Live updates: New yellow rain warnings issued for 13 counties on Friday; parts of Dublin without water due to burst main

Status yellow rain warning in effect for Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford, Carlow, Dublin and Kilkenny

29th, January 2026, 12:14pm

Abuse survivor David Ryan to put ‘tough questions’ to Pope Leo XIV during private audience

Former Blackrock College pupil says he intends to ask ‘tough questions about how the Catholic Church pushed the abuse issue under the carpet for so long’

29th, January 2026, 10:16pm

Live updates: Burst water main in Dublin causing extensive outages and flooding as more rainfall expected

Status yellow rain warning in effect for Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford, Carlow, Dublin and Kilkenny

29th, January 2026, 10:02pm

Bluetongue outbreak: officials engaging with China over beef trade, says Heydon

Discovery of virus in four herds has led Beijing to suspend imports of Irish beef

29th, January 2026, 09:38pm

Bank holiday road safety warning as two men killed in Monaghan and Laois

Incidents in Smithboro and Abbeyleix bring the number of road fatalities this year to 11

29th, January 2026, 08:38pm

Two men dead following road crashes in Monaghan and Laois

Incidents in Smithboro and Abbeyleix bring the number of road fatalities this year to 11

29th, January 2026, 08:38pm

Two men dead following separate crashes in Monaghan and Laois

Pedestrian dies after being hit by car in Abbeyleix, driver dies in single-vehicle crash near Smithboro

29th, January 2026, 08:38pm

Pedestrian dies after being hit by car in Abbeyleix, Co Laois

Man in 70s pronounced dead in Tullamore hospital following incident, according to gardaí

29th, January 2026, 08:16pm

Live updates: ‘Major disruption’ on Irish Rail services as Met Éireann warns of more potential flooding

Status yellow rain warning in effect for Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford, Carlow, Dublin and Kilkenny

29th, January 2026, 08:15pm

Tusla whistleblower claims put forward to Public Accounts Committee for examination

Internal review in 2018 raised financial management issues at child and family agency facility in Cork

29th, January 2026, 08:00pm