Irish Independent

12/10/2025

“A lot of people were left in the dark these last few months, with the kind of unspoken promise that it would all work out in the end and that it would be worth it for a big announcement that would reveal everything all together. But that obviously didn’t happen,” a source said

Speculation has reached fever pitch about what the next strategic move will be in the all-out war between RTÉ and Newstalk over audience share.

12/10/2025

“I am a centrist. I won’t fight with our allies. I won’t let this country down on the world stage”

In the course of the bitter 2011 general election campaign, Phil Hogan made a pitch to Fianna Fáil voters to “lend their vote” to Fine Gael.

12/10/2025

Once best known as the ‘brother of Miriam’, the former rugby player and top barrister Jim O'Callaghan is tipped as the man to replace Micheál Martin. But does he have the stomach for a coup?

The “big man on the bike” – ubiquitous in the leafy south Dublin suburbs – now has big decisions to make.

12/10/2025

'I stood as an independent' said Catherine Connolly as she canvassed in Wexford Town earlier. 'I'm very much an independent candidate with an independent mind, and I was thrilled when Labour came back and said that they were supporting me, and Ivana Bacik as leader, and the parliamentary party have been superb'

Catherine Connolly received a warm welcome while out on a two-and-a-half hour canvass in Wexford town on Saturday – but one Wexford politician was noticeably absent.

12/10/2025

'I know how stupid this is going to sound, but my girlfriend is using ChatGPT as a boyfriend, and it makes me feel so bad... She seems to turn to it for everything now before even talking to me. I feel like we are drifting apart because of this.

What am I meant to do here, because I really don’t know how to deal with this?'

Q: I know how stupid this is going to sound, but my girlfriend is using ChatGPT as a boyfriend, and it makes me feel so bad. She seems to rely on it for everything now and spends a good few hours a day on it. It used to be during the times we weren’t together, but now it’s when we are watching T...

12/10/2025

Aoife's story, one of instability and anxiety, struck a chord online after a video she posted in tears at the post office went viral

For nearly a decade, a Dublin woman has called various rented homes around the city home, but in the last four years, she’s been served with three termination-of-tenancy notices.

12/10/2025

78 years after he emigrated from Buncrana as a child, Danny Hutton is set to play his first gigs in Ireland

Irish-born US musician Danny Hutton is founder of a band that have sold 50 million records, released 21 consecutive Billboard Top 40 hits and helped launch the careers of Elton John, Randy ­Newman and Harry Nilsson.

11/10/2025

Rachel Elliott was told she'd never walk again after a crash that killed two friends, while Bernadette Rice lost her twin sister Clarice just one mile from home

Two young women whose lives have been drastically changed after car crashes in County Donegal have shared their stories in the hope of saving the lives of others.

11/10/2025

'Ivan Yates is a commentator, and he hasn’t been in Fine Gael for the last 25 years, and he’s certainly not advising me on my campaign' says Heather Humphreys

Heather Humphreys has said she will not smear anyone but will ask hard questions of her fellow presidential candidate Catherine Connolly.

11/10/2025

It used to be the place to connect with friends and socialise. Now it’s a morass of sponsored content, shouty influencers, AI-generated reels and disinformation – and a growing number of users are switching off

It was the year the world came out of the Covid-19 pandemic. In January 2022, restrictions were eased in Ireland and in February, mandatory mask-wearing was lifted.

11/10/2025

Actress Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79, it has been reported. She was best known for roles in Annie Hall, The Godfather and Something’s Gotta Give.

More: https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/actress-diane-keaton-star-of-annie-hall-and-the-godfather-dies-aged-79/a1210725691.html

11/10/2025

Ray D'Arcy's Today FM show was great, and D’Arcy was great: sparky, smart, lively, funny, says Darragh McManus. But his RTÉ Radio 1 output has been mostly underwhelming; dull, flat, unengaging

It’s a shame about Ray.