Ireland · Evidence
Ireland: what was counted on 18 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
62 articles
Regulation
- Online tax crackdown must not ‘unfairly’ hit small UK businesses, eBay boss says ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- UK profit warnings jump to highest since 2024 ahead of Budget ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Viagogo calls for ticket market overhaul after Raye’s ‘absurd’ anti-bot measures ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Limerick Council tight-lipped on Lidl rezoning ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- New Ross vape shop ‘serving all sorts of stuff to very young audience’ as council awaits powers to shut it down ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Takeover of Ireland’s biggest landlord means rent hikes are likely on the cards ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Government considers crackdown on vape shops in town centres ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Over 100 finished apartments in Dublin at risk of being demolished amid legal dispute ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Social media platforms can be blocked if they don’t act to protect children, regulator warns ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Huge rise in octopus numbers in British waters investigated by officials ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Disruption
- Chaotic bus parking in East Cork tourist town causing 'carnage' ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- 39 people in hospital after fire at Canadian military base, says Alberta premier ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Temporary pause in search for missing fishermen and vessel off Isle of Lewis ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Gritters out on Donegal roads again tomorrow morning ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Gardaí deploy stinger device and seize car in Bridgend ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Overtaking danger leads to call for action near Termon ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Appeal launched after car speeds through checkpoint & crashes near Bridgend ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Arrest in west Belfast over stolen goods, counterfeit currency and suspected drugs ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Late-night lorry pursuit in South Down leaves three PSNI officers injured after patrol car rammed ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- ‘Not a shovel in the ground’: Hundreds protest over Midleton flood defences three years after Storm Babet ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Cork business leaders insist Patrick Street will 'continue to thrive' despite two high-profile closures ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- Raised crossings sought for busy beach car park ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Deaths and injuries confirmed after major fire at Canadian military base ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Gardaí and emergency services at scene of ‘serious incident’ on Dublin’s Blackhorse Avenue ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- The 10 top-grossing films in Northern Ireland this year as cinemas set to break post-pandemic record ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- ‘I want to see what else is out there’ — crowds attend jobs fair, some wondering if grass is greener overseas ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Lawyers’ strike will deter victims of sexual violence from reporting crimes, rape crisis centre warns ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Internal tension
- The parallels only go so far, but 7 nights in the West Bank had me thinking of Belfast ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Man given curfew after appearing in Donegal court on knife charges ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Major fire breaks out in Alberta after deadly incident at military base ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Over 1,200 arrested as fires, looting and violent protests leave streets devastated across France ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- The 9 at 9: Sunday ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- DUP facing huge pressure to collapse Stormont as Drumcree security report to show ‘IRA still exists’ ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
Safety & health
- Be Emergency Ready booklet dropped 72-hour advice after concerns it would make people anxious ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- ‘Extraordinary’ failure to test air quality in heavily congested Cork town ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- Donegal Gardaí issue stark warning over use of fireworks ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Mouse infestations and lack of running water among complaints from families in emergency accommodation ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Companies
- HSE overpaid staff by more than €30m in three years, figures show ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Any Other Business: Final approach? McEvaddys’ airport land bet awaits its only buyer ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- September’s only council CPO bid to An Coimisiún Pleanála was for 24 houses in a ghost estate ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
Politics
- Troubles Bill needs to ‘put focus on building confidence’ among victims ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Public sector pay deal must deliver ‘value for money’ and productivity says Taoiseach ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Here's What Happened Today: Sunday ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Money Diaries: A civil servant on €95K living in the Midlands ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Partition of Ireland ‘was a disaster’, Micheál Martin says ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Formal talks on public sector pay deal expected to begin ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Public sector pay deal should ‘advance productivity’, Taoiseach says ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Taoiseach insists Government is not ‘caving in’ to trade union demands ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Reform admits ‘errors’ as police assess if election spending rules were broken ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Formal talks on public sector pay deal expected to begin ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Taoiseach says ‘partition was a disaster’ during Wolfe Tone commemoration speech ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Drumcree negotiators would have achieved ‘nothing’ in Good Friday Agreement talks, says Taoiseach ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Public sector pay deal should ‘advance productivity’, Taoiseach says ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Taoiseach tells Wolfe Tone commemoration ‘partition was a disaster’ ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Jeffrey Donaldson’s incessant trips to the developing world raise dark new questions about shadow career abroad ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- We’ll work with bus owners, Gilruth says, after they compare Swinney to dictators ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Cost of public sector pay deal set to reach €1.6bn as 4pc raise now on the cards ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- 'She wasn't a member of my family': Here are the winners and losers of the political week ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Cost of public sector pay deal set to reach €1.6bn as path to formal talks is laid down ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Vincent Browne: The questions that should have been asked as Haughey was felled by ‘enemies within’ ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Simon Coveney seeks reset of relations between Britain and EU ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- The Sunday Independent’s view: A pay deal without reform would be a dereliction of duty ↗ Irish Independentindependent