Children at risk of physical or sexual abuse experienced ‘significant’ delays before Tusla intervention, report finds Dublin service says it was ‘challenged’ by scale of demand and its current capacityMon Aug 18 2025 - 16:35
ASTI warns of potential strike if concerns about Leaving Cert reforms not addressedFears about AI and poor science facilities not dealt with ahead of new school term, union saysMon Aug 18 2025 - 06:00
New customers to receive cash instead of energy credits in household benefit schemeElectricity Association of Ireland at odds with Government over decisionWed Aug 13 2025 - 11:00
Irish authorities tackle 52 cases of international child abduction by parentsMost children taken from Ireland are brought elsewhere in Europe Mon Aug 11 2025 - 15:53
Judge warns litigants to undergo ‘reality check’ before suingMr Justice Michael Twomey says lawyers were only winners in multimillion High Court claimMon Aug 11 2025 - 11:46
Germany halts arms exports to Israel that could be used in GazaNetanyahu says Israel intends to take control of Gaza in order to ‘have a security perimeter’ Fri Aug 08 2025 - 16:35
‘Significant failings’ at disability centre put residents at risk, watchdog findsNon-compliance impacted the delivery of care to residents in 11 centres, says health watchdog Thu Aug 07 2025 - 18:30
Irish doctors increasingly prescribe highly addictive opioids for pain, new study findsUsage rates of pain medications now outpace those in England, according to new researchThu Aug 07 2025 - 06:00
Tributes to Irish woman found dead on New York yacht as police investigate what happened Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found unconscious on vessel at exclusive Montauk Yacht ClubWed Aug 06 2025 - 21:20
Gena Heraty kidnapping: Tánaiste speaks to Haitian minister to try to bring end to Irish woman’s ‘horrendous ordeal’Co Mayo woman was working in orphanage in Port-au-Prince where eight people were takenTue Aug 05 2025 - 09:14
Gena Heraty ‘dedicated her life to supporting the most vulnerable’Gena Heraty among eight people kidnapped from orphanage in Haiti Tue Aug 05 2025 - 06:00
Tánaiste says ‘no stone unturned’ in efforts to locate Irish woman kidnapped in HaitiIrish missionary Gena Heraty among eight kidnapped from orphanage on SundayTue Aug 05 2025 - 06:00
Irish man claims State has ‘abandoned’ his child in Poland, court filings showGirl’s mother took her to Poland without father’s consent; parents in battle over where child should receive medical careTue Aug 05 2025 - 06:00
‘It’s more than our mortgage’: Parents dismayed as creches hike feesSeveral centres have withdrawn from a Government funding scheme in recent daysMon Aug 04 2025 - 06:00
Nikita Hand to sue Conor McGregor and two former neighbours over withdrawn claims in failed appealThe High Court action was filed on Thursday, shortly after the Court of Appeal dismissed McGregor’s applicationFri Aug 01 2025 - 09:17
Seán Rocks, presenter of RTÉ radio’s culture show Arena, dies aged 64Tributes are paid to the Monaghan man who was a celebrated actor before moving into broadcastingThu Jul 31 2025 - 12:17
Parents face fee rise after Dublin childcare provider pulls out of ‘deeply flawed’ core funding modelMore centres expected to withdraw from scheme in coming weeks, citing growing costsWed Jul 30 2025 - 22:01
International protection applicants from Pakistan added to accelerated processing listApplications from Pakistani nationals have grown considerably in recent yearsMon Jul 28 2025 - 23:36
Higgins ‘open’ to visiting Tuam mother and baby home site as he welcomes excavationThe excavation will begin on Monday, some 11 years after research by local historian Catherine Corless revealed 796 children died at the institutionSun Jul 13 2025 - 09:00
Temperatures reach 30 degrees as heatwave set to break early next weekForecasters say record that has stood for almost 150 years is unlikely to be brokenSat Jul 12 2025 - 15:52
Temperatures of 29 degrees recorded on Friday as heat warning extended into SundayTemperatures are due to reach up to 30 degrees on Saturday, Met Éireann forecasts Fri Jul 11 2025 - 22:58
Truck driver in 70s killed in early morning crash in Co MeathMan dies in hospital following crash near Tramore, Co Waterford on Wednesday eveningFri Jul 11 2025 - 12:05
Woman left ‘shaken’ and ‘in tears’ after alleged racist incident on Bus Éireann busBus Éireann says it is taking the complaint ‘very seriously’ and has launched an investigationWed Jul 09 2025 - 07:00
Government nominates senior counsel as new High Court judgeSean Gillane SC will fill the vacancy left by Mr Justice Denis McDonald Tue Jul 08 2025 - 22:10
Tuam families can see ‘light at the end of a very long tunnel’Children buried at former mother and baby home site ‘got no dignity in life and got no dignity in death’, sister saysMon Jul 07 2025 - 19:52
Tuam mother and baby home: 80 people come forward to give DNA to identify buried childrenAround 800 babies and young children are believed to be buried in former sewer at site of home run by Bon Secours religious orderMon Jul 07 2025 - 15:42
