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People watch votes being counted in Dublin Central

Live Tallies suggest tight race in both bye-election counts

Follow live updates as counting is under way in the Dublin Central and Galway West bye-elections.

Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla arriving back at Dublin Airport

Irish Gaza flotilla members arrive home

Jason Black, Éanna McGowan, Pádraig O’Hora and Adam Sweeney at Dublin Airport after returning home from Nepal

Watch: Irish team back in Dublin after Everest climb

Ben Gvir confronting flotilla activists

France bans Israeli security minister Ben Gvir

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) gestures as he speaks to the press following a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting with Partner Countries before his departure at the Bourget airport in Le Bourget, outside Paris

Rubio says 'chance' of Iran accepting deal soon

Maxime Lucu of Union Bordeaux Bègles celebrates after his side score their fourth try during the Investec Champions Cup final match between Leinster and Union Bordeaux Bégles at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain.

Live Champions Cup final recap: Leinster 19-41 Bordeaux

A Norwich police man breaks down a door in relation to a child exploitation proble

Man, 19, in Dublin court over UK child exploitation probe

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EU border checks at Port of Dover suspended due to queues

23 May 2026; Players tussle before the start of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Kerry and Donegal at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney, Kerry. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Live Saturday's football championship updates

A stylised RTÉ Clarity graphic with a finger on a light switch in the left foreground and electricity bills in the middle and right background

Why are Ireland's electricity prices the EU's highest?

Visual showing the words Dublin Central, Bye-Elections26 RTÉ and a map of the constituency

Count results from Dublin Central as they happen

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Scotland's First Minister John Swinney

DUP call for Scottish FM to apologise for Troubles remark

OPW works along the River Skane

Success for Boyne salmon spawning rehabilitation efforts

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Hundreds evacuated after fire at Dublin apartment complex

The top section of Brendan McGloin's High Cross piece.

'True craftsman' - McGloin's sculpture to be sent to US

Fire damage at the Cherrymore Kitchens premises in Donegal Town

Fire causes significant damage to Donegal retail premises

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The hand selects a package with a drug - cocaine in the back pocket of jeans

Ireland in the grip of a cocaine crisis

A stylised RTÉ Clarity graphic with a finger on a light switch in the left foreground and electricity bills in the middle and right background

Why are Ireland's electricity prices the EU's highest?

Fans of RD Congo celebrate after qualified to World Cup 2026 by beating Jamaica 1-0 during the playoff qualifying match at the Guadalajara Stadium in Zapopan, Mexico

Will Ebola affect DR Congo's World Cup participation?

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping hold a tea chat in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Kristina Solovyova / POOL / AFP)

China-Russia visit: Goodbye Mr Trump, hello Mr Putin

Analysis and Comment

Artists impression of Cork rail depot

Significant Cork transport upgrades coming down the line

Analysis and Comment

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Dublin Central constituents explain reasons for voting

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Dublin Central constituents explain reasons for voting

Dublin Central constituents explain reasons for voting

Watch: Galway West voters discuss reasons for casting ballots

Watch: Galway West voters discuss reasons for casting ballots

Gold Scott Medal posthumously awarded to garda for 'extraordinary bravery'

Gold Scott Medal posthumously awarded to garda for 'extraordinary bravery'

‘Savings are huge’ after EV owner installs home charging channel

‘Savings are huge’ after EV owner installs home charging channel

Is a mini-heatwave really on the way?

Is a mini-heatwave really on the way?

Prime Time: Irish activist recounts moment from Israeli minister's widely condemned video

Prime Time: Irish activist recounts moment from Israeli minister's widely condemned video

Irish activists detained by Israeli military speak to media after arriving in Turkey

Irish activists detained by Israeli military speak to media after arriving in Turkey

Israeli minister posts video taunting detainees

Israeli minister posts video taunting detainees

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Gibraltar's Barbary macaques are the only primates found in the wild in Europe

Eat dirt - Gibraltar monkeys balance out junk food binges

An albino buffalo whose hair resembles that of US President Donald Trump

Bangladesh's 'Donald Trump' buffalo becomes Eid sensation

Workers put together what will become the world's tallest wind turbine in Schipkau, eastern Germany

'World's tallest' wind turbine rises in Germany

Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (R) was sentenced to death in 2024 but now faces life in prison instead

Jailed Vietnamese tycoon's handbags auctioned for €460k

Close up image of a woman's legs while a beautician's hand holds a white laser hair removal device.

Close shave - hair removal device sparks evacuation

Famous flute used in Beatles recording up for auction

stock image of a humpback whale in the ocean

Humpback whales in record swims between Australia, Brazil

A photo of Jackson Pollock's Number 7A, 1948 painting

Jackson Pollock painting sells for over €155m in New York

A giant African harvester ant walks along a stalk of grass in Silole sanctuary in Kajiado

Kenya's new poaching problem: smuggling harvester ants

The Francis Griffith Newlands fountain at Chevy Chase Circle on the Washington, DC–Maryland border

Missing placard highlights Trump's scrubbing of history

Helpers pour water on a stranded humpback whale covered with blankets to protect the animal's skin

Whale rescued after stranding in Germany last month dies

ancient egyptian paintings on restored tomb walls

Egypt exhibits Tutankhamun tomb artifacts in Luxor