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BreakingNews.ie Headlines for December 30, 2025

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sport

22:05:39 Fast start sets Newcastle on way to victory over battling Burnley

22:03:17 Enzo Maresca under fire again as Chelsea held by Bournemouth

22:02:54 West Ham watch relegation lifeline slip away in entertaining draw with Brighton

21:59:57 James Garner punishes old club as Everton pile misery on former boss Sean Dyche

19:11:13 McIlroy honours omission came despite Stormont nomination

13:54:09 Anthony Joshua accident: Tyson Fury passes on his condolences to victims

12:20:32 Crystal Palace agree £35million fee with Tottenham for Brennan Johnson

08:54:19 Luke Littler admits he lost his head amid hostile crowd reaction at Ally Pally

06:20:53 Luke Littler shrugs off boos to beat Rob Cross in last 16 at World Championship

ireland

21:57:45 New Year's resolutions: Smokers can save €6.7k in 2026, takeaway coffees getting pricier

21:20:48 Man (40s) dies after being hit by car in Kildare

18:18:24 Stormont’s top challenge is ‘severe underfunding of public services’ – O’Neill

17:40:59 Woman (50s) airlifted to hospital following incident with pit bull terrier

16:43:24 Gardaí release details of getaway car involved in fatal Offaly arson attack

16:20:49 Co Down Game Of Thrones attraction reports ‘operating loss’

15:40:14 Sister thanks emergency services after body of brother found in nine-day search

15:12:11 Man may require facial reconstructive surgery following assault in Omagh

15:04:33 STI error and stray specimen pots among 340 data protection breaches reported by HSE

14:38:24 Varadkar's political advisers paid close to €500,000 in exit payments

14:00:03 HSE reports 677 people hospitalised with respiratory illness

13:04:13 Galway United to appeal decision after elite training facility refused planning permission

13:03:36 Police seize ‘significant quantity’ of drugs following chase

12:27:42 Driver caught travelling at 207km/h in Limerick during Garda operation

12:26:08 Stars flocked to the North in ‘another fantastic year for film and TV industry’

12:09:30 Illegal movement of cattle across Irish border led to 2004 probe, files show

11:46:32 TikTok 'Team Lead' loses unfair dismissal action over selection for redundancy

11:30:59 Woman dies in hospital after road crash in Co Fermanagh

11:23:38 Migrant health workers living in fear of racist abuse, warns medic

11:12:12 Temperatures set to drop to -4 with cold spell ahead for start of 2026

10:35:03 Nearly 2,000 complaints to Uisce Éireann saying water made customers ill

10:26:05 Irish and British barristers voice opposition to UK plan to reduce number of jury trials

09:44:26 Irish officials criticised ‘venal’ Churchill amid King Edward VIII crisis

09:05:14 Could we have a new Taoiseach in 2026?

07:54:39 Trimble warned that review of Assembly must include decommissioning

07:43:39 Asbos would lead to one section of community policing other, Sinn Féin warned

07:24:32 McAleese husband’s contacts with UDA took on ‘life of own’, ambassador was told

07:13:53 What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

06:25:50 U2 U-turn put Irish diplomats in ’embarrassing situation’

06:13:52 Concerns over possibility of Stakeknife suicide raised in 2003

world

21:27:06 NFL star Stefon Diggs faces strangulation charges, denies allegations

20:02:01 Granddaughter of JFK, Tatiana Schlossberg, dies of rare form of leukemia

19:21:05 Eurostar services to resume as passengers advised to postpone their journey

19:11:09 Israel says it will suspend work of several humanitarian organisations in Gaza

18:15:37 Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and create wider tensions

17:06:12 Iran’s president pledges ‘harsh’ response on back of Trump warning

16:53:29 Thieves drill into German bank vault and steal property worth tens of millions

15:58:10 Leaders from Europe and Canada discuss US-led peace efforts to end Ukraine war

15:47:23 China flexes blockade capabilities near Taiwan on second day of military drills

12:59:20 Eurostar passengers told not to travel amid Channel Tunnel disruption

11:55:03 Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80

business

17:36:33 O’Neills post record €3.4m profits as Cork jersey sales soar in 2024

entertainment

17:09:52 Biggest showbiz stories of 2025: From Coldplay’s KissCam to Katy Perry in space

16:09:00 Chris Hemsworth returns as Thor in Avengers: Doomsday teaser

16:06:28 Mia McKenna-Bruce: I couldn’t name The Beatles before joining biopic movie

15:22:39 Eleven told ‘fight for a world beyond Hawkins’ in final Stranger Things trailer

14:58:56 Former X Factor contestant Chico pleads not guilty to drink-driving

13:32:59 Cardi B tells ‘mean’ fans to ‘calm down’ as they criticise her relationship

12:30:50 Beyonce becomes latest music star to become a billionaire, says Forbes

10:17:27 Anthony Hopkins urges people to ‘choose life’ as he celebrates 50 years sober

08:35:23 Kym Marsh says she felt ‘ashamed’ after being called fat by Nigel Lythgoe on TV

06:36:49 Compston: I now show support in ‘quieter manner’ due to online hate

quiz

14:05:34 County quiz series: Is Tyrone the largest county in Ulster?

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