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Met Éireann warns weather to remain unsettled into the weekend

Rain, mist, hill and coastal fog, scattered showers and some sunny spells forecast


We have to talk about home heating

Up to 55% of fine particulate matter emitted by newer logwood stoves comprises black carbon, as toxic as that emitted from diesel engines


Why community ‘fulfils our basic need to belong’ and how to find yours

Loneliness is not a one-dimensional experience, nor is it always bleak or even permanent, despite results of recent data


Ciarán Murphy: GAA should not be cowards and must cut ties with Allianz over Gaza

The GAA is being pushed by its own members - not outside forces - to cut ties with sponsors Allianz over Gaza



I miss Ireland’s wildness and divilment, but after 20 years away, I know it’s not for me

The Portuguese have a word, saudade, a deep longing for something beloved that is absent, exactly what I feel for my home


‘It’s never about one day’: Patrick Horgan says one game of a season should not frame a year

Former Cork hurler is back as a selector for their under-20 hurlers


Irish gyms make gains after pandemic hurt

Accounts filed for some of sector’s biggest players show surge in revenues and profits


Budget watchdog hands Harris his first headache

Without plans or forecasts, Coalition already committed to big tax package in 2027



President Catherine Connolly yet to move into Áras an Uachtaráin or announce key aides

Revamped official website no longer has section devoted to head of state’s spouse


Unionists outdoing each other on questions about nativity plays and witchcraft in schools

Ruling on religion in schools has handed unionists a whole new culture war playground


HSE tried to conceal ties to company at centre of forged Garda vetting controversy

Internal inquiry opened into HSE contract awarded to firm that supplied falsified checks on care workers


South Africa ‘up a level’ across all areas of the game, says Garry Ringrose

Ireland centre didn’t enjoy losing the two games he started in the Autumn Series



‘When I got the call I cried. It was wild’: Donegal actor Amybeth McNulty on her role in Stranger Things

Donegal actor speaks her mind on self-definition, bereavement and joining the cast of Stranger Things


Kelly Brady: The latest American soccer talent with Irish heritage

Scoring 26 goals for Athlone Town earned the New Yorker inclusion in Carla Ward’s Ireland squad


Ulster determined to get back to winning ways against Benetton Rugby

Nick Timoney, Iain Henderson and Jacob Stockdale all available for selection


‘We’re not crying, you are’: How whimsy is now debasing public life

British adults gushing over Paddington is symptom of creeping infantilisation – and Ireland shows signs, too



Refugees who remain in State accommodation will not pay new fees

New barriers to citizenship form part of Government tightening of immigration system


Review into forged Garda vetting flagged employee unsuitable for work with children

Forged background checks a ‘serious risk’ to safety of vulnerable children in care of private company


Podcast – 4 top stories in 10 minutes: A ‘cartel’-style attack in Dublin

Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan


RDS members bridle at instruction to use Laya Arena name for showgrounds

RDS chief Paul Kelly has told members that a ‘failure to adapt’ the Laya Arena name 'risks damaging" relationship with health insurer
























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