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25th May 2025 - 31st May 2025
RIP
Google has killed off Google.ie (it's Google.com now)
28 May
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get in lane
Motorways could be added to driving test curriculum within three years
Lack of formal education means Irish motorway driving is worse than in Germany, a senior RSA official said.
25 May
17.9k
57
The Morning Lead
Deliveroo and Klarna: Debt advisor Mabs urges people not to 'eat now, pay later'
Deferred payments and instalment plans are available to buy food. A budgeting expert is warning consumers: don’t do it.
25 May
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70
Last month
May 2025
roboshop
There are robots working in SuperValu (and they're coming to a supermarket near you)
24 May
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113
The Morning Lead
Driving test chief rejects Fianna Fáil TD's call to let learners drive unaccompanied
Cathal Crowe said young people in rural areas were being ‘criminalised’ – but an RSA official says the law is the law.
Valerie Flynn
23 May
35.6k
78
RELATED
Five weeks shaved off driving test wait times this month, with further reduction promised
22 May
Fianna Fáil TD says learner drivers should be allowed drive a car unaccompanied
14 May
Changing lanes
Councillors approve plan to close off another Dublin city centre lane
21 May
62.8k
72
The Morning Lead
Medicines and advertising regulators examine Ozempic maker's Irish ads
It’s illegal to advertise prescription drugs. Novo Nordisk, which makes Ozempic and Wegovy, has not named any drugs in its ads.
The company has robustly defended its advertising as a "disease awareness campaign".
11 May
27.7k
Louth
'Huge unease' in Louth over delay in reinstating meetings of gardaí and politicians
10 May
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12
who's afraid
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael MEPs vote to allow wolf culling and hunting in Europe
9 May
19.1k
73
bog standards
Healy-Rae's peatland forestry plan 'about the dumbest thing we can do', says climate scientist
7 May
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44
community safety
Councillors flag fears with Department of Justice over government scrapping local policing fora
5 May
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April
April 2025
little house on heytesbury
Dublin buyers bidding on tiny house slightly bigger than three car-parking spaces
28 Apr
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63
The Morning Lead
Maternity care chief warns wealthy families have greater access to the best prenatal screening
The HSE said work is underway to propose equitable access for all pregnant women – if resources allow.
Non-invasive prenatal testing costs hundreds of euro, which families pay out of pocket at private clinics.
HSE guidelines describe it as the "single best screening test" for chromosomal conditions such as Edwards Syndrome, a fatal foetal anomaly.
22 Apr
9.6k
26
Road Safety
Truck drivers often can't see pedestrians or cyclists - but a London law shows a way forward
London has banned trucks without clear sightlines to vulnerable road users from driving on its streets.
Almost 10% of cyclists who die on Irish roads are hit by trucks.
21 Apr
20.8k
58
The Morning Lead
The government is quietly scrapping local committees charged with holding gardaí accountable
The government is rolling out a new initiative: Local Community Safety Partnerships. Not everyone is convinced.
Only a minority of those involved in the government pilot believed it actually improved community safety, The Journal can reveal.
10 Apr
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30
Whatsdat
An AI chatbot has appeared on Irish users' WhatsApp - here's what you need to know
5 Apr
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39
March
March 2025
Passenger Rights
Heathrow closure: Here are your rights if your flight is cancelled or delayed
21 Mar
7.2k
7
Capital Idea
Two Dublin councils form coalition in favour of tourist tax - and urge others to come on board
20 Mar
20.4k
91
bridge over troubled motor
Irish Rail plans 'bridge strike cameras' to reduce delays when bridges are hit
Updated 19 Mar
18.0k
20
The Morning Lead
'Unacceptable' standards found at several first aid training providers
Thousands of people may have received out of date first aid training from one large company.
A quarter of first-aid training providers audited had their certification revoked due to “unacceptable” standards.
Sources in the sector raised concerns over some institutions' oversight of sub-contracted first aid trainers.
