29 July, 2026 Digital News Archive

The Music Quiz: Miley Cyrus’s Party in the USA namechecks rapper Jay-Z and which US pop singer?

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Books

I looked at the busman’s huge knuckles and decided I’d rather die than go home

By Elaine Garvey

Wednesday to see temperatures of 23 degrees, with some sunny spells

By Katie Mellett

Work

Is it discriminatory to only pay maternity top-ups after a certain period of service?

By Jack White

Food

Irish ‘mammy’ salad to South African braai: Chefs share their favourite tastes of summer

By Sheila Farrell

Your Money

Inside the Criminal Assets Bureau auctions where savvy buyers are snapping up seized assets

By Joanne Hunt

Rival Koreas race to build nuclear-powered submarines

By Daniel Tudor in Seoul and Ian Bott in London

‘Extremely demoralising’: Veggie farmers say bumper harvest going to waste in hot weather

By Sarah Slater

Abroad

I got ‘the call’ from home. Dad’s days of wandering New York’s streets were over

By Michael Fitzpatrick

Stamp of approval for our Irish-American fallen

Climate Crisis

European wildfires in graphics: France and Spain battle blazes

By Paul Scott and Rachel Lavin

Europe

How Berlin’s ‘Hot Boys’ are taking on the manosphere

By Derek Scally

People

Seán Moncrieff: Dublin suburbs in the 1960s created communities. Now, it’s soulless urban sprawl

By Seán Moncrieff

Residential

Fields for sale in Dublin, Kildare, Galway and Clare from €120,000 and what you can do with them

By Jessica Doyle

We all pay a price for blame culture towards the health service

Irish Life dividends near €2bn under Canadian ownership

By Joe Brennan

Patrick Collison donated $7m to campaign against US wealth tax

By Jack Power

ICG bid puts spotlight on McGuckian’s independence

By John McManus

Mystery surrounds identity of man killed by his own pipe bomb in Dublin hostel

By Conor Lally

GAA community feels the piercing glare of soccer’s greedy eye

College Green building revaluations help lift Clarendon’s Irish portfolio to €147m

By Killian Woods

Cartoon

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Former Dublin Region Homeless Executive figure rented apartment to housing charity

By Arthur Beesley

Early Edition Podcast

Podcast: Patrick Collison and California’s proposed wealth tax, courgette mountain and Hot Boys Cry

By Aideen Finnegan

Listen | 09:28

Your Wellness

I work in a hospital. How could I not know I was having a heart attack?

By Julie Charnet

Opinion

Kerry’s lesson in grace was the GAA at its most sublime

By Kathy Sheridan

Opinion

Trump’s most loyal supporters – white working-class men – are becoming disillusioned

By Michael McDowell

Obituaries

Bill Oddie obituary: Comic actor who starred in The Goodies and renowned ornithologist

Knowing how to speak a multitude of languages is vital, but which ones?

MetroLink: Can the public trust the State with another project of this scale?

Camaraderie suffers when we have to commute to work to show it

Differences between e-bikes, e-scooters and e-mopeds

E-scooters: What is available to buy and how difficult will the new rules be to enforce?

By Ronan McGreevy

Aughinish investigators did not obtain Swedish document available for €25 fee

By Conor Gallagher

Gaelic Games

Darragh Ó Sé: Why were we all so wrong with our predictions? I think there are a few reasons

By Darragh Ó Sé

Profits for group behind duck producer Silver Hill Farm fly above €5m

By Stephen Conneely

Seán Moran lived up to the high standards of his predecessor

People with eating disorders are often overlooked

Racing

Charles Byrnes could make headlines for right reasons with Reverend Hubert in Galway Plate

By Brian O'Connor

Letter of the Day

Home to roost

Business Today Newsletter

Owner of refugee accommodation provider got more than €3m in pay

By Killian Woods

Gaelic Games

‘The shackles are off’: Colm Boyle says future Mayo teams will benefit from breakthrough

By Gordon Manning

Your Wellness

‘My colleague got a promotion and is now my boss... I feel really betrayed and belittled’

By Trish Murphy

Opinion

Decriminalising prostitution would risk turning Ireland into Amsterdam or Germany

By Ruth Breslin

In the News Podcast

Lorcan Murphy: Why covert filming can be a gateway to more serious offending

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 18:28

Irish Life payments to owner near €2bn and would buy from a CAB auction?

