Former head of Christian Brothers to drop legal action over freedom of city voteEdmund Garvey had launched judicial review following councillors vote to rescind Freedom of Drogheda awardWed Nov 29 2023 - 11:55
Ironman in Youghal called off for 2024 after double fatalityUS triathlon group says it will ‘take a hiatus’ from the event in a blow to the Co Cork economyTue Nov 28 2023 - 10:28
McVerry Trust overstated assets by €3m in 2022 accountsRevised financial accounts show charity under-reported spending on property running costsTue Nov 28 2023 - 06:00
Tusla reliance on ‘inappropriate’ accommodation part of mounting care system ‘crisis’ Among problems are ‘chronic lack of social workers’ and foster carers, says expert focused on childcare court casesMon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
McVerry Trust property maintenance contractor linked to former long-time auditorContractor involved in repair works for homelessness charity run by brother of trust’s long-serving auditorMon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
Dublin riots: McEntee pledges high visibility Garda presence on city streetsTánaiste accuses Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald exploiting issue for party’s own electoral benefitSat Nov 25 2023 - 19:46
PSNI arrest two men over Co Down stabbing incidentMan in hospital with non-life threatening injuries after stabbing in Comber, Co DownSat Nov 25 2023 - 12:23
Ozempic drug-maker pushed Government to oppose EU pharma reformsProposals would lower time period a company has protection over research behind drugs they developSat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00
Dublin riots: Further arrests in city centre on Friday night while McEntee comes under pressure - as it happenedGirl (5) injured in Thursday’s knife attack remains in critical condition; Minister for Justice says gardaí are trawling 6,000 hours of CCTV footageFri Nov 24 2023 - 22:30
Dublin attack and riots: how Thursday unfoldedBetween the hours of 1.30pm and 11pm, a stabbing incident outside a school in the north inner city led to an evening of violent street clashes with gardaíFri Nov 24 2023 - 19:00
Cabinet approval to be sought for €15m bailout of Peter McVerry TrustMinister for Housing Darragh O’Brien expected to bring proposal for significant State bailout of homeless charity to Cabinet next weekFri Nov 24 2023 - 13:51
Dublin’s streets ablaze: Rioting, looting and vehicles set alight on the streets of Ireland’s capital Shops broken into and looted, and buses and a tram set alightThu Nov 23 2023 - 22:55
The air was thick with smoke and a double-decker bus was on fire - how gardaí struggled to contain the Dublin riotsStreet mayhem spills over from close to Parnell Street, where Garda car set ablaze and several officers injuredThu Nov 23 2023 - 22:27
Dublin riots: Violent clashes with gardaí and vehicles set alight after children injured in knife attackGarda Commissioner says ‘lunatic, hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology’ behind violence which included multiple clashes with gardaíThu Nov 23 2023 - 21:59
Tánaiste to ‘reflect’ on Women of Honour concerns over inquiry termsSurvivors group met Micheál Martin to push for wider scope of proposed tribunalThu Nov 23 2023 - 12:54
Nigerian diaspora organisation in Ireland takes legal case against rival groupIrish organisation of Nigerian immigrants files legal case in bid to block rival group being formedThu Nov 23 2023 - 06:00
Company housing children in care engaged in ‘deceitful’ practicesTusla dealing with growing ‘crisis’ of children in care placed in unregulated emergency accommodationThu Nov 23 2023 - 05:00
Varadkar ‘hopes’ Emily Hand will be among 50 hostages released by Hamas in captive dealThomas Hand has ‘no information’ about whether his daughter will be in initial groupWed Nov 22 2023 - 13:32
Woman injured after shots fired at house in TallaghtGarda investigating gunshots at house and separate criminal damage to car and house in JobstownWed Nov 22 2023 - 08:58
Closure of Aperee nursing home caused ‘most stressful period’ for familyThree nursing homes run by private company Aperee Living ordered to close since SeptemberTue Nov 21 2023 - 06:00
Business Post to restructure with risk to six newsroom jobsNewspaper announces changes to secure its ‘long-term sustainability’Mon Nov 20 2023 - 13:19
Crisis at Peter McVerry Trust deepens as councils look to exit housing projects with charityPeter McVerry Trust struggles with financial crisis, while several local authorities are reviewing plans to develop housing with homelessness charitySat Nov 18 2023 - 06:00
Eating disorders: Children face treatment barriers ‘every step of the way’ Parents’ group protests at Department of Health over lack of treatment for young people with eating disordersFri Nov 17 2023 - 12:59
Peter McVerry Trust raises doubts over plans to deliver housingHomelessness charity admits ‘more cautious’ expansion would have been ‘prudent’Fri Nov 17 2023 - 06:00
Young children of Irish-born Palestinian man prevented from leaving GazaDepartment of Foreign Affairs spokesman says ‘administrative issue’ on Thursday meant very few crossings of dual or foreign nationals could take placeThu Nov 16 2023 - 19:50
