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help to buy
Why boosting the Help to Buy scheme misses the bigger problem with housing policy
Demands to raise the Help to Buy limit ignore one key problem: we still don’t know if the scheme actually works.
Housing
Just 600 out of 20,000 construction firms register for list to crack down on cowboy builders
Operation Piano
'It was apparent that we were in hot pursuit': The inside story of the raid on the MV Matthew
In this piece, we’ll hear for the first time publicly from three key players involved in the military side of the multi-agency response.
Saturday
5 Jul 2025
lee here now
'It was genuinely all anyone could talk about' - When Oasis rocked Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Irish fans and a member of support act The Bootleg Beatles recall Oasis at the peak of their fame.
Fredrick Street North
Public order incident and alleged criminal damage in Dublin city centre investigated by gardaí
From The 42
Job Done
Waterford rise above Clare to offer glimpse of career grand slam for 17-year veteran
Courts
Boy (14) accused of firebomb attack which ‘gutted’ family home and killed pet husky in Dublin
As it happened
Ireland
Georgia v Ireland, Summer Series
Paul O’Connell’s new-look Ireland team recorded a scrappy four-try win in Tbilisi.
Operation Piano
Irish criminals top tier of international organised crime, Interpol organised crime chief reveals
Carndonagh
Man injured in Donegal crash that killed his partner and young daughter out of intensive care
As it happened
Updates
Cork v Dublin, All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Cork were the first side to book their spot in the 2025 All-Ireland senior hurling final.
Student fees
Lawless accuses Sinn Féin of 'misleading' public over student fees in letter to party's TD
Palestine Action
Sally Rooney to remain ‘committed supporter' of Palestine group facing terror ban, court told
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: At least 4,844 children homeless, and we ain't seen nothin' yet
The 42 GAA Weekly
The frenzy and bite of hurling's 'festival weekend': Cork v Dublin, Tipp v Kilkenny previews
Declan and Fintan tell Ronan why the All-Ireland hurling semi-final weekend is the sport’s greatest spectacle.
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Analysis
MV Matthew seizure was a major success ... but Irish appetite for cocaine remains
The €157 million drug seizure was a massive win for the State – but those working in policy say the price of a bag of coke has not budged.
Immigration
Questions raised over why asylum seekers are being put in prison for weeks before deportation
The Irish Penal Reform Trust was sharply critical of the government imprisoning people for ‘administrative rather than criminal’ reasons.
Friday
4 Jul 2025
Ceasefire
Hamas ready to start Gaza ceasefire talks 'immediately' as Israel continues strikes on Gaza
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