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A general view of the giant banner hung Enghelab Square that reads, 'The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed; the entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground.'

Iran has 'formulated its response' to ceasefire proposals

Iran has formulated its positions and demands in response to recent ⁠ceasefire proposals conveyed via intermediaries, a foreign ministry spokesperson has said, adding that negotiations were "incompatible with ultimatums and threats to commit war crimes."

A picture of the Moon taken by Artemis crew

Artemis enters Moon's gravitational sphere of influence

Science and Technology

Delegates at last year's INTO conference in Galway

5 concerns teachers will raise at trade union conferences

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UNIFIL will leave Lebanon next year - what happens next?

Analysis and Comment

Part of a 200-year-old shipwreck is pictured in the sand on a Co Donegal beach

Mystery over Donegal shipwreck may soon be solved

Emma O'Byrne of Dublin celebrates after her side's victory in the Glen Dimplex Senior All-Ireland Championship quarter-final match between Kilkenny and Dublin at Croke Park in Dublin.

O'Byrne 'blown away' after opening up about condition

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Two-child benefit cap comes to an end in the UK

a view of the roundabout at station road in letterkenny, co donegal

Pedestrian dies after being struck by lorry in Co Donegal

Tidy tables and chairs arranged in school class room, ready for pupils to arrive, education, learning, organisation

Teachers' trade union conferences taking place this week

Incidents at a church in Dublin, suspected arson attacks at two churches in Westmeath, and at a mosque in Limerick were examined by Prime Time

How incidents at places of worship take on a wider meaning

A wrecked white van lies in debris and rubble

Russian strike kills three in south Ukraine

Regional

A student named elias amro wearing a cap and gown and holding a degree

Palestinian tech student tops class at DCU

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NI Education Authority reports cyber attack 'progress'

The General Post Office on O'Connell Street, Dublin City, Ireland

Dublin monument to honour Irish women of revolution

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Tributes paid to Árainn Mhór charity campaigner

Bands march in Donegal

Bands celebrate fife and drum tradition in Donegal

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Features and Analysis

TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 28: Journalists walk through the rubble of a foreign car repair workshop that was damaged during a joint U.S. and Israeli attack on March 28, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel have continued their joint attack on Iran

Why regime change in Iran has no clear path forward

Analysis and Comment

Talk of regime change in Iran ignores an inconvenient truth - there is nothing ready to replace the Islamic Republic, writes Edmund Heaphy.

A Clarity graphic of a car being filled up with petrol

Do allegations of fuel price gouging stack up?

A sign alerts people to the closure of a beach, due to Covid-19 in 2020

What Ireland's first public Covid-19 hearing revealed

Analysis and Comment

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High Five: How much prices have risen since 2021

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Poblacht na hÉireann is read out in front of GPO during Easter Rising commemoration

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Poblacht na hÉireann is read out in front of GPO during Easter Rising commemoration

Poblacht na hÉireann is read out in front of GPO during Easter Rising commemoration

Footage from social media purports to show the wreckage of US aircraft in Iran

Footage from social media purports to show the wreckage of US aircraft in Iran

'The moon is definitely getting bigger', says Artemis astronaut

'The moon is definitely getting bigger', says Artemis astronaut

Bodycam footage shows arrest of Tiger Woods after crash

Bodycam footage shows arrest of Tiger Woods after crash

What are the good things about being Autistic?

What are the good things about being Autistic?

'Maybe you could cycle to work, maybe you could walk,' suggests minister

'Maybe you could cycle to work, maybe you could walk,' suggests minister

Artemis II astronauts describe 'spectacular moment' in space

Artemis II astronauts describe 'spectacular moment' in space

How are people feeling about prices at the pump?

How are people feeling about prices at the pump?

Trump makes jibe at Macron's marriage

Trump makes jibe at Macron's marriage

NASA’s historic mission to the moon blasts off

NASA’s historic mission to the moon blasts off

A new Taylor Swift era has just dropped - wax version

A new Taylor Swift era has just dropped - wax version

Iran War

Wreckage is seen from what Iranian authorities say is a U.S. military helicopter that crashed during a mission to rescue the missing American pilot of an F-15E that was downed earlier this week, in a handout image provided on April 5, 2026 in an unspecifi

How a perilous US rescue mission nearly went off course

The rescue had unfolded with near‑perfect precision. Under cover of darkness, US commandos slipped deep into Iran, undetected, scaled a 7,000‑foot ridge and pulled a stranded American weapons specialist to safety, moving him toward a secret rendezvous point before dawn on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House.

Iran uncertainty persists after Trump's televised address

Analysis and Comment

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war

5 takeaways from Donald Trump's televised address

People queue for petrol in Dublin in the 1970s

Talk of reserves evokes grim memories of past shocks

Analysis and Comment

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cyclist Tadej Pogacar seen competing in the tour of flanders

Tour of Flanders cyclists face fine for running red light

Andy Carter, Senior Winners' Advisor at The National Lottery

Lottery jackpot worth €12 million goes unclaimed in UK

two dogs sit in front of a television

Streaming channel for pets launched in China

a photograph shows an ancient gold helmet and gold bracelets

Dutch authorities unveil recovered gold Romanian helmet

Volunteers at a Villa Fiorito, Buenos Aires soup kitchen in a house where late soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona spent his early childhood

Maradona's former home transformed into soup kitchen

A wolf pictured in its natural setting

Wolf bites woman in Germany in first attack for decades

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 29, 2025 - The clouds above the city skyline are purple due to Severe Tropical Storm Co-may in Shanghai, China on July 29, 2025. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

China bans entombing cremated remains in empty flats

Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau making a speech

Air Canada CEO to retire after English-only message row

An employee wearing a blue hat and apron works in a feta factory with blocks of feta on a table

Sheep culls put pressure on Greek feta cheese production

Majestic Snowy Owl photographed during their annual migration in Ontario, Canada

Forty new migratory species win international protection

starfish (Asterias rubens) on top of a chunk of TNT, part of an unexploded Nazi-era cruise missile, at the bottom Luebeck Bay, German

Germany's WWII munitions toxic legacy on Baltic Sea floor

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Thieves steal 12 tonnes of KitKat chocolate bars