19 August, 2026 Digital News Archive

Regulators cut estimates of future Irish electricity demand, sparking fears of power shortage

By Barry O'Halloran

Your Money

Stock markets have been on a roll. Is it time to hedge your bets?

By Jeff Sommer

Billionaire Tony Bloom quietly loans millions to Meath property fund

By Killian Woods

Film

Coyote vs Acme review: Warner Bros tried to shelve this film. It’s far too good for that

By Donald Clarke

Film

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: Jane Schoenbrun’s maximalism fascinates and frustrates

By Tara Brady

Housing & Planning

‘The shutters are horrible’: Life in a Border town overwhelmed by dereliction

By Sorcha Crowley in Ballybofey

Education

Leaving Cert students with dyslexia should get ‘extra 10 minutes per hour in exams’

By Niamh Towey

TikTok offering redundancy agreements amid plans to cut about 300 jobs at Dublin office

By Fiachra Gallagher

Europe's Borders

‘It has already begun’: Finland prepares for the unthinkable from Russia

By Patrick Smyth

Athletics

Sonia O’Sullivan: My daughter Sophie knows where she went wrong in 1,500m final

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Abroad

Despite the deep Irish love of Australia, the feeling isn’t mutual

By Laura Kennedy

Sport

The Irish gymnast mixing home-schooling his kids with training for European Championships

By Michael Scully

Aid workers should never be a target

Racing

Elitism pays off with potentially vintage Juddmonte International clash at York

By Brian O'Connor

Finding solutions for motorway carnage

Women and girls strategy is an important commitment to gender equality

Opinion

What a shameful, disreputable clown Donald Trump is

By Michael McDowell

Opinion

Ireland’s approach to religious-run schools breaches many families’ constitutional rights

By Emer Nowlan

Palestine: For how long can UN, EU and Irish Government remain bystanders?

Racing

Derby first and second renew rivalry in York’s Great Voltigeur

By Brian O'Connor

Number of Ireland players in Premier League set for record low this season

By Gavin Cummiskey

Letter of the Day

Using the national flag to celebrate rather than exclude

In the News Podcast

What is the ‘Mecca pact’ and could it change the Middle East?

Listen | 22:23

Climate Crisis

Ireland’s warming seas pose risk to public health, scientists warn

By Caroline O'Doherty

Reduced estimate for future electricity demand raises awkward questions for EirGrid

By Barry O'Halloran

Social Affairs

Trinity College Dublin suggests students petition Government Ministers over Palestinian visa issue

By Stephen Conneely

Rural TDs lobby Simon Harris to stall plans to reinstate full rate of fuel excise duty

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Why don’t Irish people want to be Dublin Bus drivers any more?

By John McManus

Opinion

M9 crash: Grown-ups had a role to play in dangerous actions by children

By Kathy Sheridan

Social Affairs

Deaths of children in domestic incidents to be subject to new national reviews

By Ellen Coyne

Apple introduces App Store changes

By Ciara O'Brien

New videos of dangerous driving have been posted on TikTok since M9 crash. How?

By Hugh Dooley

Environment

Hosepipe ban may be extended in Dublin and other counties amid ‘challenging’ conditions

By Caroline O'Doherty

Look at what we miss when we stare at our phones

John FitzGerald omitted an important figure from his retrofitting account

Business Today Newsletter

Ireland supports Gaza – except for all the Gazan students it has denied visas

Crime & Law

Gardaí start specialist training in UK for high-risk vehicle pursuits

By Conor Lally, Hugh Dooley and Ciara O'Brien

Education

Advice for first years: ‘It’s okay if you don’t know what you’re doing’

By Alex Griu

Your Wellness

How do you maintain a friendship with someone whose boyfriend is so horrible?

By Trish Murphy

Regulator expects energy demand to fall and is now the right time to step back from shares?

By Dominic Coyle

Global Briefing

Drill, maybe drill: US mining company triggers annoyance and curiosity in Greenland

By Derek Scally

People

Talking to a bot about a damage deposit felt dystopian and creepy

By Seán Moncrieff

Bad news for Donald Trump in Florida: The rise of David Jolly

By Keith Duggan

Donald Trump pauses Canada tariffs as he announces new deal

By Ilya Gridneff

Kenmare chief on shareholder frustration of being a ‘small cap, single country, single commodity’ company

By Ian Curran

Northern Ireland’s UUP health minister quits with swipe at his party leader

By David Young and Rebecca Black, Press Association

IFA repeats calls for Government action on fodder crisis

By Vivienne Clarke

Music

Moby at Royal Hospital Kilmainham: Set list, ticket information, how to get there and more

By John O'Connor

Boxing

RTÉ to broadcast Katie Taylor’s farewell fight in Croke Park

By Vivienne Clarke and Ronan McGreevy

Crime & Law

Body of man (60s) found in Co Cavan home

By Hugh Dooley

Stage

Ballet de Santiago – Swan Lake review: The most beguiling swan Dublin has seen in years

By Christie Seaver

TV & Radio

Rose of Tralee review: Westmeath winner is a good-news story from a creaky event

By Ed Power

Inside Politics Podcast

Why does Ireland support Palestine and does anti-Semitism play a role?

