Temperatures set to hit highs of 26 degrees on Monday Week of warm, sunny weather ahead for most of the country, says Met ÉireannSun Sept 03 2023 - 21:00
Road safety clampdown to see drivers face penalty points for each offence detected Gardaí are to target speeding motorists as part of a national “slow down day” over 24 hours, from 7am on MondaySun Sept 03 2023 - 19:50
Three-quarters of carers ‘would not recommend fostering’ A survey of foster carers found majority facing ‘very challenging’ financial difficultiesSat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00
Internal report criticises Tusla care of unaccompanied child refugeesStaffing pressures pose ‘risk’ to safety of service for separated minors from Ukraine in State careFri Sept 01 2023 - 05:00
Significant surge in Irish seizures of weight-loss drugs sold illegally onlineWebsite advertising Ozempic for sale online falsely using address of north Dublin pharmacyThu Aug 31 2023 - 19:05
Epilepsy gene research hailed as ‘significant step’ in understanding conditionLarge study involving Irish researchers a ‘significant’ step towards better understanding of epilepsyThu Aug 31 2023 - 16:00
Record number of hospital patients waited on trolleys during August - INMONurses’ union warns over high Trolley Watch count during traditionally quieter periodThu Aug 31 2023 - 15:29
Mortgage-to-rent scheme provider Home for Life settles legal disputeCommercial Court case had related to alleged breach of contract by large provider in State schemeThu Aug 31 2023 - 13:10
New guidelines may limit households to one parking spot in some developmentsDraft proposal also recommends increased housing density to boost supplyThu Aug 31 2023 - 05:00
Nearly 300 hospital consultants take up public-only contractsGovernment introduced new consultant contracts earlier this year amid oppositionWed Aug 30 2023 - 05:00
Long-term funding for RTÉ will not be decided until next year, says MinisterCatherine Martin also welcomes announcement of RTÉ plans for a register of interest of presenters and staffWed Aug 30 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ's proposed ‘register of interests’ could apply to staff and contractors paid over €73,000The scoping document outlines plans to bring existing policies togetherTue Aug 29 2023 - 11:02
Stephen Termini advises Helen McEntee to increase garda patrols in city centreUS tourist seriously assaulted in Dublin spoke with Minister for Justice by phone on Monday after recovering from injuriesMon Aug 28 2023 - 18:11
St John Ambulance director due to step down remains as interim chairOrganisation told Minister in March three long-serving board members were to step downMon Aug 28 2023 - 05:00
How clean is your local beach? Many still littered but none are ‘blackspots’, survey finds Anti-litter business group report notes increase in disposable vapes left on beachesMon Aug 28 2023 - 00:00
Contents of former Sachs hotel to be auctioned off next monthLife-size bronze bust of Michael Collins among 1,200 lots to be auctioned offSun Aug 27 2023 - 16:33
Homeless figures rise again with almost 13,000 in emergency accommodationTánaiste rules out another winter eviction ban, saying ‘the pressing issue is to stop and slow down the exodus from the rental market’Fri Aug 25 2023 - 17:17
Former defence minister calls for budget to address Naval Service personnel crisisLatest reduction in active Naval Service ships an ‘advantage’ to drug smugglers, former senior Garda saysThu Aug 24 2023 - 16:00
Galway hospital commissions review of head injuries to newborn babies during delivery UHG investigating cases of bleeding under skin of baby’s head, associated with difficult birthsThu Aug 24 2023 - 11:59
Groceries, rent, insurance and electricity: Where are Irish consumers feeling the pinch?Dublin households are facing the highest electricity costs in the European Union, according to new researchWed Aug 23 2023 - 15:54
‘Nitpicking’ and ‘grumpy’ testers among complaints made to RSA about driving testsOne learner driver complained they were shouted at after cutting out three times during driving testMon Aug 14 2023 - 05:00
Tusla sought assurances from Order of Malta over child protection concernsRecords show officials discussed ‘current concerns’ about first aid organisationSat Aug 12 2023 - 05:00
More than a fifth of patients on hospital waiting lists longer than a year Latest waiting list figures show 600,000 waiting for outpatient consultation, with 137,000 of those waiting longer than 12 monthsFri Aug 11 2023 - 19:21
Gardaí issue warning to students over rental accommodation scams as one woman loses €7,400Student (20) transferred money to landlord in The Netherlands for a property that was never available for rentFri Aug 11 2023 - 18:05
Competition watchdog extends review of DAA deal to buy car park near airportPlan to purchase closed car park in Santry had been intended to increase Dublin Airport parking spacesWed Aug 09 2023 - 18:41
