Guidelines on social media use in court trials due before ChristmasIssue brought into focus by recent Jobstown and Belfast trialsWed Sept 26 2018 - 06:00
Assessing level of sexual assaults at college almost impossibleAlcohol, under-reporting and lack of understanding make it difficult to measure extent of problemTue Sept 25 2018 - 19:17
Pro-choice activism to continue in Ireland despite repeal voteMedic expresses concern over planning for new law as seventh ‘March for Choice’ announcedTue Sept 25 2018 - 18:17
Higgins will not take part in RTÉ radio debateEvent postponed until Thursday when candidates for presidency officially confirmedMon Sept 24 2018 - 17:04
FF seeks answers from Garda on how intruder got into ÁrasWoman who confronted President Higgins could have ‘wreaked havoc’ says LabourMon Sept 24 2018 - 15:20
Ireland may recognise Palestinian state if peace talks continue to falterGovernment considering hosting meeting of Arab leaders aimed at restarting stalled talksSat Sept 22 2018 - 21:11
Innovative RTÉ star and PR guru Bunny Carr laid to restMourners at funeral Mass told of enduring devotion to wife Joan who died 13 years agoSat Sept 22 2018 - 14:51
Maternity cases make up over half medical negligence payoutsAvoidable injury to infants in childbirth an ‘egregious insult’, senior doctor saysSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Top video games may face clampdown over child gambling fears‘Loot boxes’ in games such as Fifa and Star Wars Battlefront are under Irish scrutinySat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Warning parole shake-up could prove costly to State10 per cent of Ireland’s prison population is made up of life sentence prisonersFri Sept 21 2018 - 01:05
Áras candidates press the flesh at National Ploughing ChampionshipsMichael D Higgins says farm families of ‘vital importance’ and should not be abandonedTue Sept 18 2018 - 17:44
Lock up your tractors, gardaí warn, as one in four is stolen with key in itCrime gangs targeting farms are bypassing sophisticated tracking systemsTue Sept 18 2018 - 17:13
Peter Casey receives second council nomination for presidential raceArtist Kevin Sharkey withdraws from ‘farcical’ presidential processMon Sept 17 2018 - 16:43
Charlie Flanagan supports law against photographing gardaíMinister for Justice says use of face coverings by gardaí disturbingMon Sept 17 2018 - 15:43
Government not to appeal ruling on detention of mentally illRuling of unconstitutionality affects nearly 100 patients held in mental health facilitiesMon Sept 17 2018 - 00:45
Ireland’s prison gangs: ‘You hear a scream and suddenly a fella’s pumping blood’The nine gangs in Irish jails mirror the outside world in their growing power and violenceSat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
Family involved in detention of mentally ill far too often - watchdogWatchdog says use of HSE ‘authorised officer’ can avoid negative impact on family relationsMon Sept 10 2018 - 21:00
People can easily be held against their will in psychiatric facilitiesMental Health Commission stages mock hearing to demonstrate how tribunals operateMon Sept 10 2018 - 21:00
‘Grave concern’ at how Garda role in State security monitoredICCL calls for ‘scrutiny’ of intelligence efforts as Drew Harris set to become commissionerSun Sept 02 2018 - 07:43
More oversight should come with Drew Harris appointment, says ICCLNew Garda commissioner’s ties with British intelligence services while in PSNI criticisedSat Sept 01 2018 - 01:00
Population growth continues to slow alongside marriage ratesFigures show that natural growth rate has slowed every quarter since 2017Fri Aug 31 2018 - 19:04
Five men charged after Irish Defence Forces aided drugs operationAt least 500kg of cocaine was destined for the south coast of EnglandFri Aug 31 2018 - 15:27
Number seeking to contest presidential election swells furtherBusinessman Peter Casey joins fellow TV ‘dragons’ in race to secure nominationFri Aug 31 2018 - 01:35
Acting Garda Commissioner makes way for ex-PSNI replacementMinister thanks Ó Cualáin for ‘steady’ service to the State at opening of new Garda stationThu Aug 30 2018 - 17:58
