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Irish - Last month February 2026

Trinity College to become a vape-free campus next week
# TCD
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# TCD

Trinity College to become a vape-free campus next week

Feb 13th 2026, 4:56 PM 4,860 Views 24 Comments

City centre horse handler to do community service for assaulting American tourist
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# Courts

City centre horse handler to do community service for assaulting American tourist

Feb 13th 2026, 3:48 PM 13,717 Views 0 Comments

Busy coast road in Dublin's Raheny to be partly closed until mid-summer for water mains upgrades
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# Uisce Éireann

Busy coast road in Dublin's Raheny to be partly closed until mid-summer for water mains upgrades

Feb 13th 2026, 3:39 PM 12,722 Views 15 Comments

Irish journalist Fergal Keane is leaving the BBC after 37 years
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# Next Chapter

Irish journalist Fergal Keane is leaving the BBC after 37 years

Feb 13th 2026, 3:07 PM 21,929 Views 13 Comments

Psychiatric care and prisons: Why is the State relying on prisons to fill the gaps in a broken system?
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# A Broken System

Psychiatric care and prisons: Why is the State relying on prisons to fill the gaps in a broken system?

Feb 13th 2026, 2:45 PM 2,676 Views 9 Comments

Bishop of Limerick condemns arson attack on mosque and says it's a 'wake-up call'
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# Dooradoyle

Bishop of Limerick condemns arson attack on mosque and says it's a 'wake-up call'

Feb 13th 2026, 2:34 PM 4,668 Views 0 Comments

FAI called on to boycott Ireland's matches against Israel but Taoiseach says they should go ahead
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# Nations League

FAI called on to boycott Ireland's matches against Israel but Taoiseach says they should go ahead

Updated Feb 13th 2026, 2:16 PM 23,770 Views 245 Comments

Ireland has been drawn into the same group as Israel, Austria and Kosovo for the Nations League.

Two League of Ireland fixtures postponed after heavy rainfall in Dublin
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# Pitch Inspections

Two League of Ireland fixtures postponed after heavy rainfall in Dublin

Updated Feb 13th 2026, 1:23 PM 5,118 Views 14 Comments

UK decision to ban Palestine Action as ‘terror group’ unlawful, court says
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# London

UK decision to ban Palestine Action as ‘terror group’ unlawful, court says

Feb 13th 2026, 12:43 PM 5,269 Views 0 Comments

‘Much-needed clarity’: Defamation reform Bill passes Oireachtas after decade-long campaign
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# Defamation Reform

‘Much-needed clarity’: Defamation reform Bill passes Oireachtas after decade-long campaign

Feb 13th 2026, 12:41 PM 3,653 Views 4 Comments

Israel have ‘no concerns’ over travel to Ireland as dates for Nations League matches confirmed
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# Football

Israel have ‘no concerns’ over travel to Ireland as dates for Nations League matches confirmed

Feb 13th 2026, 11:15 AM 6,044 Views 0 Comments

Trinity College is banning vapes on its campus – should other public spaces follow suit?
# The Daily Poll
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# The Daily Poll

Trinity College is banning vapes on its campus – should other public spaces follow suit?

Feb 13th 2026, 10:22 AM 13,810 Views 58 Comments

Interview: Wexford hurling coach Shane Keegan
Driving testers to carry out industrial action over concerns about uninsured cars at tests
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# Road Safety Authority

Driving testers to carry out industrial action over concerns about uninsured cars at tests

Feb 13th 2026, 9:21 AM 11,996 Views 29 Comments

Dublin and Wicklow under Status Yellow rain warning as country hit by freezing weather and rain
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# Status Yellow Alert

Dublin and Wicklow under Status Yellow rain warning as country hit by freezing weather and rain

Updated Feb 13th 2026, 8:12 AM 20,003 Views 17 Comments

There may be flooding in Dublin and Wicklow this morning .

Dublin woman Gail Slater leaves White House job less than a year after appointment
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# Trump Administration

Dublin woman Gail Slater leaves White House job less than a year after appointment

Feb 13th 2026, 7:29 AM 23,641 Views 26 Comments

Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements
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# Special Emergency Arrangements

Vulnerable children spending years in Tusla’s temporary Special Emergency Arrangements

Feb 13th 2026, 12:05 AM 9,249 Views 41 Comments
  • One placement had fire exits blocked and locked first aid boxes
  • Some children not allocated a social worker due to lack of staff
  • Children’s Ombudsman said findings were ‘very concerning’
Arsenal's title momentum checked by Andrews' Brentford
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# Brilliant Bees

Arsenal's title momentum checked by Andrews' Brentford

Feb 12th 2026, 11:04 PM 10,918 Views 0 Comments

Waterford abattoir begins redundancy consultation with more than 200 employees
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# Abp

Waterford abattoir begins redundancy consultation with more than 200 employees

Feb 12th 2026, 10:59 PM 21,760 Views 37 Comments

Dublin Port's Great South Wall to undergo repair works worth €2.5m after storm damage
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# Poolbeg Lighthouse

Dublin Port's Great South Wall to undergo repair works worth €2.5m after storm damage

Feb 12th 2026, 9:54 PM 9,572 Views 26 Comments

FAI say they will play Israel - but this Nations League controversy is only just beginning
# Analysis
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# Analysis

FAI say they will play Israel - but this Nations League controversy is only just beginning

Feb 12th 2026, 9:10 PM 8,452 Views 0 Comments

Ireland’s games with Israel will be played – but we don’t yet know where the games will be.

