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Cristiano Ronaldo says he approved eight points for Portugal coach Jorge Jesus to make about him

The 41-year-old says Jesus ‘broke his word’ when he did not read out the agreed document at press conference

Court clears way for hearing following row sparked by complaint about child alone in car

It was claimed father left two-year-old son asleep in his car while he went shopping

Hostelworld shares slide as earnings to miss estimates amid Middle East conflict

Hostel-booking company said that the drag on bookings to last into 2027

‘Securing a place on the Lidl Graduate Development Programme set me on course for an ambitious career in retail’

From early responsibility to senior mentorship and a clear path for progression, Lidl Ireland’s graduate development programme is designed to turn a first step into a rewarding career

James McClean’s unhappy alliance with Derry City

Meanwhile, the Ireland under-21s pulled of a brilliant victory over England to secure a Euro 2027 playoff spot

Eva Marie Saint, one of the immortals, radiated old-school Hollywood glamour

Saint’s death at the mighty age of 102 marks the loss of another beacon of Hollywood’s postwar golden age

Barrister disagrees with defence that death on stag night was ‘a single punch’ case

Ruling on sentence following manslaughter verdict in Athlone death due later in month at Mullingar Circuit Court

Emotional Lionel Messi ends Argentina career in perfectly scripted finale against Benin

Playing in his 208th international, the 39-year-old signed off with a goal at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires

CRH to buy aggregates operations in Denmark and Finland

Value of deal was not disclosed

A flat tyre that’s also about to blow out from over-inflation – welcome to Budget 2027

Inside Politics: A notable absence from the budget leaves Patrick O’Donovan feeling rebuffed

Niamh O’Brien: tributes paid to ‘beautiful Irish dancer, performer, wife, mother and much-loved member of Irish dance community’

Funeral arrangements yet to be announced for wife of Michael Flatley following her death this week

Record public spending; the cost of policing big events; and algae in Lough Derg

Early Edition with Andrew McNair

Budget 2027 Q&A: Your questions answered

Advice on the latest budget measures, from tax and pensions, to inheritance, childcare and more

‘We’re trying to protect people’: Taoiseach Micheál Martin defends Budget 2027

The Fiscal Advisory Council warned the €8.5bn package will increase the State’s reliance on ‘high-risk corporation tax’

Donald Trump says he will speak with Vladimir Putin about pneumonic plague

Washington increases pressure on Moscow to share more about the incident in which one person has died

Bid to cut smoking ‘abject failure’, Dáil told, as budget pushes cigarette prices higher

TDs vote by 110 to 48 to increase 20-pack by €1 to €21.02

What will happen to Christa Pike, the Tennessee woman who survived the lethal injection?

In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison

Oil gains as US storm and Houthi air strikes threaten supply

Storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico will likely hit oil and gas producing facilities

Three unionist parties back motion of no confidence in Michelle O’Neill

Motions also listed against John O’Dowd, Caoimhe Archibald and Liz Kimmins

Budget fallout and can Mark Duffy come up with a PTSB bid?

Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

‘I panicked during an interview and said I have a qualification I don’t have. I got the job’

Tell Me About It: ‘There is a woman in my team I would really like to ask out but what if she finds out that I am a fraud?’

As the class of 2026 begins college, a masked shadow lingers

We should not forget that the chaos caused by Covid can still be impacting on young adults as they begin the next chapter

Junior Cycle: Record numbers receive their results

Percentage of Distinctions aggregated across all subjects stays unchanged at 8.6% this year

Enniscorthy river blockages contributing to flooding

Sir, – Yesterday I drove through Enniscorthy ( “‘We’re in limbo’: Enniscorthy businesses feel defenceless after latest flood,” October 2nd).

Sinn Féin and Drumcree stand-off

No need for Michelle O’Neill or Mary Lou McDonald to be there in person

Divorcing couple’s €1.4m properties distributed between them after marriage ‘full of strife’

‘Incomprehensible’ that funds were depleted by €150,000 due to children attending boarding school abroad, says judge

Has Mark Duffy left it too late to spoil the PTSB party?

Former Bank of Scotland Ireland chief executive has his work cut out to gatecrash Bawag bid for PTSB

GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association to present united front at Oireachtas hearing on integration

Leaders of the three organisations will be questioned on Wednesday after Mary McAleese’s resignation

Homeowner, business owner and farmer react

‘We’ll get a few bob off,’ says Co Galway homeowner who delayed buying her winter heating oil to await help in Budget 2027

Here’s a lasting solution to society’s throwaway thinking

Isn’t this something our education experts should consider?

