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January 17, 2026 00:46 UTC

Cllr Declan Bree has expressed his dismay at figures that show 103 households on the Council’s housing waiting list received notices of termination from their landlords over the past 12 months. Stock imageSome 103 households on the County Council’s housing waiting list received notices of termination from their landlords over the past 12 months while approximately 100 households have sought emergency accommodation in recent months. “The fact that 103 households on this Council’s Housing Waiting list received Notices of Termination from their landlords over the past 12 months is a clear indication of the housing crisis and confirms the growing difficulty people have in sourcing private rented accommodation. “Some of these people may be fortunate enough to have extended family who will provide them with shelter. “The number of people in homeless accommodation and the huge number of households on the Council’s housing waiting list is a shocking indictment of this government and the previous administration.” Article Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.

January 17, 2026 00:37 UTC

Roscommon forward Cian McKeon is set to miss Sunday week’s Division One National Football League game against Kerry in Killarney. The Boyle forward picked up a leg injury in the latter stages of last Sunday’s defeat against Mayo and has been ruled out of the game against the All-Ireland champions. Winning a FBD League Shield final in the middle of January wasn’t our ultimate goal. “There will be no one saying after three games in the FBD that they didn’t get a fair crack at it. Some lads have put up their hand looking for that starting spot against Kerry,” he said.

January 17, 2026 00:21 UTC

No current inter-county players will participate in next week’s promotional launch of the Allianz Football and Hurling Leagues. However, the insurance giant maintains that their absence is not linked in any way to the ongoing saga of Allianz’s National League sponsorship.

January 16, 2026 23:48 UTC

Granted, Rassie Erasmus’ first stint as South Africa’s head coach disproved the theory that World Cup winners had to have a head coach in situ for the full, four-year cycle. Erasmus also assumed the role of Springboks head coach the following March 1st, 2018, less than two years out from the 2019 World Cup. Rob Macqueen was also appointed just over two years out from leading the Wallabies to World Cup triumph in 1999 after Greg Smith stepped down due to ill-health. Whoever it is may only have 17 Tests between now and the 2027 World Cup in Australia. It’s a tough gig coaching, especially being a head coach and though he won’t want anyone’s pity, it’s hard not to feel a little sorry for him.

January 16, 2026 23:43 UTC

The game designer behind a controversial famine-survival board game says that while it was “thrilling” for The Great Hunger to be a featured topic on RTÉ’s Liveline this week, he does not “expect a single Irish person to buy this game”. Co-designed by architect and part-time game designer Kevin McPartland, The Great Hunger is a “historic simulation game” which involves 2-5 people playing families of tenant farmers and field hands during the 1840s. The architect and teacher was on RTÉ’S Liveline on Thursday to discuss The Great Hunger. The game was proposed to have a run of 1,000-1,500 copies and be sold by small Connecticut-based board game company Compass Games. He says that The Great Hunger is more an educational game than a trivial one.

January 16, 2026 23:34 UTC

Tributes have been paid at the Central Criminal Court to the late Courts Service registrar and well-known Cork radio presence Shay Bowen, “an oasis of calm in a sometimes chaotic environment”. Mr Bowen worked for many years as a registrar at the district court and the circuit court in Cork. Ms Lankford said that the late Mr Bowen had beautiful Irish and had worked as registrar on many cases that were heard as Gaeilge over the years. Ray Boland, senior counsel, said on behalf of the Bar: “Shay was a gentleman — an oasis of calm in a sometimes chaotic environment. "I was always happy to see him — the man at the desk, courteous to a fault, a great friend of the Bar.”

January 16, 2026 23:24 UTC

BASKETBALL PLAY OFFS AT THE HUBThe Castlerea Community School’s senior boys’ basketball team play in the All-Ireland play offs at the Hub on Wednesday starting at 10.30 a.m. Their opponents are Marist ,Dundalk and St Flannan’s, Ennis. The extended Newman family at the Castlerea St. Kevin’s organised walk in aid of Parkinson’s Ireland, Roscommon branch. Her remains were removed from McDonagh’s Funeral Home to St. Patrick’s Church, Castlerea and following Mass of the Resurrection celebrated by Fr. She was also a member of the Trien Parish Council, the Trien Historical Society, and the Trien Church Choir. His remains were removed form Gaynor’s Funeral Home to St. Patrick’s Church, Castlerea, and following Mass of the Resurrection celebrated by Fr.

