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Political failure around protests is a result of the left being unable to take Irish economic dysfunction and turn it into a larger project of reform

Plus: Plenty in a name for Maurice Regan’s ‘Luck Penny’; Vincent Browne recalls Charles Haughey’s guile and greed; and Garda to clamp down on souped up e-bikes

How has our country ended up with perhaps the worst public access to the countryside in Europe? There’s none of the ‘right to roam’ you find elsewhere

SAG-AFTRA has voted to extend National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland’s contract through June 20, 2032. During Saturday’s meeting, the SAG-AFTRA National Board approved the agreement with a 98.34% vote in favor of extending Crabtree-Ireland’s contract beyond its current June 21, 2028 expiration date, in addition to adding CEO to his title. The up

The SAG-AFTRA board voted Saturday to extend the contract of Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s national executive director, for four years and to add CEO to his title. Crabtree-Ireland’s contract was set to expire in 2028, but will now run through June 20, 2032. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. He was paid […]

An unbeaten 156 from Gerhard Erasmus sees Namibia level their five-game one-day international series against Ireland at one win apiece.

Captain Erin King was outstanding despite being in sinbin, while Ireland’s improved control after the interval proving decisive

Manager of St Andrew’s Street eatery, which opened in 1986, says ‘it was fun while it lasted but every good thing must come to an end’

Ireland score six tries to beat South Africa in the first of two WXV Global Series meetings in Cape Town.

Thousands of Brazilians living in Ireland will head to the polls this Sunday as Brazil holds the second round of its presidential election.

Dorothy Wall relishing opportunity to face passionate Cape Town crowd

Removing requirement for UN mandate weakens a safeguard against participation in conflicts whose consequences we cannot control

Final preparations are under way in Galway city for the annual Macnas Halloween parade this weekend.

Purchasing gaffes, malfunctioning machine guns and planes too big for hangars show the Defence Forces has a lot to learn

Ronan McGreevy suggests nationalists ask what the South could have done differently but that would be futile

Storm Boelo is forecast to bring severe wind and rain to the south, southwest and north of Ireland today, with Status Orange weather alerts issued for a number of counties.

Bohemians had needed to beat Shelbourne to stay alive in title race

Orange and yellow weather warnings as more strong winds and heavy rain follow Storm Austen

Ballinahown in Co Westmeath has been named the overall winner of this year's Supervalu Tidy Towns competition.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade not aware of any lobbying by Government to exclude alumina from latest set of measures

Irish education results are remarkable against a backdrop of low State investment by international standards

Gavin Cummiskey talks to Shamrock Rovers captain Pico Lopes; Gavin Cooney imagines the future for Manchester United

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Storm Austen leaves thousands without power

Henry Spelter, one of the Hungarians who fled his native land 70 years ago, found work at Bewley’s

National children's hospital costs are similarly out of this world

Radio: Colm Ó Mongáin and Katie Hannon favour sober reporting, as Oliver Callan hears lurid revelations

Don’t underestimate the value of customer feedback, Oisin Byrne of iReach Insights tells Dentsu’s Dave Winterlich

Smart tariffs, solar panels and battery storage are turning the electric car into part of a wider home energy system

Returning to Dublin’s RDS Simmonscourt on 7th and 8th November, the 2026 edition promises to be the biggest and most comprehensive yet

Increasing flights, traffic and data centre expansion complicating efforts to switch from carbon-polluting fuels

Paul Stirling’s half-century and wickets for spinners and Gavin Hoey and George Dockrell help secure win

Dr Connor Green, who was on leave for three years, resigned from Temple Street children’s hospital this year

Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin, Waterford, Cork and Kerry under second highest alert level for rain until early hours of Friday

Sam Prendergast has emerged as a doubt for Ireland's Nations Championship opener against Argentina in two weeks' time, with the out-half dealing with a wrist injury picked up in training this week.

‘Markets are pricing today’s tax windfall, not tomorrow’s risks’, warns fiscal council

Ireland head coach Scott Bemand makes two changes for first of two WXV Global Series matches in Cape Town

Neve Jones will win her 50th Ireland cap on Saturday, with head coach Scott Bemand making just two changes for his side's first WXV Global Series Test against South Africa.

The UK Met Office said Storm Boelo will bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England at the weekend.

O’Neill was part of the Down teams of 1960/’61, the first team from north of the border to win Sam Maguire

Changes, which are effective from today, follow recent moves by non-banking lenders

Met Éireann has upgraded warnings as the outlook for coming days deteriorates

Bank says generative artificial intelligence tool has identified €55m in potential tax refunds to customers since April launch

Riots drove out three-quarters of Ballymena’s Roma population. One in three left Northern Ireland altogether

As debate raged in Brussels about dependence on US tech firms, Google celebrated Ireland’s EU presidency

Aimed primarily at manufacturers, the new guide is designed to protect and maintain Irish food safety standards

The overall aim is to strengthen the linkages and interplay between industry and the research community

October 24th-30th, 2026: Our pick of music, art, theatre and more coming your way

After an impressive start to life at Connacht, former Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray feels Ciaran Frawley is a player to watch this autumn.

Andy Farrell named his 36-man squad for next month’s Nations Championship northern series games

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set key cast opposite lead Steven Yeun in Pagans, its upcoming supernatural drama from Say Nothing creator Joshua Zetumer. Set for starring roles are Sabine Grace, Logan Kim, Marin Ireland and Intae Kim. Pagans, a show that unearths darkest thoughts about family, follows a man, Gus (Yeun), who becomes the sole caretaker […]

Uncapped Ulster pair James McNabney and Jamie Benson have both been included in Ireland's squad for next month's Nations Championship games, with Jack Conan ruled out due to injury.

Ulster duo Jamie Benson and James McNabney have been handed their first Ireland call-ups for November's Nations Championship matches.

Faux-trad diddly-dee muzak, the strategic deployment of the word “feck” and jokes about the Irish and their quirky patois

Cormac Izuchukwu and Harry Byrne miss out as Andy Farrell names squad for matches against Argentina, Fiji and South Africa

Game to be the first of three Ireland XV outings this season

The Springbok Women face fifth-ranked Ireland in a double-header as part of a global series designed to provide consistent fixtures and raise performance standards, but injuries could complicate their task.

A Garda investigation has been launched after two bodies were discovered in Ireland.

Pico Lopes and Tommy Lonergan also among those included in vote by the players