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- Starmer appoints Brown as adviser after election losses May 9, 2026UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed former prime minister Gordon Brown as a special envoy on global finance.
- US attacks spark Iran reprisals as deal hangs in balance May 9, 2026The US and Iran appeared no closer to finding an end to their war after the two sides traded fire in the Gulf amid a tenuous ceasefire, while a US intelligence analysis concluded Iran could withstand a naval blockade for months.
- Around 80,000 take part in Darkness Into Light events May 9, 2026Around 80,000 people are expected to take part in Darkness Into Light events around Ireland and across the world today.
- How Putin's regime is throttling the internet in Russia May 9, 2026Russian authorities have restricted internet access in parts of the country over the past year and last month blocked access to Telegram, Russia's most popular messenger app. The Kremlin says the measures are needed to stop drone attacks, but a wider strategy to control information is at play.
- Is the Govt's attempt at fiscal discipline unravelling? May 9, 2026Last September ministers were warned by the Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers that continuous spending overruns by departments which can't operate within their means had to come to an end.
- Check it out! UCD's 'Library of Things' one year on May 9, 2026The 'Library of Things' ethos has definitely become a thing in Ireland in recent years, with projects ranging from small, volunteer-led efforts to large-scale institutional initiatives.
- Is the Iran nuclear agreement back to square one? May 9, 2026Whatever emerges from the debris of the US-Israel-Iran war, Iran's nuclear programme will be at the heart of any agreement, and that deal will probably not look much different to the one that President Trump pulled out of in 2018.
- Lesser-spotted moments of unity amid fractious Dáil mood May 9, 2026There is little harmony in the Dáil these days as a furious opposition repeatedly call on the Government to immediately free up more money for households struggling to cope with rising prices.
- Russia holds scaled-back parade amid further truce calls May 9, 2026Russia is holding its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow's forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict since World War II.
