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Flydubai captain describes cockpit attack

Smit Machchhar wiped away tears as he spoke from a hospital bed to India’s prime minister​

St Mary’s v Clontarf rematch the headliner in AIL second round

St Mary’s came out on top when the sides met in the AIL final in April

Autumn reflection: Frank McNally finds poetic cheer in the October gloom

Rereading Patrick Kavanagh’s poem has brought the sobering thought that it may be October in my life now too

Spanish right-wing politicians defeat housing crisis plan as protest movement grows

Opposition lawmakers join forces to scupper proposals by socialist-led coalition after 87-year-old’s eviction

European shares rebound as falling oil prices ease concerns

Irish index ends week 1.5% higher

Sacked garda spared jail for control and coercion of wife over three years

Judge Keenan Johnson imposed an 18-month suspended sentence and ordered David Reynolds to pay €10,000 in compensation

Last month was second-hottest September on record, Met Éireann says

Human-caused climate change singled out as temperatures rise two degrees above 1961-1990 average

Much-changed Munster hope new faces push them to victory at end of difficult week

Jack Aungier in for his debut while Marnus van der Merwe to make first start in home URC clash

Former banker Mark Duffy’s Axis Capital ‘considering PTSB bid’

Company has yet to secure funding for potential bid

Former fisheries chief ‘targeted’ by comments in Dáil and protected disclosures, WRC hears

Civil servants believed Francis O’Donnell had right to go back to previous role, WRC hearing also told

Protesting farmers demand Bord Bia chair quits over foreign chicken served in restaurant

Larry Murrin co-owns Dublin’s Sole Seafood & Grill, which does not serve Irish poultry

Students in France take to the barricades over conditions

Up to 400 schools to close on Friday as France’s prime minister blames far-left party for stoking violence

Front-footed Ulster can cause an upset in Glasgow

Last half-hour against Edinburgh last weekend was Ulster at their dazzling best

Leinster pack must front up as Sharks will take no prisoners

Leo Cullen’s side move on to Durban after narrow opening defeat at altitude

State’s tax take boosted by €3bn as multinationals ‘front-load’ payments

Exchequer returns show Government collected €4.9bn from business tax in September

G7 to release 100m barrels of diesel and crude under pressure from Trump

Diesel falls sharply in markets in move that could see prices at the pump fall by up to 13 cent a litre in time

Ardmore village named as Ireland’s Greenest Place

The judges recognised the Co Waterford community’s broad and innovative range of green initiatives, working together for a more sustainable future

Complaints about doctors to the Medical Council were up 12% in 2025

Preliminary Proceedings Committee made decisions on 387 cases, with 86 referred to fitness-to-practise

Alternative budget ideas: A €500 ‘everyday costs’ card, cheap e-bikes, a State building firm

Parties outline various ways in which rival budgets might appeal to the public ahead of next week's announcement

Budget talks enter ‘banging fists on the table’ phase – metaphorically at least

Inside Politics: Meanwhile, Brexit is back and the Drumcree stand-off continues

US adds 29,000 jobs in September as hiring slows sharply

Figure prompts traders to rein in bets on further Federal Reserve interest rate rises

‘If you don’t like it, don’t come’: proud locals bristle at Blackpool’s dark tourism reputation

It has always been a hotspot for fun, sticks of rock and rollercoasters, but now it also has a surfeit of addicts and deprivation

Only one other Ireland goal made as many jaws drop as Troy Parrott’s mazy run against Austria

Was Parrott’s goal the best Ireland have ever scored?

Putin has told military leaders to abandon rules of war, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian leader says Putin gave order in September, as Russia began hitting schools, hospitals and data centres

Buying refurbed rather than new can mean big savings on tech upgrades

The old adage that ‘if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is’ applies - but bargains are available

Man sentenced to six years for repeatedly stabbing former friend over horse bet

Victim’s liver sliced, resulting in emergency surgery and removal of gallbladder, court hears

Budget drama could go to the wire as ministers wrestle for cash that may not come

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Pedestrian dies following incident involving bus in Cork City

Incident happened on Lower Glanmire Road at 6.30am

Millionaires’ tax central to People Before Profit Budget 2027 proposals

Party plans corporation tax of 20%, €500 energy credit and €1.75 per litre cap at fuel pumps to ease cost of living crisis

‘We’re in limbo’: Enniscorthy businesses feel defenceless after latest flood

Locals have endured several floods from the river Slaney and are worried about the lack of defences as extreme weather becomes more common

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