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Sunday Independent (Ireland), 16 Aug 2026

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ArticleDemand for solar pan­els doubles as energy price hikes loom

Demand for house­hold solar pan­els has almost doubled this year as fam­il­ies look to com­bat rising energy and fuel bills, with fur­ther hikes on the way. The war in Iran and ten­sions i nthe Middle East are seen as sig­ni­fic­ant motiv­at­ors for...

Demand for solar pan­els doubles as energy price hikes loom

ArticleAdmit it, did you slip up and raise your eyes to heaven?

Did you look? Are you sure you didn’t? They didn’t make it easy for us. It’s the greatest show on earth, they said. Nature will stop pun­ish­ing us for an hour or two and do a mir­acle. There won’t be another one like it until 2090. You’ll be dead...

Admit it, did you slip up and raise your eyes to heaven?

ArticleMichael Healy-Rae has ‘no prob­lem’ with people shoot­ing burg­lars

Former gov­ern­ment min­is­ter Michael Healy-Rae has said he would have “no prob­lem” if homeown­ers shoot and even kill those who break into their prop­er­ties. In a new doc­u­ment­ary, The Healy-Raes: Blood, Sweat & Tears ,dueto air on RTÉ this...

Michael Healy-Rae has ‘no prob­lem’ with people shoot­ing burg­lars

ArticleTina Mitchell on Tommy Flem­ing’s TV inter­view

The former wife of Tommy Flem­ing has writ­ten to Vir­gin Media to ask the broad­caster not to dis­cuss the couple’s per­sonal life in his first tele­vi­sion inter­view, to be broad­cast tonight. The singer, who was mar­ried for 20 years to Tina...

Tina Mitchell on Tommy Flem­ing’s TV inter­view

ArticleBrenda Power on Ire­land’s law­less youth

In the eyes of the law, they are chil­dren, the eight teen­agers who drove a stolen car the wrong way down an M50 ramp and col­lided with an oncom­ing vehicle early last Sunday. They’re too young to drink, to smoke, to vote, to own a dog, to use a...

Brenda Power on Ire­land’s law­less youth

ArticleDemand for solar pan­els doubles as energy price hikes loom

Demand for house­hold solar pan­els has almost doubled this year as fam­il­ies look to com­bat rising energy and fuel bills, with fur­ther hikes on the way. The war in Iran and ten­sions i nthe Middle East are seen as sig­ni­fic­ant motiv­at­ors for...

Demand for solar pan­els doubles as energy price hikes loom

ArticleUN expert says for­eign back­ers make hous­ing ‘unaf­ford­able’

AUnited Nations expert has ques­tioned why the Irish Gov­ern­ment is enabling spec­u­lat­ive for­eign investors who “make hous­ing unaf­ford­able”. Cri­ti­cism from the UN Spe­cial Rap­por­teur on adequate hous­ing, Koldo Casla, came as he roun­ded on...

UN expert says for­eign back­ers make hous­ing ‘unaf­ford­able’