Storm Ophelia - employers should consider paying those who missed workDepartment of Social Protection asks employers to ‘take a long-term view’Wed Oct 18 2017 - 16:42
Storm Ophelia transport disruption: Roads and Luas worst hitLuas will not resume until Wednesday, while many roads remain blocked by treesTue Oct 17 2017 - 13:01
Courts face backlog after cases postponed due to Storm OpheliaDistrict Courts due to reopen, but blocked roads could cause further delaysTue Oct 17 2017 - 10:49
Storm Ophelia: Days of recovery ahead after wave of destruction brings State to standstillThree killed in storm while cost of repairs across country may run to hundreds of millionsTue Oct 17 2017 - 00:30
Storm Ophelia: a county-by-county damage reportSouth and West worst hit, but most counties see power outages and blocked roadsMon Oct 16 2017 - 20:56
Employers do not have to pay you if you miss work because of OpheliaMost large supermarket chains have closed with many other employees working from homeMon Oct 16 2017 - 07:54
Social welfare fraud detection falls despite Varadkar campaignGovernment sees significant drop in the number of cases uncoveredMon Oct 16 2017 - 01:00
Gay Byrne at ‘difficult stage’ in cancer treatmentBroadcaster’s wife Kathleen Watkins says he has been moved on to new medicationSun Oct 15 2017 - 11:55
Fresh funding for new naval flagship vessel and military aircraftOver a quarter of defence spending to go on pensionsTue Oct 10 2017 - 19:07
Budget 2018: Extra 800 gardaí will bring force strength to 14,000Donohue says extra funds to develop ‘modern police force’ and drive Garda reformTue Oct 10 2017 - 18:51
Judge’s departure reportedly leaves High Court president ‘in biblical rage’Heneghan’s resignation left Justice Kelly with ‘massive administrative headache’Tue Oct 10 2017 - 01:00
Restricting seizure of computer evidence could have huge consequencesSupreme Court decision could impact what gardaí can seize in child pornography raidsMon Oct 9 2017 - 01:41
Tensions flare at Oireachtas abortion committeeCommittee to decide whether to recommend repealing or replacing Eighth AmendmentWed Oct 4 2017 - 21:43
Committee may make Eighth Amendment decision by next weekSolidarity TD Ruth Coppinger to push for the Oireachtas group to make its views knownWed Oct 4 2017 - 14:57
High Court judge resigns unexpectedly after only two yearsMargaret Heneghan’s early departure causes headache for busy courtWed Oct 4 2017 - 01:00
Tom Humphries ‘exchanged thousands of texts’ with girlMany were sexually explicit and included obscene pictures from Humphries, court toldTue Oct 3 2017 - 12:16
Judge’s Garda comments key to dropping of Jobstown chargesDPP was advised that convictions were unlikely after judge questioned evidence of gardaíTue Oct 3 2017 - 01:30
Air-horn sounds the end of Jobstown prosecutionsProtesters promise to continue campaign calling for public inquiry into previous trialMon Oct 2 2017 - 19:38
Jobstown protesters call for public inquiry as charges are droppedOne supporter sounded an air horn in court after the judge formally discharged the groupMon Oct 2 2017 - 15:31
Government petitions Philippines over Irish nurse’s drugs caseEanna O’Cochlain faces 12 years in jail for possession of a small amount of cannabisMon Oct 2 2017 - 05:24
Concern as Ireland fails to ratify UN protocol on places of detentionState pledged 10 years ago to establish inspection regimes for various holding centresMon Oct 2 2017 - 00:05
Nama sales of residential land failing to be reflected in housebuildingOn sufficient land for 50,000-plus new homes, only 3,670 units are being builtSun Oct 1 2017 - 20:43
Special interest groups could influence judicial appointments, says new Chief JusticeLay majority on appointments board is a concern, says Frank ClarkeSun Oct 1 2017 - 13:28
Venues cancelling meetings about abortion, both sides sayHotels withdrawing permission for pro- and anti- meetings over ‘intimidation’Fri Sep 29 2017 - 01:45
Anti-abortion and pro-choice groups claim venues cancelling eventsGroup calls for full Garda investigation into alleged threats by pro-choice activistsThu Sep 28 2017 - 16:16
