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Scríbhneoir Gaeltachta ag súil le filleadh abhaile le scannán faoi dhéagóir thrasinscneach
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Scríbhneoir Gaeltachta ag súil le filleadh abhaile le scannán faoi dhéagóir thrasinscneach

Feb 17th 2026, 8:00 PM 2,162 Views 0 Comments

As roads funding boost announced, minister says a lot more money is being spent on public transport
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# Tar Tar Tar

As roads funding boost announced, minister says a lot more money is being spent on public transport

Feb 17th 2026, 8:00 PM 7,352 Views 52 Comments

Health Minister says she wants cancer patients to be able to receive treatment in Donegal
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# Donegal Cancer Flights

Health Minister says she wants cancer patients to be able to receive treatment in Donegal

Feb 17th 2026, 6:01 PM 9,521 Views 43 Comments

Grace's Law: Transport Minister says scrambler ban could be introduced next month
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Grace's Law: Transport Minister says scrambler ban could be introduced next month

Feb 17th 2026, 5:24 PM 3,402 Views 0 Comments

Minister 'doesn't blame' Israeli players for their government and wants Uefa game to go ahead
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# FAI

Minister 'doesn't blame' Israeli players for their government and wants Uefa game to go ahead

Feb 17th 2026, 4:44 PM 7,789 Views 95 Comments

Galway man jailed for four months for online threats to kill Simon Harris and harm his family
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Galway man jailed for four months for online threats to kill Simon Harris and harm his family

Feb 17th 2026, 4:37 PM 23,190 Views 0 Comments

Patrick Grealish was sentenced at Derrynea District Court this afternoon.

Man who killed Canadian tourist in Dublin city centre by kicking him in the head jailed
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# Ionut Danca

Man who killed Canadian tourist in Dublin city centre by kicking him in the head jailed

Feb 17th 2026, 4:26 PM 39,881 Views 0 Comments

EU Commission opens investigation into Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls
# SHEIN
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# SHEIN

EU Commission opens investigation into Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls

Feb 17th 2026, 4:06 PM 4,711 Views 0 Comments

Aldi recalls chia seeds over possible salmonella presence as customers warned not to eat them
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# Food Safety

Aldi recalls chia seeds over possible salmonella presence as customers warned not to eat them

Feb 17th 2026, 3:51 PM 17,848 Views 16 Comments

Government pauses controversial review of Special Needs Assistants after major backlash
# Education
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# Education

Government pauses controversial review of Special Needs Assistants after major backlash

Feb 17th 2026, 1:49 PM 23,792 Views 66 Comments

TD says you would need a 'very strong stomach' to eat 'gunk' Hot School Meals
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# Michael Collins

TD says you would need a 'very strong stomach' to eat 'gunk' Hot School Meals

Feb 17th 2026, 1:48 PM 40,241 Views 68 Comments

Glaze Aura ‘Irish made’ product shipped from China among complaints upheld by watchdog
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# Advertising Standards Authority

Glaze Aura ‘Irish made’ product shipped from China among complaints upheld by watchdog

Feb 17th 2026, 1:46 PM 12,334 Views 9 Comments

Tributes flood in for US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who has died aged 84
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Tributes flood in for US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who has died aged 84

Updated Feb 17th 2026, 1:30 PM 19,385 Views 31 Comments

Pulp, Underworld and The Mary Wallopers have been added to the All Together Now lineup
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# Festival Season

Pulp, Underworld and The Mary Wallopers have been added to the All Together Now lineup

Feb 17th 2026, 1:17 PM 6,780 Views 22 Comments

Over 40,000 people sign petition as hundreds of schools to lose Special Needs Assistant roles
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# Education

Over 40,000 people sign petition as hundreds of schools to lose Special Needs Assistant roles

Feb 17th 2026, 12:54 PM 9,203 Views 33 Comments

Tradespeople team up to rebuild family home in Cork, six months after it was destroyed by fire
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# Ballincollig

Tradespeople team up to rebuild family home in Cork, six months after it was destroyed by fire

Feb 17th 2026, 12:42 PM 10,014 Views 18 Comments

Simon Harris' saving scheme plan: 'It could make Irish savings work harder, if done properly'
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# Simon Says Invest Again

Simon Harris' saving scheme plan: 'It could make Irish savings work harder, if done properly'

Feb 17th 2026, 11:37 AM 34,793 Views 69 Comments

Lawyers for Seamus Culleton say they've won a temporary halt to his deportation from the US
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# Texas

Lawyers for Seamus Culleton say they've won a temporary halt to his deportation from the US

Feb 17th 2026, 11:25 AM 29,374 Views 0 Comments

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Should Ireland play football against Israel?
Sinead and Gavin discuss in-depth the pressing issue of this week, and one that will likely make headlines all year.
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Public urged to contact travel agent if they’re holidaying in Cuba or planning to travel there
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# Cuba

Public urged to contact travel agent if they’re holidaying in Cuba or planning to travel there

Feb 17th 2026, 11:12 AM 8,836 Views 0 Comments

Uefa confirms no approval for games to be played in Israel, reiterates rules on refusal to play
# Republic Of Ireland
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# Republic Of Ireland

Uefa confirms no approval for games to be played in Israel, reiterates rules on refusal to play

Feb 17th 2026, 11:04 AM 8,320 Views 36 Comments

What's your favourite pancake topping?
# The Daily Poll
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# The Daily Poll

What's your favourite pancake topping?

