New legal aid support system recommended by review groupCivil legal aid reportThu Jul 24 2025 - 19:00
TD Gary Gannon files legal proceedings against Central Bank over Israeli bondsSocial Democrat seeks court order forcing bank to ban marketing and sale of the productsThu Jul 24 2025 - 17:20
Change to summer holidays would need consultation with parents, schools and teachers, says McEnteeEducation Minister says summer holidays give ‘everybody a chance to take a break’Thu Jul 24 2025 - 15:12
Extended hosepipe ban for counties Waterford, Tipperary, Wexford and CorkLatest prohibition issued in bid to safeguard supplies for essential purposes after sharp rise in demand Thu Jul 24 2025 - 06:00
‘I want to be positive’: Dublin artist whose home was firebombed in a case of mistaken identity Pat Curran’s house in Ballyfermot was attacked in case of mistaken identity, gardaí sayThu Jul 24 2025 - 06:00
New convention to provide ‘once-in-a-generation’ chance to shape Irish education, says MinisterHelen McEntee says the convention’s work will inform a new long-term strategy for education in IrelandThu Jul 24 2025 - 00:01
Planning permission granted for new library to serve Crumlin and Drimnagh Councillor criticises ‘nonsense’ online claims over adjoining site earmarked for social housingWed Jul 23 2025 - 06:00
Woman who died days before 109th birthday ‘lived life to the full’, funeral hearsSarah Coyle was born in the year of the Easter RisingFri Jul 18 2025 - 14:35
An Post chief ‘absolutely furious’ at Cabinet leak as Taoiseach expresses ‘full confidence’ in companyMinister for Communications denies he is source for media report and insists company is ‘very viable’ and ‘profitable’ Wed Jul 16 2025 - 18:33
Woman arrested over murder of Steven O’Meara in Co Wicklow in 2009O’Meara shot and buried alive in shallow grave at Ballydonnell WoodTue Jul 15 2025 - 13:15
Abortion numbers rose to 10,852 in State in 2024Majority were early pregnancy terminations, while 108 carried out due to fatal foetal abnormalityTue Jul 15 2025 - 10:04
Donegal’s Titanic: The sinking of a housing estate built on a peat bogFifteen homes at Radharc An Seascan in Dungloe have been left to rot since they began subsiding 15 years agoTue Jul 15 2025 - 06:00
Woman saving for home left with €15,000 medical bills due to endometriosis care gapsLevel of care in Ireland for ‘crippling’ condition that affects one in ten women ‘is not what it should be’Mon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
Case of missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin ‘absolutely horrific’, Tusla chief saysKate Duggan says child and family agency has completed two reports reviewing any involvement it had with child’s caseFri Jul 11 2025 - 06:00
Apartments to be built on derelict Dublin site where boy (12) was killedStephen’s Place named in memory of tragic 12-year-old boy killed in fireFri Jul 04 2025 - 06:00
Man arrested in connection with death of Nenagh woman (89) in 2024 Josephine ‘Joan’ Ray was found dead in her home at St Joseph’s Park last AugustThu Jul 03 2025 - 14:19
Crime figures: Homicides fall, while sexual and public order offences on the rise, CSO findsHomicides fell by 34%, but sexual and public order offences were up 15% and 5% respectivelyWed Jul 02 2025 - 14:06
CSO figures for May show 10% drop in tourist numbersTourism spend by overseas visitors was down 21% on same month last yearMon Jun 30 2025 - 13:18
Living next door to dereliction: ‘It’s been rotting for years … Rats all over the place’Some 830 council homes nationally have been vacant for more than a yearMon Jun 16 2025 - 06:05
Children’s hospital commentary often `ill-informed’ contractor BAM tells Minister for Health Despite assurances, patients not expected in facility for at least another year Fri Jun 13 2025 - 06:00
‘Dublin 8 Says No’: Mother removes son (8) from school due to anti-immigration protests Hearing about a knife incident in the school’s area ‘felt like American news’, says parent Thu Jun 12 2025 - 06:00
Five ‘severely neglected’ dogs rescued from Portlaoise propertyISPCA inspector says it was ‘one of the worst cases of neglect I have seen’Wed Jun 11 2025 - 15:32
Ireland saw dramatic improvement in mortality in 20-year period, data shows Heart attacks main cause of death in nearly two out of every 10 deaths in 1985, reducing to one in 10 by 2005Wed Jun 11 2025 - 14:51
Regulations due this year to enable mandatory drug testing of gardaíTesting was originally due to be introduced before the end of 2021Mon Jun 09 2025 - 14:30
Beyond the Pale festival to go ahead with help from ‘a very highly-regarded operator’, organisers say‘We very nearly stumbled’, say organisers, but ‘the fate of Beyond the Pale is secure for 2025, and for many years to come’Sun Jun 08 2025 - 17:51
Design & Crafts Council Ireland lost half of its workforce in 2024The organisation, which receives funding from Enterprise Ireland, says it has undergone significant restructuringSun Jun 08 2025 - 06:00