Rules must be changed to widen access to justice – Chief Justice‘High costs and outdated procedures’ deter many people from taking legal actionWed Sep 27 2017 - 06:00
Pilot scheme plans for much court work to be done onlineVirtual courts: Chief Justice Frank Clarke lays out plan to drag colleagues into 21st centuryWed Sep 27 2017 - 01:00
Significant portion of Supreme Court’s work to move onlineChief Justice Frank Clarke reveals new scheme as part of push to digitise appeal processTue Sep 26 2017 - 20:37
Alan Hutch issued safety warning by gardaí on release from prisonHutch’s father and two cousins have already been murdered as part of feudTue Sep 26 2017 - 13:00
Delays in High Court rulings ‘impacting operation of justice’Decisions in five cases have been outstanding for more than two yearsMon Sep 25 2017 - 02:01
Decriminalising drugs: could it work in Ireland?Campaigners hope we might be about to turn a corner. The reality is more nuancedSat Sep 23 2017 - 03:00
Irish group who were deported from Israel demand answersElaine Daly has been organising the trip for eleven yearsWed Sep 20 2017 - 06:39
Conor Brady’s resignation a surprise to Garda reform groupFormer ‘Irish Times’ editor says lack of Government support for commission was a factorMon Sep 18 2017 - 20:17
Former Garda ombudsman calls for radical reform of forceConor Brady says appointing a new Garda Commissioner will make little differenceMon Sep 18 2017 - 15:06
Journalist sues ‘Irish Mail on Sunday’ for harassment and bullyingAlison O’Reilly also alleges she was defamed by the apology the newspaper printedMon Sep 18 2017 - 01:00
Detective may face criminal charges over Portobello shootingGsoc advises witnesses they may have to give evidence at trial if DPP directs chargesMon Sep 18 2017 - 01:00
Witness says number of falsified breathalyser tests could be much higherCivilian Garda employee said she witnessed garda test himself to falsify numbersSun Sep 17 2017 - 19:53
Next commissioner can come from Garda ranks, says FlanaganGovernment is open to raising the €180,000 salary to attract outside candidatesThu Sep 14 2017 - 15:08
Slopping out: ‘I never thought I’d have to crap in front of a stranger’A former Mountjoy prisoner remembers ‘a disgraceful, inhumane practice’Wed Sep 13 2017 - 17:06
Gardaí want next commissioner to have served in force‘The commissioner should be a guard. It’s not a football club. You can’t just buy Neymar’Tue Sep 12 2017 - 00:00
Flanagan says salary for Garda commissioner may be increasedMinister for Justice denies a ‘deal’ was done over Nóirín O’Sullivan’s pensionMon Sep 11 2017 - 13:49
Fake tan users turn to HSE needle exchange programmeMore than 500 seizures of injectable tanning substance in last two years, figures showMon Sep 11 2017 - 10:59
Judiciary sought ‘legal aid’ for judges under investigationEx-chief justice lobbied for judges facing misconduct inquiries to be able to recoup costsSat Sep 9 2017 - 01:35
Human remains in Dundalk are historical and not those of missing girlSkeletal remains found in back garden are at least 70 years old and National Museum called inThu Sep 7 2017 - 12:02
Garda breath test scandal: How over-reported were figures in your area?The Tipperary division over-reporting rate of 385% was highest of all Garda areasThu Sep 7 2017 - 10:07
Garda breath test scandal: How did we get here?New report into false testing figures is the latest instalment in a lengthy sagaWed Sep 6 2017 - 16:08
Privacy clause added to judicial Bill after lobbying by judgesSusan Denham told Frances Fitzgerald of concern over public misconduct proceedingsTue Sep 5 2017 - 01:00
‘Dramatic rise’ in attacks on sex workers since law changeSupport groups link increase in attacks to law criminalising purchase of sexMon Sep 4 2017 - 02:00
Anger over Government housing policy at vigil for Jack WatsonPlea to Taoiseach ahead of emergency meeting: ‘Take control of this situation’Fri Sep 1 2017 - 21:52
Console failed to show how it spent €75,000 Lotto grantDepartment of Health may seek repayment of the money if it was spent inappropriatelyWed Aug 30 2017 - 01:00