Varadkar opposed to boycott by Ireland of Eurovision over Israel’s participationRemoval of country from song contest could ‘ostracise’ liberals in Jewish state, cautions TaoiseachMon Dec 25 2023 - 00:01
Ban on sale of vapes and e-cigarettes to children to come into force tomorrowPenalties range from fines of up to €4,000 to up to six months in prison; Department of Health planning further regulation of vaping productsThu Dec 21 2023 - 00:01
Large drop in reports of fraud and scam cases, CSO figures showQuarterly crime statistics show while reports of burglaries are down, cases of robberies and thefts have increasedWed Dec 20 2023 - 16:17
Dublin hotelier charged with sexually assaulting woman in hotelFionn MacCumhaill (73) charged with more than 20 counts of sexual assault dating to 1990sTue Dec 19 2023 - 20:49
Irish Red Cross sued by woman allegedly abused as teenager by volunteer Organisation confirms legal case taken over alleged abuse ‘dating from the 2015-2017 period’Tue Dec 19 2023 - 07:30
Nine-bed Washington DC mansion bought for €11m to serve as Irish ambassador’s US residenceDepartment of Foreign Affairs was previously renting property which was most expensive for sale in US capital when first put on marketSun Dec 17 2023 - 18:15
Young Tyrone man who died in Australia ‘would have done anything for anyone’, funeral hearsMatthew McGuigan (24) and his long-time partner had travelled to Sydney to start ‘new life’ but he fell ill shortly after arrivingSun Dec 17 2023 - 17:31
‘No plans at present’ to change rules around licence renewal for older driversEU proposals that drivers aged 65 and older take refresher courses, medical checks are not mandatory, Jack Chambers saysSun Dec 17 2023 - 13:48
Investigation after man escapes from Garda custody in DroghedaSearch under way for suspect, believed to be connected to feud, who escaped from Garda station on Thursday eveningFri Dec 15 2023 - 21:55
Numbers sleeping rough in Dublin up 30% this winterHomeless people as old as 73 found sleeping rough on Dublin streets in recent weeksFri Dec 15 2023 - 17:49
Two men arrested in connection with fatal Monaghan debs crash releasedMen, one in his 60s and one in his 40s, had been arrested in connection with crash that killed two teenagers in JulyFri Dec 15 2023 - 10:20
Graham Dale: Tributes paid to Irish ‘natural born hero’ killed fighting in UkraineOriginally from Raheny, north Dublin, Dale was killed in Ukraine last FridayWed Dec 13 2023 - 14:19
Officials warned of ‘very high risk’ Aperee nursing home group would collapseDocuments highlight concerns over ‘precarious financial position’ of individual Aperee nursing homesWed Dec 13 2023 - 06:00
Second man arrested in connection with fatal stabbing in TallaghtGardaí following definite line of inquiry into death of Ionel Nicolae Diaconu (45)Tue Dec 12 2023 - 21:56
RTÉ audit committee raised ‘significant concerns’ about Toy Show the Musical accounting Musical, which ran over several weeks in Dublin last Christmas, made a loss of €2.2 millionMon Dec 11 2023 - 20:26
‘Storyteller’ Ross McDonnell brought light to those around him, filmmaker’s funeral hearsEmmy-award winning Irish photographer described as someone who ‘always had a smile on his face’Mon Dec 11 2023 - 17:58
Residents in Co Wexford nursing home ‘frequently left wet having rang bell’ to use toilet - HiqaState’s healthcare regulator criticised serious staffing shortages in Castlebridge Manor nursing homeMon Dec 11 2023 - 14:03
Cancer patients ‘dying in cold homes’, survey of palliative nurses findsIrish Cancer Society calls for social welfare allowances to be extended to cancer patientsFri Dec 08 2023 - 00:01
Units to target deer culling in ‘hot spots’ where population deemed unsustainableNew report recommends Government consider setting up deer management agencyThu Dec 07 2023 - 12:41
McVerry Trust ‘ignoring’ potential €65m golden visa scheme donationsCorrespondence claims charity ‘disinterested’ in significant pending cash-for-visa scheme donationsThu Dec 07 2023 - 06:00
Government would be ‘foolhardy’ to commit to avoiding health budget shortfall, Paschal Donohoe saysHealth service has received ‘substantial increase’ in funding in recent years due to increased demand on hospitals, primary care spending, pension and legal costsWed Dec 06 2023 - 20:50
Workers living in Meath face longest commutes, CSO figures showThe average amount of time spent commuting to work has increased from 26.6 minutes to 29.1 minutesTue Dec 05 2023 - 13:07
‘The most disadvantaged neighbourhood in Ireland’: The Dublin street providing housing for many of the city’s homelessOur reporters investigate support workers’ concerns about the huge concentration of homeless accommodation on Dublin’s Gardiner Street, with fears the area will be ‘ghettoised’Sat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
Inflation in costs remains a ‘serious challenge’ for cost rental scheme, says Cairn Homes chief executiveThe Government should consider certain “tweaks” to the criteria of the cost rental scheme, John Hannigan saidThu Nov 30 2023 - 17:33
Ireland has lost ‘one of music’s greatest lyricists’: Tributes paid to Shane MacGowanPresident leads tributes to Pogues singer-songwriter remembered as ‘one of greatest lyricists’Thu Nov 30 2023 - 16:27
