Thursday 22 October 2026Evening (Europe/Dublin)
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Oil prices have jumped to a five-month high as attacks threaten global supply; Iran's IRGC says it hit four vessels in the northern Gulf and three more struck mines near the Strait of Hormuz.
Revealed: a billionaire Reform UK donor was in business with a foundation linked to the Iranian regime; Sasan Ghandehari's partnership with the religious foundation raises questions about dealings with a republic criticised by Nigel Farage.
Macron has banned 'illegitimate' protests in France as he tries to get a grip on the unrest; he will decide on concrete next steps for demonstrations called for Saturday and after, as part of a tough security response to recent rioting.
Angry lawyers and bewildered defendants: the fallout from fast-tracking French rioting cases; politicians have called for ruthless sentencing, but lawyers blame politicians for the poverty and anger behind their clients' looting.
'America, this is a warning': pro-Trump Maga media are in a froth over the Europe protests; Fox News and others have toed the president's line, seemingly hoping unrest abroad will make people vote Republican.
Russia has bombarded Kyiv with missiles hours after agreeing to resume talks with Ukraine; experts say Russia is trying to destroy energy infrastructure before winter and that US 'appeasement and flattery' will not achieve peace.
Downing Street has rejected Witkoff's description of Putin as a 'humanitarian'; No 10 says the Russian president 'has killed thousands of people, both innocent Ukrainians and his own people'.
The UK must prepare for infrastructure attacks by hostile states, Streeting says; the warning came as he opened a tank gun barrel factory in the West Midlands.
Pete Hegseth has reportedly authorised DHS to test a 'heat ray' at the US-Mexico border; the Pentagon's Active Denial System shoots an energy beam causing a 'sensation of intense heat on the surface of the skin'.
A US judge has ordered Trump to sit for a deposition in his USD 10bn lawsuit against the BBC, threatening to dismiss the case unless he cooperates with the discovery process.
Pete Hegseth's staff broke a priceless historic globe he requested for his office; aides who tried to move the Eisenhower globe themselves dropped it during relocation, army officials say.
US politics live: Ohio's Republican governor Mike DeWine has called on Vivek Ramaswamy to take down a 'deeply troubling' campaign ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent.
Websites across the world have been hit by millions of attempts to exploit the PHP code flaw; the problem in the language underpinning 70% of websites has led governments and companies to pull sites offline while they patch it.
Explainer: what is PHP and how serious is the computer language flaw causing website shutdowns? An estimated 70% of websites use the open-source language.
A Republican leader embarrassed by the Ali G film says he plans to sue Sacha Baron Cohen, calling him 'a liar and a pervert'; Michael Aboud believed he was taking part in a documentary.
Russell Brand raped a woman even though she screamed in pain, a court has heard; the alleged victim told her parents and others but feared police would not believe her.
'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular has pleaded not guilty to raping a teenager; the social media personality denies giving a girl alcohol until she was drunk and sexually assaulting her.
Astronomers have challenged the dating of Van Gogh's Starry Night; a study suggests the much-loved work was based on a real dawn sky in July 1889 rather than just the artist's imagination.
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BMWs, Louis Vuitton bags and Rolex watches have been seized amid charity money-laundering allegations; the Dublin-based charity at the centre of the investigation has national reach, dozens of staff and associations with national figures.
Storm Austen live: Met Eireann forecasts intense rain overnight with warnings for 18 counties and a nationwide yellow warning until 10am.
Aughinish Alumina exports are not included in the draft EU Russia sanctions package; measures cutting the Limerick refinery's exports to Russia are absent from the next round of sanctions targeting Moscow.
Investigation: how raw materials from Aughinish Alumina in Limerick enter Russia's weapons supply chain - alumina made in Aughinish is exported to smelters that sell aluminium to a trader supplying Russian arms manufacturers.
A man (20s) has become the sixth arrest in the fatal Waterford arson attack investigation; a man and woman were previously charged with criminal damage over the fire that killed Philip and Kim English and their sons Callum and Jayden.
Andy Burnham is removing a Victorian-era law that singled out Catholics and Jews - the House of Commons fast-tracked a Bill related to the prime minister's religion.
An advert showing grandparents hugging has been taken down amid criticism; the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre removed the video online, saying it does not want 'negativity' to impinge on its work.
