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Bunking off work for the beach today? Here’s how to check where it’s safe (and clean) to swim
# Take The Plunge
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# Take The Plunge

Bunking off work for the beach today? Here’s how to check where it’s safe (and clean) to swim

Jun 25th 2026, 10:45 AM 7,129 Views 9 Comments

A grassroots movement can help change housing policy - we should know
# The Housing Essay
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# The Housing Essay

A grassroots movement can help change housing policy - we should know

Jun 25th 2026, 9:30 AM 1,591 Views 7 Comments

'Extremely liberal': Trump makes first public remarks about likely new British prime minister
# MAYOR OF A TOWN
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# MAYOR OF A TOWN

'Extremely liberal': Trump makes first public remarks about likely new British prime minister

Updated Jun 25th 2026, 9:11 AM 22,957 Views 63 Comments

Andy Burnham, who won last week’s byelection in Makerfield, is favoured to become prime minister following Keir Starmer’s resignation.

Irish shoppers to be hit with higher food prices in coming months, ESRI warns
# Strait Of Hormuz
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# Strait Of Hormuz

Irish shoppers to be hit with higher food prices in coming months, ESRI warns

Updated Jun 25th 2026, 8:11 AM 17,348 Views 31 Comments

Scotland’s qualification hopes up in the air after bruising defeat to Brazil
# 2026 World Cup
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# 2026 World Cup

Scotland’s qualification hopes up in the air after bruising defeat to Brazil

Jun 25th 2026, 7:24 AM 1,656 Views 1 Comment

Elsewhere in Group C, Morocco came from behind twice to beat Haiti.

World Cup late nights and Croke Park classics – don’t miss these matches
# Best Of The Box
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# Best Of The Box

World Cup late nights and Croke Park classics – don’t miss these matches

Jun 25th 2026, 7:15 AM 567 Views 0 Comments

Stars and Swipes: JD Vance is revealing himself as a shapeshifter with no fixed principles
# Is Vance Ok?
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# Is Vance Ok?

Stars and Swipes: JD Vance is revealing himself as a shapeshifter with no fixed principles

Jun 25th 2026, 7:00 AM 578 Views 4 Comments

More than 26 million suspected scam calls were blocked by one network provider last year
# High Alert
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# High Alert

More than 26 million suspected scam calls were blocked by one network provider last year

Jun 25th 2026, 6:15 AM 2,090 Views 0 Comments

Ireland's biggest landlord Ires Reit wants your savings (via Harris's new investment scheme)
# The Morning Lead
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# The Morning Lead

Ireland's biggest landlord Ires Reit wants your savings (via Harris's new investment scheme)

Jun 25th 2026, 12:05 AM 34,145 Views 69 Comments

Ires argues both retail investors and renters would benefit from its inclusion in the promised state-backed scheme.

Switzerland beat Canada to top group as co-hosts fail to seal home last-32 match
# World Cup
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# World Cup

Switzerland beat Canada to top group as co-hosts fail to seal home last-32 match

Jun 24th 2026, 10:45 PM 2,466 Views 2 Comments

An Post appoints Fergal Leamy as chief executive
# An Post
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# An Post

An Post appoints Fergal Leamy as chief executive

Jun 24th 2026, 9:58 PM 7,273 Views 24 Comments

Opinion: A whole of government approach is key to addressing drug use, addiction and recovery
# Drug Policy In Ireland
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# Drug Policy In Ireland

Opinion: A whole of government approach is key to addressing drug use, addiction and recovery

Jun 24th 2026, 9:30 PM 1,286 Views 12 Comments

You won't see this plane flying very low to the ground again
# Aerial Survey
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# Aerial Survey

You won't see this plane flying very low to the ground again

Jun 24th 2026, 9:22 PM 1,428 Views 2 Comments

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
# The Fix
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# The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Jun 24th 2026, 9:00 PM 2,903 Views 0 Comments

'He was a dreamer': Olympian Ciarán Ó Lionáird laid to rest in his native Co Cork
# RIP
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# RIP

'He was a dreamer': Olympian Ciarán Ó Lionáird laid to rest in his native Co Cork

Jun 24th 2026, 8:43 PM 31,475 Views 0 Comments

Minister raises concerns with Uisce Éireann over water outages planned during hot weather
# Soaring Temperatures
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# Soaring Temperatures

Minister raises concerns with Uisce Éireann over water outages planned during hot weather

Jun 24th 2026, 8:02 PM 1,355 Views 2 Comments

"Beidh reifreann neamhspleachais ag an Bhreatain Bheag - is iad na daoine a chinnfidh cathain"
# Tír Agus Teanga
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# Tír Agus Teanga

"Beidh reifreann neamhspleachais ag an Bhreatain Bheag - is iad na daoine a chinnfidh cathain"

Jun 24th 2026, 7:22 PM 499 Views 1 Comment

Hundreds gather for funeral Mass of teenager killed while watching Donegal International Rally
# RIP
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# RIP

Hundreds gather for funeral Mass of teenager killed while watching Donegal International Rally

Jun 24th 2026, 7:20 PM 1,638 Views 0 Comments

An Irishman, an Englishman and a Ghanaian walk into a (karaoke) bar...
# World Cup Diary
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# World Cup Diary

An Irishman, an Englishman and a Ghanaian walk into a (karaoke) bar...

