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UHL remains most overcrowded hospital despite reductions in scheduled care

University Hospital Limerick (UHL) was the most overcrowded hospital in Ireland on Friday despite a move by the HSE to cancel scheduled care in the...

Uisce Éireann warns of water supply disruption for parts of Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare as repair works begin

Uisce Éireann warns there may be water outages in parts of Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare next weekUisce Éireann has warned of water supply disruption...

PSNI appeals to public after violent disorder

Police in Northern Ireland have appealed to the public to not allow criminals to hide in their communities, following another night of disorder. Th...

Olympics star shows medal deteriorating after a week: ‘Looks like it went to war and back’

Nyjah Huston said his Olympics bronze was already looking ‘rough’ a week after standing on the podium in Paris The quality of the Olympics medals a...

Woman dies and six others in hospital after Mayo road crash

A woman in her 60s has died after a road crash in Co Mayo. The two-vehicle collision took place on the N59 in Newport at about 4.30pm on Thursday. ...

Olympics Day 14: Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen takes on marathon swim with Mark English and Sarah Lavin in semi-final action on track

Ok, we are out of time this evening! I hope you enjoyed keeping up to date with all the action on yet another Independent.ie live blog for the 2024...

Dublin man (23) charged in connection with €6.5m cryptocurrency and cash seizure

Breaking | Kevin Daniel Andrei, 23, of Drynam Avenue, Swords was charged with three counts of possessing close to €600,000 in crime proceeds. Photo...

Paschal Donohoe ‘confident’ reforms of health spending will be implemented

The Minister for Public Expenditure is “confident” health overspends will be reined in, despite warnings from the State’s fiscal watchdog. Overruns...

‘You are going to die today’ – shouted man (30s) accused of stabbing victim over violent midlands feud

Michael Nevin (39) who stands accused of assault causing harm and threats to kill or cause serious harm.A man in his 20s who sustained multiple lac...

Gardaí hit out at misinformation over sudden death of man in Dublin

Gardaí have criticised misinformation online surrounding the death of a man in Dublin on Wednesday. On Wednesday, August 7th, gardaí were requested...

Dubliner Alan Joyce forfeits €5.5m of his Qantas pay after report on ticket fiasco

Airline sold tickets for flights that had already been cancelled, while carrier lost stakeholder trust, says review Alan Joyce was Qantas CEO from ...

Dali and Warhol works go on display at K Club

Artwork by Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst will go on display at a free event at one of Ireland’s top luxury hotels. Works worth €8 mil...

‘I made a terrible mistake’ – Olympic silver medalist Tom Craig kicked out of athletes village after cocaine arrest

Craig faced Australian media in Paris after French prosecutors issued a statement confirming the 28-year-old Australian — an Olympic silver medalis...

Leona Maguire gets second round underway, Kate O’Connor in Heptathlon

Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow get their second round underway in the women's golf in the Olympics. Both of their medal chances look unlikely, ...

Ryan Coogan: Why people calling Donald Trump ‘weird’ is freaking Republicans out

Ex-US president has made a career out of insulting others, yet his followers have taken grave offence to Democrats finally having a go back Donald ...