A town called Schengen: after decades of seamless travel, European border checks are back - the creeping reintroduction of checkpoints is a nuisance for the town where Luxembourg, France and Germany meet.
The court has granted Rathwood an injunction over stock held in a warehouse; Carlow Warehousing was ordered to preserve the Rathwood goods it holds pending further order.
Joanne McNally is every Irish woman's best friend, and the begrudgers won't make a dent in her - a brilliant comic who deserves every opportunity coming her way.
Prosecutors are seeking an 11-year sentence for John Gilligan if he is convicted of the Spanish charges; footage shows armed officers using battering rams to smash into his Costa Blanca property.
There were heated exchanges at the Yves Sakila inquest after a solicitor questioned the Garda investigation; the Congolese man died from cardiorespiratory arrest after a period of restraint, with a number of contributory factors.
The Government has rowed back on its promise to hold a tribunal into the scoliosis and spinal surgery scandal; issues include unauthorised springs implanted in children, waiting list irregularities and unnecessary hip surgeries.
A leading US medtech has been charged over alleged safety breaches after a worker's death at its Cork plant; John Murphy (41) died from injuries sustained while carrying out work at the Carrigtwohill plant.
International investors give Ireland the thumbs up, ignoring corporate tax warnings - 'Markets are pricing today's tax windfall, not tomorrow's risks', the fiscal council warns.
Halloween festivals, spooky parades and ghoulish galas to consider this midterm - a round-up of the best activities, concerts and family-friendly events around Ireland over the October break.
Night divers in Cork have made a rare sighting of a long-snouted seahorse; it is believed to be the first time a wild seahorse has been filmed in Irish waters.
Donald Clarke: Booyakasha! Welcome back, Ali G. Sort of. And maybe just this one last time - Sacha Baron Cohen has returned to the character who made his name, and people are already annoyed.
Manic Street Preachers in Dublin review: masters of euphoric melancholy play an emotionally charged show - nearly 30 years after they first played the Olympia, they remain defiant and life-affirming.
In the News podcast: will Jim O'Callaghan back down in the legal aid dispute with solicitors? With Bernice Harrison.
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A former president of Athletics Northern Ireland has been charged with child sex abuse; Gerry Carson pleaded guilty to stalking but denies the sexual offences.
Loyalist 'Mo' Courtney is appealing his legal case against the Pat Finucane murder public inquiry; he was previously arrested and questioned in connection with the murder but released without charge.
Solicitor Kevin Winters has branded the 'IRA lawyers' comments 'odious, irresponsible and dangerous'; David Davis made the remarks during a legacy debate on Tuesday.
A Belfast carer felt 'completely helpless' to protect the elderly during the pandemic; care worker Julie-Anne Hosick and the son of a Ballymena care home resident shared their frustration over failings in the latest UK Covid Inquiry report.
'There's not a shop in Ireland that has this variety and quantity of Lego': the private collection of Ian Armstrong (26), thought to be the largest in Ireland, goes on sale at Hillsborough Village Centre on October 24.
Two complaints were made against paedophile priest Edward Gallagher by a teenage boy in Maynooth three decades ago; Gallagher admitted more than 100 child sex offences earlier this month after a 'paedophile hunter' sting.
Another SF and DUP row has erupted before talks on setting a budget; Sinn Fein has rejected a DUP claim that it turned down an offer of a joint First Minister and deputy First Minister meeting with the UK Government.
Two men are in hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing; the attack took place at a former health centre in the town.
The PSNI is investigating a potential link between two arson incidents in north Belfast; accelerant is believed to have been poured on a car in Cuper Way.
PSNI figures show 20% of new trainees are from a Catholic background; Policing Board member Colin McGrath says a service serving an almost 50:50 population but attracting only 20% from one background 'is in bother'.
Q Radio has returned as Official Broadcast Partner for Derry Halloween 2026.
Residents are mobilising as plans are filed for a student 'super complex' on the site of a hotel and bar in south Belfast; the 556-unit scheme on the former Wellington Park Hotel site has drawn objections from NI Water and locals.
Trading Up: how economics is driving global politics.
