30 October, 2025 Digital News Archive

Imagine to freeze broadband prices for five years

By Ciara O'Brien

Innovators to Watch

Irish start-up LegalMoov making legal advice affordable and accurate

By Olive Keogh

Books

Micheál Martin on David McCullagh's new book: An excellent read on the Anglo-Irish Treaty

By Micheál Martin

Europe

Giving stalling car industry a break on petrol-engine ban could be a mistake

By Jack Power

Financial Services

Property fund warns Irish investors of ‘knee-jerk’ redemption risk for €1.26bn portfolio

By Joe Brennan

Restaurants

Restaurant review: This was one of the most bizarre finales to a meal I’ve had in years

By Corinna Hardgrave

Doing more with less: ‘We don’t need to wait for new infrastructure to start improving the system’

By Frank Dillon

Star power and green energy at the AIB Sustainability Conference

Clear, consistent policies needed to meet ambitious biomethane targets

By Barry McCall

Accelerating EV uptake: electric cars overtake diesel in popularity

By Neil Briscoe

Public transport powers up: Ireland’s electric bus fleet doubles since last year

By Neil Briscoe

A quiet solar revolution: home rooftops and farms powering a renewable future

By Edel Corrigan

Powering the future: green transition is creating new skills demand

By Sandra O'Connell

Tapping out: Water shortages threaten Ireland’s economic future

By Edel Corrigan

Calculating GHG emissions: inside the standoff on which course to take

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Who will lead the world into a clean energy future?

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Further planning reforms necessary to meet renewables targets

By Emmet Ryan

Ireland’s €26bn climate gamble risks far greater environmental cost

By Sandra O'Connell

Consumer Tech

MacBook Pro M5 review: Apple sticking to the tried and tested

By Ciara O'Brien

Winds of change: reviving Ireland’s stalled offshore energy industry

By Danielle Barron

People

Need a topical Halloween costume? How about Maria Steen’s Hermès handbag?

By Emer McLysaght

Silicon Valley and the AI boom called - the 1990s are back

By Rana Foroohar

Five homes on view this week in Dublin and Meath from €585,000

By Alison Gill

TV & Radio

Is there life in The Witcher after Henry Cavill’s exit?

By Ed Power

TV & Radio

Patrick Freyne’s guide to the biggest horror TV shows to watch this Halloween

By Patrick Freyne

Climate Crisis

How one football club is taking climate action into its own hands

By Sylvia Thompson

Dalkey terrace finished to premium standard for €745,000

By Kevin Courtney

Letters

Your letters: On John Collison, reporting of Gaza and ‘Thank you so much’

Look inside: Renovated Victorian home on Rathgar square where Joyce was born

By Miriam Mulcahy

Science

‘It could make a difference’: Endometriosis researcher exploring how to calm inflammation

By Claire O'Connell

Fine four-bed home in quiet Churchtown cul-de-sac for €1.25m

By Miriam Mulcahy

Two renovated cut-stone schoolhouses surrounded by forest in Co Wicklow a masterclass in design

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Live in Regency style on Mount Merrion Avenue in Blackrock for €1.65m

By Frances O'Rourke

Dawn Meats deal in New Zealand a head scratcher for local farmers

By Cantillon

Amazon job cull shows the darker side of artificial intelligence

By Ciara O'Brien

Some 470 Beaumont Hospital workers join call for boycott of Israeli firm’s drugs

By Ellen Coyne

‘A portal to the underworld’: Tramping a bleak bog as part of a spooky Halloween tour

By Freya McClements

Housing & Planning

‘Is it really worth this much?’: How costs spiralled on a couple’s derelict home renovation

By Niamh Towey

Dave Hannigan: Conor McGregor has found God, a severe case of the Russell Brands

By Dave Hannigan

Hunger-striking industrial school survivors hopeful of breakthrough after meeting with Taoiseach

By Órla Ryan

Opinion

No, Lily Allen, we were never meant to know this much about one another

By Finn McRedmond

Opinion

Fine Gael should never again send a Protestant candidate into a sectarian storm

By Newton Emerson

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

ECB in a holding pattern on interest rates

By Cantillon

Film

From Saipan to John Boorman: 10 events to catch at the 70th Cork International Film Festival

By Donald Clarke

Opinion

John Collison is only half right. Ireland’s problem isn’t just process, it’s psychology

By Sinéad O’Sullivan

Worrying increase in youth unemployment

Gaelic Games

Davy Fitzgerald ‘more guarded’ after criticism over Antrim comments

By Paul Keane

An estranged husband’s attempt to limit provision for wife was ‘disgraceful’, says judge

