Ireland · Evidence
Ireland: what was counted on 19 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
101 articles
Regulation
- ‘No compelling case’ to expand scheme for removal of foreign national prisoners ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- RSA insists ‘message on drink-driving hasn’t changed’ as move to install breathalysers in hotels and pubs branded ‘disgraceful’ ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Donegal smokers face €3,741 annual cigarette bill following Budget increase ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Central Bank issues warning over two unauthorised firms advertising cheap car insurance ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- ‘Frankly disgraceful’ – Social Democrats TD on RSA move to install breathalyser terminals in hotels and pubs ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Revenue to be given powers to impose derelict property tax ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- 24 Romanian men with previous convictions deported on charter flight ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Tipperary pub owner given deadline to undo works carried out without planning permission ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Disruption
- Busy Letterkenny road to close for two weeks for water works ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Car with no L plates seized from unaccompanied Falcarragh driver ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- ‘No quick fix’ after hundreds of crown court cases affected by industrial action ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- UN food agency forced to cut aid to 700,000 Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- The 5 at 5: Monday ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Tallaght apartment complex evacuated as two pipe bombs seized and four arrested ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Strike ‘remains available’, unions say as pay talks begin ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Mayor faces death threats amid Christmas in Limerick plan ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- MTU students at Cork campus ‘take over estates’ to park ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- R239 Slab Road closed after road traffic incident ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Two arrests following car theft incidents on Donegal border ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Slab Road closed following lorry crash ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Union claims strike by offshore workers could disrupt fuel supplies ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Strike ‘remains available’, unions say as pay talks begin ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Staff at Britain’s grid operator did not cover up blackout risks, probe finds ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Two men arrested after stinger stop ends cross-border car theft spree ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Bomb threat sent to 160 schools in Northern Ireland ‘not viable’, says minister ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Gardaí appeal for witnesses following serious road traffic incident in Schull ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- First named storm of the year could arrive this week ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Nighttime closures for Stranorlar Bridge to start tonight ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Donegal students affected by Tyrone and Derry school threats ↗ Donegal Dailyindependent
- Ukrainian capital hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attacks ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Police investigating after NI schools report ‘bomb threat’ emails ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Pupils sent home after bomb threat email sent to 160 schools in Northern Ireland ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Major Lifford projects should not proceed until flood relief scheme is in place – Cllr McBrearty ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Pollution breaches, explosions and a complaint from Amazon: Correspondence gives insight into Belfast recycling plant that keeps catching fire ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
Internal tension
- O’Neill and McDonald to be questioned by police over Garvaghy Road protest ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Deputy Pearse Doherty confirms he will attend PSNI interview over Drumcree protests ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Cost of policing Drumcree now at £5.5m ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Michelle O’Neill to be interviewed by PSNI over Drumcree while TUV man raises possibility of ‘week of protests’ at Fleadh ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- An unexplained aspect of police intelligence over dissidents at Drumcree may help bring understanding to public ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Four arrested and apartment complex evacuated after viable pipe bombs found during garda search ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald to be questioned by police over Garvaghy Road protest ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- WATCH: Shocking moment thieves violently attempt to steal car as three arrested ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Criminal defence solicitors escalate dispute with Justice Minister ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Three arrested over Lecky Flyover bonfire in Derry ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Police feared dissident gun attack if Drumcree parade went ahead, court told ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Three arrested over Derry bonfire that caused major traffic disruption ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- TUV councillor raises possibility of ‘week of protests’ at next year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Police feared dissident gun attack if Drumcree parade went ahead, court told ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Boy (14) ‘attacked for being Protestant’ in alleged sectarian assault ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- First Minister to be questioned by police over Garvaghy Road protest ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Q&A: How student fury in France turned into riots, looting and half a million on the streets ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Police feared a firearm attack if Drumcree parade went ahead on Garvaghy Road, court told ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Fresh escalation in legal aid dispute ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Orangemen’s legal challenge over block on Drumcree parade to be heard at High Court ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- 10 arrested after attacks by Israeli settlers on journalist and diplomats ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- The 9 at 9: Monday ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Israel arrests 10 people after settler attacks on reporter and European politicians in West Bank ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Protesters highlight lack of progress on East Cork flood defence measures ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- Former bomb investigator raises questions over undisclosed ‘Omagh, Omagh, Omagh’ warning hours before atrocity ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- West Belfast maintains highest antisocial behaviour rate five years in a row, NI Housing Executive figures reveal, with more than 200 incidents ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Macron admits failure to prepare for violent protests but refuses interior minister's resignation ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Racist abuse and calls for deportation logged by Galway City Council since Helen Ogbu elected as mayor ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Safety & health
- Ireland’s first ‘digital highway’ to deliver real-time hazard and weather alerts for motorists ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Irish households warned over increase in venomous spider as temperatures start to plummet ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Police treating bomb threat sent to hundreds of schools as ‘hoax’ ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Schools in Northern Ireland evacuated following threatening emails ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- University Hospital Galway is extremely busy with long wait times in the Emergency Department ↗ Advertiser.ieindependent
- Police making ‘urgent enquiries’ over email sent to schools ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Recalling Cork polio outbreak 70 years on ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- ‘We’re going to be dealing with the death on our streets here very soon’: E-scooter injuries in A&E up six-fold in just five years ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
Companies
- Firm that operates Limerick-based Treaty United records €1m loss for 2025 ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- Dozens of defendants granted criminal legal aid at least 20 times in 2025 ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- 'I have driven a company car for years but am about to retire. What should I buy?' ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Meeting to address mortgage and insurance difficulties facing defective concrete homeowners ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Mulberry sales lift 18% as turnaround progress accelerates ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- PTSB buyer Bawag reports net profit of €248m in third quarter ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Echelon CSO details jobs, power and community plans for €4.2bn Wicklow projects ↗ Irish Independentindependent
Politics
- ‘Premature’ to talk about fate of old Cork Prison, says justice minister ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- Main Evening News, Sport and Obituary Notices – Monday, October 16th ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- MPs criticise rushed process for debating new Troubles legacy law ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- ‘Rural lives cannot be an afterthought’: Four hospital campaign groups issue joint letter to Executive ministers ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Michelle O’Neill urges Andy Burnham to ‘pay attention’ to ‘dire straits’ of Stormont budget crisis ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Tributes paid to longest serving politician in Northern Ireland: ‘A giant in the party and community’ ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Labour ex-defence minister Al Carns ‘deeply concerned’ about Troubles legacy law ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Healey should adopt cuts at Budget to ‘live within our means’, Badenoch to say ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Here's What Happened Today: Monday ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- ‘My most important job would remain being a dad’ – Tánaiste Simon Harris shares picture of new baby girl ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- New president announced for Limerick university ↗ Limerick Leaderindependent
- The Greg Hughes Show |Monday| 19/10/26 ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Cooper rules out future leadership bid and insists Lib Dems strong under Davey ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Justice minister says today's escalation in criminal legal aid dispute 'unnecessary' ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Troubles Bill decisions could affect victims and families for generations, commissioner warns MPs ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Public backlash as Altnagelvin A&E upgrade shelved amid budget deadlock: ‘Like a prisoner of war experience’ ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Burnham vows to tackle ‘moral failure’ of young Britons not in work or training ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Australian politician critically ill after being struck by car ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Attorney General role in deciding Troubles prosecutions ‘provides clarity’ ↗ Belfast Telegraphindependent
- Government and unions head to Workplace relations Commission for public sector pay talks ↗ TheJournal.ieindependent
- Plans to redevelop Cork halting site already out of date, says councillor ↗ Evening Echoindependent
- Donegal has the highest number of Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant projects in the state ↗ Highland Radioindependent
- Revenue to get powers to collect new 7pc tax from owners of vacant properties ↗ Irish Independentindependent
- Talks to begin between Government and trade unions over public sector pay deal ↗ Irish Independentindependent