Treatment improvements in children’s cancer services leads to higher survival ratesNational Cancer Registry statistics highlights significant reductions in mortality reflecting advances in early detectionWed Aug 30 2023 - 11:09
RTÉ's proposed ‘register of interests’ could apply to staff and contractors paid over €73,000The scoping document outlines plans to bring existing policies togetherTue Aug 29 2023 - 11:02
No agreement to make NCT cashless - Minister of State ChambersJack Chambers says department has not agreed to make payment for test cashless despite suggestions from operator ApplusMon Aug 28 2023 - 15:15
Clonmel crash: ‘Very difficult few days’ ahead with funerals of four victims Funeral of siblings Luke and Grace McSweeney will take place on Friday morning in St Peter and Paul’s ChurchMon Aug 28 2023 - 08:56
State of Naval Service ‘extremely worrying’, Defence Minister Martin saysStaff shortages related to full employment rate hitting recruitment in military and other sectors, Tánaiste saysFri Aug 25 2023 - 14:32
‘No indications’ of issues in RTÉ during Future of Media Commission’s dealings with broadcaster‘There’s a real opportunity for a reset now to take a modern, progressive approach’ says Prof MacCraithFri Aug 25 2023 - 10:53
HSE’s measures to cut trolley numbers won’t work, INMO chief warnsNew targets aim for no more than 320 patients waiting for admission at 8am each morningThu Aug 24 2023 - 13:36
Galway hospital commissions review of head injuries to newborn babies during delivery UHG investigating cases of bleeding under skin of baby’s head, associated with difficult birthsThu Aug 24 2023 - 11:59
Youghal Ironman: Participants signed waiver warning of risk of ‘illness, injury and even death’National body and organisers of event in which two swimmers died have clashed over the circumstances in which Cork race startedWed Aug 23 2023 - 14:55
Dublin plan ‘does not mean armed gardaí on street corners’, says McEntee Minister for Justice acknowledges target of recruiting 1,000 gardaí this year will not be metWed Aug 23 2023 - 10:37
Union calls for teacher-allocation increase for schoolsTUI says move will create more full-time teaching positions as latest figures show 416 unfilled post-primary posts advertisedWed Aug 23 2023 - 08:53
Youghal Ironman: Event not sanctioned to go ahead after water safety assessment by governing bodyOrganisers of triathlon say water conditions were safe as postmortems on two men who died awaitedTue Aug 22 2023 - 12:06
GRA calls for end to bureaucracy to tackle crime against touristsIrish Tourist Assistance Service show an increase in the number of people requiring helpTue Aug 22 2023 - 08:51
Oliver Callan talks of ‘sense of wrong’ as Tubridy RTÉ show rebrandedCaretaker host says it is ‘firmly’ the end of an era as he fills in for ousted presenterMon Aug 21 2023 - 12:25
Calls for Government to address social issues behind Dublin street crimeMan seriously injured in early morning stabbing incident on Grafton StreetMon Aug 21 2023 - 09:22
Firefighters approaching WRC talks with caution, says unionLatest bid to resolve dispute involving some 2,000 firefighters comes after Siptu members last month rejected Labour Court proposalsWed Aug 16 2023 - 09:21
Lack of transparency from RTÉ over pay controversy has hit licence fee payments, Minister saysTD Paul McAuliffe says Public Accounts Committee eager to ‘wrap this up’ and move on from payment issuesTue Aug 15 2023 - 08:59
Government must insist banks increase deposit interest rates, Oireachtas committee chair saysChairman of the Oireachtas Finance Committee echoes comments by Simon Harris on ‘laggard banks’ on SundayMon Aug 14 2023 - 13:52
Decision to send trainee gardaí with tattoos home ‘a little bit conservative’Force needs to ‘reach out’ and be more inclusive, says Garda Representative Association after decision at Templemore training collegeMon Aug 14 2023 - 12:20
No talk ‘on the ground’ by farmers about a new political party, says MinisterCharlie McConalogue, speaking at The Tullamore Show, says three parties in Government back agriculture ‘really, really strongly’Sun Aug 13 2023 - 17:29
Irish in Maui tell of ‘living nightmare’ as wildfires tear through communitiesDepartment of Foreign Affairs has told ‘small number of Irish’ on holiday island to comply with evacuation ordersFri Aug 11 2023 - 11:53
HSE recruitment pause will result in current staff carrying out extra work - FórsaIndustrial action follows decision by HSE to pause recruitment of clerical and administrative staffFri Aug 11 2023 - 09:21
Farmers ‘not happy’ with mainstream parties, representative saysSurvey by Irish Farmers Journal suggests three out of four farmers would support new farmers’ political party if one were to emergeThu Aug 10 2023 - 08:18
PSNI data breach: Police and politicians react to ‘appalling’ breach affecting thousands of staffPolice Service of Northern Ireland officers operate ‘under the veil of the highest potential threat’ with some not admitting they are in the police in order to protect identities - federation spokesmanWed Aug 09 2023 - 17:00
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris says he is ‘not leaving’, regardless of GRA vote outcomeUnion said it will carry out no-confidence vote following meeting about return to pre-Covid rostersWed Aug 09 2023 - 13:26
