His ‘Bible in a Year’ podcast surpassed one billion downloads this year.

The digital sector now employs one in every eight workers in Ireland.

Madonna was ‘driven’ to the pitch in New Jersey by legendary Brazilian duo Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

This week, our reader is getting everything ready to welcome her baby – and finding that the associated expenses really do add up.

Gardaí believe two masked and armed men travelling on bicycles pulled up outside a house and fired a number of shots.

Quantity surveyor Shay Lally from Houses to Restore answers your big (and small) questions.

Prediction markets are platforms where users can trade bets and gamble cryptocurrency on sports, the financial sector, politics and more.

Up to 100 people gathered in the area where the violence occurred, with the PSNI saying many were aged in their early teens.

Children’s Health Ireland said the number of children and young people presenting with traumatic brain injuries has shot up by 50% as a result of the widespread use of e-scooters.

A victim’s testimony on Michael Shine, a return to cloudier weather and an EU ban on destroying unsold clothes for no good reason.

Our FactCheck editor details the internet trends seen by a thirtysomething-year-old man.

Russia has been firing drones and missiles at Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities almost daily since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

There have been a lot of Irish islanders over the years, with mixed results.

“For a long time, I thought silence was how you survived. I know now that silence only protects the past.”

To coincide with the debut of ‘The Chase Around the World’, Darragh ‘The Menace’ Ennis has given The Journal a special geography quiz.

The Dáil has risen for the summer and politicians are off on their holidays, but how have they got on so far this year?

McIlroy said DeChambeau tried to hold the Open ‘hostage’ after the American reacted angrily to being given a two-shot penalty.

“Are you thinking of attempting to escape? Think again,” Israel’s security minister wrote in a Facebook post, alongside an AI-generated image of himself with a crocodile on a leash.

Kerr’s time of 3 minutes 42.66 seconds surpassed the previous record held by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj in Rome in 1999.

Uisce Éireann has said that water should be conserved for “essential use only”.

Spain come through endurance test because of the belief in their quality and a deep trust in each other.

The government run free education events in five-star hotels in major Indian cities, but international students say the reality of studying in Ireland doesn’t match up to what was advertised.

Unfortunately, there is no World Cup for quizzers (we made sure to check).

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Critics say the planned regulation will amount to an effective “ban” on some products.

The average resale ticket price is $11,327, according to TickPick.

A preliminary deal aimed at ending the war has collapsed as the foes fight to break the deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway key to the world’s oil supply.

A full refund will be given to ticketholders in the coming days, after it was confirmed the concert would not be rescheduled.

The obvious solution is not to translate at all but in a language where the tradition is to give ‘royalty’ the Gaeilge treatment…

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The feature-length series finale of the show Heartstopper is streaming on Netflix.

US Marshals have started extradition proceedings to the United Kingdom over rape and human trafficking charges.

Ukraine’s likely accession to the EU boosts food production and security – but could create a few headaches.

Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick as England came out on top of an insane game in Miami.

In an interview with The Journal, Ennis also spoke about ‘ignoring cowardly and pathetic’ social media trolls.

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US Central Command said the soldiers were killed on Friday when US and partner forces “defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.”

A 22-year-old man was also seriously injured after being hit by the car.

Colombian sociologist German Gomez told AFP that the “dynamic of solidarity … has been broken” with Argentina.

“No political border will be safe,” said a senior military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader.

The Department of Housing said that this will result in a “more significant mix” of homes that are available for people to purchase.

Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez was sent off before Torres won the World Cup for Spain.

Local Sinn Féin TD John Brady said that people have received “serious injuries” while climbing the barricades, including one man who he said was impaled.

The ferry MV Barima left on Saturday afternoon from the capital, Georgetown, with 133 people aboard.

The male teenage driver of the car appeared before court on 11 July.

The interval will last around 11 minutes at the MetLife Stadium tonight, which Fifa have said will bring “football, music and social impact together in the first-ever FIFA World Cup final half-time show”.

A spokesperson for the festival organisers confirmed the attendee’s death.

Spain will take on reigning champions Argentina at 8pm in the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Two females and one male were taken to Beaumont Hospital for treatment with non-life threatening injuries.

The longest heatwave on record for Ireland was 14 days from August 14-27 1976 at both Birr Castle, Co Offaly and Ballybrittas, Co Laois.

Fast fashion giants will be incentivised to resell, repurpose, or donate leftover stock that arises from returns or overproduction.

Dr Michael Crotty on how modern science has reshaped our understanding and approach to obesity and why new GLP-1 treatments are changing lives.

While it aims to reduce tobacco harm, retailers worry a ban will boost illegal sales.

“It’s absolutely ham-fisted, and it has been ham-fisted from the very beginning,” Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes said.

Síofra O’Shea scored 1-8 as Kerry advance to a repeat of the 2024 All-Ireland final.

The event has been running in Dublin since 2017, and is held in July to coincide with the month of Kate Bush’s birthday.

Karen Kiernan of One Family outlines why tackling child poverty, childcare, housing and family law must be at the heart of Budget 2027.

Tribe in decider for first time since 2024 after 13-point win in Longford.

Jens Spahn attracted major criticism over his decision to welcome a child through the use of a surrogate – a practice banned in Germany.

Anthony Long was seriously injured in an incident in Dublin 15 in the early hours of 3 July.