Lemass or Parrott? Bill to rename Dublin Airport brought forward in Dáil
Seán Lemass was minister for industry and commerce when Dublin Airport opened in 1940. Photograph: The Irish TimesA Bill to rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Seán Lemass has been brought forward in the Dáil. The proposed legislation was introduced on Tuesday by Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne, who said the airport “owes much to his policies and foresight”. The Seán Lemass Dublin International Airport Bill 2025 will now go to the second stage for debate. Mr Byrne noted that Dublin Airport, on its social media accounts, had recently joked about naming itself after Republic of Ireland soccer player Troy Parrott.
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November 26, 2025 06:13 UTC
Mystery of the missing Micheál leaves Opposition leaders stuck with understudy
They seek him here: Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the G20 summit in Johannesburg on Sunday. It was 2pm on a Tuesday afternoon and he should have been in the Dáil for Leaders’ Questions. Not only that, but he got a bouncy Brazilian blow-dry for his big moment taking Leaders’ Questions, so his hair looked lovely. It’s Leaders’ Questions, not Aspiring Leaders’ Questions — Sinn Féin’s Conor D McGuinness“Nice surprise to see you today,” she added in the welcoming tones of someone opening the back door to find the cat has left a surprise on the doorstep. “It’s Leaders’ Questions, not Aspiring Leaders’ Questions.”Nobody is saying that a taoiseach can’t travel abroad on State business, explained the Labour leader.
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November 26, 2025 06:09 UTC
‘Fight, problem-solving, guts’: Johnny Sexton hails Ireland’s response in Springboks clash
“I think the game on Saturday was a standalone,” Sexton said, speaking at the announcement of the renamed Laya Arena at the RDS. This half-time was just trying to come up with a plan with 12 men, trying to come up with plays with 12 men. Normally a preset solution is at hand with tried-and-trusted tactical switches and tweaks, but playing a Test match with 12 players was in nobody’s playbook. “It was more coming up with a plan for kick-off,” Sexton said of the start of the second half. That is the minimum you want to see from any Irish team and they produced it in spades,” Sexton said.
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November 26, 2025 06:07 UTC
Solicitor challenges order to pay €500 to court poor box for not attending hearing
Edward Bradbury submits his solicitor told the District Court that in the absence of a formal court order, he would not be paying the fine. A solicitor who was ordered to pay €500 to the District Court “poor box” when he was unable to attend a hearing has been granted permission to challenge the fine, arguing the judge did not have jurisdiction to impose such a penalty. Mr Bradbury submits his solicitor told the District Court that in the absence of a formal court order, he would not be paying the fine and would take no further action should the matter rest there. He said he told the District Court that, if an order was issued for the €500, judicial review proceedings would be commenced from the date of issue. On August 13th, Mr Bradbury’s solicitor received the order compelling him to pay.
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November 26, 2025 05:51 UTC
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison sentence for plotting coup in Brazil
Photograph: Sergio Lima/AFP via GettyBrazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to start serving his 27-year sentence in a 12 sq m bedroom in a police base in the capital, Brasília, after his conviction for plotting a coup. On Tuesday, the supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that Bolsonaro should start serving his sentence after the case formally ended following a period for appeals. Bolsonaro’s former defence minister, general Walter Braga Netto, who received a 26-year sentence, was already in custody having been arrested last December. The former spy chief Alexandre Ramagem received a 16-year sentence, but recently fled to the US to avoid jail. Experts say the former president’s influence has waned dramatically in recent months, particularly after Bolsonaro was arrested for tampering with his ankle tag.
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November 26, 2025 05:48 UTC
Fame could cut musicians’ lifespan as much as casual smoking does, study suggests
Fame in the music industry can be a ticket to riches, but at a cost of a shorter lifespan. Photograph: GettySingers who are famous tend to die about four years earlier than ones who are less well known, a study has suggested. The level of risk associated with achieving fame is comparable to that of casual smoking, the study’s authors said in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Their study looked at the lives and deaths of 628 singers born between 1910 and 1975. Most, 83.5 per cent, were men; 61 per cent were from the United States; and 77 per cent were white.
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November 26, 2025 05:31 UTC
Ireland drawn against co-hosts Sri Lanka and Australia in Twenty20 World Cup
Ireland will open their Twenty20 World Cup campaign against co-hosts Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday, February 8th. Photograph: Sameera Peiris/Getty ImagesIreland have been drawn with co-hosts Sri Lanka and Australia in Group B for next year’s Twenty20 World Cup, which will be played in India and Sri Lanka. Pakistan will play all their games in Sri Lanka because of their soured political relations with India. The 20-team tournament will be played across eight venues – five in India and three in Sri Lanka – between February 7th and March 8th. Ireland’s 2026 Twenty20 World Cup Group B fixtures (all times Irish)Sunday, February 8th: v Sri Lanka, R Premedasa Stadium, Colombo, 1.30pmWednesday, February 11th: v Australia, R Premedasa Stadium, Colombo, 9.30amSaturday, February 14th: v Oman, SSC, Colombo, 5.30amTuesday, February 17th: v Zimbabwe, Pallekelle, 9.30am
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November 26, 2025 03:55 UTC
RDS to be renamed ‘Laya Arena’ under new partnership deal
The new 6,775 capacity Anglesea Stand at the RDS. Photograph: Barry Cronin for Irish TimesLeinster Rugby and the RDS have announced a new naming rights partnership with Laya healthcare, with the RDS Arena to be renamed the Laya Arena. During the works, Leinster have staged their home fixtures at the Aviva Stadium and Croke Park. “We look forward to next season and working even closer with the RDS, and now with Laya healthcare, as we return home to Laya Arena. “This partnership provides an important commercial contribution needed to close the funding gap for the Anglesea Stand reconstruction.
