Government decision in 2010 shut down ‘head shops’ overnightNumber of pending cases affected by fallout from Court of Appeal’s decision thought to be smallTue Mar 10 2015 - 21:24
Bibi or Bougie? Israelis go to polls in an election that could redraw the political mapA campaign dominated by housing and the cost of living has left the peace process sidelinedMon Mar 09 2015 - 20:00
Doctors’ group objects to anonymous donor banObstetricians warn TDs that plan could ‘drive donor conception underground’Mon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
High political burlesque: So what is the New Land League?The group says it will assist anybody whose family home is being threatened by banksSat Mar 07 2015 - 05:55
Gaza: war is over, for nowAfter last summer’s war, residents of the suburb of Shejaia returned to a barely recognisable expanse of rubble. Six months on, it hasn’t changed much, and people fear another conflictSat Mar 07 2015 - 01:00
Shatter warns Family Bill will end donor-assisted reproductionExchanges between Shatter and Frances Fitzgerald dominate committee meetingThu Mar 05 2015 - 12:25
Receiver expected to move against O’DonnellsLatest move follows expiry of deadline for couple to vacate Vico Road houseThu Mar 05 2015 - 01:00
Dóchas concerned over third resignation at Irish Red CrossSecretary general Donal Forde resigns over corporate governance and direction of charityThu Mar 05 2015 - 01:00
Flanagan has debut on Middle East diplomatic tightropeQ Why was Charlie Flanagan in Palestine and Israel this week?Sat Feb 21 2015 - 01:00
Charlie Flanagan says time running out for Israeli-Palestinian pactIreland committed to two-state solution and opposed to settlement expansion – MinisterWed Feb 18 2015 - 19:09
Government pledges €4.7m to help Palestinian refugeesMinister for Foreign Affairs says he is ‘truly shocked’ by destruction in Gaza after warMon Feb 16 2015 - 19:15
TCD takes legal action over Dublin language school’s use of ‘Trinity’ nameCollege says Trinity Language School infringes its intellectual property rightsSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Gender disparity at top of Foreign Affairs highlightedDepartmental audit found women twice as likely to say approach to gender equality insufficientFri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Same-sex marriage a matter of equality, says rights watchdogHuman Rights and Equality Commission welcomes referendum due in MayThu Feb 12 2015 - 13:36
DPP told Howlin’s department it could make no budget cutsOffice said proposed €1.9m cut was equal to half cost of prosecuting murder and rapeWed Feb 11 2015 - 01:00
New role: Chief Justice Susan Denham assumes presidency of European judges’ networkMon Feb 09 2015 - 01:05
Legal conundrum hinges on the definition of the ‘unborn’Constitutional lawyers differ over abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormalityFri Feb 06 2015 - 22:22
Sub judice is not necessarily the ultimate conversation-stopperCeann Comhairle Seán Barrett could have let the debate in the Dáil go aheadSat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
Holocaust victims must not be let ‘die twice’, says PresidentMichael D Higgins, at memorial service, says world has duty to remember those who diedMon Jan 26 2015 - 10:02
State rejected plan to mark 1916 with €12m tourism initiativeHead of centenary project said initiative could generate money, jobs and visitorsMon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
Irish opposition and trade unions welcome Syriza victorySinn Féin congratulates party of Tsipras and Siptu supports call for debt conferenceSun Jan 25 2015 - 21:19
Alan Shatter loses appeal against Mick Wallace data rulingJudge finds claim that former minister had no standing to take appeal ‘well founded’Wed Jan 21 2015 - 10:43
Same-sex marriage referendum countdown beginsYes and No sides hone their strategies as both expect a tightly-fought campaignWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Government nominates new High Court judgeIsobel Kennedy SC appointed following Court of Appeal reshuffleTue Jan 20 2015 - 18:10
Changes to the way judges are selectedMinister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald outlines her plans for judiciary and the opening up of the legal professionMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:30