Childcare scheme leaves part-time working mother worse off

Once the subsidy is applied, I am paying more for fewer hours

New Garda spending rules to follow booking of nearly €250,000 worth of unused hotel rooms

Garda chief Justin Kelly to tell Committee of Public Accounts about lessons learned regarding big events

Housing crisis perpetuating child poverty crisis

Cross-departmental ownership, action and attention needed

Chloe Mustaki: Ireland defender enjoying best spell of career ahead of Kazakhstan playoff

Nottingham Forest defender has overcome serious injury and illness to become a key part of Carla Ward’s Ireland side

Power station shutdown cost ESB almost €11m

Turbine repairs put Coolkeeragh plant out of action for six months

Medical Council complaints

Guiding people to more appropriate complaint routes would benefit patients, doctors and the regulator

Drivers should not have to guess whether their car is visible from behind

A trick of the light jeopardises road safety

Carbon tax U-turn calls Government’s climate commitments into question

Environmental groups despair as Budget 2027 sees polluter-pays principle reversed

‘I’m a young buck still’: Joe McCarthy on becoming a senior figure at Leinster

Second row taking on more leadership as part of his continuing development in dressingroom

Don’t be a ‘permissive parent’, warns an expert with decades of experience helping families

Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan

James McClean isn’t one to back down, but he has little to gain in row with hometown club

Latest spike in ongoing fallout drew a measured response from Derry City, but their sense of irritation was also clear

State spending must reflect responsibility to children in care

A system under pressure has real consequences for young people in care

Government needs own emergency prep booklet

They are totally unprepared for emergencies

Martyn Turner

Like Nikita Hand, Cornell case’s Jane Doe is either uncommonly brave or a sadomasochist

Toxic masculinity is real and we should not be afraid to say so. What needs refreshing is how the term is used

Clayton McMillan not interested in a revenge motif ahead of Ulster clash

Munster head coach said last fixture in Belfast was ‘one of those games you remember in detail, but not for the right reasons’

Minister should see Cork University Hospital staffing levels

Talk to staff and patients - and listen

Safeguard Ireland’s higher education reputation with more investment

We need to see more investment into our institutions and our students

Budget day has lost all excitement. It is now an attritional struggle between ministers

Increase in basic income tax credits of €125 is small beer by any standard, with inflation soaring

It takes a giveaway budget of €8.5bn to not annoy anyone – except Patrick O’Donovan

The emergence of Chambers as a hard man fiscal hawk is a significant development in the internal dynamics of the Coalition

‘We swim with our faces out of the water’: how Lough Derg’s algal bloom affects locals

Swimmers, anglers and campaigners raise concerns over recurring algae, pollution and water abstraction

Bank of Ireland invests €10m in ‘tech-for-good’ fund

Bank says investment is aligned with its wider sustainability ambitions

Inward migration is actually good for Ireland

We could not function without economic migrants

‘We don’t talk about it much’: Three years after October 7th attacks, Emily Hand is rebuilding her childhood

Three years on from the October 7th attacks, Dún Laoghaire-born Thomas Hand says his daughter Emily (11) has rebuilt a normal childhood after 50 days in captivity in Gaza

To admit weekends are doing the big shop and catching up on laundry is regraded as rudeness

Working to survive leaves little or no room to do or think about anything else

Private-sector workers could see ‘small’ benefit from public sector wage increase

Work Q&A: Minimum wage rises can also have ‘modest’ effect on low-income workers

London is a city where Irishness gets shouted out, rather than smoothed over

The nagging fear of Irish in London: If you don’t pay attention, you might end up being assimilated

Council urges Johnny Ronan lobbyist Coveney to honour Glass Bottle site affordable housing plan

No affordable purchase homes secured with council negotiating for alternative cost-rental scheme

A pedestrian sees red

Why do we have to keep stopping, pressing buttons and waiting while motor traffic just keeps moving?

Still standing

The custom of offering your seat on the bus or train to an elderly or frail person is dying out

Look inside: Extended Sandymount home a riot of colour and whimsy

Tritonville Road period terrace with garden studio features spacious kitchen and main bedroom suite

Zimbabwean workers awarded €30k each after arriving in Ireland to find they had no jobs

Workplace Relations Commission awarded maximum amount available citing ‘particularly egregious’ treatment

DAA made €1.73m per week from car parks in 2025

Airport operator has more than 27,000 car park spaces in Dublin and Cork

How Israel lost the world’s support after October 7th

Global Briefing: Three years after Hamas’s attack, the war in Gaza and mounting international outrage have made Israel more isolated and possibly less secure

French fund seeks €19.7m for fully-let trio of investments in Dublin and Galway

Three-point portfolio generates €1.34m in annual rental income from range of tenants, including Eason, Fresh and Brown Bag Films

Ireland’s new personal investment scheme: ‘It’s like a mini deemed disposal each year’

Better with Money with Aideen Finnegan

Middle Eastern investor seeks €15.4m for Kerry retail park

Current owner acquired Killarney scheme for about €10.5m in 2024

Netanyahu faces fresh scrutiny over pre-October 7th warnings

New reports on warnings received before the Hamas attack threaten the Israeli prime minister’s general election campaign

Aviva seeks operator for new luxury hotel on Dublin’s Clarendon Street

Proposed 184-bedroom hotel will have frontage on to Clarendon Street and South William Street

