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A breaking wave in Dingle Peninsula

Status Yellow wind warning as Storm Dave to hit Ireland

Strong winds are set to hit Ireland at the weekend with the arrival of Storm Dave, as Met Éireann issues a Status Yellow wind warning for the entire country.

Dr Sean Sweeney in front of MetroLink plans

No delay to MetroLink after director's departure - TII

A high-angle satellite view showing the Strait of Hormuz,

Live Unrealistic to open Hormuz Strait by force, says Macron

Woman standing at a petrol station putting fuel into her red car

Rising prices drive up cost of commuting

SEXTORTION-CLARITY

Sextortion targeting young men on the rise, gardaí warn

NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Watch: NASA rocket launches for Artemis II mission

Taylor Swift Wax Figure at the Irish Wax Museum

Watch: Taylor Swift waxwork unveiled in Dublin

This photograph shows donald trump talking to emmanual macron as they pose for a photograph in 2025

Macron says Trump marriage jibe does not 'merit response'

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Katie McCabe of Arsenal acknowledges the fans after winning 2-3 on aggregate following a 1-0 defeat in the UEFA Women's Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-finals Second Leg match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on

Fuming Bompastor hits out over McCabe hair pull incident

RTÉ 2fm's Tracy Clifford. Picture Andres Poveda

Tracy Clifford to leave 2FM in new schedule shake-up

Close up photograph of a small modular-style cabin

Labour warns against allowing rental of modular homes

Regional

a garda speaks to a driver of a white suv type vehicle

Road safety campaign under way for Easter weekend

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Investigation after prisoner dies in Midlands Prison

Gabriel Gudmundsson of Leeds United is challenged by Patrick Dorgu of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Leeds United and Manchester United at Elland Road on January 04, 2026 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Molly Darlington/Getty Image

Croke Park to host Manchester Utd-Leeds Utd friendly

Exterior view of the emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital navan

Non-acute surgical services at Navan hospital highlighted

picture of the banner plaza at junction 12 on the m18

120 jobs created at new Ennis service station

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Features and Analysis

Earth planet and Moon globe in deep space background. Blue Earth. Artemis space mission. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

Artemis II at a glance: To the Moon and back

Science and Technology

Dr Patrick Bury joins Behind the Story to discuss the Iran conflict and examine the military options for US

Podcast: Trump on Iran and new threats to leave NATO

Behind the Story

Caucasian college student reading whiteboard

Are maths grinds a good idea for Leaving Cert students?

a pathway runs through gorse bushes with the sea in the background

Selfies, TikToks and protecting Howth's summit walk

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How a 1966 TV drama reimagined the events of Easter Week 1916

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Smoke plumes seen in direction of Iranian military installation after attack

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Smoke plumes seen in direction of Iranian military installation after attack

Smoke plumes seen in direction of Iranian military installation after attack

Trump claims Iran gains but gives no timeline to end war

Trump claims Iran gains but gives no timeline to end war

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

NASA's Artemis II blasts off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center

NASA's Artemis II blasts off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center

Trump calls on nations that receive oil through the Hormuz Strait to 'just take it'

Trump calls on nations that receive oil through the Hormuz Strait to 'just take it'

Mother of Grace Lynch says new scrambler law 'bittersweet'

Mother of Grace Lynch says new scrambler law 'bittersweet'

Drone delivery company Manna plans 300 new jobs in Ireland

Drone delivery company Manna plans 300 new jobs in Ireland

Call for vigilance during high-risk period for wildfires

Call for vigilance during high-risk period for wildfires

Aviation fuel supply disruption expected in May - O'Leary

Aviation fuel supply disruption expected in May - O'Leary

NASA prepares to launch four astronauts into space

NASA prepares to launch four astronauts into space

Taoiseach warns of energy supply shock to economy

Taoiseach warns of energy supply shock to economy

US could end the Iran war in two to three weeks - Trump

US could end the Iran war in two to three weeks - Trump

Call for alternatives to prison amid record overcrowding

Call for alternatives to prison amid record overcrowding

Designs of Titanic made public for first time

Designs of Titanic made public for first time

Bodies of two anglers recovered from water in Co Clare

Bodies of two anglers recovered from water in Co Clare

Death penalty law passed by Israel 'horrifying' - Tánaiste

Death penalty law passed by Israel 'horrifying' - Tánaiste

Kuwaiti oil tanker carrying crude oil hit near Dubai

Kuwaiti oil tanker carrying crude oil hit near Dubai

Iran War

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

5 takeaways from Donald Trump's televised address

US President Donald Trump staunchly defended his handling of the month-old US-Israeli war on Iran in a prime time address, saying the military was nearing completion of its mission while also reinforcing his threats to bomb the Islamic Republic back to the Stone Age.

An image of oil tanks

Oil prices tumble and European stocks rise

A high-angle satellite view showing the Strait of Hormuz,

How Strait of Hormuz has always been key to Iran's defence

People wait in a queue to refuel their vehicles at a filling station in Biyagama on the outskirts of Colombo

How nations are responding to the global fuel crisis

News Lens

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

A group of sperm whales gather as one whale gives birth

Scientists capture birth of sperm whale calf on film

A semiquincentennial commemorative gold coin design featuring US President Donald Trump REUTERS

US currency to bear Trump's signature despite federal law

a woman uses a brush on the face of a stuffed sheep

Cloned predecessor to Dolly the sheep gets museum display