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

Trump posts expletive-laden warning to Iran over Strait

US forces staged a rescue operation of an airman behind enemy lines after Iran downed ⁠a fighter jet, officials said today, resolving a crisis for US President Donald Trump as he weighs escalating the war, now in its sixth week.

Simon Harris speaking on O'Connell Street

Energy crisis is 'worst world has ever seen' - Tánaiste

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

A picture of the Moon taken by Artemis crew

Artemis astronauts for Moon flyby on fifth mission day

Science and Technology

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

Limerick captain Cian Lynch lifts the cup after the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A final match between Limerick and Cork at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.

Limerick prevail after tough battle with Cork in 1A final

A woman holds Iran’s national flag while standing near a billboard

Has Iran war heightened terrorism threat in US?

Analysis and Comment

5 April 2026; Tommy O'Brien of Leinster celebrates with teamates Hugo Keenan and Rieko Ioane after scoring his side's second try during the Investec Champions Cup match between Leinster and Edinburgh at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/

Leinster through to quarters after wild win v Edinburgh

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

Eva Houlihan reads the proclamation outside the GPO

Watch: Proclamation read outside GPO during commemoration

Smoke rises from the targeted sites after the Israeli army carried out airstrikes on the Dahieh district in the south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut

At least 11 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon

Regional

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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File submitted to DPP in relation to Kerry Babies case

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NI Education Authority reports cyber attack 'progress'

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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