Fact check: Has Ireland introduced ‘the largest assistance package of any European country’?

Britain introduced no measures for the current fuel crisis but has not reversed the 6 cent cut in excise from 2022 ...

Formal inquiry ordered into Northern Ireland Troubles legacy investigative body

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) has been dogged by problems since it was ...

Minister notes lack of women applying for League of Ireland academy jobs

Minister of State for Sport Charlie McConalogue has noted the low number of woman applicants for 56 new jobs in League of ...

With an ageing population, Alone looks to more than double its reach in next four years

By the end of 2029, Alone aims to support 125,000 older people annually; it is on track to work with 52,000 this year. As of ...

One-week ceasefire in Lebanon expected to take effect as US-Iran truce efforts continue

Donald Trump says war, which began after US and Israel attacked Iran in February, is ‘very close to being over’ ...

Former Office of Public Works employee caught in online sting after sending sexualised messages

A man was caught in an online sting after sending sexualised messages to an undercover PSNI operative posing as a 13-year-old ...

Son of hotelier Noel O’Callaghan ‘greatly regrets’ telling his father he wanted to ‘shoot’ him over business dispute

A son of multimillionaire hotelier Noel O’Callaghan has lodged papers with the High Court in which he said he “greatly ...

Dearly imparted: Frank McNally on Paddy the philanthropist, the BBC banning of Clannad, and Beckett’s womb with a view

At a multinational music event in Dublin’s Button Factory on Tuesday night, the rapper God Knows – full name Munyaradzi ...

Woman in her 60s killed in Co Louth car crash

A woman in her 60s has been killed in a car crash in Co Louth. The two-vehicle collision took place on the Bellews Bridge ...

Retired couple who abducted neighbour’s cat and tied it in a bag jailed for animal cruelty

Patrick and Bernie Connolly, who both pleaded guilty, abandoned cat at a lake after it regularly defecated in their garden, ...

Man picked up visually impaired woman from taxi rank for financial gain, court hears

A man made an “idiotic decision” to pick up a visually impaired woman in his car who believed he was a taxi driver, a court ...

Béibhinn Parsons excited to make Six Nations history in familiar Dexcom Stadium surrounds

Ireland’s first-ever Six Nations game at the Dexcom Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 5.40pm) won’t be an altogether novel experience for Béibhinn Parsons. The flying winger was born and raised in ...