South Antrim report: UUP’s Robin Swann comfortably regains seat party lost in 2017DUP’s Paul Girvan trails Swann by a margin of 7,512 votes amid an overall poor election peformance by the DUPFri Jul 05 2024 - 12:19
East Antrim report: DUP’s Sammy Wilson retains seat but suffers cut in personal voteUK election: Wilson uses victory speech to tell other unionist parties those who ‘split’ the unionist vote should be ‘ashamed’Fri Jul 05 2024 - 11:32
Fermanagh & South Tyrone report: Sinn Féin’s Pat Cullen secures clear win over DUPUUP’s Diana Armstrong trails former head of the Royal College of Nursing by more than 4,000 votesFri Jul 05 2024 - 10:27
DUP’s Gregory Campbell retains seat but Sinn Féin make big gains in East DerryKathleen McGurk was just 179 votes from taking the seat in a constituency that has been a unionist stronghold since its creationFri Jul 05 2024 - 09:45
North Antrim report: ‘Political earthquake’ as TUV’s Jim Allister overthrows Paisley dynastyIan Paisley jnr's loss of what was seen as safest DUP seat is the biggest general election shock in Northern IrelandFri Jul 05 2024 - 09:43
South Dublin school’s plans to create ‘private Aviva’ in Rathgar square face local backlashSt Mary’s College proposals will cause ‘irreversible damage’ to biodiversity, nature preservation and heritage, residents sayThu Jul 04 2024 - 06:00
Man (47) who died on Westmeath road may have lain undiscovered for daysMother and daughter in Co Mayo and another man in Westmeath also died in road crashes in recent daysWed Jul 03 2024 - 19:14
June temperatures fell below average ‘nearly everywhere’, Met Éireann saysAverages some three degrees below those recorded in same month last year, which was hottest June on recordTue Jul 02 2024 - 12:42
Tommy Meskill announced as RTÉ's new London correspondentMeskill will take over from John Kilraine who has held post since 2022Tue Jul 02 2024 - 10:58
RTÉ makes two appointments to leadership team as part of new strategic planThe BBC’s Steve Carson to become director of video while Newstalk’s Patricia Monahan will be director of audioMon Jul 01 2024 - 13:31
Some blood groups at just two days’ supply, says Irish Blood Transfusion ServiceAbout 2,000 blood donations are required over the coming weeks amid a high hospital demand for blood since June bank holiday weekend, says serviceMon Jul 01 2024 - 08:58
Ryanair rejects claims of price hikes as Aer Lingus customers scramble for flightsBudget airline’s fares are driven by algorithms primarily dictated by demand and flight capacity, according to industry expertsSat Jun 29 2024 - 06:01
Search operation under way in Co Kerry for experienced hiker not seen since SundaySebastian Jaworksi (46) last seen on Mount Brandon on Sunday at about 3:30pmFri Jun 28 2024 - 13:30
Nature of Road Safety Authority’s funding a ‘crucial conflict of interest’, PAC hearsAlmost all of the body’s €100 million in income for 2022 came from fees for its services including NCTs and driver testingThu Jun 27 2024 - 14:49
Freedom of information: Some public bodies ‘over-reliant’ on external legal advice over requestsGrowing trend of contracting out FOI request decision-making is concerning, says information comissionerThu Jun 27 2024 - 10:05
Threshold survey finds three-quarters of tenants struggle to pay bills after covering rentHousing charity says that this year, 54 per cent of respondents feeling either insecure or very insecure in their accommodation, up from 48 per cent last year and 44 per cent in 2022Wed Jun 26 2024 - 14:32
Your work questions answered: Is an employer liable for a sports injury if they sponsor an employee team’s kit?A business’s office manager got advice that because the company had sponsored its employees’ sports gear for a separate rugby league, it is liable for any expenses incurred by a worker injured playing the sport. Could this be true?Wed Jun 26 2024 - 06:00
TikTokkers find death records in former psychiatric hospital in WestmeathDiscovery follows launches of data breach investigations concerning a former psychiatric hospital in Donegal and a hospital in DublinTue Jun 25 2024 - 06:00
Huge increase in cocaine use, particularly among women, research shows Record number of drug treatment cases, according to the Health Research BoardTue Jun 25 2024 - 00:02
Defence Forces, Courts Service asked to withdraw from Pride parades after Cathal Crotty suspended sentenceStaff in Courts Service group ‘upset’ and ‘frustrated’ with exclusion, saying there is a misunderstanding about their dutiesMon Jun 24 2024 - 18:12
Fines for workplace health and safety breaches totalled €1.3m in 2023Several prosecutions concerned serious injury or death, authority’s report showsMon Jun 24 2024 - 00:15
Activists hold breath over gambling legislation amid ‘barrage’ of lobbyingMore than 130,000 Irish people suffer from problem gambling or are at risk of it, according to the ESRIMon Jun 24 2024 - 00:00
‘I am absolutely overwhelmed’: Natasha O’Brien attends solidarity protest in LimerickDemonstrations prompted by Cathal Crotty walking free from court after being given suspended sentence for attacking Natasha O’BrienSat Jun 22 2024 - 17:26
Eight years after seeking asylum in Garda station ‘I walked out in uniform’Sudita Zalli was 11 years old when she came to Ireland with her family from Albania and was so impressed by the gardaí she encountered she joined the forceFri Jun 21 2024 - 18:38
Paul Murphy TD wins High Court challenge to Sipo’s decision refusing to investigate claims of Varadkar leakJudge quashed ethical watchdog’s decision and directed matter go back to office for further considerationFri Jun 21 2024 - 13:35
