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
RTÉ pay crisis: Kevin Bakhurst signals need for ‘interim funding’ from State to meet broadcast costsBoard of RTÉ executive management is stood down as Ryan Tubridy and his agent prepare to face Oireachtas committeesMon Jul 10 2023 - 21:46
Man (40s) arrested following stabbing at U16 football game in Co Tyrone Tyrone GAA investigating after two match officials injured in stabbing at Convent Road area of CookstownFri Jul 07 2023 - 14:32
Data centres are ‘key to Ireland’s economic model’, says IDA headBenefits of data centres extended beyond the jobs created when they were being built, Michael Lohan has saidFri Jul 07 2023 - 13:33
RTÉ pay crisis: New director general ‘needs to ask some executives to step aside’Substantial change is needed at RTÉ, says Public Accounts Committee chairmanThu Jul 06 2023 - 11:08
Investigations under way into deaths of Leaving Cert students in Greece as ‘traumatised’ pupils eager to return homeMost students on group holiday in Ios expected home soon after deaths of Andrew O’Donnell and Max WallMon Jul 03 2023 - 21:06
RTÉ pay crisis: Donnelly raises prospect of Garda involvement as fresh hearings set for next weekCenter Parcs announces it will not continue €295,000 sponsorship deal for The Ryan Tubridy Show in another blow for RTÉFri Jun 30 2023 - 18:22
‘Still smiling and singing’: The teenager who has endured surgeries since nine days oldLucy Mae Owens, who was born with talipes, has endured numerous surgeries, the first when she was just nine days oldThu Jun 22 2023 - 06:01
Rape of nursing home resident and other sex assault allegations ‘hugely distressing’ - Varadkar‘We can only at this time unreservedly apologise, condemn what happened,’ Taoiseach tells DáilWed Jun 21 2023 - 13:46
Tara Mines: Union to enter talks with company on alternatives to layoffsOver 650 workers temporarily laid off from Meath zinc mineFri Jun 16 2023 - 15:19
Refugee homelessness crisis ‘not over’ - Immigrant Council of IrelandFreeing up of student accommodation has helped house more Ukrainians and in turn freed up other places for asylum seekersFri Jun 16 2023 - 10:10
Damien English hopes voters can ‘look beyond’ planning application controversyFine Gael TD for Meath West speaks publicly for first time since resignation from minister of State role in JanuaryWed Jun 14 2023 - 13:23
Government seeks to ensure Tara Mines can be reopened ‘as soon as possible’Government had been exploring ways to help company with energy costs, local TD saysWed Jun 14 2023 - 09:45
Minister for Finance will ‘carefully consider’ warnings by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Donohoe saysPaschal Donohoe says it’s too early to predict if there will be more measures to combat rising cost of living in budget but stresses Michael McGrath will heed IFAC’s commentsWed Jun 07 2023 - 13:20
Pet owners warned over ‘deadly’ algae in lakes after death of four dogsFermanagh vet says her practice has dealt with a number of cases in which dogs died after swimming in stagnant water in Lough Melvin on border of Leitrim and FermanaghFri Jun 02 2023 - 17:43
PBP abortion Bill ‘goes miles beyond what people voted for’, Stephen Donnelly says Minister for Health one of a number of Government members who abstained from Dáil voteFri Jun 02 2023 - 13:05
Tributes paid to talented footballer (19) who died in jet ski incidentWassiou Ayawe (19), a native of Limerick city who died in incident on Lough Derg, was ‘one of the nicest people you could meet’Thu Jun 01 2023 - 10:53
Fuel prices to rise by up to 6c a litre from midnight as Tánaiste says supports cannot last ‘forever’Supports introduced following outbreak of war in Ukraine to be wound backWed May 31 2023 - 15:13
Family violence deaths: Women’s Aid urges focus on data sharing in wake of reportBody’s chief executive warns recommendations of landmark study must not be dispersed within GovernmentWed May 31 2023 - 13:06
Blood donors urged to come forward as stocks run lowIrish Blood Transfusion Service writes to hospitals to conserve blood stocks where possibleMon May 29 2023 - 07:01
Dublin residents warned to let taps run after water issues fixed overnightUisce Éireann says pressure will take time to return to normal as pipe network refillsFri May 26 2023 - 08:26