Peter McVerry Trust will be restructured, says Minister for HousingFirst tranche of €15 million Government bailout to be paid to homelessness charity this weekThu Nov 30 2023 - 13:04
Former head of Christian Brothers to drop legal action over freedom of city voteEdmund Garvey had launched judicial review following councillors vote to rescind Freedom of Drogheda awardWed Nov 29 2023 - 11:55
Ironman in Youghal called off for 2024 after double fatalityUS triathlon group says it will ‘take a hiatus’ from the event in a blow to the Co Cork economyTue Nov 28 2023 - 10:28
McVerry Trust overstated assets by €3m in 2022 accountsRevised financial accounts show charity under-reported spending on property running costsTue Nov 28 2023 - 06:00
McVerry Trust property maintenance contractor linked to former long-time auditorContractor involved in repair works for homelessness charity run by brother of trust’s long-serving auditorMon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
Tusla reliance on ‘inappropriate’ accommodation part of mounting care system ‘crisis’ Among problems are ‘chronic lack of social workers’ and foster carers, says expert focused on childcare court casesMon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
Dublin riots: McEntee pledges high visibility Garda presence on city streetsTánaiste accuses Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald exploiting issue for party’s own electoral benefitSat Nov 25 2023 - 19:46
PSNI arrest two men over Co Down stabbing incidentMan in hospital with non-life threatening injuries after stabbing in Comber, Co DownSat Nov 25 2023 - 12:23
Ozempic drug-maker pushed Government to oppose EU pharma reformsProposals would lower time period a company has protection over research behind drugs they developSat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00
Dublin riots: Further arrests in city centre on Friday night while McEntee comes under pressure - as it happenedGirl (5) injured in Thursday’s knife attack remains in critical condition; Minister for Justice says gardaí are trawling 6,000 hours of CCTV footageFri Nov 24 2023 - 22:30
Dublin attack and riots: how Thursday unfoldedBetween the hours of 1.30pm and 11pm, a stabbing incident outside a school in the north inner city led to an evening of violent street clashes with gardaíFri Nov 24 2023 - 19:00
Cabinet approval to be sought for €15m bailout of Peter McVerry TrustMinister for Housing Darragh O’Brien expected to bring proposal for significant State bailout of homeless charity to Cabinet next weekFri Nov 24 2023 - 13:51
Dublin’s streets ablaze: Rioting, looting and vehicles set alight on the streets of Ireland’s capital Shops broken into and looted, and buses and a tram set alightThu Nov 23 2023 - 22:55
The air was thick with smoke and a double-decker bus was on fire - how gardaí struggled to contain the Dublin riotsStreet mayhem spills over from close to Parnell Street, where Garda car set ablaze and several officers injuredThu Nov 23 2023 - 22:27
Dublin riots: Violent clashes with gardaí and vehicles set alight after children injured in knife attackGarda Commissioner says ‘lunatic, hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology’ behind violence which included multiple clashes with gardaíThu Nov 23 2023 - 21:59
Tánaiste to ‘reflect’ on Women of Honour concerns over inquiry termsSurvivors group met Micheál Martin to push for wider scope of proposed tribunalThu Nov 23 2023 - 12:54
Nigerian diaspora organisation in Ireland takes legal case against rival groupIrish organisation of Nigerian immigrants files legal case in bid to block rival group being formedThu Nov 23 2023 - 06:00
Company housing children in care engaged in ‘deceitful’ practicesTusla dealing with growing ‘crisis’ of children in care placed in unregulated emergency accommodationThu Nov 23 2023 - 05:00
Varadkar ‘hopes’ Emily Hand will be among 50 hostages released by Hamas in captive dealThomas Hand has ‘no information’ about whether his daughter will be in initial groupWed Nov 22 2023 - 13:32
Woman injured after shots fired at house in TallaghtGarda investigating gunshots at house and separate criminal damage to car and house in JobstownWed Nov 22 2023 - 08:58
Closure of Aperee nursing home caused ‘most stressful period’ for familyThree nursing homes run by private company Aperee Living ordered to close since SeptemberTue Nov 21 2023 - 06:00
Business Post to restructure with risk to six newsroom jobsNewspaper announces changes to secure its ‘long-term sustainability’Mon Nov 20 2023 - 13:19
Crisis at Peter McVerry Trust deepens as councils look to exit housing projects with charityPeter McVerry Trust struggles with financial crisis, while several local authorities are reviewing plans to develop housing with homelessness charitySat Nov 18 2023 - 06:00
Eating disorders: Children face treatment barriers ‘every step of the way’ Parents’ group protests at Department of Health over lack of treatment for young people with eating disordersFri Nov 17 2023 - 12:59
Peter McVerry Trust raises doubts over plans to deliver housingHomelessness charity admits ‘more cautious’ expansion would have been ‘prudent’Fri Nov 17 2023 - 06:00