By Peter Flanagan

Kerry Group shrugs off ‘geopolitical uncertainty’ as global sales volumes grow

By Ian Curran

Global Briefing

The murky process of selecting the next UN secretary general is coming to a head

By Denis Staunton

Lawyer stabbed father to death as he told him he loved him, trial hears

By Eoin Reynolds

PwC published ‘thought leadership’ reports marred by AI hallucinations

Hostelworld says Iran war shaved 3% off growth in first half

By Ian Curran

PTSB underlying profit jumps 34% ahead of vote on Bawag takeover

By Joe Brennan

WRC staff take legal case against State for failing to implement pay award

By Emmet Malone

Families of those who died in Creeslough disaster to meet Taoiseach today

By Vivienne Clarke

Retired postal worker jailed for sexual abuse of girl (12) more than four decades ago

By Fiona Ferguson and Declan Brennan

Murderer says reference to Conor McGregor in trial brought ‘toxic masculinity’ baggage

By Fiona Magennis

Concacaf joins criticism of Fifa plan to sell off World Cup stakes to private investors

By Matt Hughes and Nick Ames

O’Callaghan’s amended offer in legal aid dispute ‘obviously unsustainable’, solicitor says

By Vivienne Clarke

Defence Forces member has appeal for rape of fellow soldier dismissed

By Fiona Magennis

Inside Politics Podcast

What next for India’s ‘Gen Z’ protests?

Listen | 27:52

Golf

Pádraig Harrington named Europe vice-captain for 2027 Ryder Cup

Is the World Cup for sale? Here’s what Fifa’s plans mean and what happens next

Mentally ill woman’s advanced healthcare directive ruled invalid by High Court

By Mary Carolan

Irish economy shrank by 1.6% in 12 months to end of June, CSO estimates

By Ian Curran

Food

Ireland’s top cheeses, meats, butters and desserts named at Great Taste Awards 2026

By Conor Healy

‘Terminally online’: Frustrated UK Greens want leader to hand over his social media

By Peter Walker

Photography

Glen Hansard: A life and music career in pictures

Advertising Feature

Ireland’s small businesses are ready for their next chapter, but they need the tools to unlock it

By Adam Brewer, regional manager, Xero Ireland

Health

Dentist who falsely claimed he had cancer after patients made complaints is censured

By Darragh McDonagh

Nestlé sells its former infant formula plant in Askeaton to US pharma group

By Dominic Coyle

Smurfit Westrock lowers full-year earnings forecast amid spike in fuel costs

By Joe Brennan

Man (40s) dies in single-vehicle crash in Clare

By Hugh Dooley

Crime & Law

Gardaí welcome Decathlon decision to stop selling e-scooters as road deaths reach 108 this year

By Hugh Dooley

Rugby

Ulster confirm appointment of Joe Schmidt in consultancy role

By John O'Sullivan

Workers at IT firm Kyndryl balloted for industrial action over redundancy terms

By Ian Curran

Financial Services

Stripe founder buys US bank to extend fintech push

Kavinsky: French DJ known for Nightcall dies aged 50

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Woman charged over alleged breach of Jeffrey Donaldson victims’ anonymity

Gardaí withdraw first-ever obstructing deportation charge against ‘decuplet’ defendant

By Tom Tuite

Anthony Fauci invokes fifth amendment and declines to testify in US Senate Covid hearing

By Jessica Glenza

Film

Glen Hansard the film star was at the centre of two key moments in Irish cinema

By Donald Clarke

Fleadh Cheoil 2026: Ticket information, accommodation, how to get there and more

By Conor Healy

Jared Leto accused of sexual misconduct by four women in BBC documentary

By Nadia Khomami

‘The voice of sanity during insane times’: Hundreds attend funeral of broadcaster Gerry Kelly

FAI among associations given 53 days by Fifa to sign up to controversial World Cup plans

By Gavin Cooney

Inside Business Podcast

What size does your pension actually need to be for a comfortable retirement?

