26 August, 2026 Digital News Archive

Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman: Too clever by half

By Lucy Sweeney Byrne

New Orleans lawyer wins The Moth Short Story Prize 2026

By Martin Doyle

Illness in our family was treated as a kind of untidiness. Something to manage privately

By Jeffrey-Michael Kane

The taste of Spain, on your doorstep

More than $250m invested in Irish artificial intelligence firms over first half of 2026

By Ciara O'Brien

Parent of recruiter CPL pays maiden €150m dividend five years after Japanese takeover

By Joe Brennan

Music

The Music Quiz: In Phoebe Bridgers’ Moon Song, which Beatle does she name-check?

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Boston Scientific lays groundwork to shift $15bn from Irish operation

By Killian Woods

Economy

Almost one in seven commercial properties in Republic ‘lies vacant’

By Ian Curran

Apprenticeships: ‘It’s hard, working and studying at the same time’

By Jen Hogan

What’s college life like for disabled students?

By Peter McGuire

People

The clock is ticking down to when I’ll walk through the door and no one is asking ‘what’s for dinner’

By Madeleine Lyons

Film

Ridley Scott’s impending apocalypse: ‘People don’t watch the news. This is happening already’

By Donald Clarke

Kildare lands zoned for residential development seeking €2.75m

By Ronald Quinlan

What is an apprenticeship and would it work for me?

By Brian Mooney

Residential

Seafront home within a short stroll of Dalkey village

By Erin McCafferty

Interpath extends lease with Iput for Dublin docklands office

By Ronald Quinlan

Galway office of US tech giant offers buyer 9.52% yield at €8.5m guide price

By Ronald Quinlan

‘It invalidated me as their mother’: Irish woman told to return daughter’s passport

By Jack White

Belfast’s five-star Fitzwilliam Hotel hits the market with €37m price tag

By Ronald Quinlan

‘We can get rid of them for €3,000’: How small businesses are being targeted by fake reviews

By Paul Colgan

People

There’s more than one way for me to answer ‘Where are you from?’

By Seán Moncrieff

School refusal: Parents and experts call for compassionate approach to classroom anxiety

By Maria McHale

Life & Style

The Tipperary walled town: ‘The bars on the windows aren’t decorative – they kept the cows out’

By Rosita Boland

Residential

Monkstown villa with sleek, modern interior set for auction

By Frances O'Rourke

Europe

Aughinish latest: Claim that oligarch retains Rusal control is based on ‘presumptions’, company argues

By Jack Power

I took a pay cut two years ago and it wasn’t put in writing. Can I demand it be restored?

By Jack White

Denis Brosnan-chaired Glanua back in the black following €3m reorganisation

By Killian Woods

Ireland should be at the forefront of the drive to save Ukraine

Letter of the Day

Teacher shortage is a shortage of action

‘An incredible course’: K Club’s Palmer South emerges from the shadow for Women’s Irish Open

By Philip Reid

Opinion

Photographing the first day of school will freeze the moment but not the memory

By Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy

Low transplant rates have serious repercussions

Houses of the Oireachtas forecast to be more than €24m in the red by 2027

By Marie O’Halloran

Opinion

We’re not the best or worst, but we could be great if we were as brave as our emigrants

By Kathy Sheridan

AI is here to stay, but proceed with extreme caution

Fall in Leaving Cert grades will not lead to points drop

By Niamh Towey and Brian Mooney

Your Money

Sending a child to college costs an average of €11,102 this year. Here is the smarter way to pay

By Joanne Hunt

Aer Lingus head office staff seek to stall job cuts talks

By Barry O'Halloran

FAI will financially support new National League through to the 2029 season

By Gavin Cummiskey

The solution to hurling’s handpass blight is quite simple

Late rugby correspondent Edmund Van Esbeck’s report on Paris victory was a career highlight

Health

HSE decision on Friederich’s ataxia welcome, but highlights ever-present conundrum

By Shauna Bowers

Opinion

Ireland is hopelessly undefended

By Michael McDowell

Water restrictions should apply equally

Bossing the bond market never works

By Katie Martin

Members resign from internal People Before Profit group over ‘hegemonic’ leadership style

By Harry McGee

Crime & Law

Wrong-way driving most common on M50 and M7

By Hugh Dooley

Your Wellness

‘I feel guilt and rage about living in Australia while my family is in Ireland’

By Trish Murphy

Skills-based FET courses versus traditional university education: Which are the real routes to opportunity?

