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

Feb 13th 2026, 7:29 AM 12,796 Views 19 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 354 Views 7 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 2,541 Views 0 Comments

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

Feb 12th 2026, 10:59 PM 3,537 Views 6 Comments

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

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

Feb 12th 2026, 9:54 PM 0 Views 0 Comments

FAI say they will play Israel - but this Nations League controversy is only just beginning
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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 4,015 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 3,309 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 12,844 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 9,137 Views 4 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 4,756 Views 14 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 1,843 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 5,935 Views 0 Comments

New €100m Rotunda Hospital critical care unit for women and infants denied planning permission
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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 5,746 Views 11 Comments

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

Investigation launched after arson attack on Limerick mosque
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# Limerick

Investigation launched after arson attack on Limerick mosque

Feb 12th 2026, 7:11 PM 4,432 Views 0 Comments

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

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

Feb 12th 2026, 6:55 PM 20,091 Views 46 Comments

'Lovely surprise': A Fine Gael Senator won a car on last week’s Late Late Show
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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 15,934 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 5,296 Views 11 Comments

Ireland to face Israel in Nations League
# Pot Luck
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# Pot Luck

Ireland to face Israel in Nations League

Feb 12th 2026, 6:17 PM 20 Views 1 Comment

Irishman detained in US faced drugs charge before leaving Ireland
# SEAMUS CULLETON
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# SEAMUS CULLETON

Irishman detained in US faced drugs charge before leaving Ireland

Feb 12th 2026, 5:40 PM 329 Views 0 Comments

Waiting in the rain for a bus? Just 3 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 3 shelters were built in Dublin last year

Feb 12th 2026, 5:22 PM 2,075 Views 20 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 1,390 Views 0 Comments

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

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

Feb 12th 2026, 4:13 PM 10,684 Views 0 Comments

Warning over appearance of highly poisonous flowering plant on Dublin and Meath beaches
# Hemlock
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# Hemlock

Warning over appearance of highly poisonous flowering plant on Dublin and Meath beaches

Updated Feb 12th 2026, 3:50 PM 23,991 Views 17 Comments

Tusla to check that over 23,000 children whose cases were closed are still in school
# Closed Case Review
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# Closed Case Review

Tusla to check that over 23,000 children whose cases were closed are still in school

Feb 12th 2026, 3:45 PM 2,480 Views 0 Comments

Love comes at a higher price this Valentine’s Day, with cost of a box of chocolates up 10%
# Price Of Love
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# Price Of Love

Love comes at a higher price this Valentine’s Day, with cost of a box of chocolates up 10%

Feb 12th 2026, 3:01 PM 947 Views 13 Comments

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'Such a coup to get this over Dublin': Retailer Sephora opens its first Irish shop in Belfast
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# She Is Handsome She Is Pretty

'Such a coup to get this over Dublin': Retailer Sephora opens its first Irish shop in Belfast

Feb 12th 2026, 2:55 PM 5,452 Views 12 Comments

TDs are 'sick to the teeth' of the children’s science centre saga
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# Public Accounts

TDs are 'sick to the teeth' of the children’s science centre saga

Feb 12th 2026, 2:51 PM 4,463 Views 7 Comments

Radio Nova breakfast show tops chart in Dublin, as FM104 loses out for first time in decades
# Morning Glory
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# Morning Glory

Radio Nova breakfast show tops chart in Dublin, as FM104 loses out for first time in decades

Feb 12th 2026, 2:21 PM 3,899 Views 17 Comments

Comedian PJ Gallagher and veteran presenter Jim McCabe told The Journal they’re over the moon.

Farrell makes six changes for Ireland's clash with Italy
# Rugby
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# Rugby

Farrell makes six changes for Ireland's clash with Italy

Feb 12th 2026, 2:01 PM 0 Views 0 Comments

Edwin Edogbo is set for his Ireland debut off the bench in Dublin.

Ratcliffe issues carefully worded apology for 'offending some people' with immigration remarks
# Heated Rhetoric
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# Heated Rhetoric

Ratcliffe issues carefully worded apology for 'offending some people' with immigration remarks

Updated Feb 12th 2026, 1:49 PM 15,411 Views 0 Comments

Breaking the grip: Can we rethink education in Ireland, north and south?
# Northern Ireland
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# Northern Ireland

Breaking the grip: Can we rethink education in Ireland, north and south?

Updated Feb 12th 2026, 12:36 PM 3,675 Views 35 Comments

The new adaptation of Wuthering Heights is out tomorrow – will you be watching it?
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# The Daily Poll

The new adaptation of Wuthering Heights is out tomorrow – will you be watching it?

Updated Feb 12th 2026, 9:30 AM 7,801 Views 26 Comments

Met Éireann issues Status Yellow ice warning for all of Ireland from tomorrow
# Below Freezing
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# Below Freezing

Met Éireann issues Status Yellow ice warning for all of Ireland from tomorrow

Feb 12th 2026, 8:51 AM 14,105 Views 15 Comments

Man arrested in connection with murder of Daniel Aruebose released without charge
# Murder Investigation
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# Murder Investigation

Man arrested in connection with murder of Daniel Aruebose released without charge

Feb 12th 2026, 8:50 AM 1,789 Views 0 Comments

Vigil held for victims of Canada school shooting in devastated small town
# Tumbler Ridge Mourns
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# Tumbler Ridge Mourns

Vigil held for victims of Canada school shooting in devastated small town

Feb 12th 2026, 8:36 AM 3,698 Views 0 Comments

Sean Dyche sacked by Nottingham Forest after less than four months in charge
# Time To Say Goodbye
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# Time To Say Goodbye

Sean Dyche sacked by Nottingham Forest after less than four months in charge

Feb 12th 2026, 8:00 AM 3,783 Views 0 Comments

'Captivating' but 'not sexy enough': What Irish cinemagoers made of Wuthering Heights
# Mixed Opinions
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# Mixed Opinions

'Captivating' but 'not sexy enough': What Irish cinemagoers made of Wuthering Heights

Feb 11th 2026, 9:00 PM 5,484 Views 5 Comments

This might just be the first adaptation of a Brontë novel to feature two sun-soaked Australian leads yearning in the English countryside.