RTÉ board admits to ‘lapse of control’ around ‘Toy Show the Musical’Board minutes show directors agreed there should have been ‘more stress testing’ of project when first proposedThu Nov 16 2023 - 16:39
Health officials ‘ignoring’ breaches of hospital chief executive salary capsVoluntary hospitals facing huge difficulty recruiting qualified chief executives due to pay limits, Minister toldThu Nov 16 2023 - 05:30
Dozens of people honoured at Water Safety Awards for their parts in rescuesIrish Times journalist Ellen O’Donoghue received media recognition award for coverage of water safety issuesTue Nov 14 2023 - 17:36
Peter McVerry Trust paid €1.8m for property sold for €970,000 months earlierInterim State funding to be released to allow homelessness charity’s services continue in short-termTue Nov 14 2023 - 05:30
Interim funding released to crisis-hit Peter McVerry Trust following urgent requestCharity sought €2.3 million in interim emergency funding to continue running services in short-termMon Nov 13 2023 - 13:23
Irish film-maker reported missing in New YorkAward-winning Irish filmmaker and photographer last seen on beach in Queens a week agoSun Nov 12 2023 - 16:19
Number of suspected heroin overdoses in Dublin rises to 54HSE tests find second sample of synthetic opioid linked to recent overdoses in capitalSun Nov 12 2023 - 14:49
McDonald: SF call for Israeli ambassador expulsion not due to fears of being ‘outflanked’Party leader says there has been ‘moral failure’ in not standing up to IsraelSun Nov 12 2023 - 13:56
HSE issues warning after sharp increase in heroin overdoses in Dublin Concern following spike of more than a dozen suspected overdoses in the city, thought to be related to ‘new sources’ of drugThu Nov 09 2023 - 18:04
Revelations that Peter McVerry Trust bought several apartments developed by former longtime auditor ‘very serious’, Dáil toldMinister of State says he will be raising the matter with Minister for Housing Darragh O’BrienThu Nov 09 2023 - 13:53
Peter McVerry Trust bought several apartments developed by its own auditorCharity bought apartments developed by accountant whose firm was auditing trust’s accountsThu Nov 09 2023 - 06:00
RTÉ board approves plan for ‘new direction’ of broadcasterKevin Bakhurst aims to share ‘strategic vision’ document with staff next weekWed Nov 08 2023 - 14:22
Irish beef exports to China suspended after case of BSE foundCase of mad cow disease detected in 10-year-old animal that had been delivered for destructionTue Nov 07 2023 - 21:52
Nursing home group which cares for 500 residents is in ‘crisis’, Hiqa warnsHiqa raised ‘significant concerns’ about nursing homes run by private company Aperee LivingTue Nov 07 2023 - 06:00
Documents reveal growing crisis facing Aperee nursing home groupHiqa criticised nursing home group’s fitness during ‘rapidly escalating’ controversy, correspondence showsTue Nov 07 2023 - 06:00
Thirteen alleged sexual assaults reported in Defence Forces in the past decadeSome 35 complaints of bullying have been made in the Defence ForcesTue Nov 07 2023 - 06:00
The AI shake-up of the legal profession: ‘Do you want a computer to defend you?’ Artificial intelligence would be a ‘huge’ help in cutting down on admin work, says one industry memberSat Nov 04 2023 - 05:00
Fierce fighting reported in Gaza City’s outskirts as foreign nationals and injured Palestinians leave in first evacuationIrish diplomats ‘urgently’ seeking for citizens trapped in enclave to be included in future evacuations, Department saysWed Nov 01 2023 - 21:02
Swimming coach George Gibney file sent to DPP after Garda investigation into fresh allegationsGardaí had opened investigation into new historical complaints of alleged abuse by former swimming coachWed Nov 01 2023 - 20:47
Mica redress scheme needs to show ‘flexibility’, EU committee saysEuropean Parliament committee conducts three-day visit to Ireland to examine mica controversyWed Nov 01 2023 - 14:46
Injured Gazans enter Egypt as Rafah crossing opens, amid ‘urgent’ efforts to include Irish people in future evacuationsIrish diplomats seek to have trapped Irish included in future evacuations as 81 injured people and up to 500 foreign passport holders to enter EgyptWed Nov 01 2023 - 14:03
Homeowners allege developer ‘concealed’ likely noise from nearby factory, in legal actionMetalworks factory claims Glenveagh Homes ‘refused’ to notify people buying homes nearby of likely noiseWed Nov 01 2023 - 11:25
Standalone stalking and non-fatal strangulation offences come into forceNew crime law includes longer maximum sentences for assaults of gardaí and hospital staffWed Nov 01 2023 - 08:46
Officials ‘assessing’ potential gaps in Irish regime of sanctions against RussiaHigh ranking civil servant described sanctions targeting Russian money as ‘unenforceable’Tue Oct 31 2023 - 16:27
Wix ‘addressing’ internal messages on Israel-Hamas conflictPosts in Israeli software company chat encouraged staff to support Israel’s “narrative” in Hamas conflictSat Oct 28 2023 - 09:31
