The Journal

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

Portadown

PSNI arrest man who assaulted four officers by 'spitting, kicking, urinating and attempting to bite'

1 min ago

Clare Street

Three people charged in connection with seizure of €300,000 worth of cannabis in Limerick

28 mins ago

562

The Daily Poll

Poll: Are you impressed by the Electric Picnic line-up?

53 mins ago

4.4k

tobago

British tourist in intensive care after shark attack ten metres from shore on Caribbean Island

1 hr ago

4.5k

DAFT.IE PROPERTY MAGAZINE

Curious to see what a €5 million home looks like? Check out this luxurious listing in Foxrock

Drone strikes

Russia launches overnight strikes on Ukraine targeting country's energy infrastructure

1 hr ago

1.8k

SPOTLIGHT

Stardust inquests

A historic day as verdicts of unlawful killing returned in cases of all 48 people who died

in the room

What it was like in the room when the Stardust verdict was announced

eamon butterly

The tangled web of the Butterlys' business dealings over the years

pen portraits

The 48 people who lost their lives in the Stardust fire on 14 February 1981

listen

The Journal's Stardust podcast returns with a new episode: Unlawful killing

New York

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in sexual assault lawsuit

2 hrs ago

3.2k

Voices

Surrealing in the Years: Bloody horses on the loose in London, bloody chaos on the loose in Ireland

Carl Kinsella

3 hrs ago

4.1k

Killorglin

Two people airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following collision in Co Kerry

3 hrs ago

10.0k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Your stories on road safety, Hamas studying Israeli ceasefire proposal, and Annie Mac on MBE refusal.

3 hrs ago

2.9k

Podcast

The Explainer: How does sentencing work in Ireland?

4 hrs ago

804

Severe Weather

Large tornado flattens homes in US state of Nebraska and leave trails of damage in Iowa

4 hrs ago

6.1k

Rageh Omaar

ITV news presenter ‘receiving medical care’ after becoming ‘unwell’ during live broadcast

4 hrs ago

24.2k

Palestine

'A worrying trend': UCD's SU President on right to protest Israel in Irish and US universities

4 hrs ago

7.8k

Gaza

Hamas studying new Israeli truce proposal as mediators seek to revive ceasefire talks

4 hrs ago

3.4k

outdated language

Annie Mac turned down MBE because she didn’t ‘want to be associated with the British Empire’

5 hrs ago

28.8k

SPOTLIGHT

Road safety crisis

Over 60 lives have already been lost this year

Answers

We are beginning to understand what's driving the surge in road deaths

Crack down

Dublin to get cameras to catch drivers breaking red lights

Tragedy

Father who lost wife and two daughters says his world is so empty

Dangerous driving

Thousands caught speeding in bank holiday checkpoints

broken promises

Ireland condemned for ‘exporting people to the UK’ for eating disorder treatment

5 hrs ago

4.6k

Voices

Travel: I had just retired and could see the future and it sucked, so I decided to travel

Peter Murtagh

5 hrs ago

9.2k

empty shelves

Potato shortage looms as growers rush to late planting following bad weather

6 hrs ago

8.8k

THE MORNING LEAD

Road safety crisis: Readers share their stories of worsening driver behaviour on Irish roads

Readers told us driver behaviour, etiquette and compliance with the law has seriously deteriorated in Ireland.

We were inundated with responses from readers highlighting dangerous driver behaviour.

Mobile phone use came up again and again: you told us it's a constant problem.

Many readers said they believe change is impossible without more gardaí on the roads.

12 hrs ago

15.2k

The Late Late Show

Improvements in housing 'could've happened five years ago' if govt had been 'braver' - Varadkar

13 hrs ago

22.5k

evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Friday

16 hrs ago

5.5k

return to public life

Britain's King Charles to return to public duties after making 'progress' in cancer treatment

16 hrs ago

14.1k

European Parliament

Former Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh to run as an independent in European Elections

17 hrs ago

18.9k

Limerick

Four men arrested after gardaí make €300,000 seizure at cannabis factory

17 hrs ago

13.3k

Gold

Rhys McClenaghan crowned European champion once again

18 hrs ago

16.3k

SPOTLIGHT

Voices

A mix of personal stories and opinions on the stories of the day.

Gaza

Israel's treatment of innocent Palestinians is reminiscent of humanity's darkest days

Bobby McDonagh

US politics

Radical steps needed to make the American Dream achievable for all

Larry Donnelly

Market life

What could Dublin learn from Cork's English Market?

Aoife Barry

Understanding neurodiversity

There's no correct way for the brain to work, we're all different

Nessa Hill

Lincoln Crown Court

Man found guilty of murder of Tony McDermott, son of Mother and Baby Home campaigner, after trial in England

18 hrs ago

23.6k

Court

Donald Trump’s lawyers seek to discredit evidence of prosecution’s lead witness

Updated 18 hrs ago

12.2k

Newtownmountkennedy

Taoiseach and Justice Minister condemn attacks on gardaí at public order incident in Wicklow

Updated 19 hrs ago

12.8k

Naas

Former pastor who stole over €125,000 from Kildare-based church sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

19 hrs ago

17.9k

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

19 hrs ago

3.7k

Bucharest

Andrew Tate to stand trial on rape and human trafficking charges, Romanian court rules

19 hrs ago

11.9k

Courts

'He stole my youth': Man who abused and raped daughter over 13-year period jailed for 11.5 years

Updated 20 hrs ago

20.3k

Dún Laoghaire

'Devastated' family grieves cyclist killed in Dublin crash, as council says junction will be fixed

Updated 20 hrs ago

60.7k

Migration

‘Too early’ to judge if Rwanda plan is causing influx of cross-border migration, says UK Government

20 hrs ago

8.3k

Wicklow

Newtownmountkennedy: Four charged as Garda Inspector tells court violence was 'prolonged and extremely dangerous'

21 hrs ago

37.6k

Homelessness

Homelessness: 13,866 people in emergency accommodation last month

Updated 22 hrs ago

5.4k

CSO

Less than four in 10 couples who got married last year had a Catholic ceremony

22 hrs ago

11.9k

ballot

Voting underway on deal to reopen Tara Mines in Co Meath

22 hrs ago

6.2k

Wicklow

Timeline: What happened in Newtownmountkennedy yesterday evening?

23 hrs ago

14.7k

Load More Stories