Hundreds of millions of euro paid to Irish companies for accommodating refugees and UkrainiansLatest figures from Dept of Integration show hotel groups, the McEnaney family, and a US private equity group among those being paid for providing accommodation servicesFri Sept 27 2024 - 18:41
Legal costs bill arising from tribunal of inquiry cut by almost 40% when challenged, report showsAnnual report from Office of Legal Cost Adjudicators shows significant cuts in fees being claimed in range of case typesFri Sept 27 2024 - 00:01
Application for injunction from Limerick hospital clinical director before High CourtProf Brian Lenehan says being placed on administrative leave is ‘unwarranted’ as disciplinary inquiry into Aoife Johnston death continuesThu Sept 26 2024 - 19:07
Garda inquiry into Creeslough tragedy has to take precedence, says MinisterHelen McEntee says Government is open to listening to the families of those who died in Co Donegal explosionWed Sept 25 2024 - 18:46
New supercomputer means better weather forecasts from Met ÉireannNew system, called Aurora and operated with three other meteorological organisations, is already showing improved results for Ireland’s weather forecastersTue Sept 24 2024 - 19:47
Nepalese chef working in Co Kerry takeaway had 70-hour week as ‘the norm’Migrant worker awarded €23,130 at WRC for breaches of working time and minimum wage laws by Castleisland outletTue Sept 24 2024 - 17:21
Young man charged with dangerous driving causing death has case adjourned to NovemberCharge involving the death of a young man in November of last year to be heard on indictmentMon Sept 23 2024 - 20:06
Gardaí searching for suspect after car with five-month old baby in it hijacked in DublinGirl was found ‘safe and well’ in city centre hours after car was stolen in Mountjoy SquareMon Sept 23 2024 - 18:25
Roma women are facing discrimination from retailers, Flac says in 2023 annual reportTraditional attire worn by Roma women is associated with prejudice in retail settings, says legal advice support groupMon Sept 23 2024 - 03:00
On-the-spot fine for those caught selling tobacco or vapes at events aimed at children comes into effectMeasure is part of strategy aimed at eliminating the use of tobacco products and protecting childrenMon Sept 23 2024 - 00:01
Sharp rise last year in applications to have asylum decisions reviewed by High Court, report showsAnnual report from Courts Service shows continuing fall in most types of crime but continuing rise in domestic violence applicationsMon Sept 23 2024 - 00:01
Bar Council investigating Burke family ‘incident’ at Ploughing Championships, chair saysSimeon Burke letter claiming he is ‘effectively cut out’ from representing clients ‘inaccurate and misleading’, says Seán Guerin SCFri Sept 20 2024 - 18:12
Aoife Johnston timeline: Antibiotics for sepsis not given until 13½ hours after arriving at Limerick hospitalInvestigation sets out order of events for what happened after teenager’s arrival at UHL emergency departmentFri Sept 20 2024 - 17:32
Simeon Burke complains he is being ‘shut out’ of Law Library without senior barrister to take him onBrother of Enoch Burke says he has been trying unsuccessfully since 2022 to find a ‘master’ to take him on as a ‘devil’ – a necessary stepThu Sept 19 2024 - 06:00
Legal profession must change workplace culture to improve diversity, report saysYoung legal professionals almost exclusively ‘white Irish’ and large majority from higher socio-economic backgroundWed Sept 18 2024 - 00:01
Student accommodation crisis: Three applications for every bed on campus Dept of Education paper says universities cite significant increases in demand for accommodationMon Sept 16 2024 - 20:13
Level of reimbursement for people who travel North for cataract surgery is reducedPopular scheme for cataract patients reduced by HSEFri Aug 30 2024 - 14:14
Marc Godart used CCTV to monitor business tenants’ commission system Foreign nationals rented Dublin city centre rooms for their businesses not knowing the owner of the building was trying to get Godart to leaveFri Aug 30 2024 - 06:00
Owner locks controversial landlord Marc Godart out of leased property Owners of building on Westmoreland Street say lease had expired but Godart says they needed a court orderFri Aug 30 2024 - 06:00
Ukrainian student who came to Ireland with poor English gets maximum points in Leaving CertTaisiia Korenska, from Castlecomer Community College, says she has a good work ethic and ‘likes studying’Wed Aug 28 2024 - 16:16
Australian online sex predator jailed for 17 years had at least one Irish victim, police sayMan (29) targeted girls as young as 10 and threatened to share recordings of sexual acts if they did not co-operateWed Aug 28 2024 - 15:03
Number of Russian diplomats at Dublin embassy campus shrinks to fiveEU states are ‘extremely careful’ about allowing Russian diplomats into their countries, security expert saysWed Aug 28 2024 - 06:00
People renting out rooms in shared homes may not have tenant rights, say rental expertsA recent Residential Tenancies Board tribunal ruling found that a tenant who rented a room in an apartment had no contractual relationship with the landlordSun Aug 25 2024 - 06:00
Marc Godart company got permission for housing development in Cork and then sold siteAn Bord Pleanála granted permission for development involving houses and apartments in Blackpool area of the cityThu Aug 22 2024 - 06:00
Irishman (67) dies in fall from hotel balcony in ThailandConsular assistance being provided following death of man in popular Thai holiday resortTue Aug 20 2024 - 18:06
