12 February, 2026 Digital News Archive

Greater co-ordination needed to tackle lack of affordable housing, SCSI president says

By Jessica Doyle

Advertising Feature

Winners of the 2025 Gold Medal Hotel Awards revealed

Five homes on view this week in Dublin and Kildare from €255,000

By Jessica Doyle

‘Fraudsters often pose as legitimate financial advisers or companies’

Film

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain review: Playful, gorgeous and emotionally impactful

By Tara Brady

Patrick Freyne: Check out this reality show about screen-free kids, called Lord of the Flies

By Patrick Freyne

Music

‘For hundreds of millions of people on TikTok, Jeff Buckley is still alive’

By Nadine O’Regan

Look inside: Five-bed Victorian on leafy square in Dún Laoghaire

By Alison Gill

New homes a short walk from Delgany village from €495,000

By Kevin Courtney

Science

Can machines think or are they just fooling us?

Science

A supportive built environment can help build a breastfeeding culture

By Claire O'Connell

Environment

‘We don’t have a plan’: Invasive species take hold as action lags legislation

By Pádraic Fogarty

Financial Services

Bawag boss hints at future acquisitions amid PTSB chatter

By Cantillon

Consumer Tech

Mill WiFi Portable 1200W smart heater review: Target your home heating where it’s most needed

By Ciara O'Brien

Dublin

Dublin stately home owner fights council plan to rezone his land for housing

By Olivia Kelly

Abroad

I am grateful our son is growing up here, on the beach in Longeville-sur-Mer

By Avril King

Restaurants

I don’t usually like hotel restaurants but this one shines

By Corinna Hardgrave

People

I’m sorry Greta Thunberg, I have become a ‘kitchen roll’ house and it feels luxurious

By Emer McLysaght

Technology

Is this the way the world ends?

By Sarah O'Connor

Micheál Martin’s musings on European getaway are interrupted by bus stops and prisons

By Miriam Lord

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast: An underwhelming and tonally disorienting show

By Ed Power

Sport

Demise of Washington Post’s revered sports section will barely register in the Instagram age

By Dave Hannigan

Look inside: Luxury period home among famous neighbours by the sea in Killiney

By Frances O'Rourke

Naval Service to outsource ship maintenance due to technician shortage

By Conor Gallagher

Gaelic Games

Croke Park confident the NFL will return for a game in 2027

By Paul Keane

Politics

Global computer shortage could affect civil service, hospitals and gardaí

By Ellen Coyne

Technology

Hacked by your fridge, TV and light bulb: internet safety really does begin at home

By Ciara O'Brien

Opinion

DUP’s crackdown on welfare fraud in Northern Ireland should be just a first step

By Newton Emerson

Tightening up of bail laws is welcome, but also many years overdue

Turf footing as an Olympic sport?

Banks urge Government to set up household saving accounts to help firms needing capital

By Colin Gleeson

Ireland’s rugby production line desperately needs refinement

By John O'Sullivan

Opinion

If Keir Starmer goes, Britain’s reputation as a banana republic will be secured

By Finn McRedmond

Economy

‘Fighting for our place in new global economy’: EU leaders meet to revive bloc’s economy

By Jack Power

Opinion

We don’t need more prison spaces – we need more alternatives to prison

By Joe Costello

Should Prince Albert’s statue at Leinster House be removed?

Bobby Sheehan to follow in brother Dan’s footsteps by representing Ireland in Clubs game

By Gerry Thornley

Mercosur deal may take up to two years to ratify, Burke says

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

In defence of the Michelin Guide, which also caters for modest budgets

Ireland may miss chance to lead AI ‘revolution’, Microsoft tells Government

By Cormac McQuinn

An Irish Diary

Not on your life: Frank McNally on the Northern Ireland football star who said no to This Is Your Life

By Frank McNally

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

The risks behind the boom in private health checks

Gaelic Games

American football should take a leaf out of the GAA’s book when choosing its MVP

By Ciarán Murphy

New housing tsar should tackle vacancy before demanding more building

Lifting of Dublin Airport passenger cap is a dire policy failure

Do we really need artificial intelligence instead of phonelines?

By Cantillon

Group behind planned children’s science centre says it would raise €25m for fit-out

By Martin Wall

Early Edition Podcast

Podcast: Irish held by Ice, laptop shortages and replacing Prince Albert at Leinster House

Listen | 09:24

Too early to say whether measures to lure property investors back are working

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Health

Review of orthopaedic surgeon’s work extended to hundreds more children

By Shauna Bowers

Detention of Seamus Culleton: we should not overlook underlying immigration breach

Conor McGregor served with compliance notice over Instagram posts

By Conor Pope

In the News Podcast

Ice agents on the streets, travel bans: Should the US host the World Cup?

