Ireland proposes EU-led peace mission in Lebanon as UN operation winds downSimon Harris’s plan would see countries working together to train up Lebanese armyFri Aug 29 2025 - 09:05
Maritime authorities have detained 13 ships serving Limerick’s Aughinish Alumina plant in five yearsSafety concerns, lack of training and poor crew conditions among problems flagged during inspection of vesselsFri Aug 29 2025 - 06:00
Q&A: What will the Unifil wind-down mean for the Irish military? Any new deployment, whether in Africa or Ukraine, likely to be more dangerousThu Aug 28 2025 - 21:09
UN Security Council votes to keep peacekeepers in Lebanon until 2027Irish peacekeepers would remain in Lebanon for two years ahead of drawdown periodThu Aug 28 2025 - 17:51
Lebanon could turn into Gaza without UN peacekeeping force, ex-Defence Forces chief saysUN Security Council to vote this week on whether to renew Unifil mission’s mandate for another yearTue Aug 26 2025 - 10:23
Irish troops will continue in overseas missions even if Unifil ends, says defence forces chiefUN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon under threat on Monday as Israel and US oppose deploymentMon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
Israel claims Lebanese intelligence officer covered up murder of Irish peacekeeper Seán RooneyPrivate Seán Rooney died after his UN vehicle came under attack in Lebanon in 2022Sat Aug 23 2025 - 15:00
‘Serious concerns’ over conspiracy theory group forming shadow system of county councilsOrganisation’s activities ‘risk misleading or exploiting citizens’, says elected Fianna Fáil figureSat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’Sat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
English tourist in critical condition following assault in Temple Bar Man (40s) taken to Beaumont Hospital with serious injuries to headThu Aug 21 2025 - 17:46
Garda suspended following death of man in Dublin city centreSuspension over incident does not mean the garda is accused of any offenceThu Aug 21 2025 - 13:13
Defence Forces lost ammunition for six months, sparking theft inquiryCo Kilkenny base searched without success before rounds eventually located in a loosely tied sandbagTue Aug 19 2025 - 12:00
Garda Ombudsman investigates after man injured following interaction with gardaí in Dublin city Incident occurred near the Holiday Inn on O’Connell Street in Dublin during the early hours of FridayMon Aug 18 2025 - 16:51
Four men injured following violent altercation in Co ClareIncident occurred on Main Street in Miltown Malbay on Sunday eveningMon Aug 18 2025 - 14:21
Foreign spies intent on stealing sensitive information ‘among threats to State’Ireland may be target for foreign spies intent on stealing intellectual property and sensitive information, security services plan suggestsMon Aug 18 2025 - 06:00
Just one staff member left in Defence Forces nursing serviceOutsourcing Army Nursing Service would be prohibitively expensive and less effective, official report had saidMon Aug 18 2025 - 06:00
Some roads policing gardaí ‘unproductive’ and ‘unconcerned’ with doing good job, report saysCrowe report found that some managers were afraid to pull up officers for poor performanceThu Aug 14 2025 - 20:13
Plenty of blame to go around for serious failings highlighted in roads policing report Without a fundamental shift in culture, the problems outlined in the Crowe report will persist in the GardaThu Aug 14 2025 - 18:40
Prosecutors in Lebanon appeal against sentences imposed on men convicted of killing Pte Seán Rooney Authorities to seek to track down Mohammed Ayyad, sentenced to death in absentiaTue Aug 12 2025 - 20:49
President condemns ‘despicable attacks’ on Indian people as extra Garda patrols deployed in parts of Dublin Michael D Higgins said recent rise in reported assaults on members of Indian community ‘diminish all of us’ Tue Aug 12 2025 - 15:05
Money to pay Reserve Defence Forces members ran out due to recruitment ‘surge’Departmental documents show officials realised they did not have the money to pay reservists for part of 2024Tue Aug 12 2025 - 10:00
Gardaí struggle to reassure Indian community amid spate of high-profile attacksNo statistical indication of a rising threat to Indians exists, but that is a hard message to deliver Tue Aug 12 2025 - 06:00
India Day postponed after ‘spate of attacks’ on community Annual celebratory event, due to be staged in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, has been held since 2015Mon Aug 11 2025 - 18:00
Irish prison cells likely to be fitted with remote monitors following spike in inmate deathsRemote ‘signs of life’ monitors will alert prison staff if inmates show signs of medical emergencySat Aug 09 2025 - 06:00
Intel gathered following HSE attack leads to dismantling of ransomware gangOperation targeted international group said to be responsible for ‘serious ransomware attacks’Fri Aug 08 2025 - 20:20
