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MV Hondius

Repatriation flight to Ireland planned for passengers on hantavirus-hit ship, Spain says

The MV Hondius is expected to arrive in Tenerife in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

Under Pressure

Starmer brings Gordon Brown into government as he seeks reset after Labour's election losses

airport drinking

'He'd had a space cake then airport drinks': Reader stories of passengers 'hammered' on flights

THE RUNNING MEN

‘Mum would be proud’: Brothers racing through 32 marathons raise over €1m for inherited dementia

Controversy

Amid a boycott and with past winners steering clear, what can we expect from Eurovision 2026?

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MV Hondius

Repatriation flight to Ireland planned for passengers on hantavirus-hit ship, Spain says

The MV Hondius is expected to arrive in Tenerife in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

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Premier League

Liverpool still waiting to clinch Champions League football after Chelsea draw

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Under Pressure

Starmer brings Gordon Brown into government as he seeks reset after Labour's election losses

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Controversy

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BEST OF THE BOX

What you need to know about Rivals season 2

Our top 5 watches of the weekend

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Quiz: How well do you know your mockumentaries? Match the quote to the film

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airport drinking

'He'd had a space cake then airport drinks': Reader stories of passengers 'hammered' on flights

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary wants pre-flight morning pints banned in airports. We asked our readers for their thoughts.

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SPOTLIGHT

Energy crisis Ireland scrambles to cope with soaring prices

Drill, baby, drill

Are the fuel protestors right – should Ireland drill for oil?

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supply and demand

Irish ferry companies closely monitoring Iran war for impact on fuel

plugged in

Sales of electric cars double in April amid soaring petrol and diesel prices

Opinion

Carbon tax may be the tax we love to hate, but it's the one we can't afford to scrap

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rock 'n' roll stars

A documentary about Oasis' reunion tour is coming to cinemas later this year

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glenour

Motorcyclist (20s) dies following single-vehicle crash in Co Wexford

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Moscow

Putin oversees scaled-back Victory Day parade amid temporary ceasefire with Ukraine

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DAFT.IE PROPERTY MAGAZINE

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In Pictures

Thousands take part in Darkness into Light walks across the country

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Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Come on guys, we don't have it in the locker to pull off nuclear energy

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Parents struggle with May mid-term break, Trump awaits Iran’s response to latest truce proposal and the UK front pages on Labour’s election losses.

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Front Pages

'Bloodbath', 'battering' and 'colossal defeat' - UK papers react to Labour's local election losses

British prime minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to go after his party’s performance in England, Scotland and Wales.

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ennis circuit court

Clare man (65) who sexually assaulted girl 19 years ago is jailed

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Catholic Church

Pope Leo has called for peace over 400 times, and it’s put him on a collision course with Trump

A recent poll found that 30% of US adults are against Pope Leo ‘urging peace and rejecting war’.

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Reporting from Naples

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Middle East

US fires on two Iranian tankers as Trump awaits Tehran's response to truce proposal

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investigates

Investigating the impact of Ireland's data centres

Lobby Efforts

How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll

Fossil Fuel Use

Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid

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Data Centre Map

Where are all the data centres and why should you care?

Analysis

What happens now? Data centres being built outside Ireland may be better for the environment

How to choose a car

Car love: I have that strange affliction of seeing cars as having personalities and souls

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THE RUNNING MEN

‘Mum would be proud’: Brothers racing through 32 marathons raise over €1m for inherited dementia

Jordan and Cian Adams recently surpassed €1 million in donations, with 20 marathons to go.

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Sari Khoury

One Palestinian winemaker refuses to give up amid illegal settler expansion in the West Bank

Reporter Hannah McCarthy meets Sari Khoury, a winemaker fighting to preserve Palestinian identity in an increasingly dangerous occupied West Bank.

Hannah McCarthy

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The Morning Lead

'It's like they’re barely in these days': Why are some primary schools on a May midterm break?

Some parents have found the May mid-term break inconvenient, as they juggle work and childcare.

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Language Commissioner to probe incorrect version of Irish proverb on Kerry hospital bike shed

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High Court

Woman alleges gardaí targeted her relationship through ‘ruse’ apartment search

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Courts

Woman who swallowed €80k worth of cocaine sought help from Dublin hotel fearing pellet could burst

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Ceasefire

Trump confirms Ukraine-Russia ceasefire as Zelenskyy orders army not to attack Red Square

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FactCheck

'Covid 2.0': Pandemic-era conspiracies return after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship

Did the Covid vaccine cause hantavirus? No. But that hasn’t stopped people saying so.

Shane Raymond

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VOICES

Thoughts and opinions on the stories that matter

Hantavirus on a cruise ship

What is hantavirus and how does it spread?

Dr Catherine Conlon

Ireland and its future energy needs

Higher energy prices aren’t a blip — they’re the future, and we need to prepare

Barry Andrews

From Idaho to Ireland

I chose to leave the US behind, and now I love my new home

Sasha Piton

Parenting

Should we make children finish activities they no longer like?

Niamh O'Reilly

Fitness trackers

How your fitness watch is changing how you move

Stephen O'Rourke

Screen free schools

We have no tablets, no screens and no regrets

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Polluters pay?

Carbon tax may be the one we love to hate, but it's the tax we can't afford to scrap

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Motoring

The quiet death of the manual gearbox

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Palestine

EU, UK and Canada condemn 'violent' Israeli settlers after Irish Aid-backed West Bank school destroyed

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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Friday

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join the club

This country is expected to hold a referendum on joining the EU

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Dublin

Woman fears ex-partner’s ‘next victim may not survive’, court hears

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Carrick-on-Suir

Mother and baby found dead following suspected medical tragedy at house in Co Tipperary

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Seanfhocal is seanscéal

Coimisinéir Teanga ag fiosrú bothán rothair ospidéal Chiarraí faoi seanfhocal Gaeilge mícheart

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blame it on the boogie

Kneecap denied UK number one album as Michael Jackson greatest hits compilation takes top spot

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Pope Leo

Pope praises Naples for its care of refugees in address to mark his first year in office

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Reporting from Naples

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MV Hondius

Minister says HSE has been asked to plan for Irish passengers' return home from hantavirus ship

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The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz

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Nigel Farage

Five key things to know from the UK election results so far - the main one, it's Reform's day

The results so far seem to show that the two-party political system in the UK may well be a thing of the past.

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Evening Wrap

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Cocaine

New report reveals majority of drug intimidation cases linked with cocaine

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Courts

Judge criticises insufficient mental health services as he jails man who attacked four women

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