Landlord ordered to pay over €10,000 damages after disconnecting electricity and changing locks during illegal evictionResidential Tenancies Board orders Christopher Bates to pay €12,609 in total within 28 days to man he admits was a good tenantSun Sept 22 2024 - 06:00
Woman ordered to pay €6,000 in rent arrears after cutting payments when partner was imprisonedAgnieszka Labedzka cannot ‘unilaterally decide’ to reduce her rent on Co Kildare apartment, Residential Tenancies Board findsThu Sept 19 2024 - 15:45
Apple taxes: ‘Dublin-Shannon bullet train’ among ideas TDs advance for €14bnClarity on where to invest money will be given on Budget day, says TaoiseachWed Sept 18 2024 - 20:15
Human trafficking: 53 victims identified in Ireland in 2023, with ‘stark increase’ in female victimsIrish Human Rights and Equality Commission says forms of exploitation such as forced marriages and illegal adoption are on the riseWed Sept 18 2024 - 06:46
Your work questions answered: ‘I’m getting bombarded with out-of-hours requests. Can I expect retribution if I quietly quit?’A series where we ask experts in all aspects of workplace engagement to give us their views and solutions on issues driving conflict or upset for employeesWed Sept 18 2024 - 06:00
Irish Liverpool fan (50s) killed after being struck by car in ItalyPhilip Dooley had travelled to Bergamo for club’s Tuesday night Champions League fixtureTue Sept 17 2024 - 20:01
Dublin councillors vote in private to back legal action blocking Goatstown apartmentsSpecial meeting of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown councillors is held after developer challenged their dezoning of siteTue Sept 17 2024 - 19:29
Housing charity aiding people with mental health problems calls for funding boost Record number last year assisted by Hail which is providing an ‘essential’ service for the State, says chief executiveMon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00
Airlines and ferry firms fined more than €5m since 2019 for passengers lacking documentationIn the first eight months of 2024, 1,590 arrivals in Republic found to have no valid travel papersMon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00
Dublin Airport power outage causes major disruptionPower failure led to delays at check-in and at US preclearance in Terminal 2 for a period of timeSun Sept 15 2024 - 10:04
Illegal dumping in Dublin city: 'You see people in BMWs driving through here and dropping bags'CCTV cameras to be installed in most heavily littered area of city centre, near Mountjoy Square, from early next year in planned crackdownSun Sept 15 2024 - 06:00
National Services Day parade celebrates frontline emergency and security staff Paramedics and Civil Defence workers among those recognised through marches in Dublin, Galway, Cork, Kilkenny, Wexford, Kildare and LimerickSat Sept 14 2024 - 16:25
Fine Gael to run two candidates in Taoiseach’s Wicklow constituency in next general electionSimon Harris and Edward Timmins selected to run, as number of party candidates to contest constituency dropsSat Sept 14 2024 - 11:04
Drug smugglers using ‘lowest people in the chain’ to ingest cocaine before flying to IrelandSome people arriving at Dublin Airport have been found to be concealing 100-120 pellets internallyFri Sept 13 2024 - 13:14
Counterfeit phones: Man held after €10m allegedly defrauded from phone firmPhone company has been defrauded by some €10 million, gardaí estimateFri Sept 13 2024 - 09:12
Almost a third of tenancies in Dublin had rent increases above legal limit in past two years Residential Tenancies Board to investigate findings of study into rent pressure zonesFri Sept 13 2024 - 06:00
Almost a third of tenancies in Dublin had rent increases above RPZ limitResidential Tenancies Board (RTB) study finds the national standardised average rent paid by new tenants is now €1,612 per month and highest in Co Dublin at €2,128 per monthThu Sept 12 2024 - 16:00
Ireland weather: Cold northerly air mass moves in as Met Éireann forecasts near-zero temperatures Thursday night to reach lows of 1-4 degrees, says Met Éireann, after arrival of cold northerly air massThu Sept 12 2024 - 10:25
Motorcyclist (60s) dies following crash in DonegalIt was the second road fatality in a 24 hour period, following the death of a woman in her 80s in DublinThu Sept 12 2024 - 08:02
How the public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane got over the lineTimeline: From Belfast solicitor’s earliest days in public eye to his death at hands of UDA - and his family’s decades-long search for justiceWed Sept 11 2024 - 18:12
Your work questions answered: If offered another job during maternity leave, what are my rights for taking the rest of it? A series where we ask experts in all aspects of workplace engagement to give us their views and solutions on issues driving conflict or upset for employeesWed Sept 11 2024 - 06:00
New York firefighters cycle from Dublin to Cork to raise funds for charityMembers of Friends of Firefighters of New York group continue to lose colleagues to ‘9/11 cancer’, says founderMon Sept 09 2024 - 16:35
Law Society seeks investment in ‘critically underfunded’ justice systemOrganisation warns in pre-Budget submission that system is failing society’s most vulnerableMon Sept 09 2024 - 12:24
More than 25,000 bike thefts reported to gardaí since 2019Cycling campaigners say most thefts are unreported ‘because people don’t believe anything is going to be done about their bike being stolen’Fri Sept 06 2024 - 06:00
‘I was perhaps very naive leaving a €3,000 bike locked outside a building under a CCTV camera’ The rise in popularity of more ‘desirable’ expensive bikes has led to bicycle theft becoming more targeted, says one victimFri Sept 06 2024 - 06:00
