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Foreign aid spending; HSE over budget; and invasive skunks in Co. Kildare

2

Public transport increases; Creche overcharging; Patrick Freyne's Kardashian analysis

3

1.5 degree 'battle has been lost'; School refusal; Cuban Belfast man V Deliveroo

4

Cancer ‘more survivable’ with advancements; Bloomfield Hospital patient mistreatment; and storm names unveiled

5

Ireland to approve Israeli bonds for the EU; and the Monk to get reimbursed for election expenses

6

Gambling with crypto; deer in Phoenix Park; and what scientists learn from the eclipse

7

Irishman hand picked by Gianni Infantino; Solar Eclipse; Gifts for EU diplomats during Irish presidency

8

What next for the Kinahan cartel; a shortage of creche places; and issues with the ReTurn scheme

9

Daniel Kinahan charged; Living in Dublin's Phoenix Park; Sitting on the fence

10

Rough sleepers removed from Belfast City Centre; and demolition of a bunker under Hitler’s Reich Chancellery

11

Tradwives; unionists discovering the Fleadh; Have You Never Heard of Bill Fuller?

12

Re-Turn scheme salaries, back-to-school costs, and rules for lawyers using generative AI

13

Negotiations with Iran; breast cancer referrals; and raw sewage dumped in Co. Clare

14

Metrolink property deals; Grinds 360's losses; E-scooters; All Together Now

15

Tributes to Glen Hansard; sex abuse case against Christian Brothers; and guidance on AI in healthcare

16

Patrick Collison; Courgette mountains; Hot Boys Cry

17

Mayo's still celebrating; Fighting health insurers; last-minute staycations

18

Metrolink cost; Berlin attack investigation; and the copyright case against AI giant Anthropic

19

Childcare providers overcharging; and the trial of Dublin man Daniel Tatlow-Devally in Germany

20

Christian Brothers compensation claims; and fear in Co. Limerick over Aughinish Alumina

21

Sanctions on Aughinish Alumina; criminal court shutdown; and outpatient waiting lists

22

E-scooter ban; alumina exports to Russia; and Houthi rebels in Yemen

23

Ramped up attacks by Iran and the US; surge in knife crime hospitalisations; and e-scooter ban

24

Sex abuser Michael Shine; and Russian technology being used by three state agencies

25

Exports to Russia; the murder of Jamey Carney; and Montenegro’s application to join the EU

26

Deportation flights; 'rough sex' defence; Australia; 'book-handling' in Berlin

27

Iran trades blows with the US; and massive gun stash linked to Polish crime gang in Ireland

28

Violent pornography ban; GAA World Games; and Yellow weather warnings for heat

29

Airstrikes on Iran; Dublin man sentenced for murder in Hungary

30

Road deaths; water leakages; artists' privacy concerns; tech tips for your holidays

31

Black-listed gambling sites; Sinn Féin's merch profits; Returning emigrants

32

George Gibney found guilty of historic sex abuse; and wildfires rage across southern Europe

33

Community healthcare waiting lists; smuggling of wood soaked in liquid cocaine; and JD gift cards reissued

34

Aughinish Alumina exports to Russia; and customers to be offered human interaction on bank calls

35

Parnell Square attacker found guilty; EU presidency begins; and return to work mandates “narcissistic”

36

Metrolink agency; Spend like it's the 90s; Best new shows in July

37

Aughinish Alumina; Unsafe vapes; World Cup hydration breaks

38

Fuel excise cuts to be phased out; Russian signal jamming of planes; competitive socialising

39

It's not a heatwave; Women of the revolution; Veronica Guerin; USA's 250th birthday

40

Harris meets finance influencers; the three day abortion wait; and the hottest day ever?

