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Photo purports to show wreckage of an American plane and a helicopter in Iran.

Live Iran says US aircraft destroyed in pilot rescue mission

Follow live developments as strikes continue in the Gulf region and Iran says US aircraft were destroyed during the mission to rescue a US airman whose aircraft was downed in Iran on Friday.

Eva Houlihan reads the proclamation outside the GPO

Watch: Proclamation read outside GPO during commemoration

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd from the main balcony of St. Peter's basilica for the Urbi et Orbi message

'Choose peace' - Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars

Road safety - Pic - An Garda Síochána

2,100 found speeding in first 72 hours of Easter weekend

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

The Artemis Mission with the Moon in the distance

Artemis astronauts glimpse Moon's 'Grand Canyon'

Science and Technology

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

Dublin monument to honour Irish women of revolution

ESB Networks said its crews are mobilised in impacted areas (file pic)

ESB working to restore power after storm outages

Dana Scheriff of Athlone Town, front, celebrates after scoring her side's first goal during the 2026 Women's President's Cup final match between Athlone Town and Shelbourne at Athlone Town Stadium in Westmeath.

Athlone seek stability after turbulent period of success

Donna Price holding a framed photo of her son

Mother recalls day her son killed on roads - 20 years on

Analysis and Comment

7 March 2026; From left, Adam English, Barry Nash and Mike Casey of Limerick in action against Brian Hayes, left and Alan Walsh of Cork during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A match between Limerick and Cork at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Photo

Preview: Limerick and Cork to renew simmering hostilities

Regional

Bands march in Donegal

Heritage to be celebrated in sound at An Clochán Liath

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File submitted to DPP in relation to Kerry Babies case

Easter Parade in a County Roscommon is marking its close association with the puppet Bosco today

Roscommon town paying tribute to Bosco in Easter parade

Glenbeigh Greenway, Co Kerry

Kerry council defends €70m investment in greenway

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Child struck by bottle during disorder at Belfast match

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Features and Analysis

A Clarity graphic of a car being filled up with petrol

Do allegations of fuel price gouging stack up?

Over the past month diesel and petrol prices have soared to levels not seen since the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - a conflict that sparked a global cost-of-living crisis.

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

Low angle close up colour image depicting a man holding a shopping basked filled with fresh groceries

High Five: How much prices have risen since 2021

a wooden garden room with windows

No resolution yet for rules on back-garden building

Analysis and Comment

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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

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

US President Donald Trump has stated over a dozen times that the Iran war will be wrapped up soon, but hope of a more substantial and detailed case last night during his prime time address did not happen.

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

An image of oil tanks

Oil prices tumble and European stocks rise

News Lens

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

A group of sperm whales gather as one whale gives birth

Scientists capture birth of sperm whale calf on film