By Mary Carolan

Karen Duggan: Ireland flipped the switch and showed what’s possible when we play to our strengths

By Karen Duggan

For James Lowe, New Zealand is a Test that never loses its shine

By Gerry Thornley

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: In the angst-filled world of GAA club transfers, optics are everything

By Ciarán Murphy

Climate Crisis

We’re being conned about climate change, but not in the way Donald Trump says

By Cormac O'Raifeartaigh

Your Wellness

Resilience isn’t inspirational. It’s crawling out of a hell you never thought you’d be in

By Sacha Dekker

In the News Podcast

Who was May McGee?: ‘hero housewife’ who fought to make contraception legal in Ireland

By Bernice Harrison

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Business Today Newsletter

Rain and wind warnings remain in place for several counties

By Órla Ryan

Property investors warned against redemption and gauging the fallout from Fastway collapse

By Dominic Coyle

‘She is slowly breaking down’: Irish grandmother detained in US has deportation hearing delayed until December

By Keith Duggan

Technology

Microsoft services recover from global cloud outage

By Brody Ford and Matt Day

Economy

Donald Trump says rare earths dispute ‘settled’ after meeting China’s Xi Jinping

By Denis Staunton

Big Tech

Alphabet sales beat estimates on cloud growth

By Davey Alba and Carmen Arroyo

Financial Services

PTSB puts itself up for sale as State eyes exit from Irish banking

By Joe Brennan

Revenue promises ‘pragmatic’ approach for Fastway contractors with cashflow issues

By Conor Pope and Emmet Malone

UK government spends nearly €5m on legal defence of Bloody Sunday’s Soldier F

By Rebecca Black, PA

Americas

Hurricane Melissa in pictures: Wrecked livelihoods, lost animals, salvaged homes

Europe

Dutch liberal leader Rob Jetten tipped for power as far right suffers decline

By Barbara Moens in Leiden

Europe

Five new suspects arrested in connection with Louvre robbery

By Jon Henley in Paris

Big Tech

Microsoft’s computing capacity crunch persists despite heavy spending

By Brody Ford and Matt Day

Housing & Planning

Man fails in attempt to make landlord liable for tenant’s behaviour

By Tim O'Brien

Work

The power of play in the workplace

By Margaret E Ward

Sports Briefing

Shamrock Rovers finally get over the line

By Mary Hannigan

Ireland co-captain Edel McMahon to miss Six Nations

By Nathan Johns

Americas

Hurricane Melissa picks up speed as it moves towards Bermuda

Taoiseach Micheál Martin defends leadership amid backlash over presidential campaign

By Ellen Coyne and Vivienne Clarke

Rising energy and food prices keep Irish inflation rate elevated at 2.7%

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Americas

How Rio de Janeiro’s crackdown on drug gangs became a human rights flashpoint in Brazil

By Ana Ionova in Rio de Janeiro

Big Tech

Data protection rules ‘completely out of control’, Meta tells Government

By Jack Power

Ireland ‘hog-tied’ to progress-delaying bureaucracy, former ceann comhairle says

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Middle East

Remains of two more hostages returned to Israel as fragile ceasefire faces strain

Asia-Pacific

Xi and Trump look ready to move relations to less confrontational mode

By Denis Staunton

ECB keeps rates unchanged while warning of uncertain impact from tariffs

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Dublin

Extension of Luas line will add four new stops and could be completed by 2031

By Olivia Kelly

Stephen Bradley hails Shamrock Rovers’ resolve after title win and targets more success

By Paul Buttner

Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’

By Vivienne Clarke and Ellen Coyne

Drone delivery company refused permission to retain hub in Blanchardstown

By Ciara O'Brien

Abroad

Irish abroad: We want to hear your stories of life outside Ireland

By Genevieve Carbery

All-Ireland League Divisions 2B and 2C to be restructured along geographical lines

By John O'Sullivan

Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie sentenced to at least seven years for rape in Boston

By Susan Zalkind in Boston and Niamh Towey

Woman who faked her death to avoid trial jailed for three years

By Natasha Reid and Eimear Dodd

Golf

Tom McKibbin shoots a course record 60 at Hong Kong Open with Masters place up for grabs

By David Gorman

Four men rescued after trawler struck post in harbour and began to take on water

By Katie Mellett

Smart Money

Interest rates have hit the floor. Here are the vital lessons for borrowers

By Cliff Taylor

Cycling

Sam Bennett joins up with Eddie Dunbar at Q36.5 Pro Cycling for 2026

By Ian O'Riordan

Ireland’s energy paradox: burning gas to go green

By Frank Dillon

Ireland need Osborne, O’Brien and Lowe to provide solid foundation against New Zealand

