RTE – NEWS
- World Cup 2026 3rd Place P/O: France v England updates July 18, 2026France and England meet in the bronze medal match in Miami. Watch live on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.
- Hungary's president signs law ending his term in office July 18, 2026Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has signed a constitutional amendment passed by Prime Minister Peter Magyar's ruling Tisza party that ends his term as head of state.
- Gaza health officials say 10 killed in Israeli strikes July 18, 2026Gaza's civil defence and hospitals said Israeli attacks have killed 10 people across the territory, among them three children and their parents.
- English rewrites personal best as Kerr runs WR in London July 18, 2026Donegal's Mark English dips under one minute 43 seconds for the first time in the 800m at the Diamond League in London on Saturday afternoon and finished in second place.
- All-Ireland football semi-final results and reports July 18, 2026Galway and Kerry march into the All-Ireland football final with comprehensive wins over Armagh and holders Dublin respectively. Here is how the games unfolded.
- Cost of college 'a national crisis' - AMLÉ July 18, 2026The president of the national representative body for third-level students has said that the cost of college is becoming the "single greatest barrier to higher education in Ireland".
- German politician resigns over surrogate controversy July 18, 2026A prominent figure in German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right party has resigned his leadership post, party sources said, amid controversy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US despite a ban on the practice in Germany.
- Second man arrested over Mulhuddart fatal assault July 18, 2026Gardaí have arrested a second man in connection with the investigation into the fatal assault of Anthony Long in west Dublin earlier this month.
- US criticism of Canada's wildfire efforts 'unacceptable' July 18, 2026Ontario Premier Doug Ford said US criticism of Canadian efforts to stop the "terrible scenario" of spreading forest fires in his province and choking smoke across a broad swath of the United States was "absolutely unacceptable."



















