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- The electoral battle for Hungary's future April 11, 2026Hungarian voters go to the polls tomorrow in what has been Hungary's closest election campaign in 16 years. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's nationalist Fidesz party is trailing in the polls to the centre-right Tisza.
- Rory keeps a level head after 'amazing day' at Augusta April 11, 2026Defending champion Rory McIlroy plans to keep calm and carry on after an "amazing day" at Augusta earned him a record-breaking 36-hole Masters lead.
- Transport services impacted with further talks planned April 11, 2026Follow live as blockades and traffic disruption continue, with further meetings between ministers and organisations representing the haulage, contractor, and farm sectors due to get under way later.
- Sense of déjà vu as report clashes with teacher talks April 11, 2026There was a sense of déjà vu this week as once again a Minister for Education was seeking to dominate the Easter week agenda with the publication of a survey on the sensitive subject of school religious ethos.
- EU house prices up 65% since 2015, Ireland's doubled April 11, 2026Rents and house prices have seen significant increases in most EU states in the last ten years. According to the latest figures from Eurostat, house prices in Ireland more than doubled (+103%) since 2015.
- Trump's Iran post triggers new calls for removal April 11, 2026Democrats have been reluctant to engage in calls to remove the Donald Trump from office so far in his second term. However, Jackie Fox looks at the fallout from a post in which Mr Trump threatened a "whole civilisation" will die tonight, which followed a noticeable change in tone from Democrats.
- Blockades remain as fuel price protests enter fifth day April 11, 2026Fuel protests across the country have entered a fifth day, with blockades remaining in place at three fuel-storage facilities.
- US, Iran teams in Pakistan for peace talks April 11, 2026Senior US and Iranian leaders are in the Pakistani capital Islamabad for negotiations to end their six-week-old war, although Tehran threw the talks into doubt by saying they could not begin without commitments on Lebanon and sanctions.
- Splashdown of Artemis II concludes historic moon mission April 11, 2026The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after nearly ten days in space, capping the first voyage by humans to the vicinity of the moon in over half a century.