By John O'Sullivan

Aviation sector faces turbulence on the path to net zero

By Emmet Ryan

Microsoft outage results in email issues, airport delays, and problems for Xbox gamers

By Ciara O'Brien

Four refused bail in Belfast court over tourist assault charges

By David Young, PA

Film

Colin Farrell recalls being so drunk on set he needed 46 takes to deliver a line: ‘Tom Cruise was not happy’

By Catherine Shoard

Two Irish writers nominated for William Hill Sports Book of the Year award

Soccer

‘Tough, really tough’: Ruben Amorim on his first year at Manchester United

By Jamie Jackson

Crowd gathers outside Tusla offices in protest over vulnerable children in care

By Sarah Burns

Profit slip 12% at data centre developer and operator Equinix

By Gordon Deegan

Juice Jar wins top prize at new cross-Border awards set up by EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou

By Mark Hennessy

Middle East

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox rally against army draft as politician says ‘everyone will enlist’

By Mark Weiss

Charles and Philip Byrnes to face IHRB hearing over Redwood Queen unseating at Wexford

By Brian O'Connor

Man faces trial for possessing mobile phone in Mountjoy and directing criminal gang

By Tom Tuite

Four refused bail after appearing in Belfast court charged over tourist attack

Social Affairs

Increases to scheme intended to support employment of people with disabilities lacks logic, say organisations

By Emmet Malone

CHI agrees not to advertise job of spinal surgeries waiting list manager in line with court order

Further orders relating to care of vulnerable minor granted by High Court

By Fiachra Gallagher

Permission sought for 510 apartments at former RTÉ site in Donnybrook

By Gordon Deegan

Health

HSE takes over Mayo disability centre after ‘serious concerns’ raised about care provided

By Shauna Bowers

Revenue files summons against Press Up co-founder Paddy McKillen Jnr

By Hugh Dooley

Lorry driver transported €2.8m of cocaine hidden under cargo of Lego

By Declan Brennan

Mysterious bright light over Ireland’s skies sparks UFO theories

By Katie Mellett and Tim O'Brien

Health

Thalidomide survivors hope meeting with Taoiseach and Tánaiste paves way for a resolution

By Shauna Bowers

Ireland team named to play New Zealand: Jack Crowley ‘deserves’ outhalf place, says Farrell

By David Gorman

Two men found guilty of murdering Croatian Josip Strok on Dublin street

By Ryan Dunne

Downing Street backs Rachel Reeves after she apologises for letting home without licence

By Mark Paul

New Zealand make three changes as Beauden Barrett and Caleb Clarke return to backline

By Gerry Thornley

Soccer

Ruben Amorim’s year at Manchester United: Renaissance of hope on a long, difficult journey

By Rob Draper

Health

HSE managers to get up to €32,000 each in back pay forgone after financial crash

By Emmet Malone

Scéal

‘Níl an Bhreatain Bheag ar díol!’: an feachtas ar son Acht Réadmhaoine

By Natalie Nic Shim

View from New Zealand: Huge pay day the main reason All Blacks are facing Ireland in Chicago

By Gregor Paul

Woman (82) died from traumatic head injury after being pulled down stairs, inquest hears

By Barry Roche

Former Roscommon footballer who sued over crash injuries settles case

By Fiachra Gallagher

Man (39) with locked-in syndrome settles case at High Court

By Paul Neilan

PTSB props up Irish stock market after putting itself up for sale

By Hugh Dooley

Prince Andrew to be stripped of his title as a prince and will move out of royal lodge

By Mark Paul

Editorials

A setback for the far-right in the Netherlands

Case brought by wife of consultant psychiatrist who died after being hit by taxi settled

By Paul Neilan

ASL pilots vote on industrial action

By Barry O'Halloran

Soccer

Siptu seeks intervention of WRC after FAI informs staff of 60 redundancies

By Gavin Cummiskey

Editorials

If the PTSB sale spurs new competition that would be welcome

Terence Crosbie juries did not hear of 2017 tweet about ‘rape capital of Europe’

By Susan Zalkind in Boston

TV & Radio

TV Review: At no point is Hector Ó hEochagáin in danger of doing anything original

By Ed Power

Ex-assistant to horse trainer Luke Comer seeks to serve legal papers on him in Monaco

By Mary Carolan