in the lineup on the cover of the Time 'Person of the Year' edition
Breidablik v Shamrock Rovers, Uefa Conference League
Stephen Bradley’s side are in Iceland this evening to continue their European journey.
3 mins ago GOAL! Breidablik 0-1 Shamrock Rovers (Graham Burke ’31)
36 mins ago Kick-Off! Breidablik v Shamrock Rovers
SPOTLIGHT

Flu season 

huge increase
Government ‘concerned’ over vaccine uptake as recorded flu cases jump 49% in one week
restrictions
Here are the hospitals that have introduced visitor restrictions due to high flu cases
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Minister insists incursion being taken 'extremely seriously' as she unveils anti-drone funding
Family of first child killed in Troubles receive apology and ‘significant’ settlement from PSNI
Government ‘concerned’ over vaccine uptake as recorded flu cases jump 49% in one week
Hundreds of AIB staff reach remote work agreements following 'significant backlash' over return-to-work policies
The telecoms regulator has blocked 131 million scam phone calls since crackdown began
Man found guilty of murdering 84-year-old former army captain Patrick O’Mahony in Co Kerry
Feeling the pinch? You're not alone: inflation just rose to its highest level in almost two years
Here are the hospitals that have introduced visitor restrictions due to high flu cases
Storm Bram broke records for high temperatures at 11 weather stations around Ireland
investigates

Our award-winning investigations from this year

Deportation Flights
What role do Irish companies have in the US deportation industry?
Badger Cull
Over 80% of badgers culled in government TB programme found to be free from the disease
75
Planning Submissions
Series of unusual planning objections to vet practices uncovered in Dublin, Meath and Kildare
56
TB Crisis
‘It’s the next worst thing to losing a family member’: The toll of Ireland’s bovine TB crisis
17
Data Crunch
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
122
Femicide in Europe
Over 100 women murdered in Ireland since 2012 – and a gap in data on gendered violence
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What not to say to adults forced to move home
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Man appears in court charged with terror offences over mosque burning plot
Multimillion euro conservation works get underway at Dublin's Iveagh Markets
Consumers urged to switch energy suppliers to save money
Temu's Dublin office raided by EU regulators over foreign subsidy concerns
Venezuela condemns 'act of piracy' after the US seizes large oil tanker off Venezuelan coast
Rory McIlroy among nominees for BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Hoping to go to the World Cup? Here's how to try to get tickets
Should The Late Late Toy Show air earlier?
Funeral of boy killed in Edenderry petrol bomb attack to take place tomorrow
Appeal for witnesses after elderly woman seriously injured in Kerry crash
Irish security 'no longer regarded as assured', amid attacks by foreign intelligence services
Venezuelan opposition leader emerges from hiding after winning Nobel
Why is Enoch Burke back in the news - and what's different this time?
Tom Clonan: If media didn't report on drones breaching no-fly zone, the state may never have told us
Tom Clonan
Daidí na Nollag ag freagairt litreacha na bpáistí i nGaeilge
Increased income limits to reduce childcare bills for thousands of working families in 2026
We’re some way off reducing childcare costs to €200 per child per month, but government believes this is the beginning of the process.
Immigration fell significantly last year but asylum applications reached a record high
A sharp fall in Ukrainian arrivals drove down overall immigration, while record asylum claims stretched accommodation and processing capacity.
Yesterday
10th December 2025
Ukraine sends US updated plan to end war
‘We won’t be intimidated’: Edenderry turns out for vigil to mourn Mary and Tadgh
“It sends a message not just to Edenderry but towns right across the country – people won’t put up with this anymore”.
Man charged after arrest as part of cross-border investigation into violent right-wing extremism
FF review to be published next week as reports swirl Gavin agreed to candidacy in early August
Man airlifted to hospital following collision between truck and car in Westmeath