Jun 24th 2026, 7:13 PM 810 Views 1 Comment

The government is looking to ban vape flavours - why?
# Vaping
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# Vaping

The government is looking to ban vape flavours - why?

Jun 24th 2026, 7:02 PM 692 Views 4 Comments

Victims of abuse in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland should come forward, gardaí say
# Safeguarding Issues
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# Safeguarding Issues

Victims of abuse in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland should come forward, gardaí say

Jun 24th 2026, 6:55 PM 906 Views 0 Comments

Welsh First Minister: There'll be an independence referendum - it's the people who'll decide when
# Language And Nation
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# Language And Nation

Welsh First Minister: There'll be an independence referendum - it's the people who'll decide when

Jun 24th 2026, 6:54 PM 6,497 Views 20 Comments

Ryanair staff living in Swords feel 'unsafe' and 'unwelcome' following arson attack
# Swords
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# Swords

Ryanair staff living in Swords feel 'unsafe' and 'unwelcome' following arson attack

Jun 24th 2026, 6:50 PM 12,626 Views 0 Comments

Inheritance tax shake-up under consideration as Taoiseach notes concerns of those without children
# Budget 2027
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# Budget 2027

Inheritance tax shake-up under consideration as Taoiseach notes concerns of those without children

Jun 24th 2026, 6:46 PM 14,364 Views 38 Comments

Siptu calls on RTÉ to boycott coverage of Ireland-Israel matches
# Nations League
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# Nations League

Siptu calls on RTÉ to boycott coverage of Ireland-Israel matches

Jun 24th 2026, 6:41 PM 1,005 Views 28 Comments

No suggestion of banning election posters but their size should be limited, Commission says
# Up The Poles
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# Up The Poles

No suggestion of banning election posters but their size should be limited, Commission says

Jun 24th 2026, 6:27 PM 661 Views 6 Comments

Latest Children’s Hospital completion date is August but Department official says ‘we'll wait to see’
# National Children's Hospital
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# National Children's Hospital

Latest Children’s Hospital completion date is August but Department official says ‘we'll wait to see’

Jun 24th 2026, 5:45 PM 4,827 Views 38 Comments

Green light for €1bn redevelopment of Cork City Docklands that could yield 25k houses
# Cork Docklands
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# Cork Docklands

Green light for €1bn redevelopment of Cork City Docklands that could yield 25k houses

Jun 24th 2026, 5:40 PM 7,119 Views 0 Comments

Trial of former sports coach hears evidence from schoolfriends of woman he indecently assaulted
# Central Criminal Court
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# Central Criminal Court

Trial of former sports coach hears evidence from schoolfriends of woman he indecently assaulted

Jun 24th 2026, 5:28 PM 6,160 Views 0 Comments

Irish pub in Boston gives staff a day to recover from Scottish takeover
# World Cup
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# World Cup

Irish pub in Boston gives staff a day to recover from Scottish takeover

Jun 24th 2026, 5:23 PM 15,747 Views 16 Comments

'We're just mad busy': Lifeguards and ice cream shops gear up for busy week with hot weather
# Summer
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# Summer

'We're just mad busy': Lifeguards and ice cream shops gear up for busy week with hot weather

Jun 24th 2026, 5:23 PM 3,098 Views 11 Comments

Man accused of Parnell Square attack denied to gardaí that he 'went for the smallest children'
# Courts
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# Courts

Man accused of Parnell Square attack denied to gardaí that he 'went for the smallest children'

Jun 24th 2026, 4:39 PM 2,502 Views 0 Comments

'Buy now, pay later' wrongly promoted as financial management tool, says consumer watchdog
# Pay In Instalments
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# Pay In Instalments

'Buy now, pay later' wrongly promoted as financial management tool, says consumer watchdog

Updated Jun 24th 2026, 4:08 PM 10,174 Views 34 Comments

Jeffrey Donaldson to 'renounce and forfeit' his knighthood after child sex abuse convictions
# Honours List
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# Honours List

Jeffrey Donaldson to 'renounce and forfeit' his knighthood after child sex abuse convictions

Jun 24th 2026, 3:54 PM 4,416 Views 0 Comments

Crunch meeting on how foreign militaries helping Ireland secure the EU Presidency are allowed act
# Rules Of Engagement
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# Rules Of Engagement

Crunch meeting on how foreign militaries helping Ireland secure the EU Presidency are allowed act

Jun 24th 2026, 3:38 PM 1,651 Views 0 Comments

Enoch Burke 'roughly' owes the state over a quarter of a million in fines, High Court hears
# High Court
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# High Court

Enoch Burke 'roughly' owes the state over a quarter of a million in fines, High Court hears

Jun 24th 2026, 2:09 PM 7,275 Views 0 Comments

Europe wilts under record heat (and air con sales are up)
# The Heat
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# The Heat

Europe wilts under record heat (and air con sales are up)

Jun 24th 2026, 7:27 AM 498 Views 1 Comment

Major disruption to Dart and northern commuter train services after overhead line damage
# Train Disruptions
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# Train Disruptions

Major disruption to Dart and northern commuter train services after overhead line damage

Jun 24th 2026, 6:56 AM 2,341 Views 0 Comments

There are currently no Dart services operating between Malahide or Howth and Clontarf Road.