Irish Times: Web Edition Articles (Dublin, Ireland)

Publisher

Latest documents

• Bloodstock consultant and Coolmore member Clem Murphy leaves €8.4m estate in will

  Bloodstock consultant Clem Murphy, a pivotal figure at Coolmore stud in Co Tipperary and the Breeders' Cup races, left an estate valued at €8.4 million when he died last year.

• Healthcare recruitment company says gardaí investigating 'cyber security incident'

  A healthcare recruitment company working on the island of Ireland has said it was "the victim of a cyber security incident".

• Where are the fuel protests on Saturday and which roads are impacted in Dublin and across Ireland?

  Fuel protests across Ireland are in place for a fifth day on Saturday, causing traffic disruption on many national routes and threatening fuel supplies at hundreds of garages.

• Met Éireann issues thunderstorm, wind and rain warnings for several counties for today

  A status yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued for Cork, Kerry and Waterford from 12pm until 7pm on Saturday. A status yellow wind and rain warning has also been issued for Cork and Kerry from 12pm to 8pm on Saturday.

• Artemis II crew in good health after 'bullseye' ocean landing

  Nasa astronauts have landed safely back on Earth following their record-breaking lunar fly-by which marks a stepping stone towards a future moon landing and eventual Mars mission.

• Woman dies following Cork house fire

  A woman in her 60s has died following a house fire in Cork.

• Cabinet to meet on Sunday as fuel protesters plan major 'nationwide' event

  Taoiseach Micheál Martin will convene a Cabinet meeting on Sunday amid continuing nationwide protests over the rising cost of fuel.

• Czech prime minister Babis backs Hungary's Orban ahead of vote

  Czech populist prime minister Andrej Babis on Saturday backed Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election, saying he was the best choice for Hungarian interests and stability in turbulent times.

• US and Iran peace talks 'progressing well', Pakistan reports

  A Pakistani official has confirmed that negotiations have officially begun between the US and Iran in Pakistan. The official told the Associated Press that they "cannot say whether they are sitting in the same room or in separate rooms, but talks have started and are progressing well." Iran's Fars news agency is also reporting that talks are under way.

• Trump's World Cup could tip us into pining for the days of sportswashing petrostates

  It's ironic that Italy haven't qualified for the Fifa World Cup given that the tournament has such a strong whiff of the last days of Rome. Yes, the quadrennial theatre of bad dreams is approaching us once again, and the suspension of disbelief required to watch this circus without feeling queasy has, if anything, only increased since 2022.

Featured documents

• The Irish Times Competition Winners

  August...

• Stolen Lives: 239 violent deaths of women in Ireland from 1996 to today

  This article chronicles 239 violent deaths of women in Ireland since 1996 — a particularly gruesome year for "femicide", with 19 killings of women....

• Terms & Conditions

  1....

• 50 people to watch in 2024: From film and music to arts, activism and more

  FILM &...

• Budget 2024 Q&A: Your mortgage interest relief, tax, pension, education and social welfare questions answered

  That's all for today. Thanks very much for your queries. If you have a query that has not been covered here, you can send it to Dominic Coyle at dominic.coyleirishtimes.com and he will endeavour to answer it in his Q&A column. Thanks for reading....

• Stephen Silver: The full story of his trial for the murder of Garda Colm Horkan

  Stephen Silver was hyper by the time he arrived in Knockroe, a small, quiet housing estate a short walk from Castlerea town centre where he would soon cross paths with Garda Colm Horkan. He took out his Kawasaki racing bike to do high-speed laps around the houses before generating thick plumes of...

• 'She slapped me so hard in the face she knocked me out': Corporal punishment in Irish schools

  Corporal punishment was permitted in Irish schools until 1982. It was so widely used in the decades leading up to the ban that Prof Pat Dolan, who is chairman of the Unesco Child and Family Research Centre at University of Galway, likens the collective experience of physical abuse in Irish schools...

• Dublin's vacant buildings: From the Iveagh Markets to the Rialto Cinema, here's the story behind 16 empty properties

  The Iveagh...

• New Ireland: New ideas by David Puttnam, Dermot Desmond, Catherine Motherway and more

  Now that we know we can do things differently when we have to, we asked leading experts and specialists across a range of sectors for changes that will improve how we live in a post-pandemic world. Here's what they said:...

• The late summer murders: Two men on a mission to kill Irish women

  In the summer of 1976, two career criminals travelled around Ireland with the goal of abducting, torturing, raping and finally murdering...