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FSAI
Check your freezer: Chicken products across various supermarkets recalled over salmonella warning
Eurovision Song Contest
How Israel spent $1m pushing Eurovision votes – and how it probably worked
An investigation found coordinated advertising and social media campaigns urging viewers to vote multiple times for Israel’s acts during the past two contests.
From The 42
Momentum
Record-breaking Aviva game highlights surging popularity of the Ireland Women's rugby team
Language choice
TG4 to follow Netflix precedent by offering Irish-language subtitles option for flagship drama
The 42FM
The Predictions Episode
Sinéad and Gavin nail their colours to the mast as they debate their big sporting predictions for the rest of 2026 and beyond.
59m
Climate
Catherine Connolly criticises pollution of Irish rivers in first major speech on the environment
The president gave her assessment of where we’re at seven years since Ireland officially declared a climate and biodiversity emergency.
Dublin Central
PBP byelection candidate makes ethics complaint against rival and lord mayor Ray McAdam
Runners and Riders
The people who could be the next UK Prime Minister if Keir Starmer goes
Despite mounting calls for the British prime minister to stand down, there is no natural successor in Labour to take the top job.
Publicans
Rural pubs say they face ‘existential threat’, with over 2,220 pubs closing in past 20 years
LOSS OF A PARENT
Loss of a parent: I spent 50 years preparing for my father's death, but it still came as a shock
Industrial Action
National Ambulance Service workers 'prepared for the long haul' as 24-hour strike underway
energy sector profits
Harris rules out Irish-only windfall tax on energy giants over possible impact on 'investment'
The finance minister says the government prefers an EU-wide approach; however, the European Commission insists a similar initiative in 2022 had mixed results.
Monday
11 May
middle age spread
Body of Evidence: Why your body starts storing fat in your 50s — and how it affects your brain
Rose of Tralee
'I'm shocked, but I'm not surprised': Dublin Rose subjected to racist comments online
Cork City Council
Cork's historic Counting House to be reborn as new city library after €35m council purchase
child sexual abuse material
Dublin man who had sexually explicit conversations with children online jailed
royal albert hall
Rod Stewart congratulates UK's King Charles for putting 'ratbag' Trump 'in his place'
heave ho
Keir Starmer faces open rebellion as over eighty MPs and counting call on him to resign
The embattled UK prime minister earlier vowed to prove ‘doubters’ wrong – but it may be too late.
oliver bond
Cross-party anger at government over Oliver Bond flats as Dublin councillors demand U-turn
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