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Sunday 1 June 2025 Dublin: 17°C
Notorious criminal who head-butted Garda and spat blood in his face in Donegal hotel is jailed
Two dead, hundreds arrested and cars set on fire in France following Champions League final
The PSG team are due to hold a victory parade on the Champs-Elysees today.
Free hormone replacement therapy available to women of Ireland from today
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Inside Leinster House: The unspoken rules of a really odd place to work
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Architect-designed extension transforms this 1930s semi-d
Motorcyclist involved in crash that killed Garda Kevin Flatley last month dies in hospital
VOICES

Personal accounts and opinions on recent events

'What Israel has done in Gaza is barbaric – I'll never support it'
Ria Czerniak-LeBov
Fear is what drives immigration protests in neglected communities, not hatred
Gary Gannon
Trans lives aren’t black and white, our conversations about them shouldn’t be either
Carol Ballantine
Wildacres has gone from a desert for wildlife to a haven
Gilly Taylor
5
How do schizophrenia and psychosis present, and how can we best treat them?
Dr Stephen McWilliams
It's high time we talked about Ketamine
Dr Chris Luke
20
I have become invisible in my 50s, and it is glorious
Gwen Loughman
Having a modern and well-equipped air force is now a necessity for Ireland
Kevin Phipps
97
Once that day in May came, I couldn’t continue living in a web of lies
Conor Sheehan
Are we all just puppets for billionaires now?
Gus Landy
57
Should there be an age limit for people running in elections?
Two people shot dead at Irish bar in Spain's Costa del Sol
Seven killed after two bridges destroyed by 'explosions' in Russian regions bordering Ukraine
Sitdown Sunday: Their chart-topping album got millions of streams - but was anyone really listening?
Israeli forces open fire on crowd at US-backed aid hub in Gaza, killing at least 22 people
Prospect of unity left-wing candidate for presidential election looking increasingly unlikely
Poles go to the polls as voting in tight presidential election gets underway
Small plane crashes into residential building in Germany, killing two people
Larry Donnelly: Are American politicians too long in the tooth and too long in the job?
Larry Donnelly
Growth, jobs, wages: there are plenty of positives on the sunny side of Ireland's economy
FACTCHECK

The biggest questions, answered, by The Journal's factcheckers. 

Studies of millions of children show there is no connection
Is the Irish government paying for Ukrainians to repair their cars?
How far-right agitators exploit knowledge gaps
Do immigrants get shorter sentences than Irish citizens?
Report in 2021 warned of military air traffic control crisis but nothing was done until this year
The Journal has obtained a copy of the internal Report of the ATS Working Group which looked at “options to ensure the longer-term sustainability” of the service at Casement Aerodrome.
Yesterday
31st May 2025
Teenager Doué stars as PSG win Champions League for first time
Luis Enrique’s men were far too good for Inter.
Quiz: Could you answer these Leaving Cert questions?
Cork rue missed chances in defeat to Kerry, Mayo overcome Tyrone
Albert Dolan: FF's 26-year-old TD on Obama comparisons, buying a house and his choice for president
Leinster win, Munster lose penalty shootout in United Rugby Championship quarters
Doom and zombie scrolling: 'Some believe humans go through 300 feet of content in a single day'
Dr Catherine Conlon
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Man (23) charged with smuggling two men through Rosslare Europort yesterday
Garda struck by e-bike in hit-and-run yesterday
Close to 50 people have been deported on commercial flights so far this year
There have been 119 enforced deportations so far this year and the majority of these have involved periods of detention prior to removal.
SPOTLIGHT

What next for the families at the centre of the hip surgery scandal?

Children's Health Ireland
Families told only one parent can go to hip assessments
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Hip Surgeries
Many surgeries in two hospitals did not meet criteria for operating
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Hundreds of millions of bees escape after lorry overturns in Washington
Frances Black '98%' certain she will not contest this year's presidential election
Scattered showers, rain and unsettled conditions forecast for the bank holiday weekend
Palestinians block and empty dozens of UN food lorries in Gaza Strip following Israeli blockade
Sharks v Munster, URC quarter-final
Kick-off at Kings Park Stadium, Durban, is at 5:30pm.
Teenager arrested after car theft in Co Clare that left woman (70s) hospitalised
Ireland issues formal rebuke of Israel via UN after troops came under fire in Lebanon
'We lost many lives': Flooding in Nigerian town leaves at least 151 people dead
Iran has increased stockpile of highly enriched uranium, UN's nuclear watchdog says
Arab foreign ministers condemn Israel's blocking of joint visit to Palestine
Tickets go on sale for theatre adaptation of Katriona O'Sullivan's 'Poor'
'A good and kind boy': Funeral of Buncrana drowning victim Matt Sibanda takes place
It is two weeks to the day since Matt’s friend, Emmanuel Familola, 16, was also laid to rest in the same church.