‘I’m so scared’: Families in limbo after being told to leave international protection accommodationMany of those affected are working locally, and their children attending local schoolsFri Jul 04 2025 - 06:25
Simon Harris tells 4th of July party ‘the bombs have to stop’ in GazaTánaiste was addressing celebration held by the new US Ambassador to Ireland, Edward WalshThu Jul 03 2025 - 23:12
‘Where are you from?’: Adopted people face microaggressions and jokes, report findsNew study explores experiences of people who were adopted from other countries by Irish familiesThu Jul 03 2025 - 06:00
Dublin Fire Brigade presents plaque to lorry driver who saved man from burning building Tomasz Zareba was honoured on Tuesday eveningTue Jul 01 2025 - 23:54
Referrals made to gardaí after RTÉ documentary uncovered ‘appalling’ treatment of residents at nursing homesSince the programme was broadcast, Hiqa has carried out a number of inspectionsTue Jul 01 2025 - 23:45
‘Love you all, it’s been a privilege’: Joe Duffy presents last Liveline as he retires from RTÉTaoiseach and President pay tribute to the broadcaster who was ‘the voice of the people’Fri Jun 27 2025 - 15:30
Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers to be extended after Labour Court recommendationScheme will remain in place until end of year, as unions urge Government to classify Covid as an occupational illness in line with most other EU countriesFri Jun 27 2025 - 10:54
‘There’s people being bombed from the f**king sky’: Kneecap’s Mo Chara would ‘get over’ US visa being revokedKneecap are due to perform a much-anticipated set at Glastonbury on SaturdayFri Jun 27 2025 - 08:42
Parents in legal battle over whether daughter should receive medical care in Ireland or PolandMother says daughter will not receive care she needs in Ireland due to waiting listsFri Jun 27 2025 - 06:00
Long Covid support scheme to end this month, Minister for Health confirmsLabour Court recommends scheme be extended for a further six monthsThu Jun 26 2025 - 15:49
Irish Thalidomide Association ‘devastated’ by death of Jacqui Browne Disability activist and thalidomide survivor died at her home in Kerry on MondayTue Jun 24 2025 - 15:24
Three arrested over criminal damage at Castletown HouseA man in his 30s and two minors were arrested by Gardaí on FridayFri Jun 20 2025 - 21:47
Ryan Tubridy announces engagement to Dr Clare Kambamettu‘Here we go’: radio presenter popped the question to his partner last ThursdayTue Jun 17 2025 - 11:57
How Tuam, synonymous with a dark side of Irish history, can finally ‘do the right thing’Two very different playgrounds exist in Co Galway townTue Jun 17 2025 - 06:00
Catherine Corless: ‘I was told more often than not that I was giving Tuam a bad name’Catherine Corless says the 796 children kept her going during ‘painful’ fight for justiceMon Jun 16 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí arrest man in his 20s in Finglas after seizing drugs worth an estimated €119,000Search carried out in Finglas on Friday uncovered cannabis, cocaine and ketamine along with cashFri Jun 13 2025 - 23:46
Air India crash live updates: More than 240 dead as one passenger survives plane crash near Ahmedabad airport, say local policeThere were 53 British passengers onboard plane that crashed into residential buildingThu Jun 12 2025 - 17:06
Upgrade of power system could spark €83 yearly increase in household electricity billsGovernment should consider energy credits to help households struggling with costs, Electricity Association of Ireland saysThu Jun 12 2025 - 15:36
Catherine Corless ‘so relieved’ excavation of Tuam mother and baby home will finally begin on Monday The Bon Secours-run institution has admitted it did not treat the bodies of dead children properly Wed Jun 11 2025 - 17:28
Rough sleeper believed staying on streets would get him on housing list quicker, inquest hearsCoroner returns verdict of death by misadventure due to effects of multiple drug toxicity for Stephen Clarke (41)Mon Jun 09 2025 - 17:26
People trying to book a driving test facing ‘ridiculous’ wait to log inRSA reports ‘particularly high levels of traffic’ to its site, with some people complaining of hour-plus waitsSun Jun 08 2025 - 15:52
The Dublin scout leader who died a day before his trial and the men who accuse him of abuse Neville Kearns died in a crash in 2024, a day before he was due to stand trial on charges relating to assault, rape and attempted rape of boys in the 1980s and 1990sSat Jun 07 2025 - 02:00
Leona Macken interview: ‘I want my children to look back and see how much I wanted to stay here’The HSE apologised to Macken, who has incurable cancer, over ‘failings’ of two cervical smear testsFri Jun 06 2025 - 22:16
Prominent businessman loses bid for reporting restrictions on £1bn loan fraud trialBelfast judge dismisses Frank Cushnahan’s application Fri Jun 06 2025 - 19:50
