RTÉ ignored suggestion to cancel Toy Show the Musical after poor ticket sales, report saysGrant Thornton report notes concerns about ‘lacklustre public reaction’ following the initial launch of the ill-fated musical in 2022Fri Jan 26 2024 - 06:00
Toy Show the Musical report: Four new things we learned about controversial flop Report details overstated sponsorship figures, ‘wildly optimistic’ projections and a ‘disappointing’ realityThu Jan 25 2024 - 16:57
Senior RTÉ figures may be brought before PAC over findings in report on Toy Show the MusicalRTÉ Toy Show the Musical overstated sponsorship revenue by €75,000, report findsThu Jan 25 2024 - 15:49
RTÉ Toy Show the Musical ‘overstated’ sponsor revenue by €75,000 with ‘no evidence’ of board approval‘It will never happen again,’ Ní Raghallaigh says as report identifies ‘little interrogation’ of project’s financesThu Jan 25 2024 - 14:23
Referendum on the family: Irish courts to decide on meaning of durable relationships in ‘hard cases’Commission’s powers to seek court takedown of online misinformation during referendums not yet in placeThu Jan 25 2024 - 12:41
Dublin public transport fares overhaul to see weekly Leap Card cap fall to €24Weekly cap for price of Leap card journeys in Dublin and surrounding commuter belt to fall from €32 to €24Wed Jan 24 2024 - 12:49
Disability care home charged resident €4,000 for holiday to DonegalHiqa criticises policy of residents in disability centre having to cover staff wages to take short holidayWed Jan 24 2024 - 10:30
Order of Malta volunteers called for leaks inquiry amid abuse controversy Members ‘should not have to read the Irish Times newspaper’ to find out information about first-aid organisationSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Varadkar warns over previous ‘false dawns’ of Northern Ireland power-sharing returnTalks among senior DUP figures on whether to back a deal to return to Stormont end without decisionFri Jan 19 2024 - 21:15
Investigators believe improvised explosive device caused blast at Dublin homeless hostelVictim, believed to be an eastern European man in his 30s, was staying at Depaul centre on Little Britain Street in the city centreFri Jan 19 2024 - 12:37
‘I don’t blame the police at all. Those young thugs can pop up anywhere’: Talbot St traders concerned Garda presence will slipShop owners on Talbot Street say area has felt safer due to increase Garda patrolsFri Jan 19 2024 - 06:00
‘There’s no trust’: Tensions flare up in Kosovo 25 years on from brutal warReturn of violence to Balkan region follows a year of deteriorating relations between Kosovo and SerbiaTue Jan 16 2024 - 17:24
Wind farms produced 35% of Ireland’s electricity last year, says industry reportResearch for industry group finds wind farms produced half of island’s electricity in December 2023Tue Jan 16 2024 - 06:00
Emily Hand doing ‘incredibly well’, her father says Nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl had been held captive by Hamas for 50 daysTue Jan 16 2024 - 00:18
Man arrested and charged over death of woman in Sligo town last yearAngela Canavan had been found dead in her home with head injuries last MayMon Jan 15 2024 - 20:21
Roscrea protests: Man arrested during ‘standoff’ between gardaí and protesters at hotel as 17 asylum seekers move inGarda Public Order Unit deployed as crowd of 200 gathered outside Racket Hall hotel in Co TipperaryMon Jan 15 2024 - 14:54
UCD spends more than €400,000 on business-class flights in six monthsRecords show university spent €137,000 on business class flights to China in first half of 2023Mon Jan 15 2024 - 06:00
Scouting Ireland thrown into fresh crisis after years trying to piece itself back togetherYouth organisation accused of ‘critical vetting failure’ over training course including unvetted adultsSun Jan 14 2024 - 06:00
Roscrea: Michael Lowry says Government has no plan for picking asylum accommodationProtest staged at Racket Hall which is to house 160 international protection applicants as local Independent TD says town is ‘overburdened’Fri Jan 12 2024 - 20:07
‘Complex’ genocide case against Israel ‘far from clear cut’, says VaradkarTaoiseach expresses concern attacks on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen could escalate into ‘severe regional conflict’Fri Jan 12 2024 - 17:50
Taoiseach cannot ‘envisage’ sending Ukrainians home before war endsDecision to extend future protection to Ukrainians needs to apply across EU, Taoiseach saysFri Jan 12 2024 - 00:01
Taoiseach hopes ICJ makes interim ceasefire order while deliberating on Israel genocide caseSinn Féin TD says Ireland should have made itself a party to South African proceedings over GazaThu Jan 11 2024 - 17:18
‘Real fear’ people could be killed in arson attacks on accommodation for asylum seekers, says VaradkarTaoiseach anticipates arrests over the coming weeks in Garda investigations of incidents of arsonThu Jan 11 2024 - 12:06
Taoiseach begins two-day visit to west BalkansVaradkar to discuss recent flare-up in tensions between Kosovo and Serbia during visitThu Jan 11 2024 - 00:01
