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October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
ECB holds interest rates as Lagarde announces early exit: what it means for Irish mortgages
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Bitcoin, Ether and XRP slide as record $6.3bn Binance hack shakes crypto markets
Bitcoin dropped to a six-week low and Ether to a two-month low after an estimated $6.3bn was drained from Binance, the largest crypto theft on record, as a tech-stock sell-off added to the pressure.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Fontaines D.C. dethroned as My Chemical Romance finally bag first UK No 1 album – 20 years after The Black Parade
Two decades after it stalled at No 2, My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade has topped the UK albums chart, ending Fontaines D.C.'s reign with Dopamine Chamber after a single week.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Cabin bag shock: Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian axe free carry-on from cheapest European fares – and the gate fee could hit €60
Lufthansa Group's no-frills Economy Basic fare now applies across its European network, with only a small under-seat bag included. Here's how to avoid paying more than you planned.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Ireland’s biggest landlord I-Res under fire over ‘tenant swap’ ban as charity warns renters could be forced from homes
Ireland's largest private landlord says it generally won't add new tenants to existing leases. A housing charity and an opposition TD warn that, under new rent rules, that could push people out of their homes.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Star Trek’s Kate Mulgrew brings Connemara murder thriller to Late Late Halloween special as Fionnula Flanagan is honoured
Kate Mulgrew, Colm Meaney and John Connors lead The Galway Bay Murders, a six-part RTÉ thriller filmed in Conamara, and its stars were among the guests on Friday's Late Late Show Halloween special.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Eurovision exile: RTÉ boss warns Ireland may stay away while Israel competes, as the Dutch quit the 2027 contest too
RTÉ's director general says Ireland will find it very hard to return to Eurovision unless Israel is out of the contest or there is major change in Gaza, in the same week the Netherlands confirmed it will sit out 2027.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Faithfuls finally win! Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft stun Celebrity Traitors fans as Maya Jama is unmasked
In a rare victory for the Faithful, comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Heartstopper actor Sebastian Croft won the second series of The Celebrity Traitors, after Maya Jama and King Kenny were both caught in a dramatic BBC One finale.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Bag charge ambush at the till? Consumer watchdog warns shops they face fines and prosecution over hidden paper bag prices
Ireland's consumer watchdog has written to retailers after shoppers complained they only learned the price of paper bags at the till. Repeat offenders could face fines or court.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Halloween weekend telly: the scariest new shows and films to stream on Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video
Staying in for Halloween? From Stephen King's Carrie reimagined by Mike Flanagan to a supernatural mystery set in Ireland, these are the new streaming picks worth your weekend.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Hang up! Urgent warning over sneaky *21* phone code scam that secretly diverts your calls to fraudsters
Banks' fraud awareness campaign FraudSMART has warned people never to dial *21* at the request of an unexpected caller, as the code can divert your calls to someone else.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Hyperliquid token rockets 17% after NYSE owner ICE bets on its tech
The company behind the New York Stock Exchange plans to run regulated US perpetual futures built on Hyperliquid's infrastructure, sending the HYPE token close to a record high.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Halloween box office shock: Elizabeth Holmes documentary tipped to beat DC’s Clayface to No 1
A documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is in a two-way fight with DC's Clayface for top spot on what forecasters expect to be one of the quietest weekends of the autumn at the US box office.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
Sir Patrick Stewart dies at 86: Ian McKellen leads heartbroken tributes to Star Trek and Shakespeare legend
The Yorkshire-born actor who went from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the bridge of the Enterprise has died at home aged 86, with friends and co-stars hailing one of the great careers of stage and screen.
October 30, 2026October 30, 2026
U2 unveil huge 2027 stadium tour and new album – but Irish fans must wait until 2028 for homecoming
U2 have announced 12 stadium shows across the UK and Europe for 2027 with Wolf Alice in support, and a new album out on 13 November. Irish dates are still to come, with the band saying the tour will finish at home.
