Ireland

• 5 hours, 14 minutes ago

  

  No winner of bumper Lotto jackpot

  There was no winner of tonight's lotto jackpot worth €10m.

• 7 hours, 20 minutes ago

  

  Woman airlifted to Beaumont after fall at Killiney quarry

  A 33 year old woman has been airlifted by helicopter to Beaumont Hospital this afternoon after falling at the quarry in Killiney in Dublin.

• 8 hours, 48 minutes ago

  

  Nothing to separate FF and FG in latest support poll

  Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are neck-and-neck in political support for the first time since 2008.

• 8 hours, 56 minutes ago

  

  Body of man recovered off Courtown Harbour

  Gardaí say they are treating it as a "tragic incident."

• 10 hours, 22 minutes ago » latest

  

  One hundred turn out for Croke Park 2 'no' vote rally

  Around 100 members of unions against further cuts to pay in the public service turned out for the 'No to Croke Park 2' rally in Dublin today.

• 15 hours, 14 minutes ago

  

  PSNI investigate partial explosion of viable pipe bomb

  In Belfast, the PSNI are investigating the circumstances surrounding a viable pipe bomb that partially exploded on a residential street yesterday.

• 15 hours, 16 minutes ago

  

  Man arrested after woman claims she was falsely imprisoned in Dublin hotel

  A man has been arrested for allegedly holding a woman against her will in Dublin last week.

• 16 hours, 1 minute ago

  

  Survey reveals parents pay €15k to child minders

  According to a new survey parents are paying as much as €15,000 a year to child minders.

• 17 hours, 21 minutes ago

  

  ISPCC to highlight day of remembrance for missing children

  A day of remembrance and solidarity for missing children across the world will take place today with events being held here in Ireland

• 17 hours, 51 minutes ago

  

  Protests against property tax to continue ahead of deadline

  A series of car cavalcades and rallies are taking place in Dublin and around the country this weekend in protest against the property tax.

• 18 hours, 3 minutes ago

  

  Breakthrough technology for children with autism showcased in Westmeath

  An information day on new learning software for children with autism will take place in Westmeath today.

• 18 hours, 33 minutes ago

  

  Man in custody after €1.7m drugs seizure in Dublin

  A man remains in Garda custody this morning in connection with a €1.7m drugs haul on Dublin's northside.

• 18 hours, 33 minutes ago

  

  ASTI and TUI not satisfied with Haddington deal

  Two of the country's largest teachers' unions said that they do not believe the new public sector pay deal is enough of an improvement on Croke Park II.

• 1 day, 7 hours, 10 minutes ago

  

  Man held following €1.7m drugs haul

  A man has been arrested in Dublin after a major drugs haul worth €1.7m.

• 1 day, 9 hours, 4 minutes ago

  

  McGrath not satisfied with Shatter's response

  Independent TD Mattie McGrath is still questioning whether the Minister for Justice was stopped at a Garda checkpoint in 2011.

• 1 day, 9 hours, 54 minutes ago

  

  Kenny blasts 'political opportunism' amid Shatter controversy

  The Taoiseach has pledged his support for the Justice Minister.

• 1 day, 10 hours, 34 minutes ago

  

  Less than five days to pay property tax

  Members of the public have less than five days to pay the local property tax

• 1 day, 10 hours, 46 minutes ago

  

  Three charged in connection with Dublin burglaries

  Three men are due in court this afternoon, in connection with a series of burglaries around Dublin, in areas like Blackrock and Dun Laoghaire.

• 1 day, 11 hours, 24 minutes ago

  

  BBC sorry for question time gaffe

  The BBC has apologised for a Question Time production gaffe that saw a Stormont minister labelled as being a member of “Sinn Fein/IRA”.

• 1 day, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago

  

  Varadkar: Teachers can strike if they want but cuts will be introduced July 1

  The Transport Minister said that teachers will have to face legislated pay cuts, if they do not accept the Haddington Road Agreement.

• 1 day, 12 hours, 33 minutes ago

  

  SIPTU workers call off waste water plant strike in Dublin

  A strike at a waste water plant that treats water for a quarter of a million people in Dublin and Wicklow has been called off.

