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  • Inland Fisheries spent €60,000 on communications, Children in care and protests at rising fuel costs
    2026/04/07

    Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) spent almost €60,000 on communications support ahead of its hearing at the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee.


    The health watchdog Hiqa raised serious concerns about the safety of children in special emergency arrangements under the care of the family agency Tusla.


    Protests at the rising cost of fuel are taking place today on several key routes into Dublin.


    The PSNI has been training hairdressers and beauticians on how to spot the signs that a woman is experiencing coercive control.


    Our investigations reporter Conor Gallagher recounts his visit to the Irish Military Intelligence HQ.

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    10 分
  • Valerie’s law, mortgages, oil shocks, and French wine going to waste
    2026/04/03

    Plans to strip parental rights from killers are to be pressed ahead with by the Department of Justice despite the State’s child and family agency raising concerns that the legislation was unconstitutional.


    The 1970s oil price shocks toppled governments, led to recessions and precipitated dramatic shifts in monetary policy (interest rates were hiked to more than 16 per cent in the United States). We’re not at that stage... yet, writes Eoin Burke Kennedy.


    Switching could save you over €10,000 if your mortgage fixed rate is coming to an end.


    Tens of millions of euros worth of French red wine and rosé that vineyards cannot sell is to be distilled into ethanol and industrial alcohol, to avoid a collapse in prices for French winegrowers.


    Presented by Aideen Finnegan.

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    7 分
  • Data centres, dogfighting Air Corps, dodgy boxes, and gold mining in the north
    2026/04/02

    Fear of electricity blackouts has prompted Irish authorities to set down new protocols for data centre operators.


    Jet fuel supplies could be disrupted during the summer months if the war in Iran continues, aviation bosses have warned.


    The Irish Air Corps is hiring civilian contractors to teach its pilots to dogfight, after losing the ability to conduct in-house combat training.


    Make it easier to watch live sport in one place and you’ll do away with dodgy boxes, argues Emmet Ryan.


    At a time when investors are piling money into gold, a battle to oppose a potential goldmine in the North is entering its final phase.


    Presented by Aideen Finnegan

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    10 分
  • U.S. military aircraft in Europe, severe weather in 2025 and treatment of patients at Bloomfield Hospital
    2026/04/01

    Italy and Spain have blocked U.S. military aircraft en route to Iran from using their air bases causing a rift with the Trump administration.


    It could take months for oil production and exports to recover after the war in the Middle East ends.


    Last year saw the second warmest year on record, and more drought and higher temperatures than in recent years, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.


    Bloomfield Hospital in south Dublin halted admissions after The Irish Times published an investigation into the mistreatment of patients.


    A teenager charged with engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl when he was 15 has lost a challenge to the constitutionality of a law preventing him from advancing a “Romeo and Juliet” consent defence.

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    9 分
  • Cash missing from Garda stations, mortgage approval figures and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon
    2026/03/31

    There have been 13 incidents or allegations of money going missing from Garda stations between 2020 and 2025, the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee has been told.


    The Church of Ireland says it’s less likely to rent out vacant rectories and curates’ houses due to rental reforms on landlords.


    New figures show the value of mortgage approvals reached almost €1.2 billion in February, up 10 per cent on the same period in 2025.


    Sally Hayden reports from southern Lebanon where Israeli forces have been instructed to expand the area which they control.

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    10 分
  • National Concert Hall, auto-enrolment pensions and children’s mental health waiting lists
    2026/03/30

    The National Concert Hall is embroiled in a row over a decision by one of its officials to cancel a booking for a fundraiser by the Irish branch of an Israeli ambulance charity, which it has reversed.


    It’s been revealed that more than 6,600 employers have not yet signed up to pensions auto-enrolment scheme four months after registration opened.


    Many swimming pools across Ireland are aging and many have closed altogether. There are around 100 swimming pools at risk of closing in the coming years which could leaving many communities without a public facility.


    Talks between Iran and the US will take place in the coming days, according to the foreign minister of Pakistan.


    A quarter of children on the waiting list for mental health services were waiting more than nine months to be seen at the end of 2025.


    The PSNI is running a scheme known as “kid’s courts” which will offer drivers caught outside a school a choice between three penalty points and going in to face a panel of 11-year-olds.


    Denise O’Connor writes about the best practices for managing a home renovation.

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    9 分
  • Heartbreak for Ireland in Prague, an unfinished housing development in Co Tipperary and delays to the Covid Evaluation
    2026/03/27

    Ireland won’t progress in the World Cup qualifiers and won’t be in America this summer after losing to the Czech Republic on penalties.


    The Olympic Federation of Ireland has given its support to an International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban transgender women from female events at the Games.


    The Irish Times visits a housing development in County Tipperary which has laid unfinished for nearly 20 years.


    Two banks took out judgement mortgages against the house demolished in Co. Meath this week.


    Bereaved families of residents who died in care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic say they’re frustrated at delays to the Covid Evaluation.

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    7 分
  • Where are Martina and Ammi Burke, modular homes, and World Cup playoff in Prague
    2026/03/26

    Three weeks after a judge ordered their arrest and committal to prison, Martina and Ammi Burke have still not been located and jailed. They were found guilty of contempt of court in the High Court on the 4th of March - over their conduct during a February hearing relating to Enoch Burke.


    The cost of fuel on forecourts around the country has started to fall reflecting the excise cuts to petrol and diesel. But our price watch editor Conor Pope has identified significant variations depending on where you are in the country.


    Terms such as “prefab” and “rapid build” should be avoided when discussing “modern methods of construction” for housing in order to counter negative perceptions of its use, according to research funded by the State’s Housing Agency.


    Thousands of Ireland fans have touched down in Prague ahead of tonight's World Cup playoff. Jack Power has been chatting to some who've landed in the Czech captial ahead of the game.


    Presented by Aideen Finnegan.

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    9 分