New digital wallet to be tested within months to restrict social media access in Ireland for under-16sAttorney General is to advise on proposed age verification system but senior Government figures stop short of backing Australia-style banSat Dec 06 2025 - 06:00
Senior gardaí express annoyance over Defence Forces’ response to rogue drones during Zelenskiy visitQuestions asked within force over why the Defence Forces did not fire on the drones or fire warning shotsSat Dec 06 2025 - 06:00
Eurovision fallout over Israel entry potentially leads RTÉ down slippery slopeBroadcaster’s move raises questions as to whether Eurovision sets a precedentFri Dec 05 2025 - 18:34
Garda national security team investigating rogue drones during Zelenskiy visitMove comes as French military opens fire on five suspected drones over nuclear submarine base on ThursdayFri Dec 05 2025 - 16:33
Brexit’s back: Starmer flirts with EU as economic growth flatlinesUK prime minister says the notion that leaving the European Union would solve Britain’s woes has been ‘proven wrong’Thu Dec 04 2025 - 14:30
Fish disco freakout: Starmer looks to change tune on obstacles to industrial investmentLaois man John Fingleton’s recommendations to cut the cost of nuclear development will be applied across Britain’s industrial strategyWed Dec 03 2025 - 05:03
Jury is out in House of Commons on David Lammy’s plans to overhaul criminal trialsTUV leader Jim Allister made a thoughtful contribution as the UK’s justice secretary laid out his proposals to cut case backlogTue Dec 02 2025 - 18:49
Keir Starmer on the back foot: PM pleads for trust as budget backlash engulfs LabourClaims of budget misrepresentation spark a bruising clash with Westminster pressMon Dec 01 2025 - 18:39
Daily Mail’s £500m bid for the Telegraph creates a right-wing bloc to rival Rupert MurdochThe government in Westminster is wary of the potential risks of blocking a deal after two years of financial uncertainty for the Telegraph Media GroupMon Dec 01 2025 - 05:40
Rachel Reeves avoids budget landmines but remains exposed unless economic growth kicks inUK’s chancellor delivered her second successive tax-and-spend budget on WednesdayWed Nov 26 2025 - 18:06
Labour to raise £26bn in UK tax increases to fund spending plansIncreases affect property owners, savers, workers and gamblersWed Nov 26 2025 - 16:07
All eyes on Reeves as she seeks £30bn to plug spending gap ahead of UK budgetAll the leaking, pitch-rolling and backtracking in the pre-budget run-up has investors, employers and union bosses bewilderedWed Nov 26 2025 - 06:00
‘A zombie apocalypse zone’: The most famous street in Glasgow now a symbol of declineThe most iconic street of Scotland’s biggest city is now a seen as a symbol of decline, but some people still love itWed Nov 26 2025 - 05:12
SNP leader John Swinney: ‘Scotland and England are going in completely different directons’Scotland’s nationalist first minister visits Dublin on Tuesday and Wednesday to talk economics, culture and space rocketsTue Nov 25 2025 - 05:00
UK Covid inquiry: Earlier lockdown may have saved 23,000 lives In numbers: key take-aways from official inquiry report Thu Nov 20 2025 - 17:57
UK Covid-19 inquiry: Chaotic response under Boris Johnson was ‘too little, too late’Report says efforts were hampered by ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture under former UK prime ministerThu Nov 20 2025 - 17:43
Brexit ‘tensions’ contributed to disconnect between London and Dublin’s Covid-19 responsesReport on second module of UK inquiry into pandemic strongly critical of Michelle O’Neill for attending IRA man’s funeral in June 2020Thu Nov 20 2025 - 16:11
Labour wrestles with its conscience over deportation of asylum seeker familiesKindertransport survivor calls policy ‘shabby’ as home secretary defends crackdown aimed at deterring Reform UKWed Nov 19 2025 - 05:00
Britain no longer guarantees support for ‘destitute’ asylum seekers under tough new regimeUK home secretary Shabana Mahmood says biggest overhaul of rules in decades is needed to stop ‘asylum shoppers’Mon Nov 17 2025 - 19:16
An Irishman murdered in London: ‘What really got to me was what his killer stole, the cottage pie’John Mackey (87), Kilkenny native, Arsenal fan and ‘devoted’ uncle to his 22 nieces and nephews, is recalled fondly after a man was convicted of his murderFri Nov 14 2025 - 13:07
Kilkenny pensioner John Mackey remembered by family as ‘perfect uncle’ after man found guilty of his murder Kilkenny pensioner was attacked and robbed near his London home by violent criminalThu Nov 13 2025 - 19:59
‘Oh my days, bruv’: When your Irish kids start talking like their English friendsAs my Dublin-born daughters swap ‘press’ for ‘cupboard’, I’m learning that accents tell a story of belongingWed Nov 12 2025 - 05:00
London murder accused says shock of him taking Irishman’s bag may have ‘made him fall down’Peter Augustine (59) denies he murdered and robbed John Mackey, who was originally from Callan in KilkennyMon Nov 10 2025 - 13:34
BBC director general Tim Davie resigns following criticism over Trump documentary editIt follows criticism over bias at the corporation, including in the way it edited a US president Donald Trump speechSun Nov 09 2025 - 18:43
Giuliano da Empoli on ‘predatory’ big tech and Trump: ‘The formula is rage plus the algorithm’The author of The Hour of the Predator, which is about the symbiotic relationships of political strongmen and tech titans, says this moment ‘feels a bit scary’Sat Nov 08 2025 - 06:00
