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Uisce Éireann
Hosepipe ban lifted two weeks early due to ‘extraordinary efforts’ to reduce water use
use your loaf
Contestants battle it out at the Ploughing for the title of the nation's best brown bread
The National Brown Bread Baking Competition 2026 is well underway at this year’s National Ploughing Championships.
stop the game
Politicians call on FAI and government to be more like acts quitting Ed Sheeran's tour
Lisa Nandy
UK culture secretary says she has ‘enormous sympathy’ for Ed Sheeran as support acts leave tour
State of the Union
Tánaiste welcomes plan to beef up EU security cooperation, but says Irish neutrality 'won't change'
Ursula von der Leyen also proposed a European Security Council as she warned that the EU was “stronger than ever”, but facing an increasingly precarious world.
Solidarity
'Free Palestine': The Irish artists standing by Macklemore and pulling out of Ed Sheeran's US tour
All the support acts for Sheeran’s ongoing tour have no quit.
mythical metro
MetroLink to cost up to €17.5bn and take at least a decade to be ready for passengers
Big Delays
Activists call out government for failing to release this year's climate plan as 2026 nears end
bang for your buck
Ireland losing out financially as Europe ramps up defence spending, minister admits
Column
trump dynasty
Stars and Swipes: Donald Trump Jr, The Bahamas wedding and the Russian connection
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The Morning Lead
Thousands of Irish passports linked to Spanish cannabis clubs were 'freely viewable' online
The Data Protection Commisisoner said it is engaging with the Irish company that was in charge of the data.
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15 Sep
stance on Palestine
All of Ed Sheeran's support acts, including two Irish groups, quit tour over Macklemore row
Macklemore said he was forced out of the tour after he advocated for Palestinians on stage while supporting Sheeran.
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National Ploughing Championships
Sun showers and sheep shearing on day one of the National Ploughing Championships
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Operation Far Sunrise
Catering provider for gardaí 'stood down' during Trump visit after complaints
garda driving
Garda management confirm just six gardaí will be trained in pursuit driving this year
The GRA, AGSI and garda management appeared before the Oireachtas justice committee to discuss the issues associated with pursuit training.
president's sister
Martin defends Margaret Connolly's right to protest after remark about 'flattening' White House
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some might pay
How do the prices of Oasis Slane tickets compare to the other Live '27 tour dates?
There’s no dynamic pricing this time around, but tickets to see the band in Meath next September still don’t come cheap.
Belfast
Failings around management of culvert access possible factor in Noah Donohoe death, jury finds
Nitrous Oxide
Number of people seeking treatment for nitrous oxide misuse has more than doubled since 2022
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