Ireland · Evidence
Ireland: what was counted on 22 October 2026
Every article that passed the risk gate for Ireland on this day, by category — the outlet, its leaning where known, and the link. These counts are what the pressure table adds up.
Signals counted
109 articles
Regulation
- HMRC dealing with older tax debts which are harder to collect – report ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- 'Game-changer': Existing plan for car park highlighted by traders in Limerick town ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Rathwood gets injunction to prevent disposal of stock held in warehouse ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Limerick's Aughinish Alumina not hit by Russia sanctions in latest EU draft proposal ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Culling foxes creates ‘chaos’ MLAs told as Stormont scrutinises hunting ban Bill ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Aldi and Lidl to face same rules as rival supermarkets, says watchdog ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- No permanent cut to emergency surgery at SWAH without new public consultation, court told ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- UUP councillor and special adviser to Health Minister suspended from council role ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Environmentalists up in arms as UK government approves gas drilling in North Sea ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Gardaí seize 122 e-scooters and e-bikes and arrest 12 people in major operation ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Setback for Letterkenny diffing as planning exemption rejected ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs this year as AI makes work more efficient ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- BMWs, Rolex watches and Louis Vuitton bags seized in investigation into Dublin-based charity ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Medtech leaders gather in Galway to call for EU regulatory reform ↗ Advertiser.ieindependent
- Diesel emissions not properly tested in MOT tests, court finds, after environmental challenge over deadly air pollution ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Environmentalists up in arms as UK gobvernment approves gas drilling in North Sea ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Disruption
- Energy system stable for winter despite overseas gas reliance, analysis finds ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Second named storm of the year, Storm Boelo, to follow Storm Austen this weekend ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- Streeting urges public to prepare for disruption from cyber emergencies ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Streeting urges public be ‘alert not alarmed’ amid call to stock up for a crisis ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Trump says starshield system is 'back' in Ukraine ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Rush hour multi-vehicle collision on Limerick motorway ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Ireland faces double weather battering as Storm Boelo to follow Storm Austen ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Shipping containers blocking Derry street over safety fears at historic building finally removed after almost a year ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- An Post says its staff have been attacked by animals 118 times so far this year ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Storm Boelo: Second storm to impact Donegal this weekend ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Illegal disabled bay parking exposes Inishowen Garda shortage - Inishowen Cathaoirleach ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Donegal to dodge Storm Austen as weather warnings are lifted ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Fears of ‘wider’ cyberattack as ‘critical flaw’ forces thousands of websites to shut down ↗ IrishCentralindependent
- Car demolishes monument in market town collision ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- We must be ready for another ‘difficult’ season of wildfires, FM warns ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Popular Belfast coffee shop shuts due to ‘financial pressures’ ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Whole island of Ireland to be hit by first two storms of the year ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- The 5 at 5: Thursday ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Storm Austen: Flooding and rush-hour chaos feared as employers urged to consider remote working ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Storm Austen: Limerick residents urged to prepare for what's coming ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Orange Warning for six counties as experts pinpoint 'worse' day with Storm Austen set to hit ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Traffic building on Cork commuter routes, with Storm Austen on way ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- Emergency services at the scene of Termon collision ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Two signs cut down and another defaced along Leghowney Loop Walk ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Call for action to fix Carndonagh's traffic chaos ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Websites around the world taken offline after AI finds ‘critical’ security flaw ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Iran says seven oil tankers damaged overnight in Strait of Hormuz ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- South Korean city seeks new ways to free shark stuck in canal ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Significant number of train services cancelled or disrupted this weekend while works are carried out ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Delays on Dart and commuter services after vehicle hits Sandymount crossing barrier ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Delays on Dart services after vehicle strikes level crossing barrier at Sandymount station ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Everything you need to know about the Dublin Marathon - and how the Dart faces race day disruption ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Storm Austen: Met Éireann updates weather warning as local authorities prepare for heavy rain, fallen trees and travel disruption ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Relief for packed trains in 2027? ↗ Advertiser.ieindependent
- Oranmore station disruptions next week for enhancement works ↗ Advertiser.ieindependent
- Judge warns court system ‘at risk of imminent collapse’ due to solicitors’ strike ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Unprecedented summer of wildfires sparks Welsh fire resilience summit ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
Internal tension
- Waterford arson attack: Sixth arrest made as further searches expected ↗ IrishCentralindependent
