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ESB raises ‘serious safety incident’ with regulator after skydivers fly through Poolbeg chimneys
ESB has raised a 'serious safety incident' with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) after three skydivers flew through the Poolbeg chimneys in Dubli...
Warning of weekend queues as ban on selling non-Deposit Return Scheme bottles and cans begins
Their advice comes as the number of people using reverse vending machines grows and the number of drinks eligible for the scheme expands.From today...
Simon Harris has ‘very open mind’ to Rwanda-style deportation of asylum seekers to third countries
The policy has been put forward by the European People’s Party (EPP), of which Simon Harris’s Fine Gael party is a member.The proposal is similar t...
Garda deployed to Belfast amid concern over ‘abuse of Common Travel Area’
A garda has been deployed to Belfast to support immigration investigations following concern about people entering the Republic illegally through N...
‘Predatory behaviour’ – Ex-judge Gerard O’Brien jailed for four years for sexual abuse of six young men while he was a secondary school teacher
latest | Gerard O’BrienA former judge has been jailed for four years for the sexual abuse of six young men while he was a secondary school teacher ...
Bodycams would have ‘greatly assisted’ gardaí investigating Dublin riot
Bodycams would have greatly assisted gardaí investigating the Dublin riot, the commissioner has said. The technology, being actively trialled in Ir...
Micah Richards ‘grappled’ with man accused of headbutting Roy Keane, court told
Scott Law, 43, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault against Mr Keane relating to an incident on September 3 last year following Ars...
Stardust ceremony will commemorate ‘horror of loss of life’ – Taoiseach
A remembrance ceremony in honour of the victims of the Stardust fire will commemorate the “absolute tragedy and the horror of the loss of life”, th...
Dublin man sentenced to 26 years in prison in Italy for murdering wife on cruise ship
BREAKING | Crew members noticed Xing Li was missing when they did a head count Daniel Belling and Xing Li pictured in 2011A Dublin man has been con...
Susan Sarandon endorses Mick Wallace and Clare Daly
Irish MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly have received Hollywood support in their bid for re-election to the European Parliament with a surprise endo...
Gardaí to begin wearing body cameras in three Dublin stations from today
Three Dublin garda stations will be among the first to use bodycams. Photo: Getty/stock imageGardaí in three Dublin stations are to start wearing b...
Three people arrested in relation to fatal assault on man in Lucan
Three people have been arrested in relation to the fatal assault of a man in Lucan, Dublin, in January. Gardaí in Crumlin are continuing to investi...
Would half of Americans really vote for a convicted felon? Here’s how Donald Trump’s guilty verdict could shape the race for the White House
If a sense of indifference is the result of no less than a criminal conviction, we’ve surely crossed a new threshold in our polarization, writes Aa...
High Court halts dismissal of Philip Nolan as director general of Science Foundation Ireland
The High Court has halted the dismissal of Prof Philip Nolan as director general of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) after hearing he has been “so ...
Man punched son in row over refusal to remove daughter’s bikini photo from Facebook
Stock image.A father who punched his son in the face during a family row over the father’s refusal to remove a photo of his teenage daughter in a b...