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The sun is out and the posters are up, so who is running in Galway West and Dublin Central?
# By-elections 2026
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# By-elections 2026

The sun is out and the posters are up, so who is running in Galway West and Dublin Central?

Thu 8:00 PM 250 Views 0 Comments

Here are the confirmed runners and riders in the upcoming by-elections.

This month April 2026

TDs to be told gardaí may claim to 'smell cannabis' as pretext for unlawful searches
# Drug Policy
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# Drug Policy

TDs to be told gardaí may claim to 'smell cannabis' as pretext for unlawful searches

Apr 16th 2026, 12:31 PM 8,203 Views 29 Comments

Poll: Is now the time for Fianna Fáil to replace its leader?
# Your Say
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# Your Say

Poll: Is now the time for Fianna Fáil to replace its leader?

Apr 16th 2026, 10:59 AM 1,995 Views 8 Comments

There's some proper Star Trek lore attached to a new Connemara-filmed RTÉ crime drama
# Red Alert
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# Red Alert

There's some proper Star Trek lore attached to a new Connemara-filmed RTÉ crime drama

Apr 15th 2026, 11:20 AM 3,925 Views 7 Comments

Last month March 2026

Explainer: The Houthis have entered the war and another critical oil Strait is at risk
# The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
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# The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait

Explainer: The Houthis have entered the war and another critical oil Strait is at risk

Mar 30th 2026, 12:54 PM 512 Views 3 Comments

Oil prices have spiked as Houthi rebels target the Red Sea.

Aer Lingus swerves Elon Musk row and begins rollout of Starlink-powered free Wi-Fi
# Connected
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# Connected

Aer Lingus swerves Elon Musk row and begins rollout of Starlink-powered free Wi-Fi

Mar 30th 2026, 8:49 AM 104 Views 1 Comment

Troy Parrott's message to Ireland fans: 'Thank you, stick with us'
# WORLD CUP HEARTBREAK
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# WORLD CUP HEARTBREAK

Troy Parrott's message to Ireland fans: 'Thank you, stick with us'

Mar 27th 2026, 7:56 AM 1,664 Views 9 Comments

The Nation Holds Its Breath: Rate how you're feeling ahead of the Big Match
# Play-off Fever
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# Play-off Fever

The Nation Holds Its Breath: Rate how you're feeling ahead of the Big Match

Mar 26th 2026, 1:27 PM 2,175 Views 10 Comments

Drones, snubs, racial politics and felines: this Oscars has a host of possible controversies
# Flashpoint Central
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# Flashpoint Central

Drones, snubs, racial politics and felines: this Oscars has a host of possible controversies

Mar 14th 2026, 8:30 PM 3,691 Views 18 Comments

What controversies might we be talking about on Monday morning?

US threatens to 'surge dramatically' its bomb attacks in Iran as death toll reaches 1,000
# IRAN WAR
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# IRAN WAR

US threatens to 'surge dramatically' its bomb attacks in Iran as death toll reaches 1,000

Mar 6th 2026, 11:19 AM 3,063 Views 62 Comments

Starmer tries to pivot from Trump's 'no Churchill' jibe as he sends four more RAF jets to Gulf
# Special Relationship
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# Special Relationship

Starmer tries to pivot from Trump's 'no Churchill' jibe as he sends four more RAF jets to Gulf

Mar 5th 2026, 2:52 PM 1,351 Views 10 Comments

February February 2026

Green light for Leisureplex Blanchardstown being turned into large retailer despite opposition
# Stay In Your Lane
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# Stay In Your Lane

Green light for Leisureplex Blanchardstown being turned into large retailer despite opposition

Feb 26th 2026, 4:50 PM 15,677 Views 24 Comments

Denis O'Brien loses action 'on all grounds' in case against DPC relating to Red Flag dossier
# Legal Challenge
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# Legal Challenge

Denis O'Brien loses action 'on all grounds' in case against DPC relating to Red Flag dossier