Concern over staffing ‘crisis’ in care home run by Ability WestRegulator criticises ‘persistent poor findings’ in inspections of facilities run by Galway providerTue Aug 08 2023 - 17:43
Monaghan town left reeling after ‘heartbreaking’ debs crash tragedyKiea McCann (17) and Dlava Mohamed (16) died in a single-vehicle crash near Clones on the way to a debs ball on MondayFri Aug 04 2023 - 17:30
Monaghan crash: Dlava Mohamed (16) funeral hears country is ‘shook’ by tragedyTeenager one of two girls killed in a car crash near Clones on the way to a debs ball earlier this weekThu Aug 03 2023 - 17:12
Monaghan crash: Hands of victims were touching at scene of incident, Kiea’s funeral hearsServices take place for Kiea McCann (17) and Dlava (16) in Clones and Dublin respectively on ThursdayThu Aug 03 2023 - 15:31
Large 68-bed nursing home in Cork latest to closeHealthcare regulator raised concern over nursing homes passing on costs in extra resident chargesThu Aug 03 2023 - 12:42
Report critical of ‘embarrassing’ Knock hostel deal agreed by Order of MaltaProject to open bed and breakfast for pilgrims near Knock shrine lost charity more than €50,000Thu Aug 03 2023 - 05:00
Property developer Jim Kennedy dies in LondonMr Kennedy was found by the planning tribunal to have engaged in ‘corrupt activity’ around land rezoning in the 1990sWed Aug 02 2023 - 15:34
Dublin Airport operator ordered to restrict night-time flightsCouncil rules number of night-time flights from new runway breaches planning conditionsWed Aug 02 2023 - 12:25
Hiqa reports deficits in Tusla services for at risk children in Louth and Meath Significant staffing shortages impacting Tusla service, health watchdog findsWed Aug 02 2023 - 11:03
Mater hospital accounts show accumulated deficit in excess of €22mDublin hospital received more than €420m in HSE funding last year, up from €377m in 2021, records showTue Aug 01 2023 - 20:57
Circle K apologises after ‘inadvertently’ filling petrol pumps with diesel in Kildare service stationDiesel put into petrol pumps at service station on the N7 for several hours on SaturdayMon Jul 31 2023 - 18:17
Only winners in Terenure family’s will dispute would be ‘the lawyers’, warns judgeDispute centres on will leaving €5,000 to each of five adult children out of €610,000 estateMon Jul 31 2023 - 17:13
Spiritans face more than 30 legal cases over past alleged child abuseCivil cases likely to cost religious congregation several million euros in settlementsSun Jul 30 2023 - 09:38
Pictures of Whirlpool galaxy and Milky Way win astrophotography competition More than 70 entries submitted to competition run by Dublin Institute of Advanced StudiesSat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
Homelessness in Ireland: New figures show impact of lifting of eviction banNumbers living in emergency accommodation increased by 159 last month to a record 12,600 peopleSat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
How has Tusla found itself at crisis point in its care of vulnerable children?Reliance of State’s child and family agency on hotels and B&Bs for children in care a ‘significant’ challenge, internal report findsSat Jul 29 2023 - 04:00
Camhs reliance on paper records a ‘significant burden’ on overstretched staff, audit finds‘Notable absence’ of pharmacists from teams in youth mental health services, says reportFri Jul 28 2023 - 19:13
‘Deeply depressing’: Number homeless in Ireland hits new record highLatest Department of Housing figures shows 159 increase in homelessnessFri Jul 28 2023 - 14:16
Report on Camhs failings ‘validates experiences’ of young people trying to access service, says advocateInspector says she cannot assure parents HSE’s child and adolescent mental health service is ‘safe and effective’Thu Jul 27 2023 - 05:00
McEntee offers to meet family of US tourist attacked in Dublin and says Ireland is safe to visitUS embassy in Ireland advises American citizens to keep ‘low profile’ when visiting cityWed Jul 26 2023 - 18:07
HSE child mental healthcare: Inspector ‘cannot assure parents that services are safe and effective’Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service ‘is creaking at the seams, with increasing risk to children’, review findsWed Jul 26 2023 - 12:00
Tusla failing to meet standards for caring for unaccompanied child asylum seekers - HiqaChild and family agency staff tell inspectors they are limited to ‘putting out fires’ and are feeling ‘stressed and overwhelmed’Wed Jul 26 2023 - 10:01
Second Lego store to open in Dublin later this yearThe popular brand opened its first store in the Republic on Grafton Street last yearWed Jul 26 2023 - 07:55
Refugee accommodation in Leitrim shut down over fire safety concernsDepartment cancels contract after inspections raise concerns over accommodation for Ukrainian refugeesWed Jul 26 2023 - 06:01
Loss of ‘young, full lives’ of father and son (10) in Turkey moped crash mourned at funeralToy train, swimming goggles and children’s book placed on coffin of Dylan Fitzpatrick in PortlaoiseTue Jul 25 2023 - 12:30