Sinn Féin spokesperson calls for compromise on Dublin airport night time flightsDAA secured a temporary High Court stay on a Finglas County Council enforcement notice concerning the airport’s North runwayWed Aug 09 2023 - 08:46
Gardaí detect 170 people drink driving over long weekend as part of enforcement operationThree people died in road traffic incidents over the weekend, taking the total for the year 103Tue Aug 08 2023 - 10:09
Irish scouts among hundreds requiring medical attention during Jamboree heatwaveHigh temperatures impacting global scouting event in South Korea, attended by Irish teamFri Aug 04 2023 - 18:30
State would like to buy Conor Pass site but will not pay €10m asking price, says Varadkar Taoiseach interested in discussing ‘reasonable price’ for 1,400-acre site to extend national parksFri Aug 04 2023 - 14:18
Jim Sheridan: Traditional TV is ‘reaching extinction level’ and needs State supportAward winning director says broadcasters like RTÉ and BBC have no way to compete with streaming servicesThu Aug 03 2023 - 17:56
Uisce Éireann issues boil water notice for 100,000 people after ‘excessive’ strike actionUnite workers take three-day action in dispute over proposed transfer from local authorities to Uisce ÉireannThu Aug 03 2023 - 08:47
Monaghan crash: Funerals of two teenage victims to be held tomorrowPrincipal describes ‘utter heartbreak and devastation’ after crash that killed Dlava Mohamed and Kiea McCannWed Aug 02 2023 - 13:42
Monaghan crash: Clones mourners form guard of honour as remains of teenager killed on way to debs return home Kiea McCann (17) and Dlava Mohamed (16) killed and three other people injured in crash when car left road and hit a treeTue Aug 01 2023 - 23:57
Co Monaghan crash is every parent’s worst nightmare, says MinisterArea said to be in shock at death of two teenage girls on way to debs ballTue Aug 01 2023 - 12:31
Library protests: Cork mayor calls on gardaí to ‘step up their game’Cork City Library closed early on Saturday after anti-LGBTQ+ protesters mounted banner across entranceMon Jul 31 2023 - 08:46
Sinéad O’Connor’s death ‘just tragic, but not inevitable at all’ - Neil JordanFilm director, godfather to O’Connor’s youngest child, said O’Connor would have done ‘extraordinary things’ if she had emerged from ‘turbulent period in her life’Thu Jul 27 2023 - 14:51
Government told DAA to give company car to former chief Dalton Philips’ Range Rover cost State airports company €57, 000Thu Jul 27 2023 - 05:00
Size of car allowances for DAA executives questionedFormer CEO had Range Rover provided as part of his contractWed Jul 26 2023 - 14:19
Publicly funded AHR: Criteria unlikely to be reviewed by current GovernmentSingle women and same-sex couples would be unable to use service until new legislation passedTue Jul 25 2023 - 19:50
Concerns raised over unaccompanied minors missing from Tusla’s careChild and family agency caring for more than 200 unaccompanied minors, significant cohort of which are UkrainianMon Jul 24 2023 - 11:26
Dublin tourist attack: Gardaí following ‘significant lines of inquiry’ after assault on AmericanDublin Town CEO says there seems to be a more aggressive behaviour among young people since the Covid pandemicFri Jul 21 2023 - 16:58
US tourist has ‘life-changing injuries’ after Dublin city centre attack involving three youthsMan (57) had just left his accommodation on Talbot Street when he was set upon by several youthsThu Jul 20 2023 - 15:52
Anyone finding drugs washed ashore ‘should dial 999 rather than move them’Walker contacted gardaí after finding suspected consignment of drugs on isolated Donegal beachThu Jul 20 2023 - 12:14
GRA to hold meeting to respond to Garda Commissioner’s roster changesWhile GRA ‘respects’ Drew Harris for honouring commitment to reinstate pre-Covid rosters, representative body says population is rising while garda numbers are droppingWed Jul 19 2023 - 08:16
Father and son (10) from Co Laois who died in Turkey holiday crash namedIrish family from Mountmellick were on holiday in Alanya when tragedy occurredTue Jul 18 2023 - 20:53
RTÉ crisis: Bakhurst thanks TV licence fee payers for loyalty as sales drop by almost €1 millionDirector general says events have ‘cast such a dark shadow’ over RTÉTue Jul 18 2023 - 11:02
Children’s Ombudsman backs judge’s call for ‘whole of Government’ approach to vulnerable children‘We’ve been pushing for many years for inter-agency across State co-operation for these children who are particularly vulnerable,’ he saidTue Jul 18 2023 - 09:49
Irish families with young children cautioned about travelling to areas in Europe experiencing heatwavesGalway woman living in Spain says swimming pool feels like hot bath even in late evening and advises holidaymakers to stay out of heat between noon and 4pmFri Jul 14 2023 - 15:54
Water warning issued to several counties including Dublin and CorkAlmost 83,000 households and businesses in Waterford and Tipperary are under boil water noticesThu Jul 13 2023 - 16:55
Tara Mines workers vote to accept deal on temporary closure of facilityRange of supports, including weekly €65 payment, agreed for those not retained to maintain mineThu Jul 13 2023 - 13:16