41

Heatwave chaos in Europe; and the extradition of US millionaire Jason Cardiff

42

Jeffrey Donaldson guilty verdict; new legislation on dog breeding; and heatwave weather warning

43

Iran peace talks; shared island rail funding; Caolan Robertson: the social media reporter in Ukraine

44

Iran peace deal; jury deliberations in the case against Jeffrey Donaldson

45

An Post CEO pay row; EU Gaza blame game; thanking bus drivers

46

The Dead Zoo; Social media ban; Best EVs under €25k; Wigan Kebab with Irish curry sauce

47

Iran war peace deal; the IRA murder of Terrence McKeever; a thrilling All-Ireland football championship

48

Threat of industrial unrest; survivors of abuse by Bill Kenneally; the rise of Gianni Infantino

49

Doctors and private practice; our oil reserves; Aughinish Alumina; Intel's turnaround

50

Parnell Square stabbing trial; Ireland’s ageing population; Children’s reading and maths skills

51

Anti immigration protests in Belfast; Canadian PM's Mayo visit; relocating flood prone communities

52

Sentencing of Sean McGovern; should Ireland consider nuclear energy?

53

Concerns over staffing in An Garda Síochána; the rise of ‘free births’ in Ireland

54

The Russian oligarch believed to control Aughinish Alumina; supermarket turf war

55

Lidl warns government; Trump's UFC ring; Shergar; Rotunda row reaction

56

Car scrappage scheme; Rotunda Hospital; Leaving Cert; Space X; Big feet blues

57

Jeffrey Donaldson trial; rise in arson attacks on council houses

58

Irish visas for Russians; ADHD and addiction; reckoning for dating apps

59

Naval service names online; wind farm objections; most annoying phrases

60

Is Sinn Féin still seen as left wing? New anti-drone technology for the defence forces

61

Kyne and Ennis elected to the Dáil; HSE waiting lists; the trial of Jeffrey Donaldson

62

Polls open in byelections; Paul Rudd on filming in Dublin; Under the Hawthorn Tree

63

Meta job losses; RTÉ salary row; more registered voters that residents in some areas

64

Dodgy boxes; more flotilla boats set for Gaza intercepted; What happened to Yves Sakilas

65

Tobacco lobbyists; sexually abusive homes; A.I. in schools

66

Irregular betting on by election; bodyguards to protect special care staff

67

Dublin Central by election; trouble for Kier Starmer; Trump in Beijing

68

Ballooning national debt, women and cycling, and Patrick Freyne’s ‘history of sexy tellly’

69

Four to a bed, Keir Starmer, one-off housing, and ice Hockey in Dublin?

70

Ambulance strike; guns ordered off the dark web; and falling overseas holiday bookings

71

Derelict city council properties, Louth sisters in Miami plastic surgery, and the richest man in the Seanad?

72

Narrow lead for FG in by election poll; Passengers who disembarked cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak

73

Asylum seekers posing as children; peace negotiations over Iran; billion dollar TV series’

74

Katie Simpson murder review; replaceable batteries in electric devices

75

Money laundering cases surge; British King Charles III likely to visit Ireland and the case for electric HGVs

76

Gaza flotilla dispersed; the New IRA's threat; and the price of Kerrygold

77

Pregnant rough sleepers, autism charity controversy, and a seagull screeching competition

78

Hutch assets frozen in Spain, Dublin link to Icelandic murder-suicide pact, and Seán Moncrieff is blessèd amongst women

79

Ukraine’s ‘grandad’ soldiers; bookmakers allowing bets on National Lottery numbers

80

Fallout from Washington shooting; new details on killing of notorious Dublin criminal

81

By-elections in Dublin and Galway, Homelessness; and potential strike action

82

Crime and drug deaths in Dublin's southwest inner city, cost rental homes, and Chris O'Dowd's GAA career

83

Kinahan to be tried on single charge, school patronage, and the Michael Jackson biopic

84

Government spending; Daniel Kinahan; Hibernians, former UCD footballers in China

85

US war planes in Irish airspace; prison overcrowding; home heating costs; human connection in medicine

86

Fianna Fáil leadership; electricity prices; unfair dismissal against X; 1926 census records

87

Gas price warning, Taoiseach under pressure, and broke Floyd Mayweather

88

Government survives confidence vote; fuel prices; basic income for artists, traveller’s community

89

Gardaí cracking down on protests; fuel cuts to kick in; National Museum storage; job losses and AI

90

Government fuel support, consumer complaints figures and Rory McIlroy is The Masters champion again

