04 June, 2026 Digital News Archive

Five homes on view this week in Dublin and Wicklow from €325,000

By Ronald Quinlan

Innovation pipeline strengthened with €10.5m funding initiative

Restaurants

Restaurant review: The perfect place to be welcomed after a dramatic journey to get there

By Corinna Hardgrave

Technology

Yes, AI could steal your job – the real question is: should it?

By Sarah O'Connor

Film

Erupcja review: Charli XCX has real screen clout in this appealing romantic drama

By Tara Brady

TV & Radio

I’m not saying they’re lying, but why would it take 312 fellas to lower Shergar into the ground?

By Séamas O'Reilly

Europe

It’s the fish, stupid: Iceland referendum on EU talks won’t be a slam dunk

By Jack Power

New three- and four-bed houses for sale at Portmarnock’s Pebble Cove

By Alison Gill

Europe

Russia is showing signs of weakness in Ukraine. So it hits harder

By Lara Jakes

Final four-bedroom houses for sale at Leixlip development

By Ronald Quinlan

Two-, three- and four-bed homes for sale at new development in Kilternan

By Ronald Quinlan

Bees in big trouble as the lie of the land worsens

By Pádraic Fogarty

Technology

How much AI is too much?

By Ciara O'Brien

Climate Crisis

Fossil fuel phase-out plan is missing link in energy and climate policy

By Hannah Daly

Housing & Planning

Cork tenant who ‘acted aggressively’ in neighbouring school ordered to vacate property

By Jack White

Rules must accommodate nature while building 50,000 homes a year

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Your Money

Can a will made overseas delay probate of an Irish estate indefinitely?

By Joanne Hunt

Sport

New York collectively loses its mind as the Knicks reach NBA finals

By Dave Hannigan

Regressive migration policies risking Ireland’s economic performance, says immigrant council

By Jade Wilson

The world needs to act now to curb the spread of Ebola

Ulster Bank bailout shortfall mirrors UK’s £10.5bn gap on NatWest recovery

By Cantillon

Brave new world of remote working in rural areas yet to materialise

By Emmet Malone

People

Call me, CMAT. Let’s write a song about my public transport plight

By Emer McLysaght

Look inside: Shankill showstopper with wraparound gardens and guest annexe

By Kevin Courtney

Food

Beyond the Plate: Festival food goes fancy as punters book for sit-down dining

By Rebecca Daly

In support of the Rotunda’s private maternity care

Human connection must not be lost in healthcare

Opinion

Sinn Féin’s opt-out powersharing plan is historic. No wonder it’s being ignored

By Newton Emerson

Meta scores a rare win on EU regulation

By Cantillon

How a view of the hills of Clare can make things even clearer

See any anomaly in the debate about the GAA and pay walls?

Where is the incentive to support local businesses and minimise waste?

West Bank displacements will never be a laughing matter

Opinion

‘Like the Eiffel Tower’: Trump’s cage fight plan sums up his presidency

By Bobby McDonagh

Few workers think pension auto-enrolment scheme will see them through retirement

By Colin Gleeson

Sport

Paul O’Donovan on the Irish rowing controversy: ‘No one wants anyone to experience anything like that’

By Ian O'Riordan

Opinion

The Leaving Cert is dense, demanding and far superior to the UK’s A-levels

By Finn McRedmond

Gaelic Games

Leinster title for Dublin hurling would inspire next generation, says Fergal Whitely

By Gordon Manning

James Ryan urges Leinster to move on from Champions Cup heartbreak ahead of Stormers clash

By Michael Scully

Super-sub label has ‘hung over’ Amber Barrett for years. She’s ready for a reinvention

By Mary Hannigan

New ‘actuarial’ criminal legal aid payments open to legal challenge, Law Society warns

By Mary Carolan

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: A sight to behold as the Ghosts of AFL Past and Future saved their counties

By Ciarán Murphy

Letter of the Day

Remigration and the Irish Abroad

Driver behaviour has deteriorated over the past decade

Motors

What are the best options for replacing an 11-year-old diesel?

