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Monday 7 July 2025 Dublin: 13°C
Yesterday
6th July 2025
Quiz: How well do you remember the career of Michael Madsen?
GAA to investigate after confusion over final score of Tipperary-Kilkenny game
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Money Diaries: An engineer on €65K living in Co Galway
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A luxurious home in prestigious Foxrock with period elegance and modern touches
'They're still rooted in the last war': Taoiseach says banks are not lending enough to Irish builders
SPOTLIGHT

Catch up on one of Ireland's most significant crime stories

Sentencing
Eight men jailed over Ireland's biggest-ever drug seizure
How Hezbollah fundraisers helped finance the €157m operation
Revealed: How Hezbollah fundraisers helped finance the €157m MV Matthew drug operation
Podcast
What really happened on board the MV Matthew?
27m
14-man Tipperary defeat Kilkenny in dramatic All-Ireland semi-final clash
Ants around Ireland will soon take to the air in their annual nuptial flight
Probe into whether bomb found near Russian-owned company was reaction to attacks on Ukraine
Children's Minister rejects claims that Oberstown has ‘dangerously low staffing levels’
Pamplona draws thousands of revellers for bull-running festival
Sinn Féin TD's case against 'Super Junior' ministers at Cabinet at the High Court tomorrow
Toll shows 21 children among 67 dead in Texas flooding as hunt for missing girls continues
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What really happened on board the MV Matthew?
27m
No prosecutions for the illegal modification of electric scooters a year on from legislation
Israeli air strikes kill 38 Palestinians in Gaza as Netanyahu prepares to fly to Washington
VOICES

Parenting experiences in a modern, working Ireland 

It's complicated…
Gwen Loughman
24
'Much as I love school events, there are just too many'
Niamh O'Reilly
One Dad has had enough of them
Anonymous Dad
28
Are we becoming more dog friendly than child friendly?
Niamh O'Reilly
44
Ireland's Alex Dunne earns provisional second place finish in Silverstone F2 Feature Race
Kilkenny v Tipperary, All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final
14-man Tipp advance to All-Ireland final with Cork.
Housing Minister looks to reduce minimum apartment size to cut cost of construction
Minister Patrick O’Donovan thought he might die after collapsing in the Dáil
Fine Gael to open nominations for its presidential candidate tomorrow
China hits EU with reciprocal ban on major medical equipment contracts
Should GAA county boards in Ireland gift newborns with a club jersey?
Ryanair wants the EU to reform air traffic services after French strikes cancel 400 flights
Ozzy Osbourne graces black throne during final live performance in hometown
Elon Musk says he has created a new political party for the US
Sitdown Sunday: Virginia Giuffre's family share what happened in her final days
investigates

Our investigative team focused on workers' rights this week

FIGHTING FOR BETTER CONDITIONS
Asked to think like a paedophile or act suicidal: Workers training Meta's AI in Ireland speak out
CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION
‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics break silence on 'toxic' culture
Opinion: So now it's cost over design for new state buildings? What could possibly go wrong?
Andrea Horan
Why boosting the Help to Buy scheme misses the bigger problem with housing policy
Demands to raise the Help to Buy limit ignore one key problem: we still don’t know if the scheme actually works.
Pilgrimage organisers seek priests willing to climb a mountain to hear confessions
Just 600 out of 20,000 construction firms register for list to crack down on cowboy builders
'It was apparent that we were in hot pursuit': The inside story of the raid on the MV Matthew
In this piece, we’ll hear for the first time publicly from three key players involved in the military side of the multi-agency response.
Last week
29th June 2025 - 5th July 2025
Worst possible start for England as they lose Euros opener to France
Quiz: How well do you know these famous tears?
'It was genuinely all anyone could talk about' - When Oasis rocked Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Irish fans and a member of support act The Bootleg Beatles recall Oasis at the peak of their fame.
'If I turn off my phone, no-one would miss me': Our readers on being lonely
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Parenting and chores: Dishwasher, bins overflowing? Call the staff to complain
Margaret Lynch
More than 20 arrests at protest in support of banned Palestine Action in the UK