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THE IRISH TIMES

Saturday, 07 February, 2026

Evening Update
Today's top stories

Housing & Planning

Some of Ireland’s biggest homebuilders distance themselves from prospect of legal action over new rent reforms

Letter sent to Department of Housing stated proposals due to take effect in March interfere with ‘constitutional property rights’

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Politics

‘I wasn’t well’: Mairead McGuinness on health issues that prompted presidential election withdrawal

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Europe

US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelenskiy

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Work

Student with Down syndrome fails in disability discrimination case against NCAD

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People

Saved by a stranger: The 100-year-old Irish man in London

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US

‘I didn’t make a mistake’: Trump refuses to apologise over racist video depicting Obamas as primates

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Gaelic Games

Cork’s Pat Ryan: ‘I knew I was running on empty. I’ve only had two nights of unbroken sleep in the last year’

The former Cork manager reflects on ‘the worst year of his life’, but knows that hurling will play a vital part in the healing process

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Politics

Social Democrats call for new law to give every citizen copyright over their own body

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Rugby

Italy head to Dublin on a high after seeing off Scotland amid deluge in Rome

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Opinion

David McWilliams: When crypto falls, it won’t be pretty

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Opinion

Cliff Taylor: Demands by farmers for the head of the Bord Bia chair are delusional and dangerous

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Transport

Dublin bus routes serving Chapelizod and Finglas to be amended from tomorrow following protests

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MOST READ

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Aer Lingus passengers flying from Ireland to UK require passport under rule change

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Cork’s Pat Ryan: ‘I knew I was running on empty. I’ve only had two nights of unbroken sleep in the last year’

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‘I didn’t make a mistake’: Trump refuses to apologise over racist video depicting Obamas as primates

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What’s happened to Claire Byrne? It’s as if she’s rocked up to work late with a bag of cans

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Veteran Avoca head chef sacked for ‘falsified’ fridge record made ‘genuine mistake’

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