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 24:20

Business Today Newsletter

Taoiseach’s dismissal of Irish security concerns should worry us all

Two years to ratify Mercosur trade deal and the risks of a smart home

By Peter Flanagan

Seamus Culleton at risk of deportation from US ‘any day now’, lawyer says

Global Briefing

Bangladesh election could strengthen pivot toward China and away from India

By Denis Staunton

Gardening

Is your garden waterlogged after the endless rain? Here’s what to do

By Fionnuala Fallon

Mario Draghi is not going to save Europe

By Jack Power

DNA advances not enough to re-examine evidence that convicted man of girl’s murder, State argues

By Ryan Dunne

Frustration at ‘continuing delay’ over public inquiry into Pat Finucane’s death

Inside Politics Newsletter

Husband to get over half of estimated €6m assets in judicial separation

By Mary Carolan

Martin looks to shatter silence over Freddie Scappaticci

By Ellen Coyne

Netanyahu says Israel has joined Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’

By Kanishka Singh

Man (20s) arrested over murder of Daniel Aruebose released without charge

Australia

Pro-Palestine protesters rally in Melbourne ‌on final day of Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit

Politics

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch says he plans to contest Dublin byelection

By Ronan McGreevy

Robust demand drives revenue at Avolon and underpins $297m dividend payment

By Ciara O'Brien

Politics

Scoliosis advocacy group calls for immediate publication of orthopaedic report

By Vivienne Clarke and Shauna Bowers

Dawson’s Creek’s 10 best moments: First kisses, ‘I remember everything’, and a wonderful romcom twist

By Anna Spargo-Ryan

Sports Briefing

‘Somebody needs to start sticking up for Evan Ferguson’

By Mary Hannigan

Four partners leave EY UK after independence rule breach on Shell audit

EU top court’s adviser says passenger cap ‘may be taken into account’ on Dublin Airport slots

By Arthur Beesley

How Irish women can successfully start their own business in a system stacked against them

By Margaret E Ward

Síle Seoige – An Saol Mar Atá on TG4: An honest depiction of the daily frustrations of parenting in modern Ireland

By Ed Power

Economy

Ireland has ‘nothing to fear’ over push on EU financial reforms, says Martin

By Jack Power

Novo Nordisk set to make Wegovy weight loss pill in Ireland for markets outside US

Stage

To Kill a Mockingbird at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre: There are gasps at this play’s most shocking moment

By Sara Keating

More than 80 jobs at risk at SuperValu owner Musgrave

By Ciara O'Brien

Media

RTÉ Radio 1 dominates latest radio ratings amid ‘phenomenal’ rise for Brendan O’Connor

By Conor Pope

Army chaplain who forgave attacker awarded distinguished service medal

By Andrew Hamilton

Smart Money

Why more people are working beyond 65 and what the new rules will mean for them

By Cliff Taylor

People

‘We would fight to the death for Dawson. He was a sap, but he was our sap’

By Emer McLysaght

Migration system needs reform to effectively sustain workforce and public services – report

By Ken Foxe

Gaelic Games

Poor structures, underage failures and ageing stars: Why has the Dublin conveyor belt stopped?

By Malachy Clerkin

Magnum ice cream sales slide ‘reignites’ fears over weight-loss drugs

Conor Murray: Here’s why the obituaries for Irish rugby are premature

By Conor Murray

Lawyers for former Apple employee cite ‘vulgar’ working environment amid unfair dismissal complaint

By Stephen Bourke

Ireland ring the changes for Six Nations visit of Italy as Josh van der Flier left out of squad

By Gerry Thornley

‘Is your French girl in town?’: Epstein files reveal correspondence with David Blaine

By Naomi O’Leary

Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe sorry he ‘offended’ some after saying UK ‘colonised by immigrants’

By Alexandra Topping

Uefa boss Aleksander Ceferin declines to support Gianni Infantino comments on Russia ban

By Gavin Cummiskey

‘Shannon was bursting out in tears with fear’: Boyd-Barrett tells Dáil of couple and children facing eviction

By Sarah Burns

Sport

Ukrainian racer scathing of Olympic committee decision to ban him over war-victims helmet

By Anita Chambers, Press Association, Cortina

Hockey

Ireland impress in scoreless draw against Australia

By Mary Hannigan

Production in manufacturing industries was up 7.2% in final quarter

By Colin Gleeson

People

James Van Der Beek: Dawson’s Creek teenage heart-throb who learned to ‘jump in with both feet’

By Anita Gates

Child allegedly scalded by coffee on Ryanair flight secures €15,500 settlement

By Ray Manangh

Health

GP accepts some of his social media posts during Covid-19 pandemic were not appropriate

