Ireland Headlines
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:35:39 +0000Zelensky wants US-Europe-Ukraine meeting in coming days
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said he wants Kyiv to host a meeting with European and American officials in the "coming days" to work on documents to end the war with Russia.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:03:40 +0000Bondi victims' families demand national inquiry
Families of the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shootings have called for a national inquiry into anti-Semitism and alleged failures in policing, intelligence and policy that they blame for the attack.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 04:21:05 +0000Chinese military begin live-fire drills around Taiwan
China has started live-fire military exercises around Taiwan, hours after announcing "major" drills in waters and airspace near the self-governed democratic island.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:00:02 +0000Tackling drug intimidation 'huge priority' for gardaí
The head of An Garda Síochána's Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau has said gardaí are actively targeting those involved in drug-related intimidation and violence and are identifying, through a research project, who is involved and why.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:10:50 +0000Netanyahu to meet Trump in Florida for crucial Gaza talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump in Florida today, with the US president pushing to move to the next stage of the fragile Gaza truce plan.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:01:02 +0000Stranded Irish fans given USA '94 tickets worth thousands
Irish embassy officials gave thousands of pounds worth of World Cup 1994 tickets to Irish fans left stranded and ticket-less in Florida after a British travel agent suddenly went bust in order to prevent what they feared risked becoming a "riotous si...
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:59:21 +0000More than a dozen dead in Mexico train derailment
A train carrying 250 people has partially derailed on Sunday in Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 98.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:00:01 +000042% drop in murders but every one leaves a family bereft
The latest figures available from the Central Statistics Office show a 42% drop in the number of homicide and related offences in the second quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 2024.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:01:03 +0000Tensions between govt and UK after 2002 Stormontgate raid
Tensions emerged between officials from the Irish and UK governments on Friday 4 October 2002 after PSNI officers raided Sinn Féin offices at the Northern Assembly in Stormont and arrested four members of the party.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000Song Sung's Blue Hugh Jackman applauds Dublin audiences
Song Sung Blue star Hugh Jackman has said Dublin audiences are "the best" out of all the places he has performed around the world.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000Students in Galway on trauma of accommodation crisis
There was a time when student life was all about excitement and promise, finding your tribe and forging lifelong friendships.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:01:00 +0000Garda numbers 'insufficient' during Lansdowne Road riot
Government ministers were told in the aftermath of the February 1995 Lansdowne Road riot by
English hooligans that garda reserve numbers at the stadium were "insufficient" and that pre-game safety information was "not clearly understood or remembered...
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:13:45 +00004 factors that could determine if food prices jump again
Food prices are finishing the year as they started it ... rising steadily.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:36:17 +0000Bulgaria prepares for the euro amid scepticism
Bulgarian banks, businesses and shoppers were preparing this week to say goodbye to the lev currency ahead of a move to adopt the euro on 1 January.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:47:34 +0000102,000 tonnes of waste generated over festive period
Approximately 102,000 tonnes of packaging waste will be generated throughout the festive season, according to Repak.
Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:59:22 +0000Brothers in their 80s die after house fire in Co Sligo
Two men in their 80s have died following a house fire near Easkey, Co Sligo.
Sun, 28 Dec 2025 23:59:40 +0000North Korea test-fires long-range cruise missiles
North Korea has test-fired two strategic long-range cruise missiles into the sea according to state media.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:01:02 +0000AG felt FF ministers intended to mislead Dáil on Smyth
The attorney general in 1994 believed Fianna Fáil ministers had withheld information and deliberately intended to mislead the Dáil during a controversy surrounding the extradition of paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:01:00 +0000Overcrowding a major issue at Limerick hospital in 1980
Almost half a century ago, overcrowding and a lack of bed capacity was identified as a major issue at University Hospital Limerick, a new document released under the State Papers shows.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:01:02 +0000Govt considered legal action over Sellafield plant
In 1995, escalating fears of a radiation accident at the Sellafield/Thorp nuclear facilities in Cumbria in the UK led the Irish government to consider taking legal action.