Enjoyable timing at the construction industry conference today when the Housing Minister rounded off a passionate speech, left the stage to applause…and moments later a snap poll revealed builders have little confidence in his housing targets - @thejournal.ie

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he did not refer to the situation in Gaza as a “genocide” when speaking to US President Donald Trump. He said it was “unfair” to suggest this was a change in his language. jrnl.ie/7161674

Another postponement of the carbon tax increase is “on the table” in Budget talks, Transport and Climate Minister Darragh O’Brien tells @thejournal.ie, calling it a way to ease costs on businesses. He was speaking as he arrived at the haulage sector conference in Killarney

Michael Healy-Rae was on keynote address duty at the IRHA last night. In between paying lots of credit to his old government colleagues, he was approached by hauliers who looked to bond with him over their own sibling difficulties. www.thejournal.ie/michael-heal...

Michael Healy-Rae talks up old friends in government as hauliers tell him of their family rifts

The Kerry TD was a keynote speaker for the Irish hauliers’ conference in Killarney on Friday night.

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Happy Saturday from the haulage conference in Killarney 🚚 Hundreds of hauliers are gathering ahead of the Dáil's return. Officially, the IRHA is threatening that protests may take place if fuel supports are not continued - but some hauliers here are uneasy about the move - @thejournal.ie

New renters coughed up about €326 more per month than sitting tenants this spring - New RTB/ESRI data shows Galway city rents at more than €2,000, while Limerick (20.9%), and Cork (16.3%) also saw sharp inflation www.thejournal.ie/how-much-doe...

New renters coughed up about €326 more per month than sitting tenants this spring

The figures cover a period before the full impact of the government’s new rent rules had taken effect.

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Hoovering up access? Vacuum tycoon James Dyson is in a stand-off with locals in Co Waterford over access to a graveyard and historic rights-of-way on the grounds of his Ballynatray estate. Full piece on the @thejournal.ie this morning

The government’s contentious garden home scheme, allowing backyard beds be built without planning permission, has seen more than 100 registrations in its first month. South Dublin has seen plans for almost one-in-five of the new units so far, followed by Clare and Tipperary

The main advice from locals in Knockanore, Co Waterford - who are used to the likes of Mark Zuckerberg lodging in the area’s old, secluded manor houses - is simple enough: “Once he minds his business we’ll be okay. And maybe consider throwing us a few quid…” www.thejournal.ie/mark-zuckerb...

'Once he minds his business we'll be okay': Waterford locals react to Mark Zuckerberg arrival

Waterford has become a ‘haven for millionaires’ in recent years, with Zuckerberg the latest arrival.

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Got a chill writing ‘water charges’ in this but some of the rows around collapsing group water schemes might well be an insight into a parallel reality from a few years ago

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A water repairs firm has pulled out of monitoring the private well for 74 homes in Portlaw, Co Waterford after a row over water charges. Residents have seen fees rise from €50 to €425 over the past two decades - the company says wider construction inflation means it’s losing money. - @thejournal.ie

A water repairs firm has pulled out of monitoring the private well for 74 homes in Portlaw, Co Waterford after a row over water charges. Residents have seen fees rise from €50 to €425 over the past two decades - the company says wider construction inflation means it’s losing money. - @thejournal.ie

Coming up just after midnight, we reveal how a draft version of the government’s recent data centre report included several key aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector but were later cut from the final version released to the public. Read on thejournal.ie 🔜

This morning’s First Edition is about the desperate attempts to make Ceuta look like an “invasion” - and how the EU’s border policies mean this is bound to keep happening. With @trillingual.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Wednesday briefing: ​How misinformation and ​a​ hardened immigration policy ​turned Ceuta ​into Europe’s ​latest ​flashpoint

In today’s newsletter: The past week shows how quickly images, rumours and ​right-wing political opportunism can eclipse the facts on the ground

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Fire crews had brought the Slievenamon blaze largely under control until, on Wednesday, a sharp change in wind saw the flames pushed towards a nearby Coillte forest. It’s had some asking if the type of tree planted on the mountain made this week's wildfires worse www.thejournal.ie/slievenamon-...

Has the type of tree planted on Slievenamon made this week's wildfires worse?

Sitka spruce, which originates in North America, is a staple of Coillte forests, but has long been criticised by environmentalists.

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Reporting from south Tipp for @thejournal on the Slievenamon wildfires - emergency crews expect the blaze to intensify but say it could be extinguished by Saturday - while there’s still uncertainty about the cause, Coillte is adamant a fire like this doesn’t start naturally in Ireland

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Fire activity on the Slievenamon mountain in Co Tipperary is expected to increase as temperatures rise throughout today. The Journal’s Eoghan Dalton is in Kilsheelan as local authorities and emergency services continue to monitor the area.

Man (36) appears in court charged with assaulting woman at Tramore church - @thejournal.ie www.thejournal.ie/tramore-chur...

Man (36) appears in court charged with assaulting woman at Tramore church

The woman in her 50s is being treated in hospital following the incident.