Listen | 31:47

Japan’s earthquake death toll could have been far higher. Here is why it was not

By David McNeill

Middle East

Violence by Israeli settlers worsening in West Bank, UN human rights office warns

By Olivia Le Poidevin

Work

Witnesses in cafe tips row unable to explain mystery card machine which pulled in €5,000 in 18 months

By Stephen Bourke

Seán Rooney’s family seek to examine ‘conduct’ of military investigation into soldier’s death

By Hugh Dooley

‘The only wheelbarrow in Mayo being used today’: Ballyhaunis welcomes Mayo champions

By Cian O'Connell

The Iran war is making noodles costlier 7,000km away

By Muktita Suhartono, Yan Zhuang, Max Kim and Suhasini Raj

Soccer

Liverpool prepare opening offer for Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola

Health

Overreliance on AI risks ‘deskilling’ health sector staff, report warns

By Shauna Bowers

Film

What Happened to Dorothy Bell? review: A reason to keep faith in found-footage horror

By Tara Brady

E-scooter users would need licence and insurance under proposals explored by Government

By Cormac McQuinn

Soccer

Bohemians to face very different Ballkani side to the one they beat at Dalymount

By Gavin Cummiskey

Group protesting Israel vs Ireland soccer match occupies Department of Sport offices

By Jack Brady

Glen Hansard was a leader, an indomitable force and a natural disruptor

By Nadine O’Regan

No more sheltering or iodine tablets: Why are we getting a new nuclear emergency plan?

By Caroline O'Doherty

High Court rules 11 people entitled to ‘immediate release’ over lack of legal representation

By Fiachra Gallagher

In the News Podcast

Glen Hansard: How a kid from Ballymun became ‘the unofficial national bard’ with Patrick Freyne

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 20:20

More than 300 former Christian Brothers to be named in newspaper ad as part of abuse case

By Colm Keena

Shamed funeral director accepts he is ‘hated and despised’ pariah, court told

Taoiseach may consider statutory inquiry to produce answers for Creeslough families

By Jack Horgan-Jones

London’s FTSE hits record high despite AI sell-off

By Killian Woods

Crime & Law

Fiosrú finds no fault by gardaí in death of Evan Fitzgerald at Carlow shopping centre

By Hugh Dooley

Soccer

Shelbourne have enough to clean up second-leg and land Ajax clash

By Gavin Cummiskey

An Irish Diary

St Patrick’s Bed? – Frank McNally on spending All-Ireland final night in a Mayo bridal suite

By Frank McNally

Europe

Investigators suspect use of heavy machinery sparked record wildfires in France and Spain

By Naomi O’Leary

Japan ‘races against time’ to reach people trapped after powerful earthquake

By David McNeill

‘Such an angelic presence’: Bono pays tribute to late friend Glen Hansard

Family settles action over death of baby son one day after birth at Cork hospital

Golf

Nelly Korda and Haerun Ryu set for an intriguing duel in AIG Women’s Open

By Philip Reid

Federal Reserve keeps US interest rates on hold for now

Couple appeals to judge over ‘persistent noise nuisance’ from next-door bar

Lawyer who stabbed father retains love and support of his family, court hears

By Eoin Reynolds

Five-star Castlemartyr Resort convicted of polluting river and killing more than 100 fish

By Barry Roche

Editorials

Glen Hansard was a singular and generous voice in Irish cultural life

Obituaries

Glen Hansard obituary: Musician who went from busking in Dublin to world’s biggest stages

Editorials

Realistic plan needed for home heating transition

Girl (16) spared custodial sentence over €226,000 arson at Dublin children’s home

By Tom Tuite

‘I want this fixed and to get back to work’: Solicitors split on criminal legal aid reform

By Mary Carolan

Middle East

US-Saudi strikes in Iraq threaten escalation of conflict

By Steff Chávez in Washington

Racing

Galway Plate glory on King Alexander cements jockey Daniel King’s rising-star status

By Brian O'Connor

Gianni Infantino’s World Cup plan is part of a desire for expansion that was clear from the start

By Paul MacInnes

Man arranged ‘straightener’ during which father of seven was stabbed to death, court hears

By Ryan Dunne

Sport

Daniel Wiffen saves best for last to take silver in 1,500m freestyle

By Michael Scully

Athletics

Kate O’Connor wins heptathlon gold at Commonwealth Games

By Ian O'Riordan

Tributes

Tributes paid to Glen Hansard: ‘A troubadour whose gift for storytelling brought so much joy’

Europe

Body found in suitcase in Athens is that of 38-year-old British woman