The standoff between residents of Garvaghy Road, Co. Armagh, and the Orange Order shows no sign of resolution.

Ireland is spending less per student across its education system than the average developed country, according to an OECD report.

Almost 30,000 people have opted out of the State’s new auto-enrolment pension scheme, but the Government says participation remains far stronger than expected.

Heimir Hallgrímsson has told The Irish Times Ireland’s soccer players won’t make a decision on whether to fulfil their second match against Israel on Sunday, until after Thursday’s nations league clash against Austria.

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Permission for an Orange Order march on the Gervaghy Road in Portadown expired at midnight with 35 Orangemen blocked by thousands of nationalist protestors.

The Government is facing fresh pressure on the public finances, after a €700 million spending buffer set aside earlier this year was completely used up.

More than 328,000 homes are in electricity arrears according to new figures.

A controversy over Dublin’s Herzog Park has highlighted a legal gap that could require new legislation.

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There’s a heavy few days in store for Heimir Hallgrímsson’s Republic of Ireland squad as they get ready to travel to Hungary to face Israel on Sunday. It’s after their one nil loss to Kosovo in Pristina last night.

The wife and mother of German fraudster Hendrick Holt, also known as, the “wind power swindler”, have established two companies in Dublin that have links with his business.

Only a small minority of voters would be prepared to consider changes such as a new Irish flag, national anthem or joining the Commonwealth to make a united Ireland more acceptable to northern unionists, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll.

The first new private hospital project in Dublin for two decades is under way after healthcare group Bon Secours bought a south county site near the M50 motorway in a multi-million euro deal.

U2 was born this day 50 years ago. Ivan McCormick was there and says he “witnessed the first spark.”

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Help with the cost of energy and home heating is the top priority for voters in next month’s budget, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll.

The HSE is appointing doctors from outside of the EU to work in hospitals without having assurances about their competence in the English language or that they had no criminal records in Ireland or abroad, internal auditors have maintained.

The Government is expected to offer 16-year-olds a €100 voucher to spend on arts and culture events as part of Budget 2027. Our Europe correspondent Naomi O’Leary has been looking at the various countries that have brought in similar schemes.

What do you call your parents? Mum? Dad? Or by their first names? Simon Tierney asks what that says about family dynamics.

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A French judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said the “rule of law” is at steak over US sanctions on judges.

A newly released filing has highlighted Ireland’s dependence on a handful of multinationals for corporation tax, with Apple and Microsoft contributing 98% of the tens of billions collected.

Criminal exploitation by drug gangs is now the biggest concern among organisations working in child trafficking, according to The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

Radiologists have raised concerns about doctors reviewing scans for Irish patients from abroad, stating that their lack of registration with the Irish regulator can result in “increased patient risk”.

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Kinahan cartel founder Christy Kinahan Snr is unlikely to face criminal charges unless new information emerges, The Irish Times has established.

Dissident republican Colm Murphy “sat like a spider at the centre of the web of the plan to detonate a bomb in Omagh”, the inquiry into the 1998 atrocity was told on Monday.

The Irish Times has heard from victims of racial attacks in Belfast of how they “feared” for their lives as mobs attacked their homes.

Some armoured vehicles purchased by the Defence Forces recorded no mileage for years, newly released figures show. 

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The German Chancellor Freidrich Merz has described state elections won by the far right AfD and the far left ⁠Die Linke, but he is refusing to resign.

Housing Minister James Browne is continuing to push for a significant expansion of the Help to Buy scheme ahead of Budget 2027.

The overhaul of the Leaving Certificate is facing fresh turbulence, with the country’s largest second-level teachers’ union, the ASTI, warning of growing frustration among the people tasked with redesigning the curriculum.

A review of free hot school meals shows pupils are choosing processed food over healthy alternatives.

The Irish Times looks at the impact the tech billionaire John Collison has had on the town of Abbeyleix, Co. Laoise, who bought an historic estate five years ago. 

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Ireland’s tax receipts from tech giants should be redistributed amongst European countries, the French finance minister has told The Irish Times.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has described the aim of welcoming Canada as an “associate member” of the European Union as a “positive move”.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing fresh questions over hospital productivity, after new analysis found inpatient activity rose by just 2 per cent over the past six years, despite a 52 per cent increase in real spending.

Ministers at Stormont are to conduct a review into the ‘trial of the facts’ mechanism in which Eleanor Donaldson was deemed medically unfit to stand trial after she was found to have aided and abetted Jeffrey Donaldson’s child sex abuse.

A data centre which was granted planning permission from Mayo County Council last year, has had it overturned. 

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Dublin’s Metrolink project could pave the way for 77,000 additional homes along the route between Swords, Co. Dublin and Dartmouth Square.

President Catherine Connolly is spending the second day of her official visit to Scotland in Glasgow, as she continues a four-day programme aimed at strengthening ties between Ireland and Scotland.

Ursula Von Der Leyen has backed Canada to become an ‘associate member of the EU, but what does that mean?

The Irish Times speaks to students interested in a career in the Defence Forces. 

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Crime gangs are disguising cocaine as coal, paper and treacle to smuggle it into the State and are changing the genetics of cannabis plants to circumvent Irish drugs laws, the head of Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) has said.

Updated cost projections for the Metrolink now estimate the project will cost somewhere in the region of €14.5 bill to €17.5 billion. The Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien will ask for cabinet approval today to put the Metrolink project out to tender.

Meanwhile the Dáil resumes after its summer recess. Our political editor Pat Leahy outlines some of the flashpoints to watch out for during the coming term.

After The Irish Times revealed last week that Dublin City Council is to overhaul the way it enforces parking, you’ve been sharing some of your horror experiences of being clamped.

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