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November 26, 2025 02:41 UTC
Idrissa Gueye applauded by Everton team-mates after apologising for Michael Keane slap – The Irish Times
Idrissa Gueye received a round of applause from the Everton squad after apologising for his extraordinary red card in Monday’s victory at Manchester United. The midfielder became the first Premier League player to be dismissed for striking a team-mate in 17 years when slapping Michael Keane at Old Trafford. Gueye did not get an opportunity to speak to Moyes or his team-mates at half-time. The 36-year-old could still be disciplined by Everton despite Moyes’s admission that he “likes my players fighting each other”. He’s apologised for the sending off, he’s praised the players and thanked them for it and apologised.”
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November 26, 2025 01:18 UTC
Bus driver and lorry driver who were killed in Co Meath crash are named
They were Bus Éireann coach driver Paul Conway, who was in his 50s and from Tallanstown, Co Louth, and Wesley O’Reilly, a lorry driver in his 40s from Skerries, Co Dublin. Bus Éireann coach driver Paul Conway, who was in his 50s and from Tallanstown, Co Louth was killed following the multi vehicle crash. Bus Éireann confirmed one of its drivers died in the crash, which took place near the site of the former Huntsman pub. Jean O’Sullivan, chief executive of Bus Éireann, said the company is “devastated by this tragic incident”. “Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and colleagues of our Bus Éireann driver who has sadly lost his life, and with the family and friends of the driver of the other vehicle who also passed away,” she said.
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November 25, 2025 22:25 UTC
‘Very positive’ meeting with Minister on Shine scoping inquiry, says patients’ group
The CEO of the Dignity4Patients organisation has described a meeting with the Minister for Health to discuss a scoping inquiry into former consultant Michael Shine as “very positive”. Shine worked as a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, and was later found guilty of sexual assaults on nine boys. Shine worked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital from 1964 until 1995. Dr Michael Shine (80) at a previous court appearance. “I need to know, why was Michael Shine allowed abuse me even though other people knew?
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November 25, 2025 22:25 UTC
Zelenskiy will have to ‘fight his little heart out’: How US-led peace plan was hatched
US secretary of state Marco Rubio downplayed the US peace plan as 'a list of potential ideas'. Photograph: Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP via Getty ImagesLast week, US president Donald Trump set a hard deadline for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to agree to the details of a 28-point draft peace deal with Russia. If he refused, Trump said, the Ukrainian leader would be left “to fight his little heart out”. The 28-point plan, which was widely criticised as a series of one-sided concessions to Russian president Vladimir Putin, had been shrunk to closer to 20 points. “It is not our peace plan.”Rounds said Rubio had “made it clear that it was an opportunity to have received” the plan.
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November 25, 2025 21:45 UTC
Ghost buses ‘simply not acceptable’, Minister for Transport says
The “phenomenon” of ghost buses on certain routes is “simply not acceptable”, the Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien has told the Dáil. Mr O’Brien said a “great frustration” of his was “unreliability” in public transport. That can happen, people will understand now and again if this happens but the increased prevalence [of ghost buses] on certain routes is of grave concern,” he said. Mr Ó Cearúil said there were “persistent cancellations and ghost buses and severe overcrowding” on the C4 route, which travels between Maynooth and Ringsend. Mr O’Brien said he would speak directly with the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the TD’s behalf and put forward his suggestions.
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November 25, 2025 21:25 UTC
US claims Ukraine peace deal close as Russia opposes changes to controversial plan
According to Reuters, Mr Zelenskiy said Ukraine was ready to advance the US-backed framework and discuss disputed points with Mr Trump. “Over the past week, the United States has made tremendous progress towards a peace deal,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. And these principles are generally reflected in the plan, which we welcomed,” Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. However, there are aspects of that plan that deserve to be discussed, negotiated, improved ... We want peace, but we don’t want peace that is effectively a capitulation,” French president Emmanuel Macron said of the US peace plan. The answer is no.”France and Britain reaffirmed on Tuesday that they might send troops to Ukraine in some capacity if a peace deal was agreed and implemented.
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November 25, 2025 20:51 UTC
Aldi Ireland swings to €20m loss
At the end of December 2024, Aldi Ireland had shareholder funds of €807 million including accumulated profits of €307 million. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA WireThe Irish arm of discount retailer Aldi recorded a pretax loss of €20.1 million last year. New accounts show that Aldi Stores (Ireland) Ltd took the loss even as revenue increased 1 per cent to €2.12 billion. The pretax loss of €20.1 million followed a pretax profit of €16.82 million in 2023 – a negative swing of €36.92 million. Numbers employed by Aldi Ireland increased by 89 from 4,680 to 4,769 as staff costs rose 12pc from €196.79 million to €221.24 million.
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November 25, 2025 19:49 UTC