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May 13, 2025

PROTEST AT BANK LINK TO ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE

THE Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign held a protest at the Central Bank of Ireland on North Wall Quay in Dublin yesterday.

1 min

CAMHS wait lists growing

THE number of children and teenagers on mental health service waiting lists jumped by 5% in a single month, new figures have revealed.

1 min

Half a million face famine in blockaded strip

THE Gaza Strip will likely fall into famine if Israel doesn't lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said in a stark warning yesterday.

1 min

Orban returns fire at Martin in EU veto row

HUNGARIAN Prime Minister Viktor Orban has urged Taoiseach Micheal Martin not to “ruin the love story between Irish and Hungarian patriots” following the Taoiseach's recent criticism of Ukraine.

1 min

Gaza in hunger 'catastrophe'

THE Gaza Strip will likely fall into famine if Israel doesn't lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said in a stark warning yesterday.

1 min

Whelan is happy with his lot at RTE

EUROVISION presenter Marty Whelan has been approached with offers by people outside of RTE - but the TV and radio stalwart says he is \"very happy\" where he is.

1 min

EMMY: IT'S ALL SYSTEMS BEAU

Eurovision hopeful's boyfriend jets in to help calm her nerves

1 min

'TINA NEVER LEFT HER HOME ALIVE'

Specialist told gardai she was most likely buried in house

4 mins

'Remorseless' killer of friend is jailed for life

A \"REMORSELESS\" killer beat his friend to death with a hammer and left him wrapped in carpet underlay in a dog pen in his back garden, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

1 min

Beach drowning teens were 'best of friends'

Community is left 'absolutely heartbroken'

2 mins

JEN'S LIVE INCLINED

'Mad' not to take job if Joe OKs it

1 min

Diddy 'drugged girlfriend and used sex tapes as blackmail'

SEAN 'Diddy' Combs kept his girlfriend drugged for half of every week, getting her to perform sex acts on male escorts during 'freak-offs' he filmed, a court has heard.

1 min

RE-RIDING HISTORY

Blackmore 'sad but grateful' as she calls time on glittering career 1st female jockey to win Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup

2 mins

FULL FORCE OF GRIEF

GARDA Commissioner Drew Harris was among mourners at a service last night for tragic traffic cop Kevin Flatley, who died after being knocked down by a motor-bike.

3 mins

Economic toll halts trade war with China

DONALD Trump agreed to halt his trade war with China after American business leaders warned that US shelves would be empty in weeks.

1 min

Trump-o jet gift outrage

Qatar's €360m plane for new Air Force One

1 min

WEE ARE THE CHAMPIONS..

LOUTH'S Gaelic footballers have been hailed as “history makers” and promised a major civic reception after winning their first Leinster title in 68 years.

2 mins

'Cut booze costs before pubs are tapped out'

PUBLICANS are calling for a 40% rebate on the excise charged to draught products to help save rural pubs that are facing “an existential crisis”.

3 mins

Gather the voices of the weak'

Passionate Pope urges reporters to foster peace

2 mins

Slow eaters are more licky in love

PEOPLE who lick ice cream make the perfect partners.

1 min

Scan detects heart risk 10 years early

A SIMPLE MRI scan can identify people at risk 10 years before they have a heart attack or stroke.

1 min

WITHOUT A TRACE

Unsolved cases leave loved ones in limbo

6 mins

JUST A BRIT OF ACID REFLUX FOR JESSIE J

The singer admitted “struggling” through her show due to a bout of acid reflux.

1 min

Who'd rather be an artist?

Pete: Band was below me

1 min

IDA support for €10m upskilling of CLS staff

A NEW €9.9m training programme is being undertaken by Complete Laboratory Solutions (CLS) with the support of the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.

1 min

THE BALM BEFORE THE STORM

Mercury to hit 23C today... but thunder and rain set to follow

1 min

Yungblud eyed life as a politician

YUNGBLUD has contemplated becoming a politician.

1 min

'Yacht rock' genre label annoys Hall

DARYL Hall has branded yacht rock a “f****** joke” and says his band Hall and Oates were “misjudged” as the sub-genre.

1 min

Watch is lost sand found

A SHARP-EYED Irishman managed to return this sports watch to its Welsh owner after he found it floating more than 240km away from where she lost it.

1 min

Song contest's pique entertainment

IT'S the song contest that pits Danish power ballads against Bulgarian rappers and Armenian pop princesses.

3 mins

My client saw lump in my armpit..it was cancer

Hairdresser's shock as doc spots tumour

2 mins

LOSE YOURSELF IN THE MUSES

Beefing Greek poets had own version of rap battles

1 min

By Jupiter, the clouds are swirling

Spectacular new images of Jupiter show its immense swirling clouds in exquisite detail

1 min

Man peaks after world record feat

MITCH Hutchcraft stood on top of the world after completing the “world’s longest triathlon”.

1 min

REEL BIG SUMMER

BY ELLA WALKER

1 min

FOOT TO THE 4 IN NEW E-TECH

Modern take on classic icon with eco-friendly twist

2 mins

Should you be sweating it?

HOW TO TELL IF B.O. SIGNALS A MORE SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUE

2 mins

IT'S POOLS GOLD!

Prepare early for another burst of sunshine

1 min

I'm a selfie addict but my life is a lie

INSIDE I FEEL SO EMPTY

3 mins

Baby ban fear in name game

MY son and daughter-in-law have chosen a ridiculous name for their newborn baby.

1 min

PROFILE CAN BE PROLIFIC

2:30 WORCESTER - CLASS 4 (0-120) HAND- ICAP CHASE 2M110y

2 mins

Leamy: Cork fans will give us everything

DENIS Leamy predicts Musgrave Park will be rocking on Friday night as Munster chase the victory that sets in stone their place in the URC play-offs and in next season's Champions Cup.

2 mins

READY TO ROR

Masters champ feeling good & back on the Quail glory trail

2 mins

LAMPARD: IT'S NOT OVER YET

Sunderland v Coventry

1 min

Wilder's Sheffield side romp into the final

AND now for the £200m question - can the Blades finally cut it at Wembley?

2 mins

JEERS FOR SOUVENIRS

Trent's made his decision and must deal with Kop boo boys ...but it won't overshadow title celebrations, says Van Dijk

3 mins

NUNO'S NOT READY TO SLOW DOWN

NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO insists Nottingham Forest will “go to the end” in their faltering Champions League quest - as they wait on injured key duo Murillo and Callum Hudson-Odoi.

1 min

DOWN TO LUCK OF THE DRAW

Stalemate this weekend between Cork and Limerick enough to end Clare reign

3 mins

MCBREARTY: WE'LL NEED TO BE BETTER TO GO AFTER SAM

IT'S a walk he has completed seven times in a decorated county career, twice as captain of Donegal.

3 mins

There's a lot to work on

IT'S a walk he has completed seven times in a decorated county career, twice as captain of Donegal.

3 mins

STONE-COLD ASSASSINS

THE insane emotion at the end of Louth's Leinster Final victory over Meath at the weekend couldn't have been any further from the cold pragmatism Ger Brennan's side had taken all the way to the final whistle, just seconds earlier.

3 mins