• 1 day, 13 hours, 47 minutes ago

  

  Fitzgerald urged to publish all crèche inspection reports

  Fianna Fáil is calling on the Children's Minister to direct the HSE to publish all crèche inspection reports as a matter of urgency.

• 1 day, 14 hours, 6 minutes ago

  

  Fianna Fáil table motion of no confidence in the Justice Minister

  Fianna Fáil is to table a motion of no confidence in the Justice Minister in the Dáil next week.

• 1 day, 14 hours, 47 minutes ago

  

  MEP urges Coveney to access EU funds to ease fodder crisis

  An Independent MEP said the Minister for Agriculture should access special EU funds to help farmers affected by the fodder crisis.

• 1 day, 15 hours, 1 minute ago

  

  Varadkar: those with access to garda records must respect confidentiality

  The Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has said that anyone with access to garda records needs to respect confidentiality and keep them private.

• 1 day, 15 hours, 2 minutes ago

  

  Bray garda faces trial for allegedly forging a letter from DPP

  A garda based in Bray, Co Wicklow is facing trial for allegedly forging a letter from the Office of the DPP.

• 1 day, 15 hours, 15 minutes ago

  

  PAC chairman suggests civil servants are leaking information

  The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has suggested that civil servants may be leaking information to the media.

• 1 day, 15 hours, 58 minutes ago

  

  Hayes: Shatter has 'done a very good job' answering questions

  The junior Finance Minister said the Justice Minister has answered questions about why he failed a breathalyser test at a Garda checkpoint on his way home from the Dáil, but if there are further questions about the incident, he will answer them.

• 1 day, 15 hours, 58 minutes ago

  

  Taoiseach criticises commentary on Ireland's corporate tax rate

  The Taoiseach has criticised much of the commentary around Ireland's corporate tax rate.

• 1 day, 16 hours, 17 minutes ago

  

  CSO reveals 85% rise in price of potatoes in just over a year

  The weather is being blamed for the rising cost of potatoes.

• 1 day, 16 hours, 37 minutes ago

  

  US child beauty pageant 'not telling parents to tan their kids'

  One of America's most controversial child beauty pageants is promising the parents of would-be Irish contestants that they do not have to put fake eyelashes and tan on their children.

• 1 day, 16 hours, 58 minutes ago

  

  RBS and Ulster Bank apps hit by technical glitch

  Ulster Bank and RBS were today scrambling to fix another embarrassing IT glitch that left customers using their popular mobile app unable to access their accounts online.

• 1 day, 17 hours, 23 minutes ago

  

  Meath granny helps in getting men locked up during break-in

  Three men have been arrested and charged after a quick-thinking grandmother locked up thieves as they tried to break into her property.

• 1 day, 17 hours, 43 minutes ago

  SF lodges complaint against BBC over SF/IRA label

  Sinn Féin has lodged a formal complaint with the BBC after the party's Education Minister in Northern Ireland John O'Dowd was designated a spokesman for SF/IRA during an appearance on Question Time last night.

• 1 day, 18 hours, 5 minutes ago

  

  Bruton hails jobs boost for indigenous firms

  More than 100 jobs are to be created over the next three years at three Irish firms in Galway and Dublin.

• 1 day, 18 hours, 33 minutes ago » latest

  

  Hayes: Negotiations have 'concluded' on Haddington Road deal

  The junior Finance Minister Brian Hayes has said unions that do not accept the Haddington Road agreement will not avail of the terms of the deal when the Government enacts the legislation this summer.

• 1 day, 18 hours, 57 minutes ago

  

  Shatter to face Dáil grilling on incomplete breathalyser test

  The Minister for Justice Alan Shatter will face further questions today over his failure to complete a breathalyser test.

• 1 day, 19 hours, 14 minutes ago

  

  Wexford Gardaí release woman in Dublin burglaries probe

  Gardaí investigating a series of burglaries in Dublin have released without charge a woman in her thirties, whom they questioned in connection with the robberies.

• 1 day, 19 hours, 19 minutes ago

  Transatlantic deal to benefit Marine Institute in Galway

  The Marine Institute in Galway looks set to become one of the leading oceanic research centres in the world after today.

• 1 day, 19 hours, 26 minutes ago

  

  Elderly man dies after car collides with truck in Tipperary

  A man in his early 80s has died in a road crash in Co. Tipperary.