Lack of infrastructure could hit new housing, construction industry warnsBuilders lobby say a lot of land zoned for housing is difficult and expensive to serviceTue Jun 13 2023 - 16:06
Council paid to house tenants in home that had been subject to fire safety warningOfficials investigating ‘unauthorised’ use of shed in property for housing without planning permissionSun Jun 04 2023 - 07:25
Some Garda Ombudsman investigations running for ‘up to 15 years’Oireachtas Committee hears medium time to investigate a criminal complaint is 366 daysThu Jun 01 2023 - 17:19
Government considers ‘deposit and return’ scheme for disposable vapesGovernment considering option of ‘deposit and return’ scheme for disposable vapesThu Jun 01 2023 - 16:41
Pharma company linked to US opioid crisis donated to Dublin drug treatment centreMallinckrodt remains long-standing ‘partner’ of Coolmine treatment centre despite opioid controversyThu Jun 01 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ directed by Information Commissioner to release workplace auditReport contains staff comments on ‘people management skills’ of identifiable individualsWed May 31 2023 - 20:51
No law changes being considered following St John Ambulance abuse scandal New allegations former senior figure targeted young boys in the first aid organisation as far back as early 1960sTue May 30 2023 - 05:00
Hottest day of the year so far recorded last weekend with temperatures forecast to soar higherSummer sun to stay until bank holiday weekend with highs of 24 degrees forecastMon May 29 2023 - 10:51
Resident describes tight quarters in Rush rental houseA former resident describes conditions for 14 tenants in a rental home in Rush, Co Dublin – where some rooms have been subdivided with plasterboard walls.Mon May 29 2023 - 09:15
Blood donors urged to come forward as stocks run lowIrish Blood Transfusion Service writes to hospitals to conserve blood stocks where possibleMon May 29 2023 - 07:01
Dublin house with over a dozen tenants served fire safety notice over conditionsRush property is also subject to a separate investigation by Fingal County CouncilMon May 29 2023 - 05:00
Motorcyclist (50s) killed in Co Meath collisionCrash occurred in Dunshaughlin at around 6.15pmSun May 28 2023 - 23:13
Fire in Dublin apartment block brought under controlDublin Fire Brigade and gardaí responded to fire at Falcon’s View but no one believed to be injuredSun May 28 2023 - 21:44
Facing eviction from Tathony House: ‘Not-very-militant people have been forced to do militant things’Since being informed their landlord wanted to sell last October, several Tathony House residents are still occupying flats and protesting the evictionSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
Trinity wanted to avoid sense of ‘winners and losers’ in renaming of Berkeley libraryRecords show review group concerned about ‘reputational impact’ of changing name due to slavery linksSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
Number of homeless people rises to 12,259 in AprilNearly 4,000 children living in emergency accommodation, latest Department of Housing figures showFri May 26 2023 - 22:40
Toy Show the Musical staff paid ‘below industry standard’, playwright saysLetter to Dáil public accounts committee criticises pay for creative staff on RTÉ musicalFri May 26 2023 - 10:30
Who is the Irish man sanctioned for allegedly facilitating movement of Russian money?Dublin businessman previously worked for Irish company providing corporate services to overseas clientsFri May 26 2023 - 05:00
Wishes of relatives of children buried at former Tuam mother and baby home should be ‘paramount’, experts sayDaniel Mac Sweeney appointed to oversee excavation of site to allow for remains to be exhumed and reinterred respectfullyWed May 24 2023 - 16:21
Coalition plans tenders for floating accommodation to house asylum seekersSeveral sites under consideration for berthing ‘floatels’ in Dublin and CorkWed May 24 2023 - 05:17
State plans to house 300 asylum seekers in Galway city site, says MinisterInternal briefing states asylum seekers to be place into refurbished building in Ballybritt industrial siteTue May 23 2023 - 16:08
Editor of Village magazine takes defamation action against Sunday TimesLegal case follows previous action filed against Taoiseach Leo Varadkar over alleged defamationTue May 23 2023 - 14:42
UN agency criticises lack of process to recognise ‘stateless’ people in IrelandReport raises concern stateless individuals left in ‘legal limbo’ for yearsTue May 23 2023 - 09:15
Irish man sanctioned by US authorities for allegedly facilitating movement of Russian moneyCash-for-visa adviser accused of assisting Russians to move funds into UAE following invasion of UkraineSat May 20 2023 - 11:00
Northern Ireland elections 2023: Sinn Féin performing strongly on first day of countA total of 462 councillors are due to be elected in 11 council areas.Fri May 19 2023 - 22:03
