Nóirín O’Sullivan tells tribunal she felt like ‘political football’Former Garda commissioner tells Charleton tribunal of being caught in media stormTue Jan 23 2018 - 12:00
Teenage sex offenders a growing challenge for social workersIn world of online porn, more than 25% of sex offenders found by Garda are teenagersTue Jan 23 2018 - 01:00
McCabe inquiry created ‘impossible dilemma’, says O’SullivanGarda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe said he felt ‘under threat’ as a result of Noirín O’Sullivan’s actionMon Jan 22 2018 - 17:28
Over a third of students in Ireland face ‘severe financial problems’Study finds number of students in third level has increased by nearly 8% since 2013Mon Jan 22 2018 - 05:00
Minister announces review of career guidance systemConcerns many students do not have access to good quality guidanceMon Jan 22 2018 - 01:52
Run Garda Síochána like a business, says reform commission headKathleen O’Toole: ‘I’ve joked before, the CEO of a major airline doesn’t need to be a pilot’Sat Jan 20 2018 - 01:00
Michael Colgan to sue Village magazine for defamation of characterFormer Gate Theatre director has faced accusations of sexual harassment and bullyingFri Jan 19 2018 - 17:11
Gardaí arrest three in Westmeath following Sligo house burglaryLarge-scale operation sees men stopped in car near KinnegadFri Jan 19 2018 - 09:12
Mass DNA screening ruled out in Baby John murder inquiryGardaí reopening 1984 cold case want to avoid alienating south Kerry communityFri Jan 19 2018 - 03:00
Study finds microwaves may be frying up the environmentOvens emit as much carbon dioxide every year as 7m cars, affecting climate changeThu Jan 18 2018 - 01:00
Addicts in Scientology-linked centre to be treated with saunas and vitaminsLocals gather in Ballivor to protest against centreWed Jan 17 2018 - 21:47
Two gardaí allegedly seen using cocaine in Kildare nightclubFemale officer reportedly claims male colleague gave her the drug for personal useMon Jan 15 2018 - 15:52
Why do rural burglars receive lighter sentences than Dublin ones?It depends partly on the crime, but mostly on judges’ differing approachesSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
Use of ‘sexsomnia’ defence is expected to increase in IrelandDPP’s decision not to proceed with trial has highlighted the controversial conditionSat Jan 13 2018 - 01:00
Scientology linked to plans for centre in Co Meath townBallivor locals, annoyed at being ‘stonewalled with secrecy’, plan to protest at the site next weekFri Jan 12 2018 - 21:16
Former AG Peter Sutherland to be buried on ThursdayFigures from the worlds of law and politics pay tribute to long-serving statesmanThu Jan 11 2018 - 01:45
‘Horrific’ that shopkeeper was asked to pay €600 fee to allow burglar sue himMr Justice Nicholas Kearns says the case, in which burglar injured scrotum, is an ‘anomaly’Wed Jan 10 2018 - 21:53
Limerick put down three times more dogs than rest of countryPressure on shelter: Council says it is successfully working to cut its euthanasia rateWed Jan 10 2018 - 01:30
Burglars in Dublin more likely to be sent to prisonImprisonment rates for offence vary between 74 per cent in capital and 39 per cent in GalwayWed Jan 10 2018 - 01:00
Vast majority of offences still have no sentencing guidelinesIrish judges can impose any sentence they like once it’s under maximum prison term in the legislationWed Jan 10 2018 - 01:00
Family of Japanese stab victim recall his ‘love of Dundalk’About 1,500 people attend vigil for Yosuke Sasaki (24) who was killed last WednesdayMon Jan 08 2018 - 21:07
Reaction to Dundalk stabbings ranges from sympathy to slursAnti-immigrant chants heard outside courthouse where Mohamed Morei was chargedSat Jan 06 2018 - 02:00
Killing tests Dundalk’s hard-won community resilienceStabbing to death of 24-year-old man and the wounding of two others stun Border townFri Jan 05 2018 - 01:00
Suspect in Dundalk attacks appears in court charged with murderMohamed Morei (18) accused of murdering Japanese man Yosuke Sasaki (24)Thu Jan 04 2018 - 20:08
No evidence Dundalk attack linked to international terrorism - GardaYosuke Sasaki (24) had been living in Dundalk and working in call centreThu Jan 04 2018 - 18:43
