National News

Sony has said it is bumping up the price of PlayStation 5 video game consoles by over €40 in the United States due to a "challenging economic environment".

Posted: August 20, 2025, 8:59 pm

A US judge has denied the Justice Department's bid to unseal records from the grand jury that indicted the late financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges, saying the material paled in comparison to the trove of records the government has about the case but is not releasing.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 6:44 pm

Independent Senator Aubrey McCarthy has said he would "seriously consider" running for president but criticised the process of getting nominated, which he described as "not very democratic".

Posted: August 20, 2025, 6:25 pm

Russia said it had to be part of any discussion on security guarantees for Ukraine and downplayed the likelihood of an imminent summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, tempering hopes for a quick peace deal.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 6:08 pm

Hundreds of current and former employees of US health agencies have accused US President Donald Trump's health secretary of putting them at risk by spreading false information.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 5:32 pm

Gardaí are investigating reports of online fraud involving the resale of tickets for the Electric Picnic festival.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 5:04 pm

A Dublin councillor has called for dog droppings to be DNA tested and a national database to be established after nearly half of local authorities did not issue a single dog fouling fine last year.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 4:32 pm

A number of prominent GAA stars have handed in an open letter and petition to management at Croke Park, calling on the association to drop Allianz insurance as a sponsor for GAA games.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 3:59 pm

A man has appeared in court charged with the alleged assault of a Dublin Bus driver.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 3:18 pm

A man in his 20s has died after a single-vehicle crash in Glanmire, Co Cork this morning.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 2:55 pm

A landmark Swedish church in the Arctic has arrived at its new home after a two-day move across the town of Kiruna to allow Europe's biggest underground mine to expand.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 2:34 pm

Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O'Brien has officially launched the first large-scale solar power project developed as a joint venture between ESB and BnM, formerly known as Bord na Móna.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 12:35 pm

A 38-year-old man facing attempted murder charges after an arson attack on a bar in Northern Ireland allegedly shouted "trick or treat" before throwing a lit petrol bomb directly at two people inside, a court has heard.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 12:33 pm

Around 200 hundred people have attended a public meeting in Dundrum this evening to address local concerns surrounding a planning application for a mobile drone delivery hub in the Dublin suburb.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 11:31 am

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that property prices registered monthly growth of 0.9% in June, the highest rate since November last year.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 10:40 am

An Irish fashion designer who was found unconscious on a boat in New York always put the people she loved first, her partner told mourners gathered for her funeral in Carlow.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 10:34 am

Heather Humphreys' sprint towards the Fine Gael nomination continues this morning with an apparently unassailable lead over fellow hopeful, Seán Kelly.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 7:14 am

Israel's military announced the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City and called up tens of thousands of reservists while the government considered a new ceasefire proposal to pause nearly two years of war.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 6:50 am

Luas Red Line services between Connolly and The Point will remain closed for at least the next seven days due to a fire in the docklands area of Dublin city.

Posted: August 20, 2025, 5:33 am

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, of the Irish rap trio Kneecap, has appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court in London charged with a terrorism offence.

Posted: August 19, 2025, 11:00 pm