Mayo nursing home closure after 40 years ‘heartbreaking’ for residents Latest nursing home forced to close due to ‘underfunding’ from Fair Deal schemeFri May 19 2023 - 05:00
Almost half of women who lost babies were not told about mental health impacts, survey findsSurvey of maternity hospital bereavement finds 12 per cent of women had no confidence in staffThu May 18 2023 - 10:52
Nursing home failed to identify ‘unknown bruising’ on residents, Hiqa findsRecords at HSE-run St John’s Community Hospital in Co Sligo indicated number of residents often had ‘peer to peer incidents’Wed May 17 2023 - 13:24
Body of Irish man missing in Switzerland recovered from riverJustin Flannery (26) from Co Sligo reported missing in Lauterbrunnen area in Swiss Alps last FridayTue May 16 2023 - 17:24
Officials warn of ‘growing reluctance’ in councils to accommodate more Ukrainian refugeesFour new accommodation centres - mostly refurbished office buildings - are to be opened, three in Dublin and one in ClareTue May 16 2023 - 05:00
Emergency accommodation for 500 asylum seekers, many living in tents, ‘in coming days’Growing unease among gardaí at tactics deployed for anti-immigration protests, with some fearing response to protests not firm enoughMon May 15 2023 - 05:01
How accommodating refugees has become a lucrative business for hotelsHotel group Tifco and Tetrarch Capital were paid tens of millions in State contractsMon May 15 2023 - 05:00
Hotel firms were paid tens of millions of euro to accommodate refugeesSeveral companies were paid more than €10 million under State accommodation contracts, figures showMon May 15 2023 - 05:00
Homeless asylum seekers’ camp destroyed by fire as refugees sleeping rough express worry over safetyTaoiseach and Minister for Justice condemn scenes following stand-off between pro-and anti-immigrant protesters at Sandwith St in Dublin on Friday eveningSat May 13 2023 - 19:52
Irish man Bernard Phelan flies home to France following release from prison in IranMan, originally from Co Tipperary, had been ‘arbitrarily’ detained since last October in ‘very difficult ordeal’ for him and his familyFri May 12 2023 - 15:51
Limerick ICU nurses begin work-to-rule action over staff shortagesINMO members working in ICU will only focus on clinical duties during the industrial actionFri May 12 2023 - 11:59
Public service union members want future pay deal to match inflation - surveyMajority would support balloting for industrial action if future pay deal did not match inflationFri May 12 2023 - 08:55
AGSI criticises Gsoc over treatment of garda driver facing crash chargeManner in which information released at coroner’s court ’unfair’, says general secretaryThu May 11 2023 - 23:04
Nursing home providers warn of potential ‘tidal wave’ of operators leaving Fair DealWindmill Healthcare Group chief says funding shortfall means many facilities struggling to surviveThu May 11 2023 - 21:23
Two men charged over Drogheda armed robberyStaff in Co Louth business threatened during robbery on Tuesday eveningThu May 11 2023 - 07:53
What is GAAGO and why is there controversy over GAA games?Q&A: Criticism over streaming facility, aimed at Irish abroad, centres on number of games behind paywallWed May 10 2023 - 12:37
Bruce Springsteen visits Kildare town to trace Irish rootsUS singer visited town where his great-great-grandmother is believed to have left for AmericaFri May 05 2023 - 00:20
Majority of children report difficulties accessing mental health services - survey Survey finds school pressures and body image among biggest mental health stressorsFri May 05 2023 - 00:01
NUJ members in BBC Northern Ireland vote to strike over cutbacksLate last year BBC announced cuts to Radio Foyle in Derry and up to 40 job lossesThu May 04 2023 - 21:48
File sent to DPP over alleged historical youth sex abuse in Order of MaltaTeenage boy allegedly sexually abused by Order of Malta volunteer in incident in the early 1980sThu May 04 2023 - 05:00
Hiqa inspection finds faeces stains in resident’s bedConditions in disability care home criticised by healthcare watchdog reportTue May 02 2023 - 12:15
Several people evacuated off boat in Lough Ree following fire on boardSeveral people believed to have been on boat when fire broke outMon May 01 2023 - 17:47
More than a dozen flights between Dublin and France cancelled todayParis, Nice, Toulouse and Lourdes among destinations affected by French air traffic controllers strikesSun Apr 30 2023 - 15:49
English-language student left ‘shaken’ after robbery in north DublinYoung man who moved to Ireland from Mexico leg broken after allegedly being hit by carSat Apr 29 2023 - 18:09
Ryanair to cancel 220 flights due to French air traffic control strikesSome 40,000 passengers affected by May bank holiday flight cancellationsSat Apr 29 2023 - 16:32
