World Cup 2026, Day 10: History for Curaçao; Germany strike late; and Gary Lineker on ITV?
Room breaks tournament record, while Undav scores an equaliser against Ivory Coast
Sweden
A divided EU turns to Ireland to stitch together its next budget
Clashing demands over farm subsidies, defence and debt set the stage for a challenging Irish presidency
Who is the Swedish hitman killed in a car crash in Limerick?
In the News podcast: Armed man wearing balaclava when collision occurred, but accomplice managed to flee scene
Former Cork City manager Ger Nash ‘smelled of alcohol’ after crashing car, says garda
Nash, who now lives in Sweden, charged with dangerous driving and drink driving in Midleton last November
Danish researchers to do autopsy on celebrity whale - if it doesn’t explode
Animal known as Timmy became focus of public drama after getting stranded three months ago near Lübeck, Germany
Fiction in translation: ‘Chiquitita is a stunning achievement’
New from Agnes Lidbeck, Khalid Lyamlahy, Agnes de Clairville, Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Claudia Piñeiro
Bubbling under: When Soviet spy subs turned out to be not-so-red herrings
In the 1980s and 1900s, Swedish sonar detected what sounded like submarines, but were actually flatulent fish
Common reason for disregarding Sweden’s Covid outcomes does not bear much scrutiny
The Swedes are not some obscure Amazonian tribe whose habits are alien to us
Only a lucky or well-informed few are benefiting from erratic US policies
Global Briefing: A constant stream of unpredictable Trump administration announcements is not cost-free
Evidence mounts that Long Covid is damaging the hearts of those affected
There are also increasing signs that the condition can disrupt the autonomic nervous system
The fight to save historic Cossack boats from war in Ukraine: ‘They are as fragile as oil paintings’
Ukraine’s Khortytsia National Reserve houses boats and artefacts retrieved from the Dnipro by archaeologists
Europe’s air temperatures becoming ‘dangerously high’, amid record heatwaves in 2025
Temperatures exceeded 30 degrees inside Arctic Circle as entire continent suffered extreme weather
Ireland’s new savings scheme: what’s an ISK anyway and how does it work?
Government weighing different models as it tries to encourage savers to invest rather than deposit cash in banks
Orbán was defeated by a vote ‘too big to rig’. Could Trump follow?
Worldview: Democratic standards have retreated globally, but there is nothing inevitable about this
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices