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Warning issued on children's safety as half allowed use internet without parental controls
A psychotherapist has warned spending excessive time online compromises kids’ development of resilience.
Hundreds of people died by suspected suicide after recent contact with HSE services
Almost 450 suicides were reported to the HSE between 2022 and 2024 by healthcare staff across a range of patient services, including Emergency Departments.
Figures show critical gap in suicide prevention
Deaths may not appear in official statistics for years
Families call for mental health emergency rooms
Yesterday
9th February 2026
Man who turned himself in after spotting CCTV images from Dublin riots given suspended sentence
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
'Celebrations are already underway': Two Irish restaurants awarded their first Michelin star
Dublin’s Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen was thought to be in with a chance of earning its third star this evening, but the restaurant and its two-star peers missed out.
We want to hear your stories of bidding on a house in Ireland
'One of Dublin's most authentic voices': Actress Brenda Fricker to be awarded Freedom of Dublin
Revised defence plan deadlines to be brought to Cabinet tomorrow as some projects pushed back
Money Diaries: How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
The Journal reader
Rainy mornings: It's gridlock at the school gates, so god help us all
Margaret Lynch
Canadian tourist beaten to death in Dublin had head 'treated like a football', his sister says
The stars, the stripes and the shut-up brigade: Team USA faces a political storm in Italy
Two Dublin taxi drivers fined for refusing to take visually impaired couple and their guide dog
European committee finds Ireland in breach of Defence Forces members' rights
Housing Minister says there is a need for ‘increased transparency’ in home buying process
The price of groceries in Ireland increased by an average of 6.8% over the last 12 months
Associate of Dundon-McCarthy gang who fatally shot Noel Campion in 2007 jailed for 15 years
'It impacts your whole life': Portrane family on slowly losing their home to the sea
Today, the OPW approved funding of €622,000 for emergency works to protect eight homes at risk of imminent collapse.
Anti-immigration activist Derek Blighe to go on trial on charge of harassing garda
Radiohead's guitarist asks for his music to be removed from the Melania Trump documentary
Morgan McSweeney, from the fields of Macroom GAA to the corridors of 10 Downing Street
Young family left homeless after flat destroyed in mistaken identity arson attack
Two young parents fled their apartment through flames with three young babies and a 7-year-old who sustained burns after they awoke to see their front door ablaze at 2 am.
Pressure builds on Keir Starmer as Scottish Labour leader joins MPs in calling on him to resign
Anas Sarwar issued the demand at a hastily convened press conference today.
'It's absolute torture': Kilkenny man detained by Ice in Texas pleads with government for help
Woman who helped dump man's body 'like a piece of rubbish' jailed for six years
Morgan McSweeney, an fear a chuaigh ó Mhaigh Cromtha go hUimhir 10 Sráid Downing
Irish consumers warned devices such as dodgy boxes may have been compromised in cyberattack
Heroin worth almost €1.7 million seized by gardaí in Carlow
Brazilian escort to go on trial accused of earning over €700,000 from Dublin brothels
‘Potentially sending people to death’: 50 deportations for Palestinians and Sudanese last year
Iarnród Éireann ‘urges’ women to apply for driving roles in latest recruitment drive
From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media
Jeff Jarvis
Are you planning any holidays in 2026?
Beep test deemed discriminatory against women and on age grounds
Irish lawyer for Beijing critic and newspaper owner Jimmy Lai condemns 20-year prison sentence
Seattle Seahawks soar to dominant Super Bowl win over New England Patriots
Stuck in the past: Ireland’s remote working policies are built for a world that doesn't exist
George Lawlor
Seven years after Jón Jónsson's disappearance, gardaí renew appeal for information