Irish Independent

13/06/2025

Priced out of living in Dublin, more and more people are commuting long distances to work. They're trading time for money, but is it ultimately worth it?

The road is still dark as Nicola Walsh, a legal professional and mother of two, begins her 225km round-trip to Dublin. By 7am, she’s at her desk.

13/06/2025

Iran retaliates with missiles as Israel launches second night of attacks on nuclear targets and military leadership

13/06/2025

If you wanted Joe Duffy's job, now's your chance

RTÉ has put out a casting call for Joe Duffy’s successor on Liveline.

13/06/2025

Just shy of 26,000 residential mortgage accounts were behind on their payments at the end of March, the Central Bank of Ireland said

The number of mortgage holders in arrears has fallen to a low not seen since the financial crash.

13/06/2025

I have formed the view that by taking me as a kind of radio role model in reverse, Katie has emerged in the fullness of time as the natural choice to present Ireland’s most important radio show

As a result of an item on Liveline (RTÉ1, weekdays, 1.45pm) last year, in rugby games between Wales and Ireland one of the teams no longer wears their traditional colours of red or green – Ireland changed to white this year.

13/06/2025

The aim was “to warn them of the dangers of what is available nowadays to young people, but shouldn’t be”

Children making their confirmation next year will be asked to pledge to abstain from smoking and va**ng as part of the Catholic bishops’ efforts to modernise.

13/06/2025

Enterprise Ireland chairman Michael Carey resigns

13/06/2025

Some families like to take a week out to go camping at this time of year. But how many could live in a tent together for six months – and without ever leaving home?

Electrician David Stuart and his wife, schoolteacher Rose Upton, had no choice but to camp in a tent in their own living room through the stripping-out phase during the renovation of their Drumcondra period home at No4 Glendalough Road in Dublin 9.

“With all the dust floating around, we had to sleep in it every night. It was in the depths of winter and without central heating,” says Stuart. “Apart from the tent, all we had in that time was a double mattress, a kettle, an air fryer and a George Foreman grill.”

At this point, their home was being torn asunder and becoming progressively more inhabitable. Upton adds: “After six months of stripping the house out, the water was turned off to facilitate more work, so we couldn’t stay there. We had to move back in with our parents for another six months.”

The young couple from Portmarnock are proof that sometimes you have to go more than the proverbial extra mile to get your dream home.

“We actually lived with both sets of parents for years while we were saving,” says Stuart. “When we went looking for a house, we found we were really limited by our budget to homes that needed a lot of work.”

13/06/2025

Paul Murphy TD held by Egyptian authorities as group attempts to march to Gaza

13/06/2025

Where do Ireland's top chefs go if they fancy a carvery?

Where do Ireland’s top chefs go when they want to eat like the rest of us? When they’re not looking for haute cuisine, fine dining and multi-course tasting menus? The answer is the local pub, where the food might be humble but if it’s made with good ingredients and enough care and attention, i...

13/06/2025

Annie McCarrick: Suspect (60s) released without charge as gardaí bring in cadaver dog to search property

13/06/2025

"I get myself into trouble because if I don't like someone, they'll know I don't like them"

Eamonn Holmes has spoken out about the “horrible” former co-stars he has worked with on TV on the latest episode of his podcast, branding some of them “false, false, false”.