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Monday, 31 August, 2026

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Higher energy prices drive Irish inflation to 3.4%

Latest HICP indicated that energy prices increased by 4.3% between July and August

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Middle East

Iran claims retaliatory attacks on US forces in UAE, Jordan

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Asia-Pacific

Nepal-Tibet floods: rescuers race to reach 900 people believed trapped in hydropower tunnels

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Social Affairs

Tusla crisis: Children under care of the State left ‘wandering the streets’

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Electric Picnic 2026 highs and lows: CMAT’s home comforts, a scary crush, and the pees and queues debate

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Key decisions on new state savings scheme deferred until Budget 2027

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Ken Early: Premier League’s financial dominance not enough to lure European elites

Big-spending English clubs increasingly reluctant to take a risk on players without Premier League experience

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Europe

Nearly 20 still missing after north Cyprus ferry capsize kills eight

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Q&A: What we know – and don’t know – about the new investment accounts

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Residential

‘My landlord has died and their spouse has taken over. Can they increase my rent?’

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People

Sarah Moss: University is a chance to re-make yourself. No one knows if you were shy at school

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A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’

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