Japanese man killed in Dundalk was Yosuke Sasaki (24)Company he worked for described him as a ‘valued member of staff’Thu Jan 04 2018 - 18:04
Egyptian murder suspect squatted in disused Dundalk houseLocal residents hadn’t noticed anyone coming and going from the house in recent weeksThu Jan 04 2018 - 16:46
Dundalk timeline: How the horrific events unfoldedViolence began at 9am on Wednesday, two days after young man was stopped by gardaThu Jan 04 2018 - 01:00
Potential terror link to fatal Dundalk attack being investigatedJapanese man dead and two other males injured in attacks; man (18) taken into custodyWed Jan 03 2018 - 19:30
Trolley crisis: Record 677 people awaiting a hospital bed, nurses sayINMO says staff face ‘intolerable’ conditions and patients in ‘inhumane’ situationsWed Jan 03 2018 - 10:23
Robbery suspect arrested after being tackled by pub customersMan with suspected firearm attempted to rob Firhouse pub just before midnightTue Jan 02 2018 - 21:37
Never, ever drive under the influenza, warns councilPeople who drive with colds or flu can take 10% longer to react than healthy driversTue Jan 02 2018 - 17:47
Number of patients on trolleys reaches an all-time high of 656People urged to get flu vaccine, as HSE warns situation to get worse before it gets betterTue Jan 02 2018 - 17:25
Judges lobbied for colleague in Europe to be appointed to Irish benchFormer European Court of Human Rights judge Ann Power was not appointedMon Jan 01 2018 - 15:57
Judges ‘struggling to cope’ under new pay structureGovernment told it could be discriminating against women if it does not reverse salary cutsMon Jan 01 2018 - 14:44
New Government grant for electric car owners availableOne of several measures to help meet the 2030 goal for zero emission vehiclesMon Jan 01 2018 - 12:36
Help to Buy scheme appears to help slow new house price increasesCost of homes overall continued to rise sharply in 2017, Sherry Fitzgerald saysMon Jan 01 2018 - 00:01
Bomb threat in Bray confirmed as hoaxThe Army Bomb squad had been called out and examined what it thought was a suspicious deviceSun Dec 31 2017 - 17:34
Teenager charged with dangerous driving over N7 crashOne youth remains in serious condition in hospitalFri Dec 29 2017 - 18:45
Ex-Glen director will not face Sipo inquiry over ethics breachesKieran Rose had failed to declare the use of the charity’s resources during his Seanad campaignFri Dec 29 2017 - 05:55
Record number of organ transplants carried out in 2017Pancreas transplants resumed this year following a two-year suspensionFri Dec 29 2017 - 01:01
Less than 15% of child porn convictions in District Court led to a jail sentenceTwo offenders avoided punishment by making payments to the court poor boxFri Dec 29 2017 - 01:00
Initiatives but few results for homelessness crisisThe issue dominated almost every aspect of public and political discourse this yearWed Dec 27 2017 - 03:48
Significant drop in the number of stolen firearmsReduction due to better compliance with gun storage laws, says GovernmentWed Dec 27 2017 - 01:00
‘It was a small step for mankind, a huge step for the deaf community’With the assistance of an interpreter, Richard Dudley became Ireland’s first deaf jurorSat Dec 23 2017 - 14:00
Hundreds of drink-driving cases struck out due to dismissed appealUp to 1,000 cases adjourned pending ruling on challenge over breath tests statementsThu Dec 21 2017 - 05:50
Controls have little impact as rents rise to new high, report findsAverage monthly rents are a record €1,056, up almost 10% over the last yearWed Dec 20 2017 - 12:24
Producer who tried to groom underage girl is sacked by RTÉKieran Creaven pleaded guilty in Leeds court on Monday and will be sentenced next yearWed Dec 20 2017 - 11:38
How Scientology is trying to insert itself into Irish schoolsThe controversial church is giving out teaching materials that hide its involvementSat Dec 16 2017 - 05:30
Separating Tuam skeletons nearly impossible, expert warnsDNA techniques unlikely to help due to condition of bones, claims Dr René GapertFri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00