By Neil Briscoe

Why Arsenal’s time-wasting tactics make a 30-year season ticket wait look absurd

IRFU, hang your heads in shame

National Children’s Hospital is a failure like no other

Employment in tech sector rose at steepest rate for a year in May despite Meta cuts

By Colin Gleeson

Early Edition Podcast

Lidl warns Government, Trump’s UFC ring on White House lawn and Shergar

Listen | 10:03

The rise of empty phrases

Don’t call it a consolation: Leinster singing from same hymn sheet before salvage operation

By John O'Sullivan

Lidl claims planning system is being exploited by rival

By Martin Wall

Fiachna Ó Braonáin’s Leaving Cert: ‘I stayed up very late at night, drinking coffee and cramming’

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Business Today Newsletter

The Leaving Cert according to a guidance counsellor: ‘Their brains have been working so hard ... they need to get fresh air’

By Jen Hogan

Is the tech jobs market really as bad as we think?

By Peter Flanagan

Global Briefing

European Union and China tooling up for trade war that could hurt both

By Denis Staunton

Ex-business student who exposed himself to women given 16-month sentence

By Declan Brennan and Fiona Ferguson

In the News Podcast

Will a new autism diagnosis system speed up service delivery?

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 14:44

Schoolteacher sent poison pen letters alleging colleague’s sexual misconduct, committee hears

By Stephen Farrell

Irishman who died on hunger strike during War of Independence honoured in US birthplace

By Barry Roche

Oil falls as Lebanon and Israel agree on a ceasefire

By Helen Clark

Kennedy Wilson partners with Dutch pensions player APG on €2bn Irish residential venture

By Ciara O'Brien

Israeli strikes kill at least 10 people in Gaza, medics say

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi

Republican-controlled House deals symbolic blow to Trump over Iran war

By Lauren Fedor and Abigail Hauslohner in Washington

Teenager ‘addicted to stealing cars’ pleads guilty to 11 charges

By Tom Tuite

Data centres’ energy use being ‘managed appropriately’ by Government, Darragh O’Brien says

By Vivienne Clarke

Former Chelsea and Cork Celtic forward Bobby Tambling dies aged 84

Twenty-nine houses built without planning permission must be removed, High Court rules

By Mary Carolan

Irish soccer fans – who are you supporting for the World Cup?

Israel plans big settlement push across occupied West Bank

GDP shrank record 12% in the first quarter but domestic economy grew, official data shows

By Colin Gleeson

‘He represented rugby at its purest’: Former Ireland captain Fergus Slattery dies aged 77

By Michael Scully

‘I am tired of amateur hour’: Republicans test the limits of Trump’s power

By Katie Rogers

Music

Addison Rae in Dublin review: Old school pop star exudes joy and glamour on rainy night

By Ed Power

Man accused of attempted murder of PSNI officer remanded in custody

Smart Money

Will I actually make money through Ireland’s new savings scheme for ‘squeezed middle’?

By Cliff Taylor

Asia-Pacific

Sherpa rescued after going missing on Everest for a week with no food or oxygen supply

Unemployment edges higher in May

By Ciara O'Brien

Just 10% of households hold almost half of Irish total net wealth

By Joe Brennan

Economy

Trump’s unlikely tariff lever: a 1930s law on forced labour

By Jack Power

Gaelic Games

Monaghan rising star Bobby McCaul suffers torn ACL for second time in 14 months

By Ian O'Riordan

Bank of Ireland has warned customers of spike in text scams. Here’s what to look out for

By Conor Pope

Film

Marjane Satrapi: Iranian film-maker and graphic novelist ‘dies of sadness’ at 56

By Donald Clarke

Cara Darmody (15) to sit ‘real’ Junior Cert exam – four years after getting 97% in maths paper

By Louise Walsh

High Court green light for €1.6bn Ennis data centre as leave to appeal is refused

By Gordon Deegan

Fergus Slattery was, quite simply, a god of rugby

By Gerry Thornley

EU is taking Ireland to court over failure to stop illegal peat extraction

By Caroline O'Doherty

Son’s killing of mother left family ‘severely divided’, Central Criminal Court trial told

By Alison O’ Riordan

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns expecting her second child

By Cormac McQuinn

Rónan Kelleher replaces injured Dan Sheehan as Leinster make three changes for Stormers semi-final

Innovators to Watch

Irish doctor launches artificial intelligence app to transform medical training

By Olive Keogh

2026 was Ireland’s third hottest spring in 126 years, says Met Éireann

By Katie Mellett

Flutter’s Betfair unit targeted gambling addict, London court hears in landmark case