Rathgar four-bed with 1930s features bursting with potential

Thorncliffe Park semidetached home with 1930s features

Cherrywood town centre site with scope for hundreds of new homes guiding at €10m

Site extending to 4.79 acres currently in use as car park and generating €492,000 in annual income

Fully let Dublin city centre residential investment guiding €3.85m

Portfolio comprises 14 apartments and is generating annual rental income of €258,672

Prime residential site next to Pat Kenny’s Dalkey home for €3.9m

Richard Barrett’s Bartra seeks buyer for 1.56-acre holding after rejection of nursing home plan

Technologies of Peace: Give Imma’s sprawling exhibition the time and attention it deserves

The Irish Museum of Modern Art show incorporates work by artists from 17 countries, including Frances Hegarty and the Slavs and Tatars collective

Lesbian Lines review: Cara Holmes’ fine film is much at home to retrospective joy

Holmes takes us back to the establishment of the titular helpline towards the close of the nation’s damp, grey 1970s

How to make it as a digital creator? Find something unique

Easy access and high rewards draw millions to careers in social media but agents say the challenges are underestimated

Shaping the future of farming, with financial support that counts

At just 22 years old, Aisling Neville took on a dairy farm in Co Westmeath. Eight years on, it’s a thriving enterprise and Aisling is helping to drive Irish farming forward

How solar is making light work of energy costs at K&K Produce

‘Solar panels will help insulate us from the unpredictability of what happens around the world,’ says Thomas Kennedy, the company’s financial controller

Budget day in the Dáil would turn you to cigarettes - if they hadn’t put a euro on a pack of fags

Simon Harris looked miserable as he ran through the numbers, but that’s probably because he’s been up all weekend with a new baby

This Cursed Beautiful Land review: Evan Gershkovich tells his story of imprisonment in Russia

The Wall Street Journal reporter recounts his arrest, trial and 16 months in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison

The Music Quiz: By which name is Tucker Harrington Pillsbury better known?

Plus: Which US singer is set to play the role of Hollywood movie star/dancer Ginger Rogers in a forthcoming biopic of Fred Astaire?

Peugeot’s electric E-208 GTi proves that fun still lives. This is a real 1980s throwback

Electric cars don’t have to be dull and Peugeot’s hot hatch proves it

Jaguar Type 01 first look: Can this 1,030hp electric car save the brand?

It has taken five years to design and two years to hype, but will Jag’s electric reinvention take root?

Kenmare shares soar on confirmation of Abu Dhabi bid approach

International Resources Holding given until November 17th to make a formal bid for Kenmare Resources

Eva Marie Saint, star of movies North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies at 102

One of the last survivors of Hollywood’s golden age of the 1940s and ’50s dies of natural causes at her home

Christa Pike conscious and speaking after failed execution in Tennessee, say lawyers

Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as authorities attempted to end her life over stabbing death of classmate

Nations League wrap: Harry Kane scores twice for England as he equals Shilton record

Spain come from behind to beat 10-man Croatia to stay on top of group

Public spending hits record level as watchdog sharply criticises Budget 2027

A package of tax reductions announced by Minister for Finance Simon Harris will see lower and middle income workers benefit

Susan Sarandon and Noel Gallagher among artists calling for independent Drumcree mediator

International mediator ‘would lower the political temperature’, dozens of artists argue in open letter to Chris Bryant

Man (30s) charged after drone smuggling contraband into Midlands Prison crashes

The drone crashed into the nearby Prison Officers Training College on Tuesday afternoon

The Irish Times view on Budget 2027: Coalition being driven by events

The Government is running to try to keep up with cost-of-living pressures

‘Not a whole lot in it for people like me’: how the budget went for people with disabilities

Small increases to various benefits ‘all helps’, but no big change overall

Budget Calculator 2027: Here’s how this year’s budget will affect your income

What does Budget 2027 mean for you and your money? Use the PwC interactive calculator to help you estimate your taxes and disposable income for the year ahead

Ireland’s new personal investment accounts: Here’s how the scheme will work

Consumers can save up to €50,000 tax-free in new personal investment accounts

Are Budget 2027’s tax and social welfare measures enough? Conor Pope delivers his verdict

Smokers and people who earn between €35,000-€44,000 could reasonably feel like they’ve been forgotten about

HIV Ireland quit HSE programme due to ‘slagging’ and claims of corruption, WRC told

Charity defends complaint of whistleblower penalisation brought by veteran manager accused of bullying

Budget 2027: Measures put public finances on worse trajectory, State watchdog warns

Help-to-buy scheme increases; free contraception age rises; fuel allowance to increase by €5

Budget 2027 main points: everything you need to know

Here is our list of the key measures expected to be announced in Budget 2027 at lunchtime

Torches and battery-operated radios: New guidelines for a national emergency are in the post

A three-week nationwide distribution programme will see approximately 2.2 million households ‘Be Emergency Ready’

Marie Donnelly wins ESG leader award at the Business & Finance ESG Awards 2026

Now entering its fifth year the awards recognise those who are actively striving to advance ESG initiatives in their organisations