A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:

• Homebuyers took out more mortgages in 2025 than in any year since 2008.
• The Doomsday Clock reaches 85 seconds to midnight.
• A government body spent around 60 grand on alcohol at two trade fairs.
• A couple who spent years living in their car says its a nightmare renting a pet friendly property.
• Shamima Begum, the former teenage ISIS bride, is in her last ditch attempt to return to the UK.

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Senior ministers are not entertaining suggestions the Taoiseach should boycott the White House this St. Patrick’s Day. Pat Leahy writes the cabinet is expected to sign off on their annual programme at their weekly meeting. Other items on the agenda include the widening of eligibility criteria for homeowners who can qualify for retrofits.

A Cork farmer will allege in the High Court this morning that armed gardaí twice used a Taser on him during the raid of his farm in December 2015, and that he was “unlawfully assaulted and battered and falsely imprisoned” by them.

US president Donald Trump has he’s had a “very good call” with the Democratic governor of Minnesota, following the fatal shooting of a second US citizen in the state by immigration agents that has sparked a fierce backlash.

Dart+ South West has cost the state 35 million euro, without a single shovel in the ground, nor construction even planned for another four years.

Forget your stocks and shares; how about trying to do something positive for the environment, while earning some money from the land? Fiona Reddan has the lowdown on the state’s various tree incentive schemes.

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:

• What do teachers think is behind the alarming number of young people denying the holocaust?
• Could hybrid working tackle traffic congestion on routes into Dublin?
• How many special advisors does the government have, and how much do they cost?
• Where can you buy a lunch in Dublin for less than €5?

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times.

• Volodymyr Zelensky had strong words for Europe, and is said to have agreed security guarantees from Donald Trump.
• Desperately needed flood defences in Clontarf on Dublin's north side are delayed again.
• Adults with ADHD tell The Irish Times of their struggles with addiction.
• The health minister criticised dentists who offer Botox.
• An Irishman is on the cusp of breaking the world record for the longest hike barefoot.

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As expected, Donald Trump brought the drama in Davos yesterday. Today EU leaders meet for an emergency summit in Brussels, where they’ll have to figure out what Greenland deal was done between the US president and the head of Nato in their absence.

Ellen Coyne has been canvassing opinions on an Australia style social media ban for under 16s here, and how it might work.

Over 500 people have had their say on proposed active travel scheme for the town of Skerries in north Co. Dublin. Olivia Kelly reports the vast majority of submissions to a public consultation show utter dismay at the plans for protected bike lanes, fewer car parking spaces and a one way system for part of the town.

And Emer McLysaght absolutely loves living alone, except for one completely terrifying prospect which plagues others like her.

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:

• Donald Trump is to speak to the World Economic Forum in Davos following fresh tariffs over his desire to take control of Greenland.
• An alarming number of Irish people believe the Holocaust is a myth
• Tusla defends itself in the High Court over its failure to give two children places in a secure unit.
• Still no screening for babies with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, two years after it was promised.
• The Irish language is to play a key role in Ireland's EU presidency.
• And a Dublin TD says restaurants shouldn't charge the same corkage fee for non-alcoholic drinks as it does for alcoholic drinks.

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A former garda who was assaulted by her ex-husband says she will handcuff herself to the gates of Leinster House if he is allowed to keep his job in An Garda Síochána. In an interview with The Irish Times, Margaret Loftus says Trevor Bolger was able to exert power and influence over her right up until the point of sentencing.

As the EU considers how to respond to Donald Trump’s threats to take Greenland, Cliff Taylor observes any form of retaliation will be bad news for Ireland’s economy.

Colin Howell walked into a Co. Derry police station in 2009 and confessed to the murder of his wife and his lover’s husband. Now Freya McClements reports audio of that confession is to be made public for the very first time.

And the sika deer has been added to a list of invasive species that shouldn’t be in the EU. Caroline O’Doherty explains Ireland will now have to come up with a national strategy to cull the breed, which is a major pest in parts of the country.

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The number of Irish people being deported from the US amid Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown has surged, writes Martin Wall.

An Irish citizen, who went back to his native Russia to visit family last August, has been in custody ever since and risks being sent to a forced labour camp, writes Órla Ryan.

The Dublin rioters: Conor Gallagher on who are they and what 82 prosecutions have told us about those involved on the night of November 23rd 2023.

John Fitzgerald, the professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute, has spoken of the time he unexpectedly ended up at a cabinet subcommittee in 1983 much to the surprise of his father, the then Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald. And somehow John manages to link this amusing anecdote to the controversial Mercosur deal.

And Rachel O’Dwyer has written a deeply touching article today where she takes issue with the film Hamnet being described disparagingly as “grief porn.”

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