Crypto billionaires donate £7 million to Reform UK in the first quarter of 2026

By Anna Gross and Rachel Rees in London

Economy

State was nursing €2.3bn deficit as of end of May, latest exchequer returns show

By Barry O'Halloran

SNA alleges ‘mistreatment’ from parents at south Dublin school over Palestinian scarf

US supreme court backs generic drugmaker over Irish-American firm in patent case

By Blake Brittain

Retrial ordered for Aaron Connolly after Cameron Reilly murder conviction quashed

By Ryan Dunne

Financial Services

Revolut co-founder and CTO Vlad Yatsenko to step down

By Aisha S Gani

Wicklow man first non-New Zealander to claim coveted sheep-shearing title

By Katie Mellett

Inside southern Lebanon’s temporary graveyards: ‘People are dying day by day. No one is batting an eye’

By Sally Hayden

Elon Musk accused of ‘interfering’ in British politics with posts on Henry Nowak death

By Mark Paul

Heimir Hallgrímsson not expecting Evan Ferguson to be fit for start of Ireland’s Nations League campaign

By Joe Callaghan in Montreal

Oil falls and stocks rise after investors weigh Israel and Lebanon ceasefire

By Colin Gleeson

Trump says he will nominate his former lawyer Todd Blanche as US attorney general

Dubliners pay EU’s biggest electricity bills

By Barry O'Halloran

Sport

‘The pressure will be a lot higher than normal’: Derry driver Fionn McLaughlin on Monaco F3 test

By Hannah Kate Costello

An Irish Diary

Remembering Tomi Reichental: a gentle man who never gave in to bitterness

By Frank McNally

Health

Doctor found guilty of misconduct over Covid-19 posts on social media

By Seán McCárthaigh

Husband of woman who claims Jeffrey Donaldson abused her as child breaks down in court

By Seanín Graham

Man who threatened Simon Harris and family on Instagram is jailed after withdrawing appeal

By Dara Bradley

Louth river incident is one of Ireland’s worst fish kills on record

By Caroline O'Doherty

Man charged with assault causing harm in connection with Qayyum Balogun stabbing investigation

By Conor Lally

Leaving Cert English paper two a ‘thought-provoking’ paper with ‘no curveballs’

By Jack Brady

Tennis

Chwalinska topples Shnaider to book French Open final date with Andreeva

Liverpool confirm appointment of Andoni Iraola as new head coach

By Andy Hunter

Leaving Certificate

Leaving Cert day two: English papers should reflect ‘plummeting’ literacy levels, says teacher

By Niamh Towey and Órla Ryan

Key witness in Sophie Toscan du Plantier case dies in west Cork

By Barry Roche

Editorials

Government’s pilot scrappage scheme is timely and well-judged

Martin refers to himself as ‘ultimate diplomat’ by swerving Parrott heroics with Hungarian PM

By Bálint Dömötör in Budapest

‘Entirely my decision’: Malcolm Byrne resigns as chair of AI committee in wake of arrest

By Pat Leahy

Golf

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy recover from rocky starts to finish under par at Memorial Tournament

By Philip Reid

Climate Crisis

Ireland’s ‘downright alarming’ record-breaking heat in May due to climate change, scientists find

By Caroline O'Doherty

Hizbullah rejects Lebanon ceasefire as Israel says it will not withdraw troops

Personal trainer and owner of women-only gym jailed for assault of ex-girlfriend

By Fiona Ferguson and Claire Henry

Health

Unions to recommend ambulance workers accept proposals to settle pay dispute

By Emmet Malone

Athletics

Mark English runs another season best to nail second over 800m at the Rome Diamond League

By Ian O'Riordan

Aughinish Alumina blames ‘clerical error’ for incorrect statistics on exports to Russia

By Conor Gallagher, Cormac McQuinn and Bálint Dömötör in Budapest

Social Affairs

Irish teenagers as young as 13 worried about career impact of artificial intelligence

By Emmet Malone

Prosecution to argue three youths charged with murder of Cork man ‘acted together’

By Barry Roche

Man (20s) arrested after €3m seizure of ‘Gelato’ branded cannabis at Rosslare

By Hugh Dooley