Dublin People

21/08/2026

"Attend that 9am tutorial even if you stayed up until the small hours playing Football Manager" - as the class of 2026 begins to weigh up their third level journey, one of our writers from the class of 2015 has some advice for the newcomers
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2026/08/19/class-of-2026-advice/

21/08/2026

Ireland won a team award for the first time in the 17-year history of attending the International Linguistics Olympiad in Bucharest, Romania.

Ireland won a team award for the first time in the 17-year history of attending the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) […]

21/08/2026

The Affordable Ireland Campaign has said that the Dáil should be recalled from summer recess as the cost of living crisis continues to bite
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2026/08/21/dail-recall-affordable-ireland/

21/08/2026

The Irish Road Haulage Association has welcomed the announcement that the government will not proceed with the planned increase in fuel excise duty on September 1st
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2026/08/21/hauliers-fuel-pause/

21/08/2026

Irish rugby international Joe McCarthy has officially joined forces with his brother Andrew and members of Down Syndrome Ireland to launch the 2026 Purple Run
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2026/08/21/irish-rugby-star-joe-mccarthy-launches-down-syndrome-irelands-purple-run/

21/08/2026

14 Henrietta Street, Dublin City Council’s social history museum, marked its European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2026 at an official presentation ceremony held at the museum during Heritage Week
https://dublinpeople.com/news/northsideeast/articles/2026/08/21/14-henrietta-street-receives-european-heritage-award-at-dublin-ceremony/

21/08/2026

Four members of a criminal gang have been arrested after being caught on the M50
https://dublinpeople.com/news/court/articles/2026/08/21/m50-arrests/

21/08/2026

Sinn Féin councillor Daithí Doolan has said that an illegal dump in Ballyfermot must be removed "as a matter of urgency", with one resident becoming ill after being bitten by a rat
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2026/08/21/doolan-dump/

20/08/2026

An organisation aiming to highlight the injustices and trauma faced by survivors of domestic violence and coercive control in the family courts has welcomed the publication of the first volume of case reports from the Family Law Reporting Project

An organisation aiming to highlight the injustices and trauma faced by survivors of domestic violence and coercive control in the […]

20/08/2026

Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly has said that Ireland's railway system is "coming apart at the seams" and that "urgent" investment is needed
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2026/08/20/soc-dems-rail/