By Peter McGuire

Business Today Newsletter

Social media and accountability

Bessent battles the bond markets and saving up for college costs

By Dominic Coyle

Global Briefing

Things look surprisingly rosy for North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

By Mark Paul

Trump threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if $250m renovation not done

Markets

Oil extends declines as Iran, Oman push talks to reopen Hormuz

By Kanoko Matsuyama

In the News Podcast

Inside the court: Why did Lindsay Clancy kill her three children?

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 24:17

South Carolina chooses Darline Graham as Republican nominee for US Senate

Gaelic Games

Cian O’Neill appointed as new head coach of Cork hurlers

By Denis Walsh

Dolly Parton’s last act was to briefly silence America’s toxic political discourse

By Keith Duggan

Asia-Pacific

At least 14 newborn babies die in fire at Pakistan hospital’s maternity ward

By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Health

New figures show thousands of people not getting timely access to cancer care, TD says

By Vivienne Clarke

Man who ‘destroyed’ doorway to primary school banned from parts of Ennis town centre

By Gordon Deegan

Environment

Conservationists celebrate ‘bounty of barn owl chicks’ in Northern Ireland

Eir bounces back in second quarter after cost of finance hit profits early in 2026

By Ciara O'Brien

Woman (20s) dies in single-vehicle crash in west Dublin

By Órla Ryan

Music

Dolly Parton: The Queen of Country’s life in pictures

‘Those players were hiding’ – Former stars react to Celtic’s Champions League exit

Sport

Raygun opens up on her infamous Olympics breakdancing debut: ‘Not as bad as I thought!’

By Jack Larkin

Harvey Nichols to shut Dundrum store after Frasers fails to reach deal on rescue

By Killian Woods

Praise for Dolly Parton’s work bringing love of books to children in Ireland

By Vivienne Clarke

Are you struggling to find student accommodation for the new college year?

‘JD Vance is a dirtbag’: A bumpy ride for US vice-president on Maine road trip

By Keith Duggan

‘Many jobs will disappear forever’: Bill Gates urges leaders to protect workers from AI

By Cristina Criddle

Boy (16) charged over attack on teen injured in Dublin e-scooter incident

By Tom Tuite

House construction activity jumps despite overall decline in sector’s production

By Ian Curran

Cork man fined for abusing British Airways cabin crew in drunken row over toilet

Stage

Mean Girls review: Fast-paced stage show makes a convincing case that it’s better than the film

By Sara Keating

‘I left school without filling out CAO form’: Louth GAA’s Sam Mulroy insists Leaving Cert ‘doesn’t define you’

By Louise Walsh

Music

Amyl and the Sniffers in Dublin review: Supersized riffs, stomping choruses and a tribute to Dolly Parton

By Ed Power

Passports to be required for ferry passengers crossing Irish Sea

By Conor Pope

Gaelic Games

Christy Ring’s All-Ireland medals reunited for first time since 1950s

By Denis Walsh

‘An incredible initiative’: Dolly Parton project gives books to thousands of Irish children

By Sarah Burns

Uefa poised to lift boycott threat after Fifa promises no World Cup sale repeat

By Nick Ames and Matt Hughes

Meta reaches $16.68bn settlement over social media harms to children

By Tim Bradshaw

Crime & Law

Talks to prevent 48-hour work stoppage at State’s only child detention centre to begin

By Kitty Holland

Americas

Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

Limerick firm Kneat plans workforce cuts weeks after US private equity buyout

By Killian Woods

Got a CAO offer? The temptation is to accept immediately, but take your time

By Brian Mooney

Inside Business Podcast

Will the upcoming budget drive inflation and increase costs for Irish households?

