Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien is an Irish Times journalist.

Fingal County Council rejects Dublin 15 Manna drone hub

Company had applied for retention of hub, which flies groceries, medicines and takeaways

Ireland to bask in 23 degree heat in parts in warmest weekend of the year so far

Met Éireann says temperatures to hit 24 degrees by Monday but an easterly breeze set to hit by Tuesday

Taoiseach called ‘slíbhín’ for defence of changes to rental system amid record rent hikes

Micheál Martin accuses Mary Lou McDonald of ‘empty rhetoric, no solutions’ during testy exchanges and heckling in Dáil

‘We must see action’: Resolution of Oliver Bond flats regeneration impasse expected in coming weeks

Minister for Housing James Browne says conditions in inner city complex ‘absolutely atrocious, totally unacceptable’

Ireland ‘could be forced to borrow next year’ if oil prices keep rising, says top economist

John FitzGerald warns of effects of continuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz

Online child sex abuse moving behind paywalls, says internet watchdog

Number of reports received by Irish Internet Hotline in 2025 rose to more than 61,000

Supermarket chicken products withdrawn over salmonella fears

Warning issued over products now past sell-by date which may remain in freezers

Man who restored Ross Castle from ruin leaves estate worth €1.75m

George McLoughlin first spotted Co Galway estate in early 1980s when he and his wife were looking for an Irish home

Garda checks across three months net more than 5,000 uninsured vehicles

Inspections possible by officers via hand-held or in-car technology without stopping traffic

State spending €128m on helicopters that cannot lift groups of soldiers, committee told

Departmend of Defence official says priority for H145 aircraft was training and capacity

Gordon Snell was a ‘force for good’ and ‘endlessly generous’, funeral hears

Author, who was married to Maeve Binchy, had ‘an enormous capacity for friendship’

Former Kerry Group director Frank Hayes leaves estate worth €5m

Former hotelier David Doyle had homes in Portugal and Dublin and assets in Ireland, UK and US, probate office papers show

Iran will play World Cup matches; Hegseth ‘dangerously’ exaggerates US military triumph, says Democrat

Trump to be briefed on new wave of ‘short, powerful’ strikes on Iran; inflation surges in Europe

Road safety campaigner outlines seven actions that could save lives to Oireachtas committee

Greater policing resources and stricter rules for learners among moves mentioned in address by Susan Gray of Parc

Trump cancels Witkoff and Kushner trip to Pakistan for Iran talks

Iran’s foreign minister flies out of Islamabad, dealing a new setback to peace prospects

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