By Stephen Farrell

Icon shares slump after it reveals it may have overstated revenues

By Barry O'Halloran

Italy stay with winning formula for Six Nations clash with Ireland

Man who murdered Arklow schoolboy Conor McCabe dies after spending more than 41 years in jail

By Ronan McGreevy

Middle East

Iran celebrates anniversary of Islamic revolution a month after deadly antiregime protests

By Michael Jansen

Revenue find €475,000 of herbal cannabis in woman’s luggage at Dublin Airport

By Ronan McGreevy

People with information on Epstein Ireland allegations should go to gardaí, Harris says

By Sarah Burns

Sport

Nottingham Forest close to appointing Vítor Pereira after sacking Sean Dyche

By Will Unwin

Man found not guilty of murdering father at Ballyfin Demesne by reason of insanity

By Alison O'Riordan

FedEx’s Irish unit delivers €50m dividend payment

By Gordon Deegan

The miracle of Budapest: How Troy Parrott’s heroics may have dented Viktor Orban’s re-election hopes

By Thomas Cserep

Win a luxury break and a sparkling afternoon at The Heritage.

Win a romantic escape to Ariel House in Dublin.

High Court judge dismisses appeal over garda’s unlawful seizure of alleged cocaine

By Fiachra Gallagher

Win an overnight stay at Dunluce Lodge, Co Antrim with breakfast and dinner for two people sharing.

Win an evening with Champagne Sophie and Charles Heidsieck at The River Lee, Cork.

Flood payments worth average of €613 sent to 133 people in first round of relief scheme

By Jade Wilson

Seamus Culleton was facing drug charges at the time he moved to United States

By Colm Keena

Ryanair and Aer Lingus call for speedy removal of Dublin Airport cap following EU court ruling

By Arthur Beesley

What is in the new Defamation Bill and how will it change rules on press freedom?

By Órla Ryan

Motorway collapses as storms batter Spain and Portugal

By Guy Hedgecoe

Health

Poor pay and lack of clarity rife in role of healthcare assistant, report finds

By Emmet Malone

Teacher who claimed garda broke her arm settles case shortly before verdict

By Fiachra Gallagher

Six NationsOpens in new window

New Hoxton Hotel seeks injunction over music noise from adjoining club

Middle East

Israeli soldier and citizen accused of using classified information to bet on air strikes

By Mark Weiss

Ireland v Italy teams: Andy Farrell makes six changes for second round clash at the Aviva

By Muireann Duffy

BBC set to cut costs by about 10% in latest restructuring plan

By Daniel Thomas

The Women's Podcast

Grieving an estranged parent: ‘I haven’t lost a father because I didn’t have one’

By Suzanne Brennan

Listen | 47:27

Wait time for refugee family reunification to be altered to two years, says Minister

By Sarah Burns

High Court to set early hearing of ‘keep open’ dispute in Tesco superstore

Trump’s border tsar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’

By Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis

Sick pay award of €500 by WRC to pharma employee overturned on appeal

By Emmet Malone

Gerry Hutch’s mask slips again as ego drives newest Dáil bid

By Conor Lally

Ireland to face Israel at home and away after Nations League B draw

By Ciarán Kirk

An Irish Diary

Rough diamonds: Frank McNally on a geometric oddity unique to Ulster (and Pennsylvania)

By Frank McNally

Death in Ballyfin: how a desperate father tried in vain to help his troubled son

By Katherine Rosman

US plans to reduce forces in Europe, says Pentagon policy chief

By Dan Sabbagh in Brussels

US equities hit by slump in tech sector

By Colin Gleeson

Education

Education board working to recoup €200,000 pension overpayment from late employee’s spouse

By Gordon Deegan

Austria, Israel and Kosovo: A closer look at Ireland’s Nations League opponents

By Mary Hannigan

‘It’s not my decision if you play or not’, says Hallgrímsson after Ireland draw Israel in Nations League

By Gavin Cummiskey

Editorials

Sinn Féin has placed itself squarely alongside Europe's extremist fringe

Woman alleges she was branded a ‘gouger’ after gardaí discovered relationship with officer

By Paul Neilan

Family settles High Court action over death of man who died following hospital discharge

Editorials

Taoiseach's decision to name " Stakeknife" ends a long-running charade

Pace can give Ireland an edge in renewal of Club international rivalry with Scotland

By Gerry Thornley

Dublin woman Gail Slater exits Trump administration less than a year after appointment

By Keith Duggan

Gerry Hutch says ‘karma’ will follow Jonathan Dowdall, former Sinn Féin cllr who testified against him

By Conor Lally

Heimir Hallgrímsson remains ‘positive’ about Ireland contract extension

By Gavin Cummiskey

Two gardaí off duty over investigation into ‘squaring’ penalty points have suspensions lifted

By David Raleigh