Feb 20th 2026, 6:38 PM 7,855 Views 0 Comments

Bono warns against Irish 'high horse' as U2 release song for murdered Palestinian activist
# Criticism
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# Criticism

Bono warns against Irish 'high horse' as U2 release song for murdered Palestinian activist

Feb 19th 2026, 9:00 PM 22,861 Views 76 Comments

'Maybe one day I'll be able to tell her': Our readers' love stories that didn't work out
# Your Stories
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# Your Stories

'Maybe one day I'll be able to tell her': Our readers' love stories that didn't work out

Feb 14th 2026, 9:00 PM 19,168 Views 13 Comments

Is this the moment Irishman Morgan McSweeney must (finally) fall on his sword for Keir Starmer?
# Under Pressure
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# Under Pressure

Is this the moment Irishman Morgan McSweeney must (finally) fall on his sword for Keir Starmer?

Feb 5th 2026, 1:42 PM 22,407 Views 34 Comments

Claire Byrne wants to be 'your friend' on her new show, she's banking on the familiar to get there
# Radio Review
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# Radio Review

Claire Byrne wants to be 'your friend' on her new show, she's banking on the familiar to get there

Feb 3rd 2026, 12:57 PM 13,693 Views 48 Comments

The first outing on her Newstalk show was very much like her RTÉ formula.

RTÉ's new Sunday night comedy-drama has sun, sex, drugs and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in a dog collar
# These Sacred Vows
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# These Sacred Vows

RTÉ's new Sunday night comedy-drama has sun, sex, drugs and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in a dog collar

Feb 1st 2026, 11:00 AM 26,413 Views 29 Comments

The show debuts tonight, with two episodes going up on the RTÉ Player.

January January 2026

Storm Chandra: Entire country under Status Yellow wind warning tomorrow
# Travel Disruption
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# Travel Disruption

Storm Chandra: Entire country under Status Yellow wind warning tomorrow

Updated Jan 26th 2026, 7:25 PM 121,535 Views 90 Comments

Three counties in Northern Ireland will be under a Status Orange wind warning tomorrow.

Spotted a new deduction from your payslip? It's probably your new pension
# Money Matters
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# Money Matters

Spotted a new deduction from your payslip? It's probably your new pension

Updated Jan 23rd 2026, 10:09 AM 16,817 Views 76 Comments

Keeping tabs on Trump: RTÉ confirms Jackie Fox as its new Washington Correspondent
# Fox News
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# Fox News

Keeping tabs on Trump: RTÉ confirms Jackie Fox as its new Washington Correspondent

Jan 21st 2026, 11:22 AM 19,066 Views 33 Comments

Elon Musk has now gotten into a little spat with Michael O'Leary
# War Of Words
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# War Of Words

Elon Musk has now gotten into a little spat with Michael O'Leary

Jan 15th 2026, 3:02 PM 32,890 Views 0 Comments

Auto-enrolment pensions start collecting from payslips this month, but how will it work?
# Pension Pots
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# Pension Pots

Auto-enrolment pensions start collecting from payslips this month, but how will it work?

Jan 1st 2026, 12:00 PM 20,228 Views 89 Comments

A new portal for the MyFutureFund scheme also goes live today.

'The Brits are at it again': Kneecap says appeal against dismissal of terror charge begins this month
# UK Court
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# UK Court

'The Brits are at it again': Kneecap says appeal against dismissal of terror charge begins this month

Jan 1st 2026, 9:58 AM 18,632 Views 0 Comments

Last year 2025

Isiah Whitlock Jr., who played Clay Davis in The Wire, has died aged 71
# RIP
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# RIP

Isiah Whitlock Jr., who played Clay Davis in The Wire, has died aged 71

Dec 31st 2025, 11:07 AM 13,702 Views 23 Comments

‘I wish people who left Mayo would cop on’ – Kids’ 1994 letters to Taoiseach about rural decline
# Save The West
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# Save The West

‘I wish people who left Mayo would cop on’ – Kids’ 1994 letters to Taoiseach about rural decline