January 16, 2026 23:21 UTC

As a member of the Traitors cast, Jade Scott knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. Ms Fung, 44, had recently split from her boyfriend, and it was suspected that she was overwhelmed by the shock. Ms Scott, who is conducting research into women's health and pregnancy, added: 'I was very close with her, so it was a shock to the system. Ms Scott is in a relationship and regularly posts loved-up pictures to Instagram with her boyfriend, Sam Brown Light. Ms Scott is still going strong on series four of The Traitors, but has come under a lot of suspicion, despite being a Faithful.

January 16, 2026 23:15 UTC

Dublin 'Bushman' Nick Corobceanu said his team targeted everyone, but young women feature in 22 of the last 25 posts on his Instagram account. He said his team targeted everyone, but young women feature in 22 of the last 25 posts on his Instagram account. If people asked for footage of the “prank” to be deleted he would do it without question, he said. “Young women have enough to worry about when it comes to their safety and we don’t need someone hiding around the corner pretending to be a bush. That’s probably not just down to him, in fairness, but it’s definitely a contributing factor and I don’t think it’s fair.

January 16, 2026 23:11 UTC

High visibility (high vis) jackets or bibs should be compulsory for e-scooter riders, according to a Tipperary councillor, who said that he had witnessed a number of “near-misses” on the county’s roads recently. Speaking at the meeting, Cllr O’Meara said riders of e-scooters were posing a danger on Tipperary’s roads, particularly during the dark winter evenings. The call comes as three e-scooter riders died in Ireland last year. "The rules we currently have in place for e-scooter riders flies in the face of other road safety campaigns, such as ‘be safe, be seen’. However, concerns have been raised about how any new safety measures for e-scooter riders would be enforced.

January 16, 2026 23:00 UTC

Man United midfielder Casemiro can trigger a one-year extension in his contract if he starts 35 games in all competitions this season. His wages have since dropped to less than £300,000, according to reports, due to the club's failure to qualify for the Champions League. After the club's first-round elimination from both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, Casemiro would need to start all 17 of United's remaining league games to reach 35 starts in all competitions. The clash with the Red Devils' Mancunian neighbours will be Carrick's first in the Old Trafford dugout alongside his new assistants Steve Holland, Jonathan Woodgate and former United centre-back Jonny Evans. ‘Like I said, we want to be near the top of the league, we want to be top of the league.

January 16, 2026 22:56 UTC

Ottoline SpearmanThe death of a pet can be as distressing as losing a person, new research shows. Of the people surveyed, 93 per cent had experienced both the death of a pet and the death of a person. The study found that people can experience clinically significant levels of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) following the death of a pet. Only the death of a parent (11.2 per cent), and in particular, the death of a child (21.3 per cent) were markedly higher. "The decision to exclude pet loss from the bereavement criterion for PGD can be viewed as not only scientifically misguided, but also as callous.”

January 16, 2026 22:33 UTC

Gerry Kelly was mentioned in a file that was temporarily withdrawn from the National Archives. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA WireThe Department of Foreign Affairs has returned a file to the National Archives that included a letter from a senior Garda describing Sinn Féin figure Gerry Kelly as a senior IRA leader in 1996. However, assertions by Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee that the withdrawal was “normal” have been sharply rejected by history professor Diarmaid Ferriter. “Following the temporary recall, the files are returned to the National Archives. On Thursday, Sinn Féin said it had made no effort to have the file withdrawn by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

January 16, 2026 22:27 UTC

Music legend Roger Waters has defended the harsh comments he made about Ozzy Osbourne after his death after Sharon Osbourne said he's 'not wired right'. The comments received wide backlash, with Sharon branding him 'nuts' and saying he's 'not wired right'. Piers asked, before suggesting playing a clip of Sharon addressing the comments on his show last year. 'I know he's dead, and he can't come back and go, "Yeah, I'm sorry I bit the heads off bats," if he ever did. He said at the time: 'Ozzy Osbourne, who just died, bless him in his whatever that state that he was in his whole life.'

January 16, 2026 22:20 UTC