Irish doctor died in Manchester hospital after being given wrong medicationProfessor Ray McMahon, originally from Galway, worked for the same trust that ran the hospital where he died in FebruaryFri Nov 07 2025 - 16:54
Britain’s divided and disenfranchised goad each other at Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv matchDomestic divides rolling modern Britain laid bare for all to see outside Europa League clash Fri Nov 07 2025 - 08:07
British media sees red over Irish poppy refuseniksKatie McCabe this year is receiving much of the treatment normally reserved for Derryman James McCleanWed Nov 05 2025 - 06:00
CCTV tracked murder accused as he walked close behind Irishman (87) in LondonHomeless Peter Augustine denies beating and robbing Kilkenny man John MackeyTue Nov 04 2025 - 18:48
Packaging from food bought by Irish man (87) killed in London found in accused’s roomPeter Augustine (58) is accused of killing and robbing John Mackey in Manor House last MayMon Nov 03 2025 - 15:13
The Huntingdon train attack fuels a growing fear in Britain of mass stabbings of strangersPolice say the latest attack is not related to terrorism, but tensions are building over random stabbingsSun Nov 02 2025 - 15:37
Prince Andrew to be stripped of his title as a prince and will move out of royal lodgeBritish royal linked to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be known as Andrew Mountbatten WindsorThu Oct 30 2025 - 19:46
Downing Street backs Rachel Reeves after she apologises for letting home without licenceWith crucial budget looming, chancellor faces pressure over ‘inadvertent mistake’Thu Oct 30 2025 - 18:23
‘Get shtuck into him!’: Gaelic identities meet at shinty-hurling clash of the ashRoots celebrated - and a few slaps thrown - as Ireland and Scotland face off in InvernessWed Oct 29 2025 - 05:00
Labour unrest grows as Starmer faces pressure — could this rising MP be his successor?Saxophone-playing former corporate lawyer Darren Jones has risen steeply through the ranks to become the PM’s right-hand man Fri Oct 24 2025 - 17:00
‘Stop blaming the Brits’: United Ireland would pose threat to Britain from Russia, says ex-Nato commanderMilitary alliance should carry out operations in Irish seas even if Dublin objects, says Falklands veteranThu Oct 23 2025 - 17:00
Caerphilly by-election to test Labour’s grip as Reform challenges Wales’ traditional politicsIf Nigel Farage’s party wins, it will buttress its claim to be on course to win the next UK electionThu Oct 23 2025 - 06:00
Maccabi Tel Aviv match morphs into latest front in Britain’s culture wars Israeli club does not want its fans to travel to Aston Villa match, but tensions have not gone away Tue Oct 21 2025 - 17:49
Westminster’s uneasy silence as Prince Andrew scandal growsHouse of Commons not permitted to discuss issues that reflect badly on Britain’s royal family, including sordid allegations against brother of King CharlesMon Oct 20 2025 - 17:27
Oscar Wilde’s British Library reading pass reissued 130 years after confiscationPass was taken from Irish playwright following his 1895 conviction for gross indecencyThu Oct 16 2025 - 17:05
How the SNP is finally getting over its post-Sturgeon hangoverLabour’s implosion and the rise of Reform UK has gifted the party a clear path back to power in next May’s Holyrood electionsWed Oct 15 2025 - 17:31
‘Our precious boy’: The stories behind memorial benches of Swansea promenadeA council-run scheme to put memorial plaques on benches gives an insight in locals’ lives lostWed Oct 15 2025 - 05:00
‘Something is shifting’: Wales is on the verge of a political earthquakeWelsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru looks set to battle Reform UK to end a century of Labour political dominance Tue Oct 14 2025 - 18:26
Kemi Badenoch pledges to rebuild Conservative Party’s reputation with debt ‘golden rule’Tory leader outlines plan for reducing debt and fuelling growth as party seeks to move on from Truss-era turmoilWed Oct 08 2025 - 13:45
Windswept Scottish isle of Barra to get new weatherproof statue of Cork bishopScotland Letter: Outer Hebrides home of Clan MacNeil plans a new monument to St Finbarr after generous donationWed Oct 08 2025 - 05:55
Right turn in Manchester: Tories chase Reform UK – and risk losing their own centreConservative leader needs her big speech on Wednesday to land well as hard right-leaning shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick waits in the wingsTue Oct 07 2025 - 19:37
Tories’ future as political party capable of governing is at stake: ‘It is that serious’Whether to focus more on people’s pockets or UK borders is big question at Conservative Party conferenceMon Oct 06 2025 - 19:03
London’s two big Irish centres celebrate combined 100 years helping emigrantsIrish Cultural Centre and London Irish Centre are keeping an eye on future generations’ needs tooMon Oct 06 2025 - 06:00
Britain’s Jewish communities remain on high alert after Manchester attackUK chief rabbi says Britain needs ‘national soul-searching’ over rising anti-SemitismSat Oct 04 2025 - 06:14
‘Tony O’Reilly should have been president of Ireland’: Jeffrey Archer on life, books and his God-given giftFormer Tory politician on his new novel End Game and - to the chagrin of his publisher - his secret final novel out next yearSat Oct 04 2025 - 06:00
