- 3h ago
Portugal records second-largest EU emissions rise in 2025 as EU total falls 1.6%
EU greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.6% in 2025 according to Commission data published on Monday, 9 November 2026. Portugal's 4.2% rise, driven by the forest sector, was the second largest in the bloc after Italy.
- 4h ago
EU asks Italy and eight other states for corrective plans to meet 2030 emission targets
The European Commission's annual climate progress report names nine member states, Italy among them, as not doing enough toward their 2030 targets. Each has three months to respond with how and when it will close the gap.
- 4h ago
Irish folk singer Johnny McEvoy dies aged 81, known for Muirsheen Durkin hit
McEvoy died at his home in Greystones, Co Wicklow, on Sunday, 8 November, his manager Darren Farrell confirmed. The Offaly-born singer topped the Irish chart with Muirsheen Durkin in 1966 and supported the Rolling Stones in Dublin early in his career.
- 8h ago
Government offers 10.5% public pay deal as unions weigh strike before EU summit
Unions plan a second national strike on Thursday, 12 November, the day European leaders gather in Dublin. Talks resumed on Monday, 9 November, with the Government urging unions to engage with its revised offer.
- 15h ago
Six teenage pedestrians injured as car mounts footpath in south Dublin
A car drove up onto the pavement outside shops on Oliver Plunkett Road in Dún Laoghaire on Sunday afternoon, injuring six teenagers and a woman driver in her 40s. Gardaí say some of the injured are in critical condition and have set up an incident room.
- yesterday
Fine Gael blueprint puts year-one cost of Irish unity at €3.2bn to €25bn
The party's cost modelling puts the first-year bill at about €3.2bn to €25bn, and proposes a North-South minister, a sovereign wealth fund and a legally based forum to manage the transition.
- 2d ago
Data centre protests spread across Europe, with Dublin crowds in the thousands by some counts
Groups in Ireland, Finland and the UK protested on Saturday, 7 November 2026, demanding a moratorium on new data centres over power bills, noise and climate concerns.
- 2d ago
Man charged with murder over disappearance of Limerick woman missing since October
Police in Northern Ireland have charged a 35-year-old man with murder and with preventing a lawful burial after a 39-year-old woman from Limerick was reported missing. Investigators are now appealing for sightings of a boat and a campervan.
- 2d ago
South Africa rout injury-hit Italy 66-7 in Turin with nine tries in Nations Championship
Italy trailed 45-0 at half-time in Turin and conceded its heaviest home defeat in its history, with 16 players unavailable through injury. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu finished with 26 points for the Springboks, all from his boot and one try.
- 3d ago
Boy, 6, dies after Waterford arson attack; death toll rises to five
A six-year-old boy injured in the suspected arson attack on a Waterford family home has died in a Dublin hospital, bringing the death toll to five. A 14-year-old girl remains in a critical but stable condition.
- 3d ago
Spain's full-time salary rises 4.8% to 35,125 euros, EU average 41,464 euros
Spain's average annual full-time salary reached 35,125 euros in 2025, placing it 11th in the EU and third among the bloc's largest economies behind Germany and France.
- 4d ago
Ireland beat Argentina 42-12 with Hugo Keenan hat-trick in Nations Championship
Hugo Keenan scored three tries as Ireland opened the home leg of the Nations Championship with a bonus-point win over Argentina at the Aviva Stadium on Friday, 6 November. Argentina finished with two players sin-binned and five lost throw-ins.
- 4d ago
Wales edge Japan 28-21 in Nations Championship with late Josh Adams try
Wales beat Japan 28-21 in Cardiff on Saturday, 7 November 2026, with winger Josh Adams scoring the decisive try in the 69th minute and then making a last-minute ruck penalty on his own 22 to stop Japan from drawing.
- 4d ago
Hacked supermarket fridges and a $6.3bn Binance heist raise Europe's cyber alarm
Attackers remotely pushed refrigeration units in supermarkets across several European countries to as high as 50C on Monday, 2 November. It was one of three cyber incidents since 30 October that officials say may be a sign of more disruption to come.
- 4d ago
Dublin braces for EU summit security operation and planned public sector strike on 12 November
Security zones and road closures begin on Tuesday, 10 November, ahead of the European Political Community meeting in Dublin on Thursday, 12 November. Unions plan rallies and a strike that day if no pay deal is agreed.
- 4d ago
Seamus Coleman gets hybrid coaching role as Ireland name squad for Nations League finale
Manager Heimir Hallgrimsson left the 38-year-old defender out of his 24-man squad but confirmed Coleman will join the camp in a hybrid player-coach role. Ireland play Austria in Linz on 14 November and Kosovo in Dublin on 17 November.
- 5d ago
Garth Brooks to play 10 concerts across the island of Ireland in May and June 2027
Tickets for all ten concerts go on sale Thursday 12 November, with two shows in each of Belfast, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Cork between 21 May and 19 June 2027.
- 5d ago
Police get 36 more hours to question man arrested over suspected murder of missing Limerick woman
A court granted Northern Ireland detectives an extra 36 hours on Wednesday, 4 November, to question a 35-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder. The 39-year-old woman from Limerick has not been seen since she travelled to Enniskillen on 10 October.
- 5d ago
Irish unemployment rises to 4.8% in October as September figure is revised down
The CSO put the national rate at 4.8% for October 2026, with 143,600 people unemployed on a seasonally adjusted basis. Youth unemployment reached 11.5%, while Indeed's job postings index moved back above its pre-pandemic baseline.
- 5d ago
RTÉ told of €20m funding cut hours before Budget 2027, Oireachtas committee hears
RTÉ executives said they learned of the €20m cut three hours before Budget 2027 was announced. The Oireachtas Media Committee also heard that RTÉ Sport objected to the hiring of Ger Gilroy from Newstalk.
