20 August, 2026 Digital News Archive

T-Pro founders’ investment firms report profits of more than €20m each

By Killian Woods

Occupational health provider Medmark secures up to €70m investment

By Stephen Conneely

Irish cancer research accelerates under academic-healthcare partnership

Technology

‘Students prefer to work with books’: Is classroom tech worth it?

By Ciara O'Brien

Restaurants

Restaurant review: I expected more from Oliver Dunne’s new Dublin spot

By Corinna Hardgrave

Scattered showers today and Friday, but dry for the weekend

By Tim O'Brien

Culture

Ireland event guide: The Weeknd, Electric Picnic and the other best things to see in the week ahead

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Technology

Will the world trust Zuckerberg on personalised AI?

By Emmet Ryan

Work

I tried out new foods at work. They helped my focus and creativity, and I felt better too

By Margaret E Ward

Film

Stop! That! Train! review: RuPaul disaster-movie comedy is flimsy but far from a drag

By Tara Brady

TV & Radio

Patrick Freyne: This Jack Reacher could carry Tom Cruise around in a BabyBjörn

By Patrick Freyne

How can incoming students get the best out of their first year at college?

By Jen Hogan

Dublin

Want a heritage plaque on your house? Who decides who gets one?

By Katie Mellett

Simon Harris’s aide mocked teachers as work-shy and public as ‘racist’

By Mark Tighe

Climate Crisis

New era of climate obstruction requires pretending things are okay when clearly they are not

By Jennie Stephens

Sport

If you build it, grifters will come, as sport becomes a plaything of the investment class

By Dave Hannigan

People

Emer McLysaght: Does the sound of people chewing fill you with rage?

By Emer McLysaght

Science

A golden age of mathematics may be at hand as AI enters the field

By Peter Lynch

Abroad

I left Galway in 1971. Marion stayed. I visit now from Colombia and we relive the past

By Christopher Burke

Opinion

A strict approach to citizenship would be a policy of inclusion

By Newton Emerson

Ireland’s housing policy needs greater coherence

Community action can help deliver clever uses for spaces in derelict towns

Pundits and politicians kept in check by Hannigan and Lord

Cars, not online shopping, are the real reason Ireland’s town centres are dying, reader argues

Carnage on the motorway

Gaelic Games

Being wrong is part of the job. I thought Katie Taylor might not sell out Croke Park

By Ciarán Murphy

Opinion

We reached ‘peak-woke’ in 2020-2023. Today that looks ridiculous

By Finn McRedmond

Opinion

Sláintecare is meant to move us towards universal healthcare, so why has this not happened?

By Myles Balfe

Athletics

Paul McNamara: ‘What’s happening in Irish athletics with the public is just phenomenal’

By Ian O'Riordan

A parent’s guide to results day: This is not the time for ‘I told you so’

By Peter McGuire

Irish doctor jailed in UK for sexually assaulting patients worked in Dublin care centre

By Shauna Bowers

Letter of the Day

Restaurant menus should show the environmental cost of the food they serve

Whatever we think about Afghanistan’s rulers, we should keep sport and politics separate

A yarn with a hitch: I was mortified when I learned who my glamorous fellow passenger was

Shamrock Rovers to consult Arsenal over Victor Ozhianvuna ahead of Conference League playoffs

By Gavin Cummiskey

Business Today Newsletter

M9 crash: What happened when? From attempted break-ins to the fatal collision

By Conor Lally

Health

What is Moderna’s new cancer vaccine and how big a breakthrough is it?

Results point to tricky waters for ICG and property experts debate the big issues

By Dominic Coyle

Markets

Oil advances as Trump takes aim at Iran’s economy

By Rong Wei Neo and Nicholas Lua

Environment

Short on land, long on vision: Dutch lead the way on food production

By John Gibbons

Global Briefing

Liechtenstein changes its heir ways after 400 years

By Derek Scally

Economy

Trump vow to control spending undone as US national debt hits a record $40 trillion

By Alan Rappeport

Africa

Central African Republic unlicensed gold mine collapses, killing more than 100

By Eromo Egbejule in Cotonou and news agencies

Dublin

Dublin’s main mortuary operating at double capacity

By Vivienne Clarke

A beneficiary in my cousin’s will doesn’t exist; who gets their share?

By Joanne Hunt

Two men injured in Co Kilkenny motorcycle crash

By Ronan McGreevy

Housing & Planning

RTB awards €6,500 in damages to tenant after ‘traumatic’ incident

By Jack White

Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant given life sentence

By Thomas Hale

JD Sports cuts profit outlook as US sales slump

Have your say: What do you think can be done to prevent wrong-way motorway driving?

Gardaí routinely question journalists in bid to identify confidential sources, study finds

By Sarah Burns

Property

Mark Zuckerberg buys castle in Co Waterford

By Ronald Quinlan

Sport

Max Verstappen signs new Red Bull contract to stay in Formula One until 2030

By Giles Richards in Zandvoort

US and Turkey criticise Israeli attack on Syria

By Michael Jansen

People

Harry and Meghan: The controversies, key moments and conflicts

Leaving Cert 2026: Key dates in the coming days, weeks and months

By Brian Mooney

In the News Podcast

Who was Jason Arday and why are there calls for a public inquiry into his death?