Charlie Hebdo attack: In praise of... FranceEvents of past 10 days remind of some ways in which France is the same – and differentFri Jan 16 2015 - 22:37
France arrests 54 for anti-Semitism and backing terrorStand-up comedian Dieudonné among those arrested for hate speech and defending terrorismThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:00
‘It’s Charlie. Come quick. They’re all dead’Eyewitnesses recall horror of attack at Paris magazine officeThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:00
Charlie Hebdo increases print run of latest issue to five millionFirst 700,000 copies sell out within minutesWed Jan 14 2015 - 12:51
New issue of Charlie Hebdo sells out across FranceFirst batch of 500,000 magazine copies quickly snapped up by customersWed Jan 14 2015 - 11:33
France’s Jews question future in aftermath of Islamist killingsMembers of country’s 500,000-strong Jewish community shaken by Paris killingsWed Jan 14 2015 - 05:00
L’explication: What the Charlie Hebdo cartoons sayMagazine back on sale one week after the terrorist attackWed Jan 14 2015 - 05:00
Cross-border investigation under way as focus turns to security ‘lapses’Serious questions about last week’s attacks will be asked by agenciesTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:02
Defiance and fraternity as millions march in FranceThe same words were on every lips, on every placard: ‘Je suis Charlie’Mon Jan 12 2015 - 06:35
Paris pays tribute to three dead police officers – and says ‘Merci’On the silent march through Paris people carried placards declaring ‘Je Suis Policier’Mon Jan 12 2015 - 01:01
World leaders turn up in Paris to express solidarityA million and a half people marched behind political leaders in ParisMon Jan 12 2015 - 01:00
Reports Ireland being used as a hub by jihadis being ‘monitored carefully’Taoiseach says meeting of the security committee took place on SaturdaySun Jan 11 2015 - 18:37
Paris gunman’s girlfriend travelled to SyriaAuthorities believe Hayat Boumeddiene (26) flew to Istanbul days before the attacks on her way to SyriaSun Jan 11 2015 - 08:43
France mourns as hunt for ‘Charlie Hebdo’ gunmen continues in wake of Paris attackPolice search 20km sq area of Picardie for brothers Cherif and Said KouachiFri Jan 09 2015 - 06:58
Dignified 60 seconds of silence serves as counterpoint to fraught, horrified FrancePresident François Hollande calls for unity, saying ‘nothing can divide us’Fri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00
French political parties endorse unity and put the national interest first – for nowHollande appeals for national unity and so far the political truce has heldThu Jan 08 2015 - 23:00
Paris attacks: ID card left in car put police on trail of brothersAuthorities had a particularly detailed file on 32-year-old Chérif KouachiThu Jan 08 2015 - 19:49
Paris on the edge as France in day of mourningHundreds of police and soldiers patrol airports, train stations and newspaper officesThu Jan 08 2015 - 15:23
Any attempt to extradite David Drumm fraught with difficultyAnalysis: Irish authorities frustrated in attempts to draw Drumm into Anglo inquiriesWed Jan 07 2015 - 13:01
New Government Bill to speed up asylum processRequests for refugee status and other protection being streamlinedWed Jan 07 2015 - 09:50
Same-sex marriage vote should not be taken for granted - MinisterFrances Fitzgerald says referendum may not support extending civil marriage to same-sex couplesMon Jan 05 2015 - 01:00
Life support for brain-dead pregnant woman withdrawnFamily may proceed with burial following St Stephen’s Day High Court decisionSun Dec 28 2014 - 11:54
Deep sense of sadness in case of clinically dead pregnant womanANALYSIS: High Court judges pay tribute to father and partner for ‘immense courage’Sat Dec 27 2014 - 07:54
Doctors to switch off pregnant woman’s life support following rulingAll medical evidence suggested chances of successful live birth ‘virtually non-existent’Sat Dec 27 2014 - 06:22
Varadkar says ruling on brain dead woman must be examinedHSE says judgment a ‘welcome decision’ after traumatic number of days for the familyFri Dec 26 2014 - 15:19