Nearly a fifth of male sexual assault victims felt ‘spiked’ beforehand - studyNew research shows 24% increase in men attending sexual assault treatment units in RepublicWed Jan 10 2024 - 06:00
No RTÉ inquiry possible into allegations of past ‘abusive’ cultureDocuments show former presenter made complaint about ‘bullying’ producer and past culture in broadcasterTue Jan 09 2024 - 06:30
Gardaí investigate fatal stabbing of man (30s) in west DublinMan (50s) arrested after another left in critical condition in hospital following a separate incident in MullingarMon Jan 08 2024 - 21:44
Wix employee sacked over criticism of Israel files unfair dismissal claimCourtney Carey, Irish employee of software company, fired after calling Israel a ‘terrorist state’ on social mediaMon Jan 08 2024 - 06:15
Child protection standards in Scouting Ireland in ‘jeopardy’, directors claimDepartment of Children ‘investigating’ allegations made by two board members of youth organisationSat Jan 06 2024 - 06:00
Reports of sexual exploitation of children double in 2023More than 60 cases of suspected sexual exploitation of children identified by authorities this yearThu Jan 04 2024 - 12:00
Homelessness: State hugely ‘dependent’ on McVerry trust survival, Minister told‘Substantial changes’ needed at charity, according to Dublin Region Homeless ExecutiveSat Dec 30 2023 - 08:30
Blanchardstown shooting: Man held over Christmas Eve gangland attack in which one man killedTristan Sherry (25) killed following botched gun attack in restaurant on Christmas EveFri Dec 29 2023 - 14:20
Girl (5) seriously injured in Parnell Square stabbing is ‘out of danger’, mother saysSchoolgirl is ‘more alert and even smiled’ as treatment continues at Temple Street Children’s HospitalFri Dec 29 2023 - 08:50
Criticism of Irish sanctions regime on Russia by official caused ‘considerable concern’Department of Finance official told panel talk sanctions on Russian money were 'unenforceable'Fri Dec 29 2023 - 06:00
Storm Gerrit: Taxi driver injured by falling tree in Waterford as west coast braces for more windA yellow wind and raining warning is in place for the west coast, along with an additional rain warning for northwestern countiesThu Dec 28 2023 - 18:19
Internal survey of Tusla staff finds 46% do not feel valuedAround one fifth of staff reported they did not feel proud to work for TuslaWed Dec 27 2023 - 20:51
Four out of five Irish people report good health, research showsResearch shows level of smoking deaths in Ireland lower than European Union averageWed Dec 27 2023 - 08:38
Varadkar opposed to boycott by Ireland of Eurovision over Israel’s participationRemoval of country from song contest could ‘ostracise’ liberals in Jewish state, cautions TaoiseachMon Dec 25 2023 - 00:01
Ban on sale of vapes and e-cigarettes to children to come into force tomorrowPenalties range from fines of up to €4,000 to up to six months in prison; Department of Health planning further regulation of vaping productsThu Dec 21 2023 - 00:01
Large drop in reports of fraud and scam cases, CSO figures showQuarterly crime statistics show while reports of burglaries are down, cases of robberies and thefts have increasedWed Dec 20 2023 - 16:17
Dublin hotelier charged with sexually assaulting woman in hotelFionn MacCumhaill (73) charged with more than 20 counts of sexual assault dating to 1990sTue Dec 19 2023 - 20:49
Irish Red Cross sued by woman allegedly abused as teenager by volunteer Organisation confirms legal case taken over alleged abuse ‘dating from the 2015-2017 period’Tue Dec 19 2023 - 07:30
Nine-bed Washington DC mansion bought for €11m to serve as Irish ambassador’s US residenceDepartment of Foreign Affairs was previously renting property which was most expensive for sale in US capital when first put on marketSun Dec 17 2023 - 18:15
Young Tyrone man who died in Australia ‘would have done anything for anyone’, funeral hearsMatthew McGuigan (24) and his long-time partner had travelled to Sydney to start ‘new life’ but he fell ill shortly after arrivingSun Dec 17 2023 - 17:31
‘No plans at present’ to change rules around licence renewal for older driversEU proposals that drivers aged 65 and older take refresher courses, medical checks are not mandatory, Jack Chambers saysSun Dec 17 2023 - 13:48
Investigation after man escapes from Garda custody in DroghedaSearch under way for suspect, believed to be connected to feud, who escaped from Garda station on Thursday eveningFri Dec 15 2023 - 21:55
Numbers sleeping rough in Dublin up 30% this winterHomeless people as old as 73 found sleeping rough on Dublin streets in recent weeksFri Dec 15 2023 - 17:49
Two men arrested in connection with fatal Monaghan debs crash releasedMen, one in his 60s and one in his 40s, had been arrested in connection with crash that killed two teenagers in JulyFri Dec 15 2023 - 10:20
Graham Dale: Tributes paid to Irish ‘natural born hero’ killed fighting in UkraineOriginally from Raheny, north Dublin, Dale was killed in Ukraine last FridayWed Dec 13 2023 - 14:19
Officials warned of ‘very high risk’ Aperee nursing home group would collapseDocuments highlight concerns over ‘precarious financial position’ of individual Aperee nursing homesWed Dec 13 2023 - 06:00
