22 January, 2026 Digital News Archive

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

Euroscepticism a whisper that’s ‘growing louder’ in Ireland, says McEntee

By Ellen Coyne

Dublin Bus and its €15,000 offer

Letters

Your letters: On HR and stressed doctors, motorists in bus lanes, medals for Trump

Innovators to Watch

An Irish start-up’s wearable device detects life-threatening allergies in children

By Olive Keogh

Books

Blank Canvas by Grace Murray: A different class of campus novel

By Emily Goulding

Hotel and indoor arena in the running for Leopardstown Racecourse

By Barry O'Halloran

Consumer Tech

Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema review: turn the dial for instant time travel fun

By Ciara O'Brien

Support when and where it’s needed

By Danielle Barron

Oiling the wheels of commerce

By Sandra O'Connell

Competing for skills and talent

By Sandra O'Connell

Advertising Feature

Upskill in AI with new micro-qualifications from Skills to Advance

Restaurants

Restaurant review: Luscious Italian eatery in former AIB bank oozes glamour

By Corinna Hardgrave

Five homes on view this week in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare from €450,000

By Jessica Doyle

An essential ingredient for success

By Edel Corrigan

Climate Crisis

Ireland is living through tomorrow’s weather with yesterday’s infrastructure

By Liam J Coyle

Time to move on? Early planning turns an exit from a reaction into a strategic choice

By Emmet Ryan

Work

Skills shortages hampering company growth, Ibec report suggests

By Emmet Malone

More focus needed to nurture domestic business base

By Barry McCall

Incentivising entrepreneurship through the tax system

By Barry McCall

Exporting for growth

By Danielle Barron

No Other Choice review: Park Chan-wook leans hard into slapstick in savage satire

By Tara Brady

TV & Radio

Patrick Freyne’s top 14 shows to look out for in 2026

By Patrick Freyne

Innovation

Replicant rock: How AI-generated pop stars are killing music

By Emmet Ryan

Cyprus’s frozen conflict holds lessons for any Ukraine peace deal

By Jack Power

Stylishly upgraded 1930s home in sought-after Sandymount

By Alison Gill

Look inside: Period home restored to elegant glory on Dalkey’s Castle Park Road for €2.95m

By Kevin Courtney

Consumer Tech

Parental controls for digital platforms can protect kids from social media’s dark side

By Ciara O'Brien

Science

A battlefield of wounded trees: How one historic estate is recovering from Storm Éowyn

By Paul Clements

Climate Crisis

The universal law of getting too hot

By Yvonne Buckley

‘I’ve been online for so long. I’ve seen a bunch of stuff. I’m kind of desensitised to it’

By Ellen Coyne

Rent now, buy later: A new model for purchasing a home

By Fiona Reddan

Abroad

How an Irishman in New York became Microsoft Excel world champion

By Niamh Browne

Sport

Disappearance of ex-NFL star Sam Beal shines light on the cost of broken dreams

By Dave Hannigan

Artificial intelligence ruins its latest thing – this time, affordable computers

By Cantillon

People

Living alone in Ireland is a joy, 85% of the time

By Emer McLysaght

Simon Harris defends Donohoe on Ireland’s €141.4m World Bank contribution

By Cormac McQuinn

NFL Division Two: Derry and Tyrone in contention for return to top tier

By Gordon Manning

Remove the need to run from Gaelic football and my enjoyment will be complete

By Ciarán Murphy

Russia the ‘unequivocal winner’ in Greenland rift, says EU justice commissioner

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Dublin

‘It will destroy Skerries’: New travel plan for Dublin town provokes angry response from residents

By Olivia Kelly

Opinion

Donald Trump’s claim that he won’t take Greenland by force is not reassuring

By Daniel Geary

Liverpool only Premier League club named in latest Deloitte Football Money League top five

By Sean Ingle

Education

Department rejects ICCL claim schools are obliged to use trans students’ preferred pronouns

By Pat Leahy

Report on whistleblower complaint into fisheries agency sent to Garda

By Martin Wall

Early Edition Podcast

Podcast: Trump claims ‘really good deal’ on Greenland. Skerries residents up in arms

Listen | 07:59

Ireland could see ‘electricity shortage event’ in next two to five years

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Opinion

Sinn Féin’s refusal to levy a charge on water is pathetic

By Newton Emerson

Gardaí want to be told inquiry findings over woman’s death after surgery, committee hears

By Stephen Farrell

Six NationsOpens in new window

Minister blocked in bid to end scrutiny of law giving him power to approve gas reserve

By Caroline O'Doherty

The winners and losers after Andy Farrell selects Ireland Six Nations squad

By John O'Sullivan

Business Today Newsletter

Say what you like about Helen McEntee, but she’s no Trump – she hasn’t lost the plot

By Miriam Lord

Your Wellness

Is it any wonder Gen Z has embraced dark, gallows humour?