Woman attacked by dogs in Dún Laoghaire left with ‘serious’ injuriesGardaí alerted by emergency services to incident at residence in south Co DublinThu Sept 05 2024 - 20:40
Woman (91) deemed at high risk of falling found unresponsive on hospital floor, inquest hearsRosemary O’Neill helped to bathroom by nurse but attempted to return to her room alone having pressed assistance bell a minute earlierWed Sept 04 2024 - 19:00
Your work questions answered: As CEO, will the hangover be even worse for me if something goes wrong on an office night out?A series where we ask experts in all aspects of workplace engagement to give us their views and solutions on issues driving conflict or upset for employeesWed Sept 04 2024 - 06:00
Woman with ‘phobia of choking’ died after choking on dinner in nursing home, inquest hearsDaughter of Margaret Browne (94) recalls ‘disbelief’ after learning of mother’s death shortly after she had visited herTue Sept 03 2024 - 19:00
Abuse report: Full list of 308 schools and case numbers detailedSome 185 allegations of abuse disclosed at Spiritan-run schools in Blackrock, Co DublinTue Sept 03 2024 - 17:20
‘Your bike could still get wet’: Review into ‘inexcusable’ €336,000 bike shed at Leinster House requestedOPW says public money must be spent ‘transparently’ as Minister of State confirms review into costTue Sept 03 2024 - 14:31
Landlord ordered to pay damages after tenant claims to have been subjected to ‘abusive’ messagesSuzanne Moran must pay €500 in damages for ‘stress and inconvenience’ caused to Cormac FiggisTue Sept 03 2024 - 06:00
Kenilworth Square residents ‘outraged’ at planning exemptions granted to St Mary’s CollegeCampaign group says some of aspects of redevelopment of Victorian square in South Dublin will be ‘stadium-like’Mon Sept 02 2024 - 21:18
Landlord to pay damages after withholding deposit from students who erected telephone pole ‘with consent’No issues were raised until after the tenancy ended three years later, despite multiple visits from the landlord, RTB hearsSun Sept 01 2024 - 06:00
Two men arrested following discovery of suspected cannabis and cocaine worth more than €550,000Men (40s and 50s) arrested following garda searches in Monaghan and Galway uncovered drugs, cash, cars and Rolex watchFri Aug 30 2024 - 12:45
Two teenagers arrested after Irish chef shot dead outside his restaurant in Kansas CityShaun Brady, originally from Nenagh, was shot in car park outside his restaurant after trying to intervene in suspected car theftThu Aug 29 2024 - 17:10
Fragile surface which man fell through known to be dangerous 15 months before death, inquest hearsVerdict of misadventure at inquest into death of John McCann who fell 24 meters to his death at Ove Arup siteThu Aug 29 2024 - 12:39
Fota Wildlife Park cyberattack: Thousands may be vulnerable as financial and other personal details compromised Cork visitor attraction ‘is in the process of contacting all potentially impacted customers’Thu Aug 29 2024 - 11:31
Concern mounts over student accommodation availability as CAO offers issued‘We have been given no options at all, we’ll just have to take what we can get or pay through the nose for it’Thu Aug 29 2024 - 06:00
Coldplay’s Chris Martin performs new single in pop-up Dublin appearanceBurna Boy, Tini, Elyanna and Little Simz joined the singer near Stephen’s Green after hours of anticipationWed Aug 28 2024 - 20:53
Your work questions answered: On meds for life, I must work from home. I feel stuck - and it’s getting me downA series where we ask experts in all aspects of workplace engagement to give us their views and solutions on issues driving conflict or upset for employeesWed Aug 28 2024 - 06:00
Immigration to Ireland hits 17-year high as emigration also risesCSO figures for year to April 2024 show more than 100,000 people immigrated to the Republic of Ireland in three successive yearsTue Aug 27 2024 - 20:08
Leaving Australia: ‘I decided my best option was to move back to Ireland’ Matthew Brady moved to Australia after graduating in 2021, but though the lifestyle and wages were good, visa restrictions made for ‘unstable living’Tue Aug 27 2024 - 20:06
CSO records ‘strong outward flow’ to Australia with 10,600 people moving there from IrelandLatest data reveal the highest level of emigration down under from the Republic of Ireland since 2013, with numbers returning decreasingTue Aug 27 2024 - 16:04
Oasis reunion on the cards as Liam and Noel Gallagher tease Tuesday announcementThe brothers have hinted at an unexpected comeback after sharing a post on their social media accountsMon Aug 26 2024 - 10:10
Tenants who made agreement with man who said he was the landlord lose claim for deposit Residential Tenancies Board tribunal hears three tenants paid rent to ‘Mr X’ until they realised he was not the property owner, adding that he continued to seek rent from them afterwardsSun Aug 25 2024 - 06:00
Dublin, Mayo and Clare beaches closed to swimmers due to Storm Lilian water pollutionRestrictions at 20 beaches in Mayo will remain in place for up to six days with further six locations affected in ClareFri Aug 23 2024 - 17:00
‘Staggering amounts’ of money being stolen through investment fraud, gardaí say‘Sophisticated criminals’ taking advantage of high cost of living by cloning webpages and targeting victims through adverts onlineFri Aug 23 2024 - 00:01
Irish Ukraine volunteer now missing in action revealed how deaths of friends and family motivated him Alex Ryzhuk told filmmaker Finn Boylan: ‘War is not a joke, death in war is a very high probability’Thu Aug 22 2024 - 23:05
Weight-loss medications like Ozempic could speed up metabolism, study findsStudy in St Vincent’s University Hospital challenges narrative newer treatments ‘simply make you eat less, and that any action on energy burn is minimal’Thu Aug 22 2024 - 06:00
