Ireland's shittiest monthly housing supply indicator from AIB, their purchasing managers indicator in which 150 construction businesses indicate their level of activity and AIB convert that into a PMI, anything above 50.0 is an expansion from the previous month. AIB say that housing construction activity has contracted for the third consecutive month in October 2026. We use this indicator to a limited extent. However the CSO hasn't indicated when it will publish its far superior construction indices for Q3,2026 based on 2,000 businesses. There's nothing in the CSO calendar up to 31 December! We are predicting 36-38,000 completions in 2026.

Ireland welcome Argentina to Lansdowne Road for the first of four November Internationals this month as they gear up towards next summer's Rugby World Cup in Australia | ✍️ @Eric_Haughan #RTERugby#

Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson talks to @Corktod ahead of the upcoming Nations League games and gives his thoughts on Coleman's future, Moylan's ascendancy and on lessons learned from the last window.

Ireland proposed that European Union member states delay by a year methane rules for oil and natural gas importers to safeguard energy security and allay concerns over rising prices.

Ireland sent fourteen MEPs to the European Parliament, and on 8 October only seven of them could vote for a resolution asking Europe to face the Muslim Brotherhood network, its front groups, its youth arms and the EU money that reaches them. Five voted against, both Sinn Féin MEPs, Labour's Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and the independents Luke Flanagan and Michael McNamara, and two did not vote at all. Back home, the Brotherhood is under no suppression order, and as Deputy Carol Nolan reads the Justice Minister's own answer, it stays free to recruit and raise money unless someone proves it is for terrorism. Half a delegation, no ban, and a network that loves exactly that kind of gap. Dublin, which half are you? BTW, the Muslim Brotherhood is banned in the UAE.