Dec 30th 2025, 7:00 PM 42,168 Views 36 Comments

How 1987's The Joshua Tree had Irish diplomats scrambling for U2 tickets across the US
# Into The Arms Of America
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# Into The Arms Of America

How 1987's The Joshua Tree had Irish diplomats scrambling for U2 tickets across the US

Dec 30th 2025, 6:00 AM 10,308 Views 35 Comments

'Rising star' Gavin Newsom calls himself 'Irish' but cancelled on the taoiseach back in 2005
# Red White And Blew It Off
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# Red White And Blew It Off

'Rising star' Gavin Newsom calls himself 'Irish' but cancelled on the taoiseach back in 2005

Dec 29th 2025, 1:00 PM 29,195 Views 50 Comments

The Skibbereen ship 'the Nazis couldn't sink' and the 60-year fight for compensation
# MV LOCH RYAN
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# MV LOCH RYAN

The Skibbereen ship 'the Nazis couldn't sink' and the 60-year fight for compensation

Dec 28th 2025, 8:00 PM 19,887 Views 34 Comments

Ireland's man in Israel was reminded in 1993 that Gaza was outside his jurisdiction
# State Papers
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# State Papers

Ireland's man in Israel was reminded in 1993 that Gaza was outside his jurisdiction

Dec 28th 2025, 10:30 AM 14,239 Views 0 Comments

The bearly believable tale of The Late Late Show, two travelling pandas and a China/Ireland spat
# Fur-eign Affairs
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# Fur-eign Affairs

The bearly believable tale of The Late Late Show, two travelling pandas and a China/Ireland spat

Dec 28th 2025, 10:00 AM 11,875 Views 35 Comments

'Sensitivities' around Ireland's neutrality and the question of attending VE Day 50 in Paris
# State Papers
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# State Papers

'Sensitivities' around Ireland's neutrality and the question of attending VE Day 50 in Paris

Dec 28th 2025, 8:00 AM 7,183 Views 26 Comments

When Bertie Ahern brought loyalists to Dublin and they raised 'ethnic cleansing' by republicans
# Paramilitary Meeting
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# Paramilitary Meeting

When Bertie Ahern brought loyalists to Dublin and they raised 'ethnic cleansing' by republicans

Dec 28th 2025, 12:02 AM 12,817 Views 26 Comments

The Loyalist Commission had representatives from the UVF, UDA and Red Hand Commando.

Shannon Airport was an 'emergency landing' spot for the Space Shuttle if multiple engines failed
# Abort Abort Abort
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# Abort Abort Abort

Shannon Airport was an 'emergency landing' spot for the Space Shuttle if multiple engines failed

Dec 27th 2025, 9:00 PM 16,020 Views 48 Comments

'Brit cards' raised eyebrows recently, but similar plans in 2005 didn't go down well here either
# Blair's Britain
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# Blair's Britain

'Brit cards' raised eyebrows recently, but similar plans in 2005 didn't go down well here either

Dec 27th 2025, 9:30 AM 10,694 Views 29 Comments

Fans hospitalised for 'hysteria' at Boyzone gig in '95 had the Irish State all hot and bothered
# So Good
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# So Good

Fans hospitalised for 'hysteria' at Boyzone gig in '95 had the Irish State all hot and bothered

Dec 27th 2025, 8:00 AM 14,472 Views 19 Comments

Thirty years before CervicalCheck, sending smears abroad was being considered to save money
# State Papers
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# State Papers

Thirty years before CervicalCheck, sending smears abroad was being considered to save money

Dec 27th 2025, 6:30 AM 5,186 Views 22 Comments

Prince Charles's team told Irish officials that Diana might fancy 'upstaging' him by visiting Ireland
# State Papers
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# State Papers

Prince Charles's team told Irish officials that Diana might fancy 'upstaging' him by visiting Ireland

Dec 27th 2025, 12:02 AM 22,310 Views 28 Comments

State Papers from 30 years ago detailed the behind-the-scenes chat about Charles’ visit here.

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