Irish Times
January 2026
Mark Moriarty’s recipe for easy spiced meatball tray bake
John Wilson’s wine picks for drinking any time, with any food or any company
‘My comrades are struggling and freezing and dying.’ Exhaustion is sapping Ukraine’s spirit
Lieut Yulia Mykytenko’s sad, beautiful face appeared in flickering candlelight on a screen in the Centre Culturel Irlandais
It’s not a secret that our troops are extremely exhausted,
I hope you’re warm enough,
I am thinking about my comrades in the dugouts who are struggling and freezing and dying,
Mark Moriarty: Two easy, low-cost traybake dinners, packed with flavour
Matt Williams: Weakened Ireland will need help from the rugby gods to stop mighty France
James McClean’s return rises President’s Cup above ‘glorified friendly’
This year almost feels like a French home Six Nations
At the beginning of my tenure, I opted for a conservative approach to build collective experience within the French national team. After six years together, it’s time to find a balance between this conservatism and innovation,... Two seasons ago, who knew Louis Bielle-Biarrey? Hardly anyone. So we need to give our most talented young players the chance to wear the jersey. They deserve to be seen and seen again. Because the French team also needs fresh blood.”
Top mares Lossiemouth and Brighterdaysahead in Champion Hurdle head-to-head
Storm Chandra: Does climate change make small streams and more frequent flooding new risks?
It is acknowledged at an EU level that this gap may widen in the light of the increasing frequency and severity of weather events due to climate change,
The most powerful tool we have at our disposal is planning,
I don’t really know what way to think about all of this,
There is a gap but it’s 5 per cent which is low by international standards and there are a few components to reducing it,
It flooded before, in 2011, but it wasn’t bad. Maybe an inch of water,
Insurance companies make their own individual underwriting decisions,
If you have your own home, don’t pave over your garden, put in a rain butt to catch the runoff from your roof, even planters will catch rain if you don’t have much space,
It used to soak up the water when the river got high but there’s nowhere for the water to go now,
I have flood insurance but I don’t know if I’ll claim off it,
Trump and CEOs: speaking up, or just playing it safe?
Melania review: Shameless propaganda that could put you to sleep
My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier,
You mean we’re all investigative journalists doing a piece on the drug epidemic?”
US government shuts down partially over homeland security funding
These are not radical demands, they’re basic standards the American people already expect from law enforcement,
The administration will continue working with the Congress to address recently raised concerns to complete appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026,
But the House is going to do its job. We want to get the government funded, as does the president,
First day of Dublin Racing Festival postponed due to heavy rain
At least 200 people killed in landslide at coltan mining site in DR Congo
For now, there are more than 200 dead, some of whom are still in the mud and have not yet been recovered,
Poulaphouca reservoir may need to release held rainwater, increasing flood risk in Kildare and Dublin
Séamus Power moves into second place at Farmers Insurance Open
The Waterford golfer had five birdies and an eagle in his second round at the North Course, with a single drop shot, his eagle coming at his final hole on a par 5
Yeah, that was two special rounds of golf,
As well as I scored [Thursday], it was more the putter and I knew I was a little off with the long game,
Storm overflow pipe burst causes ‘brown sludge’ spill near blue-flag beach in Meath
Storm water is pumped through this pipe during overflow events associated with heavy rainfall,
I was out walking my dog as usual this morning and there was a horrible smell along the beach before I came across the spill from a fractured pipe,
Man (50s) dies after assault in Dublin
Six Nations 2026: Tandy has interesting choice on set-up amid Wales rugby tailspin
Elena Rybakina overpowers Aryna Sabalenka to win first Australian Open title
Israeli air strikes kill at least 26 people in Gaza, health ministry says
We found my three little nieces in the street, they say ceasefire and all, what did those children do, what did we do
Gardaí seize cannabis worth €10m after raid in Co Louth
A joint operation by Revenue Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized 506kg of cannabis in a raid on a property in Co Louth on Friday, January 30th
Man (50s) dies after car hits pedestrian in Co Kildare
The pedestrian, a male in his 50s, was pronounced deceased at the scene
Ulster Unionists preparing to lead unionism again, new leader says
All of the party’s MLAs and its only MP, Robin Swann, attended the meeting at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast
We are here to do business, to get things done, to find solutions and that is what you are going to have as we start preparing to lead unionism in Northern Ireland again.”
This is a new chapter for the Ulster Unionist Party, we are going to confidently go out engage our communities, provide the leadership that unionism needs, be sure-footed, not make the strategic big mistakes and deliver for the people of Northern Ireland.... Lead
We can now switch into an outward-looking election mode and go fishing for votes.”
Politics has stalled in this place, Stormont is not delivering and keeping up with the advances that have been made elsewhere in Northern Ireland in our vibrant economy and we need to look at why that is.”
Age restrictions needed for social media amid looming ‘public health emergency’ — Harris
We have to be more self-reliant, and there’s a real appetite for that,
We do this in so many areas. You can’t drive a car, you can’t have an alcoholic drink, you can’t smoke until a certain age,
I think we’re on the verge of a public health emergency in terms of social media and the impact on young people in Ireland, Europe and across the world,
We can’t just be talking about what happens in the White House... We have to look at what we can do in our own country and in Europe to make our country and the European Union more competitive,