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A Co Antrim scaffolding firm has been fined GBP 20,000 for a health and safety breach after the death of a worker; Ballymena man Samuel 'Junior' Magill died after being hit on the head by a steel board during renovations.
Events at Drumcree have seriously undermined unionist confidence in policing, a loyalist focus group says in a letter to the PSNI chief constable setting out its concerns.
Carla Lockhart has refused to rule out leaving the DUP and stayed silent on confidence in Gavin Robinson; the DUP MP would not be drawn on her leader as she did not rule out leaving the party over the Drumcree dispute.
A Sinn Fein TD is chairman of the charity being investigated by gardai.
'We're hoping to be a wee bit different': a lottery winner has submitted plans for a new Belfast Christmas market this year, a planning application to turn part of the city centre into a 'Christmas village'.
Opinion: if you were wondering what Sinn Fein's so-called 'shrine to terrorism' would have looked like - as Drumcree 5: The Sequel No One Wanted became a box office hit anyway, DUP politicians pointed out Sinn Fein's ongoing failings over the A5 and Casement Park.
How the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy in 1986 challenged the belief that children were safe: 40 years after Philip Cairns went missing, we still cling to the memory of the boy who never came home.
A UUP councillor and special adviser to the Health Minister has been suspended from his council role; the sanction relates to a failure to declare interests.
Bun appetit: four burgers that prove it is the greatest combination of meat and starch on earth - good beef, a decent toasted bun, perhaps a little cheese, and a sauce.
A Co Antrim man denies defrauding the events company that employed him out of more than GBP 575,000.
There will be no permanent cut to emergency surgery at the South West Acute Hospital without a new public consultation, the High Court has been told.
Jeffrey Donaldson rape allegations inside Westminster have been branded 'highly concerning' after an urgent question; the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons described the allegations that Donaldson raped a woman inside the Houses of Parliament as 'highly concerning'.
Analysis: Stormont descends into chaos as Michelle O'Neill walks out and Emma Little-Pengelly is left unable to continue - shouting MLAs and a First Minister who left early expose divisions now impossible to conceal.
A Sinn Fein MP is eyeing a shock Stormont switch in a high-stakes bid to make history in Strangford; Chris Hazzard's decision to enter the race is a blow to the SDLP's chances of a breakthrough.
'The crowd was solemn and still': the day two men were executed in a grim public spectacle in the centre of Belfast - crowds gathered on an early September morning in 1816.
A letter from convicted paedophile Donaldson tells of the comfort he finds in the Bible, written days before he was handed a 15-year sentence.
A Lisburn actor has landed the lead role in a Channel 4 psychological thriller; Christina Bennington is set to star, with a new trailer released ahead of next month's launch.
A popular south Belfast coffee shop credited with offering the city's best brunch has shut after seven years due to 'financial pressures'.
Shipping containers blocking a Derry street over safety fears at a historic building have finally been removed after years, though the city centre road remains closed to vehicles.
Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald have left a police station following the Garvaghy Road protest.
An unexplained aspect of police intelligence over dissidents at Drumcree may help bring understanding to the public; more on the policing of Drumcree is expected on day two of the Orange Order case.
A judge will rule next week on the Orange Order challenge over the banned Drumcree march; the High Court heard Garvaghy Road residents involved in peaceful protests should not be associated with any potential dissident gun attack on police.
Home heating oil prices in NI have risen for a second consecutive week, with a 300-litre purchase now costing more than GBP 357.
Susanna Reid and Beth Rigby were among those remembering Dermot Murnaghan at a memorial service at St Bride's Church in the City of London on Thursday.
An MP has urged Government intervention over BBC NI Irish language cuts, calling the proposed cuts to Irish language services 'deeply disheartening'.
Saoirse-Monica Jackson on married life, her 'exciting' career and getting recognised in America - the Derry Girls star on staying grounded and what makes Irish fashion so unique.
The DUP has voiced hope of the funding gap 'potentially closing' to allow a budget agreement.
A serial NI stalker who told victims 'he had a fetish for bondage' and kept a secret diary has been jailed; he admitted sending 132 pages of graphic and sexualised messages to two women and tracking their movements for nine years.
A woman has been charged with stealing over GBP 40,000 from the shop where she worked and will face trial; Jacqueline Mattox (39) is from Holywood.