Listen | 44:51

Iran eyes military targets in Europe if Donald Trump escalates war, insiders say

By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran and Andrew England in London

Man charged over theft of two cans of Coca Cola ‘denied fair hearing’ in District Court

By Ray Managh

Tennis

Nick Kyrgios admits ‘huge mistake’ after testing positive for cocaine

Safety of children living in Co Monaghan disability centre ‘at risk’, Hiqa inspection finds

By Shauna Bowers

Books

The man felt it only right to give her a warning not to go into the men’s toilets

By Abbie Spallen

Revolut to let Nik Storonsky borrow up to $250m against his stake

Analysis: Mike Nesbitt didn’t hold back in his resignation letter

By Freya McClements

Economy

Irish house price growth falls to two-year low as market cools

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Man (70s) dies after single-vehicle crash in Co Meath

By Hugh Dooley

MetroLink a ‘key target’ for construction group Sisk after forming joint venture

By Ian Curran

‘Frightening time’ for family injured in M9 crash, friend says, as nearly €300,000 raised

By Jack White

Dexgreen director Chris Horgan: ‘It’s difficult to scale purely within Ireland’

By Conor Healy

Is AI really responsible for recent job cuts?

By Clara Murray

‘Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith’: Dublin man’s life changed by new form of heart surgery

By Shauna Bowers

Public reminded of importance of smoke alarms as house fire deaths up by a third

By Ronan McGreevy

Glenveagh receives over €850,000 in government funding to modernise construction methods

By Stephen Conneely

Most patients have multiple addictions, says treatment clinic Rutland Centre

By Ronan McGreevy

Golf

Ireland’s soaring green fees: Some golf courses doubled prices since 2022

By David Gorman

Troy Parrott to undergo medical at Real Betis ahead of €20m deal

By Gavin Cummiskey

Graham Norton pay from top-rated chat show falls again to €2.47m

By Gordon Deegan

Heart and lung transplant rates fail to recover to pre-Covid levels, study finds

By Darragh McDonagh

Harvard to pay $53m over theft and sale of human remains from medical school

By Lucy Campbell

Melanoma vaccine success boosts Moderna and Merck

By Robert Langreth and Madison Muller

Inside Business Podcast

How many new homes does Ireland really need?

Listen | 42:23

Garda charged with soliciting murders of woman and three children

By Jack White

Revenues up but profits down for ferry operator ICG in first half of year

By Ciarán Hancock

Competitions

Win an overnight stay and dinner for two at Castleknock Hotel

Competitions

Win an overnight stay and dinner for two at Clontarf Castle

Cannabinoids linked to psychosis found in vapes sold in Ireland

By Shauna Bowers

TV & Radio

Rose of Tralee winner Caoilfhinn Ní Choiligh hopes to go without wig more often

By Niamh Browne

Fungie the Dolphin a product of an unusual maritime mixed marriage, DNA study finds

By Ronan McGreevy

Racing

Colin Keane upsets International billing with surprise success for Item at York

By Brian O'Connor

Europe

Zelenskiy sacks top aide but corruption allegations persist

By Christopher Miller

What are the health risks from synthetic cannabinoids?

By Shauna Bowers

Consumer Tech

Been caught out by a text scam? You aren’t alone

By Ciara O'Brien

An Garda Síochána underreported its breaches of procurement rules by more than €11m

By Ken Foxe

Dublin

Kellie Harrington to ‘have a go’ at qualification for Olympics in 2028

By Katie Mellett

Arsenal agree £51m deal to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa

By Jamie Jackson, David Hytner and Ben Fisher

Global stocks inch into green as mining sector yields strong results

By Stephen Conneely

Natalie Harp: The ultra-devoted Trump aide who fascinates and frustrates other people around him

By Shawn McCreesh and Maggie Haberman

Big Tech

Ex-Meta staffer testifies daughter (14) was prey on Instagram

Funeral of teenager killed in M9 crash to take place on Friday

By Hugh Dooley

Israel issues tender for homes in West Bank project opposed by Palestinians

By Mark Weiss

Israeli strike kills nine Palestinians including teen at police station in Gaza, say medics

Teenage boy seriously injured in e-scooter crash

By Conor Pope

An Irish Diary

Sinkholes, the unlikely link between Monaghan and Montparnasse

By Frank McNally

Paddy Power attempt at lighthearted satire about the English falls foul of ad regulator

By Conor Pope

UUP leader Jon Burrows to name North’s new health minister on Thursday

By Freya McClements

Bail applications can fall within article 40 habeas corpus relief in ‘exceptional circumstances’, High Court finds

By Ray Managh

Television

The Healy-Raes review: Riveting portrait feels like a soap opera moulded out of muck and cunning

By Ed Power

Farmers cast grateful glance to the skies as rain falls at Virginia Show

By Nicole McDermott in Virginia

Editorials

Zelenskiy is facing his biggest internal challenge since the war began

Golf

‘It’s a process, it’s a journey’: Rory McIlroy looks to get back on track at BMW Championship

By Philip Reid

Cork University Hospital short more than 1,000 staff, says chief executive

By Harry McGee

Israel army admits firing on car carrying Hind Rajab (5) and family in Gaza and opens criminal inquiry

Editorials

School patronage must change to reflect a changing population

Fifth Fifa vice-president turns against Gianni Infantino

By Matt Hughes

Crime & Law

M9 crash: Gardaí rule out involvement of ‘sixth youth’ in fatal motorway incident

By Conor Lally

Kinahan lieutenant Sean McGovern sues State over detention in Portlaoise Prison

By Tim O'Brien

US debt tops $40tn threshold after doubling up under Trump and Biden