Carer who died in Connemara house fire with Sunny Jacobs remembered as ‘free spirit’Kevin Kelly loved ‘tranquil life of and beauty of Connemara’, funeral hearsSat Jun 07 2025 - 15:11
Panic and fear over Carlow shooting turns to shockLocal council and Health Service Executive providing support to those affected by incidentMon Jun 02 2025 - 15:38
Renovation of social home in Blackrock cost local council €200,000 to bring back into useDublin councils spending up to €44,000 on average to refurbish vacant social homesFri May 30 2025 - 06:00
‘Waking up in hell’: Family subject to mistaken Dublin arson attack told ‘it wasn’t meant for youse’Family escapes but dog killed in Ballyfermot blaze after petrol bomb thrown through front windowThu May 29 2025 - 06:00
Progress on regeneration of Dublin city centre flat complex stalled by queries on costsGlovers Court flats to be turned into 53 new homes by council when queries from Department of Housing are resolvedThu May 29 2025 - 06:00
Ballyfermot home petrol bombed in case of mistaken identityA family from Ballyfermot has been left homeless after their house was petrol bombed in what gardaí say was a case of mistaken identity. Video: Sarah BurnsWed May 28 2025 - 16:27
Construction contract for first BusConnects corridor to be signed next monthFirst corridors to get under way will be on Liffey Valley-city centre and Ballymun/Finglas-city centre routesTue May 27 2025 - 17:41
Department of Foreign Affairs HQ targeted again by protesters Red paint thrown on exterior of Iveagh House overnight was being removed on MondayMon May 26 2025 - 12:08
Intimidation in a Dublin suburb, and the derelict house being used as stablesLocal authority says it has 11 ‘void’ units in Cherry Orchard as locals speak of being ‘terrorised’ by antisocial behaviourMon May 26 2025 - 00:17
Health staff found ‘ingratiating themselves financially’ will be referred to gardaí, HSE chief saysBernard Gloster says he was not informed about report alleging consultant abused waiting system and delayed operations for sick childrenSun May 25 2025 - 16:37
Sinn Féin’s US fundraising arm raises further €233,000 in donationsFriends of Sinn Féin’s top donor, Lauren Harvey Living Trust, gave $216,500, while fundraising arm sent $27,000 to party in BelfastThu May 22 2025 - 19:56
‘Children can’t even move in their beds they are so small’: Cramped and damp conditions in some Ipas centresHealth Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) investigated seven permanent centresTue May 20 2025 - 14:14
New measures aim to tackle ‘hugely alarming’ school absenteeism ratesOfficial figures show 110,000 primary and 65,000 post-primary students missed 20 or more days in the 2022/2023 year Mon May 19 2025 - 08:08
Oireachtas health committee must hear from HSE on Portiuncula maternity services, says Opposition‘Questions need to be asked now about what exactly is going on here,’ says Labour health spokesperson as 10 reviews ongoingSun May 18 2025 - 20:25
Michael Gaine: Gardaí confirm body parts found in search for missing Kerry farmerInvestigators examining areas of farm in investigation into disappearance of Kerry farmer believed murderedSat May 17 2025 - 20:18
Human remains discovered at site of previous search for ‘Disappeared’ victimJoe Lynskey was abducted, shot dead and secretly buried by the IRA in August 1972Fri May 16 2025 - 20:43
Death of baby at Portiuncula Hospital leads to new reviewTen reviews ongoing into maternity and baby care at Co Galway hospitalFri May 16 2025 - 06:00
Child-focused homelessness strategy needed, says OmbudsmanHomelessness prevention measures and access to long-term housing should be prioritised in strategy, Minister toldThu May 15 2025 - 06:00
Elderly residents feel 'unsafe' in Dublin 8 complex: 'There’s a few of us looking to get out of here'Crime and antisocial behaviour remain an issue at Dublin City Council complex where three people were murdered, say residentsThu May 15 2025 - 06:00
BusConnects corridor construction to begin in autumnNTA engaging with affected property owners one-to-one on compensationTue May 13 2025 - 06:00
‘I haven’t been in school since Christmas’: Teen with suspected endometriosis flies to Romania for treatmentNikita Clarke-Healy (18) arranged treatment overseas after doctors in Ireland said she was ‘too young’ to be diagnosed with conditionTue May 13 2025 - 06:00
Garda Kevin Flatley death: Commissioner and colleagues to attend service at Dublin CastleGarda Commissioner Drew Harris has called for a societal 'reset' following on-duty deathMon May 12 2025 - 13:58
Garda Kevin Flatley was an ‘absolute gentleman’ who was ‘always lending a hand’, GAA club saysO’Dwyers GAA club says the garda was a dedicated coach of the U10 girls' teamMon May 12 2025 - 12:45
Shotgun, ammunition and drugs seized by gardaí in raid following attempted drone bomb attackEight searches as part of Garda action in wake of botched pipe bomb attemptFri May 09 2025 - 11:41
