Thursday 5 November 2026
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Live Europe blog: an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome is diverted to a military base in Evreux after a bomb threat, the French PM's office says.
At least 15 planes are forced into emergency landings or diversions two days after hoax alerts affected air travel, renewing hybrid warfare fears.
Exclusive: Joshua Wong's prison letters reveal a fascination with AI, brushes with Triads and a taste for books, as he laments Hong Kong's fate.
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, 30, is sentenced to 10 years in a national security case; he is the only activist there prosecuted twice under the law.
Hubert Aiwanger, the 55-year-old Bavarian state deputy leader, is found dead in a Berlin hotel; police and prosecutors open an investigation.
Polls show neither major party will have enough seats in New Zealand, so a centrist minor party could decide who governs.
Video explainer on New Zealand's tight election, with two party leaders named Chris and a surprise kingmaker.
Hospital, air traffic and rail staff are expected to join nationwide strikes and marches in France over education and living costs.
A four-year study warns that warming UK seas could destabilise marine food webs and jeopardise food security by 2050.
Zelenskyy awards Melania Trump a national honour for her humanitarian support; day 1,716 of the war.
Exclusive: experts say Albrecht Altdorfer's 1520 landscape, hidden for 70 years, could fetch GBP5m at auction and is one of the most exciting discoveries imaginable.
An Australian tribunal hears Italian chef Davide Tamburella was sacked for refusing to put pineapple on pizza.
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Democrats promise dramatic change after historic midterm victories and a 'blue wave'.
A look at the Republicans and Democrats positioning themselves for a run at the Oval Office in 2028.
Keith Duggan: JD Vance blames the Iran war in what looks like distancing from Trump, as the lights go out on his volatile presidency.
A bomb threat diverts an Aer Lingus plane from Dublin to Rome; the Airbus A320 landed at an airbase in Normandy, the French PM says.
Confidential assessments warn the State's ability to defend itself is compromised by the lack of a national security strategy.
The Department of Justice issues a EUR14m tender as the number of deportation flights is set to rise.
Gerard Howlin argues Fine Gael has forgotten its purpose and communicates much while saying little.
A Fine Gael motion to affirm the party as centre right in the 'European Christian Democratic tradition' is rejected for the ardfheis.
Fears linger at a Galway mosque after three men were jailed last week over a foiled 2025 plot.
Restaurant review: Fuoco in Ranelagh, Jules Mak's latest Dublin 6 outpost, is fun even if the food does not quite match.
Stillgarden Distillery, founded in 2020 in Inchicore, enters liquidation after failing to secure investment.
Event guide for 7-13 November: Cork International Film Festival, Niall Horan and other picks in music, art and theatre.
Elton John teams up with CMAT on a reimagined Step Into Christmas, this year's Amazon Music Original Christmas song.
Review: Dexys in Dublin, a theatrical show that amplifies the truth of Kevin Rowland's singular sound.
In the News podcast on the Irish jihadist jailed for an attack on gardai in Dublin.
Court hears allegations that a man slashed a former friend in the face and later punched him while out with children in Kilrush.
A judge suggests Pope Leo might tell the Christian Brothers to change stance in sex abuse cases, as more former brothers are to be named defendants.
Garth Brooks announces 10 Irish concerts next summer, in Cork, Belfast, Kilkenny, Limerick and Galway, but none in Dublin.
A Department of Education report finds 'strong potential' for integrating school and public transport.
Fórsa's Kevin Callinan warns the public sector strike could be followed by rolling disruption across education, health and local government.
A writer born in Ireland and raised in England reflects on not quite belonging, including supporting England in sport.
Public health was put at risk by 600 wastewater plant incidents last year, including nine million litres of raw sewage in Co Donegal.
TV review: Miriam O'Callaghan is compelling presenting Ireland's Population Crash on RTE One.
Tastes and times have changed since the humble brown onion was the only option in Irish shops; where do they come from?
Kellogg's reformulates Rice Krispies with rice flour, blaming climate change and a lack of rice.
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A survey finds trust in Northern Ireland's politicians is near the lowest in Europe, at half the level of trust in the PSNI.
The family of Christopher Quinn, shot dead in November 1971, want an apology from the British soldier who shot him.
Newton Emerson asks whether Sinn Fein should turn the tables on the DUP with an early election that could hit a divided party.