Connemara pony show events postponed due to prospect of heavy rainForecast of wet weather on Thursday and Friday leads to rescheduling of parts of popular Clifden eventTue Aug 20 2024 - 10:19
Owners of apartment ‘put through hell’ by antisocial tenant, RTB tribunal toldSecond tribunal decides that tenant who rented a room in a Dublin apartment had no contractual relationship with corporate landlord who let the apartmentTue Aug 20 2024 - 06:00
Woman still wants to help husband who assaulted her and left her face bruised, court hearsCourt also hears from young woman who said former boyfriend tried to initiate sex when she was in bed in hospitalSun Aug 18 2024 - 06:00
Donegal homeowners moving into mobile homes as Government defective bricks scheme kicks inSevere shortage of rental accommodation on Inishowen peninsula affecting families who want to have their defective homes rebuiltSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
Landlord not responsible for money scammed from Brazilian tenants, RTB tribunal rulesLead tenant paid rent to landlord but overcharged the others living in the four-bedroomed apartment, tribunal toldWed Aug 14 2024 - 06:00
Sipo reconsidering its stance on Leo Varadkar leak inquiryEthics body writes to PBP deputy Paul Murphy telling him it will inform him of the outcome of its reconsiderationSun Aug 11 2024 - 17:45
‘There’s nowhere to go. It’s a nightmare’: Buncrana woman says she may lose rented home due to mica grantsJade Houten has been served with a 90-day notice that her landlord wants to increase her rent from €480 monthly to €1,120 monthlySun Aug 11 2024 - 06:31
‘I love the workmanship that went into that’: A visit to the stylish Blackhead Lighthouse in Co AntrimUnmanned tower on the northern side of Belfast Lough offers spectacular viewFri Aug 09 2024 - 15:04
Tenants who had refused to vacate house ordered to pay arrears of €12,600RTB tribunal told woman wanted to sell house after her husband died but tenants did not leave, saying they didn’t want to be made homelessFri Aug 09 2024 - 14:28
Private landlords: Are they actually fleeing the rental sector?Small private landlords still prominent in market nationally, according to data from the Residential Tenancies BoardFri Aug 09 2024 - 10:00
New data on increase in private rental accommodation may not be accurate picture, says economistConall Mac Coille concerned about discrepancy between number of registered tenancies and figures on sector from 2022 censusThu Aug 08 2024 - 16:49
Residential Tenancies Board’s detailed data suggests 12.3% rise in approved housing body tenantsDublin’s north inner city is local electoral area with most private tenancies and most approved housing body tenancies, fresh data showsThu Aug 08 2024 - 06:00
Landlords with more than 100 properties now own 22% of Dublin rentalsNew RTB figures show private rental sector is growing, not shrinking, with number of registered private landlords on the rise overallThu Aug 08 2024 - 00:01
After 868 pages and €5.67 million, the reason 19 names were searched in INM data breach remains a mysteryFormer chief executive of media group described outcome of lengthy inquiry that yielded a 868-page report at a cost of almost €6 million as ‘weird’Fri Aug 02 2024 - 11:00
I have a ‘dodgy box’ for TV streaming. Will I now be prosecuted? Co Kildare man was sentenced for money laundering over his selling of subscriptions linked to the King Kong Media illegal streaming serviceThu Aug 01 2024 - 11:49
INM report finds deal with Denis O’Brien company would have required board approvalInspectors’ report finds no breaches of Companies Acts following inquiry initiated in September 2018Wed Jul 31 2024 - 19:00
Derry O’Rourke: A notorious predator who caused devastation that may never be measured Before his latest conviction, the father of six spent nine years in prison for multiple sexual abuse offencesWed Jul 31 2024 - 13:23
INM controversy: Denis O’Brien told emails being searched in bid to identify why solicitor’s contract renewedFormer majority shareholder and chairman welcome inspectors’ report which found no breach of the Companies Acts at media firmWed Jul 31 2024 - 13:16
Mixed views in Dundrum about arrival of asylum seekers, residents sayAnalysis shows accommodation centres are located in areas ranging from very affluent to extremely disadvantagedFri Jul 26 2024 - 13:23
Husband of Rachel Allen successfully petitions for bankruptcyIsaac Allen tells High Court he does not have sufficient income to settle his tax debtThu Jul 25 2024 - 12:50
Man killed in Baldoyle hit-and-run named as funeral announcedMichael Farrelly was knocked down and killed while walking on Coast Road at about 1amMon Jul 22 2024 - 20:32
Coolock unrest: Fourth fire at former Crown Paints factorySeparately a number of arrests were made in Dundalk, Co Louth, after anti-immigrant protesters and a counter-protest took place, with members of the Public Order Unit separating the two groupsSun Jul 21 2024 - 21:44
Ireland owes a great debt to US President Joe Biden who has been a ‘voice for peace’, says TaoiseachTánaiste Micheál Martin says President Biden’s decision was ‘the toughest of calls’ but was done with classSun Jul 21 2024 - 20:37
Body of man in his forties found in Co Wexford Post-mortem to be carried out to determine cause of death, say gardaíSun Jul 21 2024 - 19:57
Woman in temporary accommodation who was threatened by her husband is granted protection orderDublin Family District Court hears multiple protection order applications from older people seeking protection from their adult childrenSun Jul 21 2024 - 19:29
