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Sunday 14 December 2025 Dublin: 12°C
Australia
Ten people killed, including one gunman, in shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach
It is reported that another 12 people have been injured.
The Morning Lead
Ivana Bacik on her 'tetchy Taoiseach' jibe and Simon Harris's 'destabilising' Finance gig
Manhunt
Hundreds of police hunt gunman after two killed in Brown University shooting
Analysis
Ireland's true housing disaster emerges - renting into old age
Dancing With the Stars
Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin joins Dancing with the Stars cast
Today's news
The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you eat cereal for breakfast?
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Good Morning
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Allianz Home Magazine
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SPOTLIGHT

Flu season 

huge increase
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under pressure
Government braces for 'significant pressure' on hospitals
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Ag titim go mall
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Weather
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Manhunt
Hundreds of police hunt gunman after two killed in Brown University shooting
Nine others were injured in the incident.
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DAFT.IE PROPERTY MAGAZINE
A renovated and extended mews home in the heart of Dublin 4 for €1,475,000
Analysis
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The pension system works on the assumption that people have little ongoing housing costs by the time they retire. If that no longer holds true, it’s a major worry.
Paul O'Donoghue
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cooperation
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Neale Richmond
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Dancing With the Stars
Nationwide presenter Anne Cassin joins Dancing with the Stars cast
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The Morning Lead
Ivana Bacik on her 'tetchy Taoiseach' jibe and Simon Harris's 'destabilising' Finance gig
Labour is open to doing business with the Greens and the SocDems, but when it comes to Sinn Féin, there are difficulties.
The Labour leader believes the Tánaiste has too many hats on in taking on the finance ministry
Bacik says she is concerned about the position on migration taken by their sister party in the UK.
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Yesterday
13th December 2025
Roads
Two men die in four-vehicle crash in Tipperary
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Football
Two own goals save Arsenal's blushes against Wolves in Premier League
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investigates

Our award-winning investigations from this year

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Planning Submissions
Series of unusual planning objections to vet practices uncovered in Dublin, Meath and Kildare
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TB Crisis
‘It’s the next worst thing to losing a family member’: The toll of Ireland’s bovine TB crisis
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Data Crunch
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
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Femicide in Europe
Over 100 women murdered in Ireland since 2012 – and a gap in data on gendered violence
Quiz
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Road Death
Man dies after being struck by lorry in Co Monaghan
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News Fix
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Navan
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Starry Night
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LGFA
Superb Kilkerrin-Clonberne win fifth All-Ireland club title in-a-row
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social media ban
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Gaza city
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met police
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Diarmuid Manning
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criminal damage
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Fly the Nest
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Minute-by-Minute
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house oversight committee
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Demonstrations
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Pyongyang
Kim Jong Un acknowledges North Korean troops cleared mines for Russia
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The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you eat cereal for breakfast?
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Georgia
Cork teenager to represent Ireland in the Junior Eurovision today
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Court
Man guilty of one charge of sexually assaulting teenage girl as jury fails to agree on five more
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Weather
Status Orange rain warning issued for Cork and Kerry
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fishing quotas
New EU fishing agreement will be 'catastrophic' for Ireland, industry warns
13 Dec
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An Focal Ceart san Áit Cheart
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Good Morning
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