A Dublin-based resources firm, TechMet, is set to benefit from a deal struck between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky that gives the US preferential access to Ukraine’s rare earth elements.
Munster are set to look for an NIQ (non-Irish-qualified) second-row as a direct replacement for Jean Kleyn, who will join Gloucester next season.
While it might already feel like we are well into 2026, with years of geopolitical developments crammed into the first fortnight of the year, the Irish political calendar has only now sprung into gear with the return of the Dáil.
Consumers can cut their weekly shopping bills by up to half by ditching branded grocery goods in favour of supermarket own-label products.
Hobby comrades, with 2026 well and truly upon us – and the classic ‘new year, new me’ mantra being thrown around – I decided there was nothing more fitting than a return to the gym... but this time with a personal trainer.
Every parent has heard the words, “Mum/Dad, I don’t want to go to school today”. While it’s tempting to let them stay in bed and take a duvet day off, especially on cold winter mornings, as the responsible adult in the room, you know better.
Thousands of patients are being denied the free dental care they are entitled to every year after more than half of dentists across the country have pulled out of the medical card scheme.
The debate around the EU-Mercosur trade deal has fast become one of the loudest and most contentious in Irish politics. In recent days, we have seen protests, petitions and now a second Sinn Féin private members’ motion in the Dáil. People have a right to protest and be heard, and indeed they have been heard.
The Coalition is coming under growing pressure to take stronger action over the Grok AI tool amid widespread concern over its use to manipulate images of women and children by digitally removing their clothes.
You almost had to admire the pettiness. In December, after news broke of Brooks Koepka’s emancipation from his LIV contract, the PGA Tour – bombarded for reaction – released a short holding statement.
The corpses and the injured arrive in a never-ending stream.
A Wicklow mother has warned parents to be vigilant after her daughter was admitted to a psychiatric unit on Christmas Eve, following the use of hemp-derived vapes over a period of several months.
Harry Cobden may not be a name that casual Irish racing fans are familiar with but it is only a matter of time before people will be hearing or reading about his exploits at tracks across the country.
The HSE says it “regrets” the impact of chaplaincy service cuts at University Hospital Galway, with some patients at risk of not receiving their last rites if they die after 9pm.
New research indicates that increased screen time may be linked to poorer vocabulary development in toddlers.
Cork creative Niamh Barry, like most Irish people, has always been interested in the weather, but they had no idea it would be the reason they jumped on a plane to Texas last year to spend two weeks with a woman they had never met before.
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