Listen | 29:13

RTÉ redundancy window too tight to achieve target for staff cuts

By Ken Foxe

CUH consultants seek independent staffing assessment over patient safety fears

By Martin Wall

Classroom to College

CAO round one offers bring delight, surprise and disappointment

By Niamh Towey

Ireland’s hoverfly, crucial to food production, faces significant threats

By Tim O'Brien

Four charged over mosque replica placed on July bonfire in Co Tyrone

Editorials

Dolly Parton: no better American life

Former Antrim council chief convicted of deleting email subject to FOI Act

Manchester City sign 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi in €100m deal as Omar Marmoush nears Spurs

By Jamie Jackson and David Hytner

Rory McIlroy looking to finish PGA Tour season on a high as he targets a fourth Tour Championship crown

By David Gorman

‘Women’s golf is so strong here’: Leona Maguire hopes an Ireland player wins Irish Open

By Philip Reid

Middle East

Iranian operatives plotted to kill Binyamin Netanyahu’s son in Miami – report

By Mark Weiss

Irish couple found dead at rented villa in Spain

By Gerard Couzens and Guy Hedgecoe

‘The most amazing person’: Teen killed in Meath hit-and-run is named

By Louise Walsh

Unionism moving to ‘more extreme element’ on Drumcree march, Michelle O’Neill warns

Chipmaker Analog Devices shifts €5.4bn from Irish operation to US

By Killian Woods

Arsenal teenager Ceadach O’Neill at the centre of a tug of war between the FAI and IFA

By Gavin Cummiskey

Rugby

‘It’s a very, very high calibre of people’ – Leinster CEO delighted with candidates for new head coach

By John O'Sullivan

Convicted killer left with brain injuries after prison attack may not be fit to plead to new charges

By Niamh O'Donoghue

CAO Live Updates

CAO points 2026: Students receive round one offers

By Niamh Towey

Cycling

Vuelta a España: Matthew Brennan scores second sprint victory on stage five

By Luke McLaughlin

Europe

Migrant-led businesses strike over rising racism before key East German vote

By Derek Scally

A ‘high-level’ arrival like no other: What to expect during Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Sport

Finn Lynch maintains World Championship lead in Dún Laoghaire

TV & Radio

The Murder Detective: A fascinating deep dive into the killing of Lyra McKee

By Ed Power

Oil price decline weighs on BP and Shell amid Iran-Oman talks

By Killian Woods

Film

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies aged 80

By Donald Clarke

Online platforms did not remove disinformation posts during 2025 presidential election

By Ellen Coyne

Middle East

Iran and Oman discuss temporary Strait of Hormuz corridor as impasse with US drags on

By Lara Jakes

Points rise in over half of all college courses across Ireland

By Niamh Towey

An Irish Diary

Stairway to Heaven – Frank McNally on how our favourite painting became a TikTok sensation

By Frank McNally

Calls for remote health monitoring following death of prisoner in his cell

By Olivia Kelleher

‘It felt like I’d won’: CAO delight on anniversary of teen’s diabetes diagnosis

By Jen Hogan

LIV Golf lays off majority of staff as PIF funding ends

Editorials

A timely warning on AI from Bill Gates

Car drives off M50 bridge, causing closure and major traffic disruption

By Ronan McGreevy and Katie Mellett

Church of Ireland seeks to allay concerns about past finances at Dublin parish where newly elected bishop was rector

By Patsy McGarry

Health

HSE investigating after video shows dementia patient being ‘disrespected’ on hospital ward

By David Raleigh

Crime & Law

‘Worsening’ prison overcrowding is reducing rehabilitation opportunities, campaigners say

By Katie Mellett