2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1142+ words) HEALTH CAMPAIGNERS HAVE raised concerns over the heavy marketing of nicotine pouches at Irish music festivals this summer. The Irish Cancer Society estimates that up to 686,000 festival and concertgoers this summer have been subjected to “heavy marketing and promotional campaigns…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1561+ words) WELCOME TO HOW I Spend My Money, a series on The Journal that looks at how people in Ireland really handle their finances. Are you a spender, a saver or a splurger? We’re asking readers to keep a record of…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago   (262+ words) US PRESIDENT DONALD said during his prizegiving speech at the Amgen Irish Open that he will remove tariffs from Irish whiskey. Trump presented Shane Lowry with the Irish Open trophy in Doonbeg, Co Clare after the Offaly man took the…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (152+ words) SHANE LOWRY HAS won the 2026 Amgen Irish Open. 17 years on from his famous win as an amateur at Baltray, the Offaly man stormed to victory in style in Doonbeg. Lowry sunk a birdie putt on the 18th to sign for a…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago   (634+ words) TAOISEACH MICHEÁL MARTIN said he brought up the humanitarian situation in Gaza with Donald Trump yesterday, but that he did not refer to it as a “genocide” during the private meeting with the US President. He denied that he changed…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (738+ words) IT DIDN’T TAKE long for Trump to stir things up when he arrived in Ireland on Saturday. After a polite meet and greet with President Catherine Connolly – who gave Trump a copy of Michael Longley’s poem titled ‘Ceasefire’ – the US…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago   (788+ words) THE FIRST MINISTERS of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (390+ words) TWO CO GALWAY women have appeared in court in connection with an alleged public order offence at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Co Clare. Emma O’Grady (41) of Inis Oírr, Co na Gaillaimhe and Áine Ní Threinír (35) of Cuirt Na…...

8+ hour, 1+ min ago   (551+ words) AT LEAST SIX people have died and 130 others are missing after a ferry sailing between the islands of Java and Borneo was hit by bad weather and capsized. The Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 passengers and crew, had lost contact with its…...