Flanagan rejects claim that ‘outsider’ Drew Harris not properly vettedMinister insists incoming Garda chief will bring experience and expertise to forceThu Aug 30 2018 - 16:57
‘Prison-themed’ cafe is planned for DublinIrish Prison Service seeks to open eatery that will employ ex-offenders near MountjoySat Aug 25 2018 - 00:22
Massive increase in reports of money launderingBanks and financial institutions reported over 24,000 suspect transactions in 2017Wed Aug 22 2018 - 00:16
OPW defends decision to issue pass with ‘crucifix’ to health staff during pope's visitLynn Ruane says it is ‘disrepectful’ to require staff to produce badge for crossing Garda cordonsTue Aug 21 2018 - 16:32
Inmate told staff he could no longer handle prison before overdoseNo negative findings against Irish Prison Service or its staff in relation to man’s deathMon Aug 20 2018 - 19:50
Measles outbreak in Ireland reaches 76 as Europe sees surge in casesRecord levels of infection blamed by health experts on drop off in vaccinationsMon Aug 20 2018 - 17:58
Ombudsman and watchdog seek expansion of abuse redress schemeJudge reviewing compensation scheme to report within two weeksMon Aug 20 2018 - 00:39
Wife of controversial solicitor resigns from Fianna Fáil postMary Devine O’Callaghan’s husband Declan faces suspension by the High CourtSat Aug 18 2018 - 00:56
Juries must be instructed on rape myths, says expertStudies show many jurors believe alcohol or clothing can justify non-consensual sexFri Aug 17 2018 - 01:00
Treatment purchase fund may be used to alleviate outpatient listsScheme has succeeded in helping to reduce inpatient lists since last yearFri Aug 17 2018 - 01:00
Waiting list numbers fall slightly, latest figures showTotal of 511,675 people waiting on an out-patient procedure in JulyThu Aug 16 2018 - 17:04
Vaping may not be as safe as previously thought, study findsEffects similar to those seen in smokers and lung disease suffersTue Aug 14 2018 - 00:05
Banks more likely to repossess homes than vulture fundsLittle evidence of ‘tsunami’ of repossessions, says expertMon Aug 13 2018 - 05:15
Solicitors appear to breach rules in bid to cash in on cancer scandalCervicalCheck problems could prove a valuable revenue stream for medical negligence firmsThu Aug 09 2018 - 05:01
Family of Dara Quigley yet to be contacted by Garda management‘We’ve just being met with three things - delay, distract and defer’Wed Aug 08 2018 - 17:00
Garda who shared video of mentally ill woman will not face chargesDisciplinary sanctions may still be imposed, says GsocTue Aug 07 2018 - 13:08
Cerebral palsy football team return from Europe with bronzeWinning goal scored by captain Gary Messett just two months after father’s murderMon Aug 06 2018 - 21:35
Medical Council concerned over ‘inaccurate information’ on CervicalCheckThe ‘good news story’ surrounding the programme ‘has been somewhat lost’Mon Aug 06 2018 - 20:34
Health watchdog criticised over failure to pass on 700 complaints to OmbudsmanHiqa has undertaken to ensure relevant complaints are now handed overSun Aug 05 2018 - 18:23
Abuse survivors excluded from redress to take case to EuropeState has failed to implement O’Keeffe judgment, primary litigant John Allen allegesThu Aug 02 2018 - 06:00
Man accused of publicly identifying Belfast rape trial complainantMan to be prosecuted in North for allegedly naming complainant on social mediaWed Aug 01 2018 - 12:52
Tech hub for former Dún Laoghaire ferry terminal gets green lightPlanning permission granted for project developer says could support up to 1,000 jobsTue Jul 31 2018 - 18:02
Government to review handling of CervicalCheck casesLegal ‘aggression’ by laboratories in recent weeks has caused surpriseTue Jul 31 2018 - 01:25
Negligence a factor in ‘vast, vast majority’ of 221 CervicalCheck cases, says solicitorCian O’Carroll accuses Taoiseach of being ‘irresponsible and of ‘mudding the issue’Mon Jul 30 2018 - 21:01
Just one prosecution of unlicensed property agent since 2012Property Services Regulatory Authority dealt with 403 complaints of property agents operating without a licenceMon Jul 30 2018 - 20:15
MacGill organiser reverses decision to step downBruised but defiant: After 38 years, Mulholland wonders if he still has a line on societyMon Jul 30 2018 - 00:00
