CAO 2026 calendar: With the Leaving Cert over, here are the important dates you need to know

Now that the exams are past-tense, what next in the choreography of securing college places?

24th, June 2026, 05:01pm

Young asylum seekers may face medical tests to determine age ‘as a last resort’ in disputes

Move criticised as ‘unreliable, unnecessary, and possibly invasive’ by Children’s Rights Alliance

24th, June 2026, 05:00pm

Eleanor Donaldson – what happens next?

Medically unfit to stand trial, but found in a trial of the facts to have aided and abetted rape and indecent assault by her husband

24th, June 2026, 05:00pm

Millionaire fugitive arrested in Rathgar home to face US extradition proceedings

Jason Cardiff told The Irish Times last week he believed charges would soon be dropped

24th, June 2026, 05:00pm

‘As an older person, it is very scary’: Rise in homeless people aged 65 or older

Figures show 265 people aged 65 or older, of whom 146 in Dublin, in emergency accommodation during April

24th, June 2026, 05:00pm

Sharp increase in domestic abuse disclosures the ‘tip of the iceberg’, says Women’s Aid

Women's Aid research

23rd, June 2026, 11:01pm

Bigger cars are costing Irish motorists parking spaces and threatening lives, study finds

Research shows 14% of on-street car parking spaces will be erased by ever bigger cars

23rd, June 2026, 10:00pm

Ryanair condemns arson attack on houses occupied by its staff in Swords

Seven houses in Fosterstown area of north Dublin suburb were targeted during incident

23rd, June 2026, 09:14pm

Public urged to stay safe as heatwave pushes temperatures above 40 degrees in Europe

France, Spain, Italy and Luxembourg on alert, while Met Éireann warns Ireland set for ‘exceptionally hot’ Thursday

23rd, June 2026, 08:16pm

Public urged to stay safe as heatwave pushes temperatures above 40 degrees in parts of Europe

France, Spain, Italy and Luxembourg on alert, while Met Éireann warns Ireland set for ‘exceptionally hot’ Thursday

23rd, June 2026, 08:16pm