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Election results complete after days of counting

A days-long marathon election count has come to a close with the election of three MEPs in the final constituency to declare. Fianna Fáil has doubl...

Conor McGregor versus Michael Chandler fight called off only two weeks before it was due to happen at UFC 303

breaking | Conor McGregor last March in New York City. Photo: GettyConor McGregor will not fight in UFC 303 due to an injury, UFC chief executive o...

Regulator approves higher charge on domestic gas bills

The energy regulator, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU), has approved a tariff increase of between €33 and €60 a year to bills, ...

Family of woman who died almost two years after failing to wake up from surgery settle action

The family of a 45-year-old Cork woman who never woke up after routine surgery at Cork University Hospital has settled a High Court action over her...

Family of Kilkenny man who had heart attack and brain stroke on holiday ‘are holding out hope’ for his recovery

A Go Fund Me page has been set up to raise money to bring Michael home Michael Wall. Photo: Go Fund MeA Kilkenny man who collapsed while on holiday...

UHL apologises as family settle case over father’s death

A Limerick family’s legal battle over the death of their father has finally come to an end, with University Hospital Limerick (UHL) apologising unr...

European Elections 2024: ‘No secret Sinn Féin didn’t have a good election’ – Chris MacManus loses MEP seat with party’s hopes still pinned on Gildernew

European Parliament counts continue in Ireland South and Midlands-North West as just five Irish seats are filled so farDramatic change of events in...

Annual inflation holds steady at 2.6%

The annual rate of inflation remained steady at 2.6 per cent in the year to May, the same level noted in April. Figures from the Central Statistics...

Teenager arrested at Shannon Airport after woman assaulted on flight to Tenerife

Gardaí at Shannon Airport arrested a man in his late teens after a woman was assaulted on board an aircraft on Wednesday evening. We've summ...

Happy Days star Henry Winkler thanks Dublin firefighters after blaze at Shelbourne Hotel

Happy Days star Henry Winkler has thanked Dublin firefighters following a blaze at his five-star hotel. The 78-year-old American actor, known for p...

Munster v Glasgow Warriors URC semi-final: ‘If you don’t bring a bit of niggle to it, you’re dead’ – Nigel Carolan, the Galwegian plotting Munster’s downfall

Glasgow Warriors’ assistant coach Nigel Carolan. Photo: Brendan Moran/SportsfileAt the end of his first season with Glasgow Warriors, Nigel Carolan...

Woman (40s) arrested after drugs worth €410,000 seized in Tallaght

A woman has been arrested following the discovery of €410,000 worth of controlled drugs in Dublin. Gardaí carried out a search at a house in Tallag...

Nigel Carolan: I needed to move from Connacht and test myself

Glasgow Warriors’ assistant coach Nigel Carolan. Photo: Brendan Moran/SportsfileAt the end of his first season with Glasgow Warriors, Nigel Carolan...

Man charged with criminal damage after fire at St Michan’s Church in Dublin

A part-time security guard has been accused of criminal damage after a fire destroyed 'priceless' and 'irreplaceable' ancient mummies in the crypt ...

‘I’m thinking of divorcing my husband of 50 years because he won’t leave our youngest son anything in his will’

Our eldest son is getting the farm and the house – but the younger son lives with us and I don’t want him to end up homeless. If I got divorced may...