Russian oil tanker operating under false flag enters Irish-controlled watersAgeing ‘shadow-fleet’ vessel is carrying thousands of tonnes of sanctioned crude to IndiaFri Aug 08 2025 - 16:26
Social media algorithms are boosting videos of attacks on asylum seekers, Irish campaign group saysVideos being posted online of homeless asylum seekers culminate in attacks on them and their tentsFri Aug 08 2025 - 06:00
Records falsified relating to mentally ill inmate found dead in Cloverhill Prison, watchdog finds ‘Mr O’ died in Cloverhill Prison the day before he was to be transferred to hospitalTue Aug 05 2025 - 15:52
Gena Heraty kidnapping: Tánaiste speaks to Haitian minister to try to bring end to Irish woman’s ‘horrendous ordeal’Co Mayo woman was working in orphanage in Port-au-Prince where eight people were takenTue Aug 05 2025 - 09:14
Probation officials begin training to deal with radicalised criminals engaged in violent extremismA project has also been set up to help steer 12- to 24-year-olds away from involvement in crime in Dublin’s north inner city Tue Aug 05 2025 - 07:31
Tánaiste says ‘no stone unturned’ in efforts to locate Irish woman kidnapped in HaitiIrish missionary Gena Heraty among eight kidnapped from orphanage on SundayTue Aug 05 2025 - 06:00
Man arrested as part of investigation into fatal stabbing of Mark Carroll in FinglasThe 34-year-old was stabbed to death in a house in Finglas in June 2024Mon Aug 04 2025 - 16:01
Garda injured while arresting sword-wielding suspectMan (40s) charged in connection with incident and is due before court on MondaySun Aug 03 2025 - 18:45
Criminals set up fake Irish Government agency for counterfeit maritime certsForged documents allow ships to pass port inspections, skirt employment law and safety rulesFri Aug 01 2025 - 06:00
‘A sham trial process’: Mother of Private Seán Rooney criticises Lebanese court‘What happened in Lebanon was not justice,’ says Natasha Rooney Thu Jul 31 2025 - 17:03
Man (23) remanded in custody charged with assault causing harm to garda on Capel Street in DublinAbdullah Khan also charged with production of a ‘Tactix’ knife with intent to cause intimidation or harm on Tuesday eveningThu Jul 31 2025 - 10:00
Three women avoid jail for money laundering on behalf of major crime gangTrio allowed Drogheda-based Boylan group to lodge funds into their bank accountsWed Jul 30 2025 - 16:40
Garda stabbed multiple times in ‘unprovoked’ Dublin city-centre attackOfficer on routine patrol taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuriesTue Jul 29 2025 - 21:33
Lebanese authorities know where man sentenced to death for killing Pte Seán Rooney is, Irish officials believeRooneyTue Jul 29 2025 - 16:47
Irish soldier Seán Rooney: Man sentenced to death over killing in LebanonTaoiseach welcomes conviction of main defendant, but says it is unsatisfactory that the man is still at largeMon Jul 28 2025 - 22:28
Book of evidence served on alleged Kinahan associate Sean McGovern over murder chargeAccused, extradited from Dubai earlier this year, appears before court charged with murder of Noel ‘Duck Egg’ KirwanMon Jul 28 2025 - 13:54
‘He kept saying: what wrong have I done? Why me?’ An Indian man is left stripped and bloodied on an Irish streetAn apparently racially motivated attack in Tallaght has caused ‘outrage, fear and concern’ among the Indian community in Ireland. But it was not an isolated incidentSat Jul 26 2025 - 06:30
Transgender prisoner, understood to be Barbie Kardashian, held in ‘dungeon-like’ unit Individual is understood to be named Barbie Kardashian, who was jailed in 2023 for threatening to torture, rape and murder motherFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Prison officer allegedly used riot shield to repeatedly strike inmate in vanAllegations of abuse of inmates by staff in Irish Prison Service has increased since 2019, according to European committee reportThu Jul 24 2025 - 08:00
Report provides rare insight into Irish military intelligence unitIrish military intelligence unit seeks more powers to tackle State security threats Thu Jul 24 2025 - 07:46
Why is a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ using Irish waters?Tankers are engaging in suspicious and sometimes bizarre behaviour, raising both environmental and national security concernsMon Jul 21 2025 - 06:00
Dramatic increase in number of Russian ‘shadow ships’ in Irish-controlled watersNaval Service and Air Corps have stepped up monitoring of the vesselsMon Jul 21 2025 - 06:00
Significant rise in Irish people seeking State help to avoid US deportationAt least 41 sought assistance this year, but the number of Irish deported from US may be significantly higherMon Jul 21 2025 - 06:00
Man violently assaulted and partially stripped by gang in TallaghtIt is understood attackers falsely accused man of acting inappropriately around childrenSun Jul 20 2025 - 15:10
