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Crosswords & Puzzles

7 months ago

Help Centre - Opens in new window

1 year ago

Trump claims Putin agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine energy grid amid extreme cold

3 hours ago

Storm Chandra floods made three times more likely by climate change

4 hours ago

Man charged with murder of Anthony Fowler in Finglas in 2024

7 hours ago

First Dates Ireland: Toe-curling banter that's both unwatchable and heartwarming

2 hours ago

From Kilternan ski slope to Milano Cortina, Cormac Comerford completes his long journey to the Winter Olympics

6 hours ago

Patrick Freyne: The Beauty asks big questions. What if sexy people got so hot they exploded?

19 hours ago

Poolbeg Lighthouse – Frank McNally on the death of a much-loved Dublin barman

5 hours ago

Nigella Lawson descends from the heavens to redeem The Great British Bake Off with her sacred double entendres

12 hours ago

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy: Darkly comic tale of a high-schooler's illicit affair

10 hours ago

'Emergency measures' allow higher pay for psychiatrist reports in bid to stop trial delays

5 hours ago

Actor Jamie-Lee O'Donnell had 'no nervousness' featuring in Kneecap music video

8 hours ago

Trump's border tsar says crackdown in Minneapolis may ease with 'cooperation' from state officials

9 hours ago

With the price of an ounce now more than $5,000, why is everyone going for gold?

1 day ago

Woman saw Noah Donohoe cycling naked before he disappeared, inquest told

6 hours ago

Child bitten by dog on face awarded €82,500

10 hours ago

'You can buy Viagra over the counter': Bill to abolish three-day abortion wait introduced

7 hours ago

'You stabbed me in the artery, you f**king eejit', victim told murder accused before death

5 hours ago

Bundee Aki will be considered for Ireland after suspension

9 hours ago

Teen fails in High Court action to stop trial on charge of raping 15-year-old

5 hours ago

Finn McRedmond: Mark Carney won't change Trump's mind about anything. But Philip Glass might

11 hours ago

Ireland's reluctance to speak out against Trump's Board of Peace is shameful

18 hours ago

EU 'used Ireland as a battering ram' against Britain. It's time to undo the damage

18 hours ago

Do we have to watch this chainsaw-massacre political horror movie to its end?

1 day ago

Investors are stockpiling gold. I'm stocking up on Aldi torches

1 day ago

Storm Chandra commuter chaos is made far worse by a dysfunctional transport system

2 days ago

An Irish Diary

1 year ago

Letter of the Day - Opens in new window

1 year ago

A tax deal for private landlords

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Signs of a more robust approach to housing are welcome

4 hours ago

Xi's purge will have an impact on China's military

4 hours ago

O'Neill delight as Celtic ease to Europa League playoff with win over Utrecht

2 hours ago

Owen Doyle: The IRFU must show Bundee Aki and us all that referee abuse is intolerable

10 hours ago

Kildare's injury list gets even longer as Ryan Sinkey looks in doubt for Saturday

4 hours ago

LIV and let die: Reed's return to PGA fold shows why Saudi golf experiment is doomed

8 hours ago

Clayton McMillan names 'prodigious talent' Tom Wood on the bench for Munster URC trip to Glasgow

10 hours ago

Number of homes built rises by 20% in 2025, ahead of expectations of Central Bank and ESRI

10 hours ago

Economy grows by almost 13% in GDP terms last year

12 hours ago

Siptu seeks engagement with Glen Dimplex as 51 jobs to go in Newry

6 hours ago

Less GDP for more homes: a trade the Government would happily make

7 hours ago

Campaign calls for refusal of permission for redevelopment of Stephen's Green centre

8 hours ago

Examiner confirmed for Michael Carey's East Coast Bakehouse

11 hours ago

What is the benefit for AI in learning humour?

18 hours ago

Heated Rivalry brings back my childhood dreams of being an Olympic figure skater

18 hours ago

Leading Irish chefs to celebrate Dublin Michelin ceremony with pop-up series

1 day ago

'My son spends hours gaming and on YouTube. He has become slightly overweight and I am worried'

1 day ago

The St Brigid's Bank Holiday still feels at least seven years away

1 day ago

Amhráin do mo Mháthair review: Reminder of how music can express emotions words cannot

1 day ago

EU blacklists Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation

8 hours ago

Iran seeks to avert US military attack with mediation talks

8 hours ago

Keir Starmer meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as UK-China ties warm

6 hours ago

'Human safari': In Kherson, Ukraine, to step outside is to risk death by drone

7 hours ago

Judge lifts order against Michael Flatley in Lord of the Dance court dispute

5 hours ago

Cruel stepfather who treated children 'like slaves' is jailed

6 hours ago

Man who raped one woman and sexually assaulted another on the same night jailed

6 hours ago

West Dublin, 'buzzing with drones', is a test case for the rest of the State, says TD