91

Fuel protests; proposed ban on disposable vapes; seven wonders of Ireland

92

Third day of fuel protests, gambling tipster faces questions, and AI coming for Irish white collar jobs

93

99 days of petrol reserves, heightened terror alert, and family finances after separation

94

Inland Fisheries spent €60,000 on communications, Children in care and protests at rising fuel costs

95

Valerie’s law, mortgages, oil shocks, and French wine going to waste

96

Data centres, dogfighting Air Corps, dodgy boxes, and gold mining in the north

97

U.S. military aircraft in Europe, severe weather in 2025 and treatment of patients at Bloomfield Hospital

98

Cash missing from Garda stations, mortgage approval figures and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon

99

National Concert Hall, auto-enrolment pensions and children’s mental health waiting lists

100

Heartbreak for Ireland in Prague, an unfinished housing development in Co Tipperary and delays to the Covid Evaluation

101

Where are Martina and Ammi Burke, modular homes, and World Cup playoff in Prague

102

Rogue dentists, presidential pardons, and hogging the overtaking lanes

103

Russian arms manufacturing, cost of living measures and driving test delays

104

Rising seas, the cost of living, and replacing stolen bicycles

105

Energy prices surge, the government considers measures to help and AI in the workplace

106

Gardaí searching for couple ordered to demolish their house, Gerry Adams in court and Ireland’s carbon budget goal

107

Micheál Martin at the Oval Office, US investment in Ireland and the tricolour in a United Ireland

108

Iran war displaces millions, homelessness in Dublin and the new Elvis Presley movie

109

Taoiseach in Washington D.C., cost of living abroad and what’s the problem with virtue signalling?

110

Flooding trauma, new powers for Naval Service, and Atlanta Hawks’ strip club controversy

111

Nudification apps aren’t banned, Iran school bombing, and the Luas torched in Dublin riots

112

Rising energy costs, the Kinahan gang, and British military veterans open to troubles era charges

113

Iranian regime chooses a new leader, fatalities on Ireland’s roads, and the cost of Storm Chandra

114

Iran strikes intensify, a report into a dentist who defrauded the HSE and Six Nations returns

115

'Price gouging' oil companies, scrambler ban, and Jessie Buckley's 'problematic' dislike of cats

116

Evacuating Irish from Middle East, energy prices, retrofits and a 'good Irish death'

117

US strikes continue in Iran, microchipped dogs, and Irish language revival

118

Iran, income scams and justice for people convicted under historic anti-gay laws

119

DCC new building, University of Galway arts cuts, and Hilary Clinton Epstein deposition

120

Mike Gaine murder, transport police, Botox and the next GAA president

121

New deal for Defence Forces, special needs assistants, and gang related merchandise

122

Four years of war in Ukraine, learner driver believed to have killed 16-year-old in Navan, and Peter Madelson arrested

123

Facial recognition cameras, workers believe they are underpaid, the killing of a Mexican drug lord

124

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released from police custody, Judge speaks out against Tusla and a lookahead to Ireland vs England

125

Uber in Ireland, ChatGPT caricature trend, the multinationals propping up the economy

126

Irish tech in Russian drones, the infinite scroll, crypto for cars

127

Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob, dozens of dangerous incidents in the Defence Forces and ideas for Pancake Tuesday

128

Overcrowded prisons, Long Covid financial support ending and Bondi Beach suspect appears in court

129

Ice flights through Shannon, parental child abductions, Big Tech's scam ads profits

130

Undocumented Irish, laptop shortages and replacing Prince Albert in Leinster House

131

Special rapporteur for child protection hasn't reported since 2022, and today's other top stories

132

Number of Gardaí suspended last year doubled, and todays other top stories

133

Ireland's bidding system for buying homes is pushing up prices, and today's other top stories

134

Sever weather warnings issued for 18 counties, and today's other top stories

135

Landlord ‘traumatised’ after tenants left him €20k in arrears, and today's other top stories

136

Gerry Adams civil case reaches London court, and today's other top stories

137

Clintons to testify at Epstein investigation, and today's other top stories

138

Taoiseach urges caution over standing up to Donald Trump, and today's other top stories.