By Geraldine Walsh

In the News Podcast

Is the alliance between Europe and America over?

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 23:06

Trump keeps Davos in thrall while Ryanair’s O’Leary continues his banter with Elon Musk

By Dominic Coyle

Trump’s Greenland climbdown brings relief but way forward unclear

Global Briefing

Will Vietnam’s leader To Lam consolidate state and party power?

By Denis Staunton

Opposition parties refuse to sign off housing committee report examining Government’s plans

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Inside Politics Newsletter

Primark’s Christmas quarter sales fell 2.7%

Asia-Pacific

New Zealand: Children among those missing after landslide hits campsite during storms

By Eva Corlett in Wellington

Peace in our time? With Trump you never know

By Harry McGee

Ghislaine Maxwell to appear before US Congress in Epstein investigation

Avant loans reach €5bn as Spanish parent rules out PTSB bid

By Joe Brennan

Plan to slash legal costs in environmental cases is against EU law, say lawyers

By Mary Carolan

Weather

Temperatures to dip as low as -2 tonight as unsettled weather continues

By Jack White

Two men arrested after over €300,000 worth of drugs seized in Dublin

By Jack White

Former police officer who did not confront Texas school gunman found not guilty

Garda offices turned modern three-bed home in Dalkey

By Frances O'Rourke

Sports Briefing

Andy Farrell reveals his hand for Six Nations

By Mary Hannigan

Work

Do you have what it takes to be a leader?

By Margaret E Ward

Music

CMAT receives Brit Awards nomination for best international artist

By Jenny Garnsworthy and Carla Feric

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas to premiere new film at Dublin International Film Festival

By Niamh Browne

Middle East

Trump sees Board of Peace as going beyond Gaza to address global challenges

Mother of Bryonny Sainsbury told she was ‘not bad enough’ for hospital transfer

By Jack White

Smart Money

Gold prices have rocketed, and when that happens it is time to worry

By Cliff Taylor

Greenland dispute shows why Europe must be more self-reliant, Taoiseach says

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

No extra speed cameras to monitor 390 newly created enforcement zones

By Tim O'Brien

Noah Donohoe inquest to begin after jury selected

By Seanín Graham

Wholesale electricity prices down almost 21% as electricity bills remain high

By Hugh Dooley

Rugby

Leinster’s European showdown with Edinburgh to take place on Easter Sunday

By Gerry Thornley

Irish businesses must build consumer confidence over data, new survey shows

By Ciara O'Brien

Cycling

Former Tour de France sprint king Sam Bennett reveals he has had a heart procedure

By Shane Stokes

P&G growth stalls with US government shutdown hurting sales

Travel

Tourists react to Dublin as a top solo travel destination: ‘It felt instantly welcoming’

By Niamh Browne

Rugby

Seán Edogbo to make Munster debut in Friday’s clash with the Dragons

By Gerry Thornley

The Counter Ruck Podcast

Is Ireland’s Six Nations squad ‘safe’?

Listen | 29:48

St James’s Hospital apologises over unauthorised €4.7m payment for services

By Martin Wall

Five boys arrested over alleged sexual assault of girl in Dublin city centre

By Conor Gallagher

Garda charged with rape and child cruelty, court hears

By Chris McNulty

Trump has pronounced last rites on US leadership of the liberal democratic order

By Peter S. Goodman

Players ‘unlikely to be distracted’ in row over Allianz sponsorship of National Leagues

By Ian O'Riordan

No scenario in which Ireland joins Trump’s Board of Peace, says Harris

By Marie O’Halloran

Breast cancer advocate Ziva Cussen (24) remembered at funeral three years after diagnosis

By Jade Wilson

People

Brooklyn’s Instagram post has torpedoed Brand Beckham’s meticulously curated image

By Rosita Boland

Two men charged after gardaí surveilled alleged drugs meeting

By Conor Lally

Competitions

Win a two-night stay at the iconic Grand Hotel Malahide

Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ claims global reach – but power rests with one man

By Mehul Srivastava and Max de Haldevang in London and and James Politi in Davos

Opinion

Irish ignorance about the Holocaust isn’t new but social media has supercharged it

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Social Affairs

Tusla saw 10% increase in referrals last year, committee hears

By Katie Mellett

State-trained dentists ‘should be treating children, not doing Botox injections’

By Marie O’Halloran

Competitions

Win a luxury break at Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny

Grandmother knifed in face and beaten with sticks by group of women, court told

By David Raleigh

Golf

Rory McIlroy well off pace as Francesco Molinari leads the way at Dubai Desert Classic

By Philip Reid

Trump’s Greenland deal could be modelled on Cyprus

By Michael Jansen

New code of practice on part-time work signed into law

By Colin Gleeson

Live: Oscars 2026

Jessie Buckley nominated for Oscar, Hamnet co-star Paul Mescal misses out

By Laura Slattery

Education

School meals should be cooked fresh in community kitchens, says chef Darina Allen

By Jade Wilson

Asia-Pacific

Can Japan’s Sanae Takaichi win over voters with Abenomics, tax cuts and military spending?