A GBP60m plan for 260 homes at the former Bessbrook Mill army base in south Armagh is approved despite local opposition.
Garth Brooks will play Belfast's Boucher Road as part of his 2027 Irish tour, with dates also in Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Cork.
Irish Arts Center in New York's Hell's Kitchen is to begin work on the second half of its $100 million project.
Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan, a drafter of the Good Friday Agreement, says twenty-year-old rule changes are fuelling Stormont instability.
A disability charity told to cease and desist short break services after 20 years is given a reprieve as regulators perform a review; an MLA called the order diabolical.
Experts warn replacing dairy with plant-based alternatives may lead to iodine deficiency, which affects thyroid hormones.
Birth rates are at an all-time low but rising caesarean demand is driving change; an Oxford expert says safe transport must be central to maternity services.
David McCann argues unionist unity alone will not fix electoral problems, as divided unionism and bad strategy have cost seats.
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Lifting of reporting restrictions gives insight into jurors' deliberations, from eels to bobsleds, in a chaotic jury room.
Carla Lockhart proposes a bill that could block Michelle O'Neill from returning as First Minister by removing convicted ministers or those who breach their pledge.
Royal Mail launches an investigation after hundreds of undelivered letters are reportedly found dumped on a Northern Ireland country road.
Restaurant review: a new beer-focused eatery so good the reviewer was back within 24 hours.
Borrowers on tracker mortgage deals face a typical GBP30 rise in payments.
NI Water accounts show the July dismissal of a director followed a conflict-of-interest probe, and GBP1.4m in NDAs over 10 years.
A DUP politician is alleged to be the 'prominent sponsor' of a football club that Education Minister Paul Givan is trying to award funding.
A Belfast man jailed for a fatal hit-and-run is further jailed after abusive shouting at a pedestrian's family.
An east Belfast newsagent that raised over GBP1.2m for National Lottery good causes praises the community for its support.
PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher says on a podcast he has never seen such levels of abuse and assaults against officers, and that Blue Lights and Peelers shows a different side of policing.
Residents in Co Down plan to apply to Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon council to establish a right of way onto land, a fight described as unique in Ireland.
Carla Lockhart's op-ed explains her proposed Accountability and Sanctions legislation to force criminally convicted ministers out of office.
Mark 'Billy' Billingham recounts the farm raid that captured a prolific South Armagh IRA sniper.
Amnesty voices concern as the PSNI confirms a link between a large weapons haul on the Shankill Road and far-right extremism.
Carla Lockhart's resignation is not just about Drumcree but about years of DUP hierarchy taking its greatest vote-winner for granted, leaving three quarters of its MPs men in their 70s.
A writer says she suffers sectarian abuse from her own Catholic community, calling republican trolling a threat to free speech and a pressure to conform.
In the Meaning of Life series, chef Stephen Beaddie shares what life has taught him about success.
Sinn Fein's Sinead Ennis says she received threats as a chaotic Executive Office committee meeting over Drumcree caused 'huge reputational damage'.
Graeme McDowell says he is out there for the money and still believes he can play the Ryder Cup, as the LIV move is questioned.
A notorious thug jailed over a Belfast city centre attack is cleared of sexually assaulting a woman at a crack cocaine house party.
"The reason they fell in love is why everything fell apart": Belfast's Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner on love, lies and the billion-dollar crypto collapse at the heart of The Altruists.
Meet the Tyrone father-of-three opening up on divorce, loneliness and mental health through an online community: "I got some slagging but the same people then told me I had helped them."
A chief executive recalls leaving a corporate career to start a GBP1.6m Belfast company, admitting he "felt sick" before handing in his notice.
Star of the Sea, once called the best football team in Ireland, was torn apart by the Troubles, counting a future IRA hunger striker, UVF men and a victims' campaigner among its players.
Ulster Rugby seeks Stormont and Irish government funding for a new high-performance facility it says could benefit communities.
A GP issues a call for awareness of bowel cancer symptoms after a death; an estimated 2,900 UK cases a year are in under-50s.
Divorce Diaries: a woman says she was the only person who did not know her husband was gay.
A tech worker who builds AI to automate knowledge work answers the three questions people ask most about their jobs.
A father tells an inquest his 13-year-old daughter 'lived for her family and friends' before she was struck by a car after leaving her school bus in 2022.
The Chloe Mitchell murder trial hears accused Brandon Rainey had a Jack the Ripper obsession; the report contains graphic detail.