More mortgages secured last year than in any year since 2008, and today’s other top stories

A selection of top stories from The Irish Times

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Homebuyers took out more mortgages in 2025 than in any year since 2008. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Homebuyers took out more mortgages in 2025 than in any year since 2008. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:

  • Dozens of homes and businesses remain under several feet of water following Storm Chandra
  • Homebuyers took out more mortgages in 2025 than in any year since 2008. 
  • The Doomsday Clock reaches 85 seconds to midnight.
  • A Government body spent €60,000 on alcohol at two trade fairs.  
  • A couple and their dog who spent years living in their car on their struggle to find a pet-friendly property.
  • Shamima Begum, the former teenage “Isis bride”, makes a last-ditch attempt to return to the UK.

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