Listen | 22:15

Martin Heydon ‘open’ to introducing animal food transport scheme for farmers

By Ellen Coyne

Vigil to be held for three sisters and boy (7) injured in M9 motorway crash

By Vivienne Clarke and Ronan McGreevy

Economy

Ireland’s second-hand housing market under pressure as properties for sale drop

By Ciara O'Brien

Europe has no choice but to wish Marco Rubio well, even if it is through gritted teeth

By Janan Ganesh

Irish labour force nears 3m as employment continues to rise

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Fiosrú sends file to DPP over Dublin man’s death after interaction with gardaí

By Hugh Dooley

Tanker off Yemen ‘boarded by armed people, diverted towards Somalia’

File to be sent to DPP over death of man struck by bus in Dublin city in February

By Jack White

Smithsonian Museum targeted by Trump administration as culture war plays out across US

By Joe Miller

ICG buyout offer of €1.2bn set to be rejected, board warns investors

By Ciarán Hancock

Economy

Why government debt matters: bond investors, yields and their impact on the economy

By Aruni Soni

M9 crash: Pavee Point calls for compassion amid ‘vile and racist’ comments about Travellers

By Ronan McGreevy

Father of one died from stab wound to the body after incident on Cork street, inquest told

By Barry Roche

Film

Film and TV director John Irvin dies aged 86

By Sian Cain

Culture

Shona McCarthy named as new Arts Council director

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Transport

Irish Rail commuters faced long delays after signalling failure in Dublin

By Conor Pope

Classroom to College

Leaving Cert results: Life isn’t about exams, fractions or poets

By Damian Cullen

Rugby

South Africa drop skipper Siya Kolisi for opening Test against New Zealand

Europe

Ulrich Siegmund: AfD’s scent specialist smells victory

By Derek Scally

Dáil recall over fuel interventions ‘under review’, says Burke

Food

Food & Drink Quiz: Which grape must be used to produce Barolo wine?

By Michelle Bowe and Greg Bowe

Iranian man accused of carrying out arson attack at Dublin mosque sent forward for trial

By Tom Tuite

Social Affairs

Dublin care workers’ strike ends after Labour Court recommends letting pay review proceed

By Emmet Malone

Residential

Original home of Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish castle is immortalised in verse as the site of gruesome deeds

By Fiona Reddan

Grace Lynch’s father tells of near miss with scrambler bike months after daughter’s death

By Katie Mellett

Health

CUH crisis shows State is at difficult crossroads on healthcare funding

By Shauna Bowers

Europe

Nine-hour Russian missile and drone attack kills 16 in Kyiv and surrounding area

By Daniel Flynn in Kyiv and Anna Pruchnicka in Gdansk

Gaelic Games

Cork camogie’s Sorcha McCartan: ‘I definitely have no plans to go away’

By Paul Keane

Trump warns of economic consequences for countries supporting Iran

By Kanishka Singh and Jana Choukeir

M9 crash: Society ‘must never glorify wild behaviour’, says bishop

By Sarah Burns

Robbie Butler appointed Northern Ireland Minister for Health

By Freya McClements

Are you too late for campus accommodation? What should you do now?

By Jen Hogan

Cost of growing carrots rising faster than retail prices, industry group warns

By Conor Pope

US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors

Trump’s Israel envoy tells settlers not to take land owned by Palestinian Americans

Racing

Kalpana hangs on to complete York Group One double for jockey Colin Keane

By Brian O'Connor

DAA asks Minister to formally increase Dublin Airport passenger cap to 40m

By Barry O'Halloran

Five Irish players to make a splash in Spanish football

By David Gorman

TV & Radio

‘People in Ireland are the kindest people I’ve ever met’: Rosie O’Donnell takes over for Jimmy Kimmel

By John O'Connor

Mikel Arteta demands ‘desire and ambition’ for title defence and says Lewis-Skelly will stay

By Ed Aarons

Asia-Pacific

Bangladesh elects ruling party veteran as president

Global stocks retreat as oil tops $90 and US yields climb

By Killian Woods

‘A slap in the face to the Irish public’: TikTok rejects Oireachtas invite after M9 crash

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Hockey

Ireland miss out on semi-final spot after Spain’s late show in men’s World Cup

By Mary Hannigan

O’Flynn Group to appeal ‘incomprehensible’ refusal of 1,150-home development in Cork

By Barry O'Halloran

An Irish Diary

How Irish kindness in a war-ravaged French town inspired unknown writer Samuel Beckett

By Frank McNally

Fans launch petition calling for Gianni Infantino resignation and Fifa reform

Ireland’s sports capital grant website offline due to cybersecurity risk

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Legal fees of up to €30,000 for some barristers and solicitors amid legal aid strike

By Ray Managh

Zimbabwean pastor brings defamation action against Conor McGregor

By Fiachra Gallagher

Tusla refers deaths of three teenagers in M9 crash for investigation by independent body

By Kitty Holland

Editorials

Europe’s borders are now the frontline of a new reality

Troy Parrott is off to Real Betis. Forsaking English football has been the making of him

By Gavin Cooney