Government to track passenger flight data to help detect ‘suspicious travel patterns’ and terrorists www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Postponing parenthood: How Ireland’s housing crisis is forcing people to delay having children The socioeconomic barriers - in particular housing - that are forcing women to hold off on having children. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

A monthly payment to those who accommodate Ukrainian people in their spare rooms or second homes will be wound down over the next year Using hotels for accommodation will also be wound down www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Desk-based officials will have more power to say if a child has a disability under reforms www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

This morning's Inside Politics digest - Europe may be the one left paying the price for Trump’s war www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Entries open for the Unheard Voices: the Joe Drennan Memorial Prize "for a piece of journalism offering a voice to those who so often go unheard." Any student in college/university on the island of Ireland can enter. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Government was advised that rent reforms carried ‘significant’ risk of evictions www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

Taoiseach survives White House shark tank unscathed - this morning's Inside Politics digest ✉️ ✍🏻 www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

The Dublin Rape Crisis centre has raised concerns about the weaponisation of sexual violence against migrants, and says it has no evidence that immigration is a central driver harming survivors It comes after two TDs supported campaign linking migration to rape www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

There is beef between the Government and the Irish Farmers Association 🥩 🐮 Why? "Hubris - though some of them might think that’s a sheep drench.” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

A dispute over access to records of institutional abuse has led to some Government departments refusing to hand over documents for a new centre for remembrance. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Regulations to ban scramblers outright in public places were delayed due to “competing” interests in the Department of Transport across 2½ years, documents show. Govt had the power since 2023 to impose ban, but didn't do so until after the death of Grace Lynch www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

"If the conditions in which exhausted women experience the bloody agonising labour of childbirth are secondary to concerns about preserving dilapidated streetscapes, we should probably take a hard look at our priorities." Yep www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

New - govt abandons plans to move the Rotunda to Connolly Hospital, and is backing the maternity hospital staying in Dublin city centre as part of a bolstered planning application for a new critical care unit www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

US stops funding peacebuilding project for island of Ireland after 40 years www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Chartered deportation flights are now a “routine” part of Ireland’s immigration system, as 8th flight took off last night It comes as former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned the Government may be engaging in “performative cruelty” in its new immigration law. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

New €1m Government meeting room will protect communications with world leaders, says Martin "surveillance is everywhere," according to the Taoiseach www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...

Around 4,000 industrial school abuse survivors could qualify for new supports www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...

Dublin mayor Ray McAdam to seek FG nomination for Dáil seat vacated by Paschal Donohoe www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Survivors of thalidomide drug to be offered formal State apology www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Sinn Féin councillor Janice Boylan selected to contest Dublin Central byelection www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

(Back to work after brief sick leave!) When Bertie Ahern stood up to offer a historic state apology to child abuse victims, he started a trend that every Taoiseach after him has followed. As apologies get easier with time, practicalities of action gets harder www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Very interesting from Jack Horgan-Jones - overwhelming majority of short term lets are entire homes. Nine out of ten bookings on short-term lettings platforms in Ireland were for entire homes, internal Government documents reveal. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

Graduate doctors could be encouraged to stay in Ireland through a new State-backed loan, which would be offered on the condition recipients go on to work in the Irish health service. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

18th century architecture > 21st century obstetric and neonatal healthcare, for some reason. www.thejournal.ie/rotunda-hosp...

Last politics digest of the week for me! ☕️ In naming Scappaticci in the Dail, Taoiseach tries to shatter the bell jar of silence that the British govt placed on the identity of MI5 agent Stakeknife, through its inflexible doctrine of “neither confirm nor deny” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Hospitals, An Garda Síochána and Government departments are among hundreds of public service bodies that could be affected by a global shortage of computers and laptops caused by artificial intelligence (AI). www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

This morning's politics digest should be in your inbox imminently, or you can read it here ☕️ Michael Healy-Rae’s win leaves questions about Government’s zeal for ending homelessness www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

U-turn on regulating short-term lets: striking a balance or a sop to Michael Healy-Rae? www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Short-term let restrictions will only apply to towns with populations over 20,000 after Government rowback www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

Several Irish citizens have sought official help after being arrested and detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), according to the Irish Government. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that the treatment of people in Ice facilities was a “concern www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

New: The Government may “plough on” with its own national age limits for social media, after some European countries decided to try to ban children under 15 or 16 from certain social networks. This would be a change in approach from previous plan to do it via EU www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Good morning ☀️ Politics digest should be in your inbox shortly, or you can read it here Epstein files fallout could affect Ireland through Keir Starmer and in a more opaque way www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

The death of a 19-year-old apprentice at a Defence Forces barracks some 35 years ago is being examined by a tribunal into complaints of abuse within the military. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Big tech companies have been lobbying EU justice commissioner Michael McGrath, in advance of his bringing forward a law that could crack down on addictive apps and targeted online advertising. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Eight members of the Defence Forces were either under investigation or appeared before the courts accused of sexual offences last year. Another six faced accusations of sexual assault within the military in 2025. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

NEW: Seven ‘very sick’ Palestinian children arrive in Ireland for ‘urgent’ treatment This is the 5th successful medical evacuation of children from Gaza to Ireland www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Friday wrap for your weekend walk/clean/gym session 🎧 Polls 📊 social media ban 📱 Taoiseach's future 🔮 housing crisis 🏡 and the fallout from the Epstein files 📑 open.spotify.com/episode/0tfP...

Domestic abuse victims left waiting years for social housing after fleeing abusers. One woman took council to court after being told she had voluntarily left the home she was renting writes @ellenmcoyne.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

The ‘revolving door’: former government advisers and what they did next www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Three-quarters of voters in Ireland back social media ban for under-16s www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Domestic abuse victims left waiting years for social housing after fleeing abusers www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Ireland will not follow other countries and pass a law creating a social media ban for children in the short term, even as European Union member states advance their own plans for age limits. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Spain to ban social media access for children under 16. If the Irish Government's excuse for not pressing ahead with the same policy is that we need homogeny at EU level, then what excuse does it have when other countries implement an age limit anyway? www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

A rape victim’s counselling notes would have a new “statutory privilege”, meaning they would not be shared in the majority of trials, under amendments being considered by the Government on Wednesday. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Tusla is against a new law that would remove parental rights from killers because the child and family agency claims “children’s best interests” are served by them having a connection with their birth parents. Valerie's Law is a key promise made by the govt www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Jim Gavin steps down as chair of North East Inner City Taskforce www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

An outright ban on using counselling notes in rape trials would be unconstitutional, according to legal advice given to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Minister brushes off suggestion Galway schools prioritised in €1.6bn investment www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Ireland will not press ahead with new age limits for social media until a policy is agreed at EU level. It comes after France moved forward with its own plans to ban social media for children under the age of 15. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...