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Reporting from Tramore for @thejournal.ie after a woman was attacked at Holy Cross Church

Are developers skimping on EV chargers in new estates? I visited residents in north Co Dublin where they say they’ve been left short dozens of EV chargers. Fingal council has now opened an investigation into whether Glenveagh breached planning rules in Balbriggan jrnl.ie/7088207

Council launches probe into developer as homeowners left without vital EV charging points

Residents have argued that planning conditions required ‘all’ car park spaces to have the capability to charge an EV.

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A recent data centre report from the Department of Enterprise did not include a section on the potential for higher electricity prices due to rising data centre demand. But new documents suggest that the €100,000 report should have examined the issue.

Government data centre report didn’t examine prospect of higher electricity bills

The Department of Enterprise report didn’t address rising electricity prices due to data centre demand.

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so sick and burnt out last week I missed my own Irish Examiner op-ed on how communities have organised to resist the far right and repair the damage left behind once politicians have lost interest and the press have moved on to the next story www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Communities like Clonmel have fought back against the far right. Here's how yours can too

When the far-right started organising in Clonmel in 2024, Dean Buckley wasn't an activist. Learning from Roscrea's experience, his community fought back

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Think yesterday’s WLR interview is important for giving an idea of how some in FF may view this case now. I’ve also heard before that asking Brendan Kenneally about the actions he took “wasn’t my business to ask”. That had been the case until 2020 really, when anger could no longer be ignored

Eoghan Dalton@eoghandalton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Former Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Kenneally resigned his membership after a discussion with a party official on the day the report into his cousin’s crimes was released. It was news to plenty that he was a party member up until this month. www.thejournal.ie/bill-kenneal...

Former Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Kenneally resigned his membership after a discussion with a party official on the day the report into his cousin’s crimes was released. It was news to plenty that he was a party member up until this month. www.thejournal.ie/bill-kenneal...

Ex-FF TD resigned membership after release of Bill Kenneally report, junior minister says

During a tense interview on local radio, Mary Butler defended Fianna Fáil’s actions regarding its former TD.

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Spent 48 hours in Makerfield ahead of the byelection for @thejournal.ie At the Brian Boru club, I heard why people are so keen on Andy Burnham’s buses - and why some fear for the future of Pride after Reform pulled support nearby www.thejournal.ie/makerfield-b...

Members of Britain's oldest Irish club weigh in on vote that could spell end for Keir Starmer

The Brian Boru club has been on the go since the 1880s in Ashton-in-Makerfield.

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Founded in the 1880s, the Brian Boru club in Makerfield has hosted snooker, tug-of-war contests, and was once raided by police for illegal drinking in the 1930s - nowadays it’s all about Irish language lessons and bingo. I’ll have more from Makerfield @thejournal.ie later this eve

“I’m sick of you lot. But I know you’re a working man so I’ll talk to you.” Went out in a media-weary Ashton-in-Makerfield for @thejournal.ie ahead of the vote that could finish off Keir Starmer (also turns out the ‘Ashton’ bit is crucial) www.thejournal.ie/makerfield-e...

'I'm sick of you lot': World's media descend on UK town at centre of critical vote

‘What is a Makerfield anyway?’

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On their day of vindication, survivors seek State apology for Bill Kenneally’s crimes - Comes some eight years after the inquiry began, almost 14 years after Jason Clancy contacted gardaí and 41 years since Bill Kenneally could have been first stopped. jrnl.ie/7065051

On their day of vindication, survivors seek State apology for Bill Kenneally's crimes

They have also sought apologies from the gardaí, Fianna Fáil and the Diocese of Waterford.

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Spoke to several upset families in Tullow, Co Carlow about this, some of whom are on the medical transfer list and in need of the larger homes for their children. But it’s those houses that are all set to end up private after a last-minute switch by the developer jrnl.ie/7060747

Developer switches half of homes in new social housing estate to private market at last minute

Carlow County Council’s chief executive Cóilín O’Reilly has apologised after families on the housing waiting list found out by seeing the homes listed for sale online.

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Incredible sentence which I will not be fact checking.

now.arsenal@nowarsenal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨The Arsenal parade held over 1.5million fans which officially makes it the largest event ever held in the country. Arsenal fans, simply incredible. London will forever be red. ❤️

These fees – which first came to light following reporting by @thejournal.ie last year – were €150-250 extra every month for new tenants. Renters argue they were inconsistent, varying from tenant to tenant. Ires insists they were standard but later dropped them due to legal technicalities

Eoghan Dalton@eoghandalton.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'Exceptionally busy' Ires Reit bosses turn down invite from TDs probing surprise apartment fees jrnl.ie/7044885

'Exceptionally busy' Ires Reit bosses turn down invite from TDs probing surprise apartment fees jrnl.ie/7044885

'Exceptionally busy' Ires Reit bosses turn down invite from TDs probing surprise apartment fees

Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin claimed the major landlord firm is trying to “evade scrutiny” by TDs.

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