Green Party leadership contenders offer different selling pointsRoderic O’Gorman cites his accomplishments as Minister for Children, while Pippa Hackett says party needs ‘non-Dublin leader’Thu Jun 20 2024 - 06:00
Woman (50s) arrested after gardaí seize drugs worth €270,000 in Dublin‘Substantial quantity’ of MDMA found during search in Coolock along with cocaine and cannabis productsWed Jun 19 2024 - 21:54
Man (40s) arrested in connection with death of Ukrainian man in MonaghanMykola Dernovi (46) died after suspected assault in Clones earlier this monthWed Jun 19 2024 - 20:22
Your work questions answered: I was obligated to become a sole trader in a long-term job - what recourse is there for me?A series where we ask experts in all aspects of workplace engagement to give us their views and solutions on issues driving conflict or upset for employeesWed Jun 19 2024 - 13:00
‘Alarming increase’ in physical and economic domestic abuse, says reportWomen’s Aid received 40,048 disclosures of domestic abuse in 2023, highest ever recorded in charity’s 50-year historyTue Jun 18 2024 - 06:00
Potato shortages: ‘The way the weather is going, it’s a bit frightening’Fruit and veg shop has tried to encourage customers to try other varieties of potatoes to fill the gap through a TikTok videoSun Jun 16 2024 - 07:00
Landlord who threatened to take tenant ‘by the head’ and remove her from property ordered to pay €17,500RTB ordered another landlord to pay tenant €10,000 in damages after an illegal eviction in which the locks were changed while he left to buy milkSun Jun 16 2024 - 06:00
HSE warns against illegal benzodiazepine tablets following cluster of overdoses across IrelandPresence of nitazene, a dangerous synthetic opioid, confirmed in yellow, round counterfeit tabletsSat Jun 15 2024 - 12:24
Teenager (17) killed in workplace accident at recycling plant in Co CavanGardaí and emergency services were alerted to the fatal accidentFri Jun 14 2024 - 13:44
‘Paris is next’: Medal-winning Irish runners get heroes’ welcome at Dublin Airport Sharlene Mawdsley and Sophie Becker come home to cheering fans and family ahead of Olympic seasonThu Jun 13 2024 - 22:08
‘He found his god in his family and in the sea’: Sailor who drowned off Connemara remembered at memorialConor McLoughlin of Foynes Yacht Club went missing last week while sailing with his wife near Macdara’s Island off Galway coastThu Jun 13 2024 - 16:48
Your work questions answered: Does a special arrangement for a colleague’s maternity leave set a legal precedent for me?Employers offering top-up maternity payments normally require employees sign an agreement to return to work for a specified periodWed Jun 12 2024 - 08:43
Dublin City Council results: Social Democrats double seat total to 10Fine Gael emerges as largest party while Green Party manages to defy predictions about substantial seat lossesMon Jun 10 2024 - 10:33
Driver of minibus killed following crash in TramoreThe incident happened just after 6pm in Monvoy on FridayFri Jun 07 2024 - 21:43
Man (20s) charged in connection with alleged stalking of female politician in west of IrelandMan was arrested by gardaí who were investigating a complaint made by the public representativeThu Jun 06 2024 - 22:01
Gerald Dawe a ‘champion of the outsider’ with ‘inspiring’ passion for literature, memorial toldAward-winning Belfast-born poet and academic died last month at 72 following a long illnessThu Jun 06 2024 - 18:47
Your work questions answered: ‘Did HR mistreat me or am I being overly sensitive?’This ‘strikes me as being very disorganised, and not a very good example’ of workplace communications, says one HR trainerWed Jun 05 2024 - 06:00
Hard to see how HSE cost-saving measures will add up to better healthcareA recruitment freeze and plans to drastically reduce reliance on agency staff go not seem to go hand in handTue Jun 04 2024 - 06:05
HSE spends €4.2bn on outside agency staff since 2013Agencies making millions at cost of poor workforce planning, says nurses union representativeTue Jun 04 2024 - 06:00
Woman (80) ordered to vacate rented property and to pay over €27,000 in rent arrearsResidential Tenancies Board found a tenant had suffered as a result of an illegal eviction and ordered the landlord to pay €5,000 in damages in a separate caseSun Jun 02 2024 - 06:00
Your work questions answered: Can I secure a remote working arrangement with one office visit per month? A reader wants a bespoke arrangement to come to the office less than the stipulated minimum of two days a weekWed May 29 2024 - 06:00
Making Memories Cafe: ‘In the past, people like me would have been sitting in a chair with people talking over their heads’Mr Golden was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s five years ago. Despite this he published a book last year set in 1920s Dublin called The Irish JobTue May 28 2024 - 18:35
Irish holidaymaker drowns while swimming in PortugalMan (57) went in to cardiac arrest at the Benagil Sea Cave, near popular resort of LagoaTue May 28 2024 - 10:53
Two people arrested in connection with Creeslough explosion investigation released without chargeDonegal service station blast in October 2022 resulted in the deaths of 10 peopleTue May 28 2024 - 08:07
Regulator targets harmful video-sharing content with updated code and fines of up to €20mCoimisiún na Meán accused of doing ‘U-turn’ by removing measures to address toxic algorithmsMon May 27 2024 - 18:54