12 Mar
28.3k
sizeable
Director of Irish weight loss firm Bodyslims doubled pay package - again - to €2m
9 Mar
48.3k
Maternity Care
Irish parents face difficulties accessing prenatal testing for chromosomal conditions
8 Mar
10.6k
13
short-term letting
The government's long promised Airbnb clamp-down may not happen until summer 2026
5 Mar
15.3k
41
February
February 2025
The Morning Lead
'A road to nowhere': Parents' despair and anger at broken system for kids with additional needs
We asked our readers to share their experience of accessing services for kids with additional needs. Here’s what we heard back.
28 Feb
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your stories
Your stories: Tell us your experiences of accessing services for children with additional needs
Updated 24 Feb
8.5k
The Morning Lead
People living in illegal cabins - including family forced to dismantle home - tell their stories
The government has promised to legalise cabins erected on family land. It’s already too late for some.
23 Feb
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90
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Analysis: Cabin homes in family gardens? Ah sure, we'll take what we can get at this stage
19 Feb
Government to make cabin homes in back gardens exempt from planning
19 Feb
The Morning Lead
Law empowering state to tackle election disinformation on ice, as Brussels and tech firms object
Tech firms complained to the European Commission, which is also not happy with the Irish law.
The government said it would enact the law before last June's local elections - but now it has to amend it.
Misinformation about election interference spread online during last year's local and general elections.
17 Feb
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ad nauseum
Dublin City Council moved trees and signs blocking billboards because an ad firm asked it to
10 Feb
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45
Read it and weep
Saints and scholars? Not really. Irish people are becoming less literate
9 Feb
17.4k
95
January
January 2025
Storm Éowyn impact
Storm Éowyn: Government to offer financial support to those affected by storm as 402,000 remain without electricity
The scale of the damage to the electricity network is unprecedented and many remain without power.
Taoiseach says "huge" work needed to restore power, water and communications to hundreds of thousands.
Most public transport resumed this morning after widespread disruption yesterday.
Updated 25 Jan
59.1k
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Status Yellow snow/ice warnings issued for northern counties with wind and rain warnings for rest of country
25 Jan
Roads clear-up continues, as public transport resumes with some disruptions and diversions
25 Jan
Number of people without water after Storm Éowyn climbs to 217,000, with 300,000 more at risk
25 Jan
Transport
Roads clear-up continues, as public transport resumes with some disruptions and diversions
25 Jan
7.4k
Water
Number of people without water after Storm Éowyn climbs to 217,000, with 300,000 more at risk
25 Jan
22.6k
knock-on effects
Some bus and rail services resume, but many operators warn of ongoing disruption
Updated 24 Jan
26.1k
24
Signal
160,000 Eir customers left without broadband as network sites brought down by storm
Updated 24 Jan
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15
Storm Éowyn
Wind speed records broken as Éowyn sweeps Ireland
Mean wind speeds reached hurricane force in Connemara, Co Galway and are likely to have broken records.
Updated 24 Jan
40.2k
43
The Morning Lead
How does anyone buy a house in Ireland? Readers share their stories
Seriously, they’re so expensive – how do people do it? We asked you guys for answers.
Lots of people moved back into their parents' houses - or gardens - and found this really hard.
Intergenerational wealth plays a big role, with cash gifts and inheritances featuring in many readers' stories.
As house prices climb, people who bought during the pandemic told us they couldn't afford their home today.
18 Jan
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your stories
How do people manage to buy a home? We want to hear your stories
Updated 14 Jan
21.8k
The Morning Lead
Irish charity shops seeing 'massive influx' of Shein clothes - often never worn
The Irish government last night defended supporting Shein to establish its European headquarters in Dublin.
The BBC yesterday revealed workers in Shein's supply chain working 75 hours per week with one day off per month.
Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Andrews said Shein should "never have been permitted" to establish a base here.
14 Jan
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Last year
2024
The Morning Lead
What is butane honey oil, the high strength drug being hidden in posted toys and clothes?
There has been a surge in Irish seizures of this highly concentrated form of cannabis.
Illegal production of BHO has caused serious explosions in the UK and Germany.
It's coming through the post to Ireland from North America, where it's legal.
31 Dec 2024
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who wants in
Former junior coalition members give their advice for government negotiations
2 Dec 2024
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