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Wednesday, 19 August, 2026

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Crime & Law

Gardaí start specialist training in UK for high-risk vehicle pursuits

Offenders on roads aware that gardaí will not pursue if they travel the wrong way down a major roadway

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TV & Radio

Rose of Tralee 2026: Westmeath contender who shared alopecia condition named the winner

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Business

Billionaire Tony Bloom quietly bankrolls an Irish property fund’s four-year buying spree

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Environment

Uisce Éireann decision on extending hosepipe ban due shortly

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Business

TikTok starts offering redundancy agreements to staff in Dublin

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Europe

‘It’s a mindset’: Unlike Ireland, Finland decided neutrality meant developing its military

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Climate Crisis

Warming seas around Ireland will kill species and damage tourism

Climate change is main driver behind marine heatwaves that harm fisheries, tourism and public health

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Housing & Planning

‘The shutters are horrible’: Life in a Border town overwhelmed by dereliction

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Politics

Plans to reinstate full rate of excise duty on fuel must be stalled, say rural TDs

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Athletics

Sonia O’Sullivan: Rhasidat Adeleke seems to have fallen back in love with running

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Social Affairs

Deaths of children in domestic incidents to be subject to new national reviews

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Education

Leaving Cert students with dyslexia should get ‘extra 10 minutes per hour in exams’

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August’s Prime Collection opens the door to four exceptional holiday homes – one extraordinary way to live

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Beaumont Hospital chief executive steps down after two years

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Five masked teenagers killed in M9 crash are suspected of local crime spree

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M9 crash: Car involved in fatal incident was bought rather than stolen, gardaí believe

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