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Last week
22nd February 2026 - 28th February 2026
Air Strikes
Trump confirms US has launched 'major combat operations in Iran' as explosions heard in Tehran
Israel’s defence ministry earlier said it had launched a “preemptive strike” against Iran.
stay in your laneGreen light for Leisureplex Blanchardstown being turned into large retailer despite opposition
Last month
February 2026
legal challengeDenis O'Brien loses action 'on all grounds' in case against DPC relating to Red Flag dossier
CriticismBono warns against Irish 'high horse' as U2 release song for murdered Palestinian activist
your stories'Maybe one day I'll be able to tell her': Our readers' love stories that didn't work out
Under PressureIs this the moment Irishman Morgan McSweeney must (finally) fall on his sword for Keir Starmer?
radio review
Claire Byrne wants to be 'your friend' on her new show, she's banking on the familiar to get there
The first outing on her Newstalk show was very much like her RTÉ formula.
these sacred vows
RTÉ's new Sunday night comedy-drama has sun, sex, drugs and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in a dog collar
The show debuts tonight, with two episodes going up on the RTÉ Player.
January
January 2026
Travel Disruption
Storm Chandra: Entire country under Status Yellow wind warning tomorrow
Three counties in Northern Ireland will be under a Status Orange wind warning tomorrow.
pension pots
Auto-enrolment pensions start collecting from payslips this month, but how will it work?
A new portal for the MyFutureFund scheme also goes live today.
UK Court'The Brits are at it again': Kneecap says appeal against dismissal of terror charge begins this month
9 at 9
The 9 at 9
Budget changes kick in, New Year revellers killed in Swiss bar fire and a new member of the Euro club.
Last year
2025
save the west‘I wish people who left Mayo would cop on’ – Kids’ 1994 letters to Taoiseach about rural decline
into the arms of americaHow 1987's The Joshua Tree had Irish diplomats scrambling for U2 tickets across the US
red white and blew it off'Rising star' Gavin Newsom calls himself 'Irish' but cancelled on the taoiseach back in 2005
fur-eign affairsThe bearly believable tale of The Late Late Show, two travelling pandas and a China/Ireland spat
State Papers'Sensitivities' around Ireland's neutrality and the question of attending VE Day 50 in Paris
paramilitary meeting
When Bertie Ahern brought loyalists to Dublin and they raised 'ethnic cleansing' by republicans
The Loyalist Commission had representatives from the UVF, UDA and Red Hand Commando.
abort abort abortShannon Airport was an 'emergency landing' spot for the Space Shuttle if multiple engines failed
blair's britain'Brit cards' raised eyebrows recently, but similar plans in 2005 didn't go down well here either
so goodFans hospitalised for 'hysteria' at Boyzone gig in '95 had the Irish State all hot and bothered
State PapersThirty years before CervicalCheck, sending smears abroad was being considered to save money
State Papers
Prince Charles's team told Irish officials that Diana might fancy 'upstaging' him by visiting Ireland
State Papers from 30 years ago detailed the behind-the-scenes chat about Charles’ visit here.
keane v mccarthy
Review: Saipan is the row that divided a nation, but is the film any good?
The iconic story of the 2002 World Cup bust up has been given the big screen treatment.
toothy grinHeimir HallgrÃmsson, the unflappable Icelandic dentist who has Ireland loving football again
the troy wonder
The Late Late Troy Show: Ireland's amazing winning moment is making headlines and going viral
The country’s hat-trick hero is the talk of Ireland and football fans worldwide.
Historic win
How Catherine Connolly was able to beat the establishment and storm the presidency
A huge win but how did the Galway independent do it.
new woman in the áras
Connolly pledges to 'shape a new republic' as she's elected president with largest vote ever
Connolly will be inaugurated next month.
vote vote vote
It's (finally) polling day! Here's your guide to voting in the presidential election
The dos and don’ts of the polling station.
one battle after another
Debate verdict: The stalest of stalemates but Connolly's talking like she's already won
If you’ve been following the campaign up to now you missed nothing from the final debate.
choose your side
'I want us to be winners': The first full-length trailer for the Saipan movie is out
The film will be released on New Year’s Day 2026.
