More reaction to Budget 2026!

Gardaí are investigating an email that was sent yesterday to primary schools in country Clare which threatened bomb attacks or mass shootings. A number of schools did close yesterday but have reopened today with a visible Garda presence. Cormac O’Keeffe is Security Correspondent ...  Show more

Bloom, Ireland’s largest festival of gardening, food and sustainable living, begins today in the Phoenix Park and runs through Bank Holiday Monday. Celebrating its twentieth year the festival takes over seventy acres of our largest park and Diarmuid Gavin will be there across the ...  Show more

Conor McGregor says the Irish people are intentionally being erased by mass migration. He’s considering a run for president of Ireland to stop it. (00:00) How Is Ireland Doing? (06:38) McGregor’s Humble Beginnings as a Plumber’s Assistant (08:53) The Erasure of Irish Culture (11: ...  Show more

On today's First Up pod - Black Friday is upon us, we find out if the cost of living crunch may keep people away from the shops; Retail New Zealand boss Greg Harford joins us to talk to us about Paywave fees and if we really need to pay it and Sandringham residents demand answers ...  Show more

There was a lot of 'football' news in the last few days and this week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston takes a look at the money going into sports stadiums around Ireland and the League of Ireland's sudden surge in popularity with wealthy business people.Water may be the next big i ...  Show more

In this special podcast, we bring you some of our chat as part of our weekly Sunday Paper Review segment. Irish Independent journalist Conor McKeon and Kevin Byrne of the Irish Sun joined OTB’s John Duggan to look back at the All Ireland Football final and discuss how the game wa ...  Show more