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Kerry GAA launches challenge over refusal to include stadium redevelopment in Immigrant Investor Programme

Kerry GAA has gone to the High Court amid fears of a potential loss of millions in donations already committed to the redevelopment of FitzGerald S...

Teacher accused of grooming and sexually abusing one of her pupils

Belfast Crown CourtA teacher at a Belfast school has appeared in court accused of grooming and sexually abusing one of her pupils.The 32-year-old w...

Tax on millionaires proposed as People Before Profit calls for ‘radical change’

Only radical change to wealth distribution in Northern Ireland can repair the damage of 14 years of Conservative “devastation”, People Before Profi...

‘It’s quite dangerous’ – Search continues for hiker who went missing after reaching Mount Brandon summit

Latest | Rescue crews said search now in its sixth day will continue An image of the man missing in Mount Brandon. Sinead Kelleher and Adrianna Wro...

Candidate selection deadline points to autumn general election

Here, we have a look at the topics likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come. Autumn general election? While Taoiseach Simon Harri...

Man admits causing deaths of baby and aunt by dangerous driving

Darryl Anderson was driving his Audi on the A1 when he crashed into a Peugeot, killing eight-month-old Zackary Blades and his aunt, Karlene Warner ...

Free contraception scheme extend to include women aged 32-35

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced the roll out of free contraceptives for women in the 32 to 35 age group. It means all women aged...

Urgent appeal for blood donors as supplies of some types fall to just two days stock

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service said that supplies across some blood groups had fallen to just three-days reserve over recent weeks.The Irish B...

Taylor Swift finishes Dublin leg of Eras tour after playing to record 150,000 fans

Taylor Swift wrapped up her Irish leg of The Eras Tour in Dublin on Sunday night. The sold-out gigs at the Aviva Stadium saw a record 150,000 conce...

Far right wins first round in France election, run-off horsetrading begins

BREAKING | France holds first round of parliamentary electionAnti-immigrant, eurosceptic National Rally (RN) emerges aheadLeftist bloc in second, M...

Efficient Kerry end Derry’s run to book All-Ireland SFC semi-final showdown with Armagh

The Kingdom will now face Armagh in the last four at the same venue on the weekend of July 13/14.Level at half-time, Kerry pulled away down the hom...

Taylor Swift tells Dublin fans she will remember their reaction ‘for rest of her life’

Taylor Swift appeared to be caught off guard by the “actually crazy” reaction from Irish fans to her show, saying she would remember it for the res...

Two sailors are rescued off Cork coast as yacht drifted in poor weather

RNLI respond to an incident. Stock imageTWO sailors were rescued off the Cork coast when their eleven metre yacht lost its steering and began drif...

Over 9,400 patients on trolleys in June

Over 9,437 patients, including 70 children were admitted to hospital without a bed in the month of June, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives...

‘Laughing gas’ abusers run risk of mental problems, leading psychiatrist warns

Experts say avoidable harm from the gas — usually released into balloons from small silver canisters before being inhaled — has been observed world...