139

Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain, and today's other top stories

140

Counties affected by flooding brace for more rain, and today's other top stories

141

More mortgages secured last year than in any year since 2008, and today's other top stories

142

Cabinet to approve Patrick's Day White House plans, and today's other top stories

143

Why so many young people denying the holocaust?

144

Zelensky slams Europe's 'inaction' in Davos

145

Donald Trump claims "really good deal" done over Greenland, and today's other top stories

146

Trump's speech in Davos amid chaos over Greenland, and today's other top stories.

147

Garda who assaulted his wife was 'allowed to flourish' in An Garda Síochána

148

Surge in Irish deportations from United States, and today's other top stories

149

Trans school pupils have right for their preferred pronouns to be used, and todays other top stories

150

West Dublin data centre consumes energy equivalent of 200k homes, and today's other top stories

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Children waiting years for medical assessments, and todays other top stories

152

The ironic MAGA hat sported by Greenlanders, and today's other top stories

153

Vulnerable, evicted, and facing homelessness at 70, and today's other top stories

154

Key vote on the EU's Mercosur trade deal and overcrowded hospitals, today's top stories

155

US spy planes over Ireland during seizure of tanker, and today's other top stories

156

AI threat to professional jobs, a huge climate target miss and holiday booking woes

157

Botox warning, Maduro in court and more asylum seekers go home voluntarily

158

Workplace accidents on the rise, and a Government intervention in the Dublin Airport passenger cap debate

159

Measures to track submarines in Irish waters, and our other top stories on New Years Day

160

Road deaths reach highest toll in a decade, and today's other top stories.

161

Ukraine denies attacking Putin's residence, and todays other top stories.

162

Drummer from The Script is landlord of mould-ridden garden home, and today's other top stories

163

Irish judges face abusive behaviour at the Four Courts, and today's other top stories

164

Most common scams catching Irish people out, and Corinna Hardgrave's restaurant oscars

165

Whistleblower reveals mistreatment at Dublin hospital, and no smoking gun in Jim Gavin report

166

Fears of increased risk to Jewish community in Ireland, and today’s other top stories

167

Bondi Beach attack latest, and today's other top stories

168

Daniel Aruebose inquiry upgraded to homicide, and other top stories today

169

Heightened risk from hostile actors, and Patrick Freyne on Meghan Markle festive special

170

Elon Musk taking Comisiún na Meán to court, and today’s other top stories

171

Apartment prices out of reach, Kenova report, and should you buy a Christmas present for your child’s teacher?

172

Offaly murder victims named, e-scooters, the M50 and Christmas culture wars

173

Suspected Russian drones off Howth coast, and today's other top stories.

174

Irish-trained mercenaries in Russia, and today's other top stories from the Irish Times

175

Taxi protests, juggling work and sick days, and the best cars to buy in 2026

176

Zelenskiy in Ireland, President Connolly's 2018 Syria trip, Herzog Park, and 12 best value restaurants

177

Creaking infrastructure, playoff in Prague, learning Irish again, and Christmas prep

178

Flag wars, Enoch Burke, rent rises, and the Irish Book Awards

179

Clondalkin attack likened to Mexican cartels, and IP applicants sleep rough to "demonstrate homelessness"

180

Ireland ‘flying blind’ financially, and a new name for Dublin Airport?

181

Defence Forces Tribunal demands names, and nursing homes want immigration rules relaxed

182

Peter McVerry Trust’s peacock enclosure, and Ireland to face Czechia in World Cup playoff

183

Alert over Russian spy ship, and No Comment from Kneecap

184

Paschal Donohoe departs, and is it worth buying a battery to store electricity?

185

A ‘distressing’ child abduction case and winter arrives early

186

Ireland's famous win and Miss Piggy gets the Barbie treatment

187

Remembering murdered Irishman John Mackey and the latest housing plan unveiled

188

Children ‘harassed’ in Citywest and turkey prices to rise this Christmas

189

The growing problem of porn addiction and a plot twist in a corporate rift

190

Connolly's presidency begins and a dispute over the meaning of 'fast food'

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