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Cuan launched a campaign to raise awareness of domestic and sexual violence in 2025

Planning, funding impact delivery of refuge accommodation

Planning, funding and coordination challenges have impacted the pace of refuge accommodation development for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, according to Cuan.

Ireland • 4 hrs

Woman depressed while sitting on bed during day time.

CSO report looks at suicide deaths from 2018 to 2022

2020 recorded the largest number of female deaths due to suicide in a five-year period between 2018 and 2022, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Ireland • 3 hrs

Geldof, The Cranberries win at Rolling Stone Awards

Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof took home the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rolling Stone UK Awards, while The Cranberries received the Icon Award.

Music • 3 hrs

Sole borrowers make up 31% of FTB mortgages - BPFI report

Sole borrowers accounted for almost a third of first-time buyer mortgage drawdowns in the year to the end of June

Business • 7 hrs

Miss Mexico wins Miss Universe contest after insult drama

Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand, strutting to victory after staging a walkout when an organiser of the beauty pageant chastised her among several dramatic missteps before the final round.

World • 7 hrs

Protest urges University of Galway to cut all Israel ties

A coalition of staff, students and graduates at the University of Galway plans to stage a further on campus protest, calling on authorities there to end all links with Israeli companies and educational institutions.

Connacht • 9 hrs

What are Russia's 'research vessels' off UK coast?

Britain's defence minister has said that Russia's Yantar, observed in the waters north of Scotland, is used for gathering intelligence and mapping undersea cables. In Russia, its official mission is described as purely civilian, writes Tania Reut.

World • 9 hrs

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Sweden former player Martin Dahlin shows the paper slip of Ireland during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Play-Off Tournament draw at the FIFA's Home of Football in Zurich, Switzerland on November 20, 2025. (Photo by Mustafa Yal

Ireland to face Czech Republic with home final possible

Republic of Ireland will take on Czech Republic in the FIFA World Cup play-off semi-finals, with Denmark or North Macedonia awaiting in the final, which would be in Dublin if the Boys in Green progress..

Soccer • 10 hrs

US President Donald Trump speaks during in the Oval Office of the White House

Trump threatens death penalty over Democrats video

US President Donald Trump has assailed Democratic politicians who told members of the US military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors who could face execution.

US • 21 hrs

Emergency crews battling a fire that broke out at a pavilion inside the venue of the COP30

Fire forces evacuation at COP30 climate talks

A fire erupted in a pavilion of the UN climate talks in Brazil, forcing panicked delegates to run for the exits and interrupting negotiations.

World • 20 hrs

Talks at WRC over school secretary pensions break down

Talks at the Workplace Relations Commission aimed at resolving a pensions dispute involving school secretaries and caretakers have broken down. The negotiations ended this evening without agreement, and the workers' trade union, Fórsa, said it wants the matter to be referred to the Labour Court.

Ireland • 16 hrs

A High Court jury found that Conor McGregor assaulted Nikita Hand by raping her in a hotel room in Dublin in December 2018

Conor McGregor suing Sky News for defamation

Former MMA fighter Conor McGregor is suing Sky News for defamation for calling him a rapist after Nikita Hand won her civil action against him last year.

Courts • 22 hrs

'They need me' - migrant families separated due to policy

Ireland • 19 hrs

Dyslexia: How a specialist school changed my son's life

When her son was diagnosed with dyslexia four years ago, sports presenter Marie Crowe found herself navigating a system she knew little about.

Prime Time • 18 hrs

Immediately upon release the member of An Garda Síochána was placed on suspension from duty

Garda, others held over €100k of missing drugs released

A member of An Garda Síochána, and five other non-gardaí have been released without charge in connection with an investigation into corruption, organised crime offences and the disappearance of a large quantity of drugs from a garda station last year.

Ireland • 20 hrs

Watch: Teen shares homelessness story 'to end stigma'

A teenager from Dublin says she is sharing her experience of being homeless to 'end the stigma' around the housing crisis.

Dublin • 21 hrs

Volodymyr Zelensky reacts during a press-conference

Zelensky ready to work with US on plan to end war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is ready to work with the US on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, and he expects to discuss it with US President Donald Trump in the coming days.

Ukraine • 17 hrs

Multiple emergency service crews are at the scene of the incident near Tramore

One killed after small plane crashes in Co Waterford

One person has died after a small plane crashed in Co Waterford.

Munster • 9 hrs

Enoch Burke pictured outside Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath

Enoch Burke yet to be arrested after High Court order

Secondary school teacher Enoch Burke has not yet been arrested by gardaí, despite an order issued by the High Court two days ago, directing his imprisonment for contempt of court.

Courts • 23 hrs

Mani of The Stone Roses performs on stage during T In The Park Festival at Balado on 7 July, 2012 in Kinross

Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield dies aged 63

The Stone Roses bassist Gary Mounfield, known to fans as Mani, has died aged 63.

Music • 20 hrs

McVerry Trust was 'verging on collapse' - former CEO

The former CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust has accused the previous board of the company of providing him with financial details that "could not have been further from the truth", saying that when he took over the charity "was verging on total collapse".

Ireland • 20 Nov

Criticism of 'heartbreaking' sentence for attack on aunt

The family of a woman attacked by her nephew in Co Monaghan has expressed disappointment after he was sentenced to 12 years in prison, with the final two years suspended.

Courts • 20 Nov

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson leaves Dorland House after giving evidence to the COVID inquiry in London

Johnson's 'chaotic' Covid response led to more deaths

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a delay to locking the country down resulting in about 23,000 more deaths, a report by a public inquiry concluded.

UK • 20 Nov

Unemployment rate hits highest level since 2021 - CSO

The unemployment rate for 15 to 65-year-olds reached 5.3% in the third quarter of this year, up 0.8 percentage points from 4.5% the same time in 2024.

Business • 20 Nov

'Additional beds' for rough sleepers as -3C forecast

Additional beds have been put in place in Dublin for those sleeping rough ahead of a low temperature warning that is due to come into effect tonight.

Ireland • 21 hrs

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