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23rd April 2026
by-elections 2026
The sun is out and the posters are up, so who is running in Galway West and Dublin Central?
Here are the confirmed runners and riders in the upcoming by-elections.
Last week
12th April 2026 - 18th April 2026
Last month
March 2026
the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
Explainer: Another critical oil Strait is at risk as the Houthis enter the war
Oil prices have spiked as Houthi rebels target the Red Sea.
flashpoint central
Drones, snubs, racial politics and felines: this Oscars has a host of possible controversies
What controversies might we be talking about on Monday morning?
IRAN WAR
US threatens to 'surge dramatically' its bomb attacks in Iran as death toll reaches 1,000
Israel has also threatened to introduce ‘additional surprises’ as part of its military operations
Special RelationshipStarmer tries to pivot from Trump's 'no Churchill' jibe as he sends four more RAF jets to Gulf
February
February 2026
stay in your laneGreen light for Leisureplex Blanchardstown being turned into large retailer despite opposition
Sponsored
Cheltenham Day Two tips: your three best bets on Wednesday's jam-packed card
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Mar 6
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