Two Limerick gardaí have five-year-long suspensions lifted as fallout from trial continues
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# Garda Probe

Two Limerick gardaí have five-year-long suspensions lifted as fallout from trial continues

Feb 12th 2026, 8:55 PM 22,455 Views 0 Comments

Public urged to be alert to signs and symptoms of norovirus as cases up over 50% in a week
# Winter Vomiting Bug
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# Winter Vomiting Bug

Public urged to be alert to signs and symptoms of norovirus as cases up over 50% in a week

Feb 12th 2026, 8:54 PM 26,648 Views 0 Comments

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Search underway for man who went overboard from ferry in Irish Sea

Feb 12th 2026, 8:50 PM 18,315 Views 7 Comments

Three seeking to be Fine Gael candidate for Galway West by-election
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# Fine Gael

Three seeking to be Fine Gael candidate for Galway West by-election

Feb 12th 2026, 8:38 PM 9,796 Views 26 Comments

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
# Evening Fix
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# Evening Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Feb 12th 2026, 8:15 PM 3,345 Views 0 Comments

Man accused of plotting to blow up mosque claims Explosives Act is unconstitutional
# Irish Defence Army
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# Irish Defence Army

Man accused of plotting to blow up mosque claims Explosives Act is unconstitutional

Feb 12th 2026, 8:13 PM 11,532 Views 0 Comments

New €100m Rotunda Hospital critical care unit for women and infants denied planning permission
# An Coimisin Pleanála
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# An Coimisin Pleanála

New €100m Rotunda Hospital critical care unit for women and infants denied planning permission

Feb 12th 2026, 7:49 PM 28,028 Views 90 Comments

Conservation groups objected on the grounds that the new building would damage the Georgian square’s prospect of long-term regeneration.

Plans under way to deport Irish ICE detainee Seamus Culleton from the US as early as next week
# SEAMUS CULLETON
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# SEAMUS CULLETON

Plans under way to deport Irish ICE detainee Seamus Culleton from the US as early as next week

Updated Feb 12th 2026, 7:35 PM 66,180 Views 0 Comments

It comes amid confirmation that Culleton had a number of charges against him before he left Ireland in 2009.

Investigation launched after arson attack on Limerick mosque
# Limerick
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# Limerick

Investigation launched after arson attack on Limerick mosque

Feb 12th 2026, 7:11 PM 7,203 Views 0 Comments

Supervalu and Centra owner announces that over 80 jobs are at risk
# Musgrave
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# Musgrave

Supervalu and Centra owner announces that over 80 jobs are at risk

Feb 12th 2026, 6:55 PM 32,273 Views 51 Comments

'Lovely surprise': A Fine Gael senator won a car on last week’s Late Late Show
# Joe O'Reilly
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# Joe O'Reilly

'Lovely surprise': A Fine Gael senator won a car on last week’s Late Late Show

Feb 12th 2026, 6:43 PM 25,205 Views 8 Comments

Fixing leaky taps among ‘simple steps’ public urged to take ahead of cold snap
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# Cold Snap

Fixing leaky taps among ‘simple steps’ public urged to take ahead of cold snap

Feb 12th 2026, 6:31 PM 7,836 Views 18 Comments

Ireland to face Israel in Nations League
# Home And Away
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# Home And Away

Ireland to face Israel in Nations League

Feb 12th 2026, 6:17 PM 13,586 Views 169 Comments

Waiting in the rain for a bus? Just three shelters were built in Dublin last year
# Come In Out Of The Rain
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# Come In Out Of The Rain

Waiting in the rain for a bus? Just three shelters were built in Dublin last year

Feb 12th 2026, 5:22 PM 10,618 Views 44 Comments

Air traffic controller shortage has closed areas of Irish airspace more than 10 times in six weeks
# No Access
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# No Access

Air traffic controller shortage has closed areas of Irish airspace more than 10 times in six weeks

Feb 12th 2026, 4:57 PM 7,712 Views 0 Comments

American man who strangled father at Laois hotel found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
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American man who strangled father at Laois hotel found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity

Feb 12th 2026, 4:13 PM 17,178 Views 0 Comments