Feb 17th 2026, 10:24 AM 8,687 Views 49 Comments

From gangland to centre stage: Gerry Hutch makes soft-focus theatre debut that dodges hard questions
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# Opening Night

From gangland to centre stage: Gerry Hutch makes soft-focus theatre debut that dodges hard questions

Feb 17th 2026, 9:12 AM 14,761 Views 70 Comments

The new play about his life shows an enraged and a pensive side to Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, but never a remorseful one.

Search as part of investigations into murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob resumes
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# Wicklow

Search as part of investigations into murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob resumes

Updated Feb 17th 2026, 9:00 AM 11,883 Views 0 Comments

'This is a fiasco': Group who objected to Rotunda plans will not challenge any judicial review
# CRITICAL CARE UNIT
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# CRITICAL CARE UNIT

'This is a fiasco': Group who objected to Rotunda plans will not challenge any judicial review

Feb 17th 2026, 8:50 AM 21,254 Views 30 Comments

Noel Long appeals cold case conviction for the murder of Nora Sheehan 44 years ago
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# Courts

Noel Long appeals cold case conviction for the murder of Nora Sheehan 44 years ago

Feb 17th 2026, 7:52 AM 14,581 Views 0 Comments

Data Protection Commission opens formal inquiry into X over sexualised images
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# Grok

Data Protection Commission opens formal inquiry into X over sexualised images

Feb 17th 2026, 6:30 AM 1,832 Views 0 Comments

DoneDeal is now letting users find cars using ChatGPT prompts
# Take The Wheel
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# Take The Wheel

DoneDeal is now letting users find cars using ChatGPT prompts

Feb 17th 2026, 6:00 AM 4,877 Views 7 Comments

We asked Met Éireann if the weather is going to get better soon: they said no
# The Morning Lead
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# The Morning Lead

We asked Met Éireann if the weather is going to get better soon: they said no

Feb 17th 2026, 12:05 AM 51,856 Views 36 Comments

The worst of the weather could start to migrate westwards, but it’s not going away just yet.

The Irish man creating the magic slopes of the Olympic Games in Italy
# Bormio
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# Bormio

The Irish man creating the magic slopes of the Olympic Games in Italy

Feb 16th 2026, 9:00 PM 17,112 Views 3 Comments

'Destroyed her innocence': Man who sexually assaulted four-year-old granddaughter jailed
# Courts
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# Courts

'Destroyed her innocence': Man who sexually assaulted four-year-old granddaughter jailed

Feb 16th 2026, 8:34 PM 18,152 Views 0 Comments

Hundreds of SNA posts at risk as schools told of cuts from September
# Education
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# Education

Hundreds of SNA posts at risk as schools told of cuts from September

Updated Feb 16th 2026, 8:06 PM 28,407 Views 56 Comments

Claire Byrne: ‘You'll get a kick in the bum if you think you're bigger than others in Ireland’
# Radio Activity
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# Radio Activity

Claire Byrne: ‘You'll get a kick in the bum if you think you're bigger than others in Ireland’

Feb 16th 2026, 8:00 PM 33,520 Views 56 Comments

Here's What Happened Today: Monday
# News Fix
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# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Feb 16th 2026, 8:00 PM 2,839 Views 0 Comments

What we know about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie more than two weeks on
# The Search For Nancy
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# The Search For Nancy

What we know about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie more than two weeks on

Feb 16th 2026, 7:09 PM 10,195 Views 10 Comments

'Pretty girls should always smile': The oldest trick in the patriarchal playbook
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# Trump Trash Talk

'Pretty girls should always smile': The oldest trick in the patriarchal playbook

Feb 16th 2026, 7:00 PM 11,661 Views 56 Comments

Man who poured boiling water over his wife and attacked her with a hammer as she slept jailed
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# Cork

Man who poured boiling water over his wife and attacked her with a hammer as she slept jailed

Feb 16th 2026, 6:37 PM 13,433 Views 0 Comments

'Still picking up the pieces': Man jailed for rape and assault of three of his partner's sisters
# Christopher Fitzsimons
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# Christopher Fitzsimons

'Still picking up the pieces': Man jailed for rape and assault of three of his partner's sisters

Feb 16th 2026, 6:08 PM 57,529 Views 0 Comments