By David McNeill

Oscars 2026: Jessie Buckley is in strong position to win Ireland’s first best actress award

By Donald Clarke

Middle East

Israeli Arabs go on general strike after surge in killings

By Mark Weiss

Man (32) found guilty of ex-girlfriend’s murder in Cork on New Year’s Day 2023

By Barry Roche

Tennis

Naomi Osaka battles past Sorana Cirstea but emotions boil over in ‘fair play’ row

By Tumaini Carayol in Melbourne

Europe on ‘Greenland mode’ as it looks to Trump for leadership, says Zelenskiy

By Andrew Roth

Judge finds Dublin Bus, not cyclist, responsible for collision with alighting passenger

By Ray Managh

Elon Musk’s SpaceX lines up four banks for blockbuster IPO

By Ivan Levingston, Arash Massoudi, Stephen Morris and George Steer

Pádraic Maher says Tipperary hurlers must ‘find something extra’ to end 61-year wait

By Ian O'Riordan

Noah Donohoe inquest: ‘His moods have been so out of character,’ mother told police on phone

By Seanín Graham

Sabrina Carpenter and Billie Eilish contribute to 3Arena ticket sales of €60m

By Gordon Deegan

Racing

Gavin Cromwell back to winning form as Now Is The Hour lands thrilling Thyestes

By Brian O'Connor

Golf

Hatton dismisses LIV tension with McIlroy as talk in Dubai focuses on waistlines not fines

By Ewan Murray in Dubai

Tesla to sell Optimus robots to public next year, Elon Musk says

Markets rise as geopolitical tensions ease

By Colin Gleeson

Trust is broken. Europe-US relations have never been lower

By Jack Power

Dublin

Pro-Palestine protesters gather at GAA headquarters to oppose Allianz sponsorship

At least €3.7m in unaccounted client funds discovered in Athlone investment firm, court hears

‘My country pulled world into a black abyss’: Chancellor urges leaders to learn from Germany

By Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and and Graeme Wearden in Davos

League of Ireland clubs losing total of €1m revenue because of dodgy boxes

By Gavin Cummiskey

‘This case has a vicious undertone,’ says barrister for garda in penalty points trial

By David Raleigh

Cork property was bought using proceeds of ‘sinister’ romance fraud, court rules

By Fiachra Gallagher

An Irish Diary

Who fears to speak of ’76? Frank McNally on US Independence, the Catalpa rescue, and the Battle of Little Bighorn

By Frank McNally

RTÉ outlines importance of State funding as TV licence sales down for sixth year in a row

By Katie Mellett

Middle East

US abandons Kurdish allies as Syria’s new government seizes control

By Ben Hubbard and Carlotta Gall

Donald Trump sues JPMorgan and CEO for $5bn over claims it unfairly closed his accounts

By Joshua Franklin, Akila Quinio and Stefania Palma

Oscar-nominee Dubliner got idea for film after ‘quiet panic attack’ on plane

By Katie Mellett

Change to rape trial counselling-notes law patronising, claim campaigners

Minister and Bord Bia stand by chairman amid controversy over his company importing Brazilian beef

By Cormac McQuinn

Gardaí set to give information to delayed inquest in North about man killed by Real IRA

By Fiachra Gallagher

Editorials

House price growth is slowing - just not fast enough

Dubliner charged in Germany over alleged break-in of Israeli arms facility

By Derek Scally

Firm has brought action ‘against its master’, Michael Flatley, star’s lawyers claim

By Alan Erwin

Editorials

The State is failing to protect many of the most vulnerable children

Could European countries boycott the World Cup over Donald Trump?

By Nick Ames

Man who tipped dustpan of dirt over partner’s head before she went wedding dress shopping jailed for nine months

By Barry Roche

Sport

Irish NFL star Charlie Smyth: ‘The reality is there is no guaranteed money in it’

By David Gorman

Fundraiser for five-year-old Minnesota boy taken by Ice raises more than $125,000

By Richard Luscombe

Unconstitutional to have complete ban on use of counselling notes in criminal trials, Minister tells Dáil

By Marie O’Halloran

Celtic draw with Bologna in Europa League as Ferguson starts in Roma victory

Boston bouncer found guilty of manslaughter of Dublin carpenter on St Patrick’s Day 2023

By Susan Zalkind in Boston

Lack of resources cannot excuse duty to prepare local plans, Supreme Court rules