4 hours ago

Change to draft laws could speed up 'life-saving' works in defective apartments

12 hours ago

McEntee 'doesn't see' Ireland joining Donald Trump's Board of Peace

16 hours ago

Grace Lynch's death exposes shortfalls in implementing laws

16 hours ago

Fáilte Ireland spent €60,000 on alcohol for visitors at two tourism marketing events

18 hours ago

Fading trust hitting Stormont's ability to deliver, report says

1 day ago

Imminent work to rule by HSE physiologists called off to allow for more talks

5 hours ago

Food safety and head lice among concerns raised at centre for disabled children

10 hours ago

'Worrying' rise in repeated self-harming among teenagers, study finds

13 hours ago

Rotunda sexual assault treatment unit records one of busiest years ever

12 hours ago

Equity release borrowing by older homeowners jumps 30% to €75m

10 hours ago

Five homes on view this week in Dublin and Wicklow from €420,000

19 hours ago

Less than 40% of approved housing estates are being built in Ireland, according to new data

17 hours ago

Ireland's mothers are the oldest in the EU. Why?

11 hours ago

New semidetached homes for sale in Co Meath

15 hours ago

'We're in a horror film': Landslide leaves Sicily town teetering on a cliff edge

11 hours ago

Are the new grants of up to €5,600 for windows and doors available for all Irish homeowners?

10 hours ago

Time to shorten January

1 day ago

Health insurer VHI announces fresh price hike averaging 3%

1 day ago

Restaurant review: This new opening has stopped trying to impress and started concentrating

16 hours ago

Mark Moriarty's recipes for comforting soups and best broths

2 days ago

Met Éireann director meets Minister for Housing after he criticises weather forecaster

6 hours ago

Live: Water supplies return in north Dublin; those affected by storm urged to take photos of damage

6 hours ago

Gardaí have seized 300 scramblers over last two years, says Minister

7 hours ago

An hour and a half of sunshine in a week? No wonder Irish weather chat has intensified

13 hours ago

Work brings me all over the world, but it's chats over tea in Mayo that cleanse my soul

18 hours ago

Pedestrians are too often an afterthought in cities, as Canberra's desire paths show

1 day ago

Our economic system relies on growth – an obsessive compulsion of neoliberal capitalism

18 hours ago

When it comes to discarding used batteries, there's a right way and a dangerous way

3 days ago

Just 10 extra minutes in Leaving Cert not enough for dyslexic students, say advocates

11 hours ago

Secondary students to learn more about 'brutal reality' of Holocaust

2 days ago

Dyslexia in the classroom: 'It was like asking a fish to climb a tree'

2 days ago

Early Edition: Counties affected by flooding braced for more rain

18 hours ago

Will the Government's rent control legislation help or harm tenants?

1 day ago

More mortgages secured last year than in any year since 2008, and today's other top stories

1 day ago

China purges its highest ranked military general. Why?

1 day ago

'It's up to our ankles': Wexford residents flooded during Storm Chandra

1 day ago

Merrion Gates red-light camera to go live on Friday

1 day ago

Plan to save Digital Hub by bringing it under control of council published

1 day ago

Girl (16) killed in Dublin scrambler incident named as Grace Lynch

3 days ago

Rise in reports of sexually harmful behaviour among children

1 day ago

Abuse survivor David Ryan to put 'tough questions' to Pope Leo XIV during private audience

14 hours ago

Tusla whistleblower claims put forward to Public Accounts Committee for examination

16 hours ago

Microsoft, Meta spending surges on AI

17 hours ago

Smart home becomes a harder sell when device makers arbitrarily pull the plug

18 hours ago

Switchbot 20 review: robot cleaner upgrade delivers stronger suction and AI smarts

18 hours ago

An e-scooter and bike suggestion

1 day ago

How to end congestion on Irish roads

1 day ago

Remote working helps Irish workers survive

1 day ago

'All forms of heritage connect children to their past and help them make sense of the present'

15 days ago

Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National Archives

19 days ago

Holocaust survivor, jeweller and table tennis maestro: Ireland's oldest man dies aged 107

25 days ago

John Quinn obituary: One of Ireland's most perceptive and sensitive radio broadcasters

5 days ago

Nael Bunni obituary: Engineer who became a leading expert in resolving construction industry disputes

5 days ago

Monika Sears: war survivor who made a huge contribution to Holocaust education in Ireland

11 days ago

"Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine. Ní fhéadfá a bheith i mbanna ceoil le 25 bliain anuas gan an tuiscint sin a bheith agat go bhfuilimid ar fad ag brath ar a chéile."

2 days ago

Tírdhreach binn an domhain dhorcha

2 days ago

Tarraingt an spóirt san Astráil

2 days ago

Mercedes, BMW and Skoda tee up crucial new 2026 models

1 day ago

Kia EV5 review: Safe, sensible – and struggling to stand out

2 days ago

Do Irish VRT rules on cars bought abroad breach EU tax law?

3 days ago