- Call for Irish government to ‘intervene’ in Lough Neagh crisis ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Saoradh member arrested with alleged Basque terrorists was on French ‘watch-list’, court told ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Gardai launch road policing campaign ahead of the October Bank Holiday ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Events at Drumcree have seriously undermined unionist confidence in policing, says loyalist focus group ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- ‘Significant increase’ in adults experiencing domestic abuse – survey ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
Safety & health
- ‘If we don’t push for better we’ll be going to people’s funerals’: NI hospital’s shocking A&E crisis laid bare ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Hundreds of patients spending more than a full day in Letterkenny ED ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- First human Shamonda virus infection under investigation after patient dies in France ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Nearly 1,800 people left Letterkenny University Hospital before being discharged so far this year ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- 'It will be raining everywhere': Flooding expected as warnings set to kick in ahead of storm ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Air pollution still linked to 1,500 premature deaths each year in Ireland despite strong quality performance ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Companies
- HSE failing to collect millions of euro owed by pharma companies ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- US med-tech giant Stryker faces prosecution over fatal incident at its Cork plant in 2023 ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Co Antrim man denies defrauding events company employer out of £575k ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Four people arrested in separate money laundering investigations in Dublin ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Sinn Féin TD is chair of Dublin charity raided by gardaí in money laundering probe ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Sainsbury’s improves profit outlook as grocery sales grow ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Barclays reveals profit growth of 12% after £200 million cost savings ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Bankinter’s Irish profits reach €41m as lending grows ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Gardaí seize BMWs, Louis Vuitton bags, Rolex watches, and jewellery in money-laundering probe into charity ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Three proposals are shortlisted for Cork events centre project ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga á lorg ↗ Advertiser.ieindependent
- Mixed-use investment offers sparkling returns ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Markets
- PTSB hikes mortgage rates, triggering fears rivals will follow ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Politics
- Lockhart quits as DUP party officer amid rift with leader over Stormont’s future ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- MP Paul Maskey to run in Assembly election as Sinn Féin battles to hold four seats in West Belfast ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- MP Carla Lockhart quits as party officer in move which could lead to her leaving DUP ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Here's What Happened Today: Thursday ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- The League of Ireland Title Race: What Could Happen Before the Final Whistle? ↗ SportsNewsIRELANDindependent
- News, Sport, Farm News and Obituaries on Thursday October 22nd ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Vincent Browne, Nikita Hand and Manchán Magan among nominees for An Post Irish Book Awards ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Triple lock vote: 3.5 hours to debate a major shift in Ireland’s defence policy ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Friday’s LOI previews: ‘It’s Stephen Kenny’s turn now, it changes in four days, it’s bananas’ ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Macra to 'stake their claim' at national Rally in Limerick ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- MP urges Government intervention over BBC NI Irish language cuts: ‘Deeply disheartening’ ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Minister singles out Cork hospital as Sinn Féin condemns A&E wait times ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Super junior ministers ‘not decision-makers’, Supreme Court told ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- DUP voices hope of funding gap ‘potentially closing’ to allow budget agreement ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Swinney urged to publish energy strategy after ‘ludicrous’ 1,380-day wait ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Minister tells drivers to put phones in glove box ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Gary Gannon says justice minister ordering removal of consent ad sets ‘dangerous precedent' ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Official says Department of Enterprise not capable of mounting ‘great conspiracy’ to oust Labour Court member ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- The League of Ireland Title Race: What Could Happen Before the Final Whistle? ↗ SportsNewsIRELANDindependent
- No breach of Budget security after critical flaw found in PHP, minister says ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Do not repeat tax increases at Budget, Sainsbury’s boss urges Chancellor ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Aberdeen MP urges Energy Secretary to approve Rosebank oil field ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Boggs echoes calls for action on Altnagelvin ED ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Latest figures reveal over 260 vacant and derelict Galway properties brought back into use through the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant ↗ Advertiser.ieindependent
- Pálás proposals being sifted by officials ↗ Advertiser.ieindependent
- Pálás proposals being sifted by officials ↗ Advertiser.ieindependent
- French ambassador tells Cork meeting there is ‘growing interest’ within Irish Government in nuclear energy ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Eilish O’Regan: Will history repeat itself with the construction of the new National Maternity Hospital? ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Dr Suzanne Crowe: The RSA’s breathalyser plan is off the table, but the need for more awareness is not ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Free school meals programme will be overhauled after €4.2m over-allocation of funds ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Supreme Court begins hearing appeal over super junior ministers’ role at the Cabinet ↗ Irish Independentindependent