
The deaths of ten people including several children in a blaze has unleashed a devastating earthquake of grief, the funeral of five of the victims has heard.

Fianna Fail is criticising the Taoiseach for his comments about the Army being on stand-by to guard banks during the financial crisis.

A man has been arrested by officers investigating the theft of €100,000 worth of livestock in West Meath.

The Irish Nurses Organisation says the emergency department in Dublin's Beaumont Hospital is severely overcrowded this evening.

With less than 12 hours before tomorrow's train strike, last ditch talks are continuing at the Workplace Relations Commission.

More than 200 jobs have been announced for Ireland today.

Teachers could lose their licence to practice if found guilty of misconduct.

A 10-year old boy who it is claimed suffered brain damage at birth in a Cork hospital has settled his action against the HSE with an interim payout of €2m.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the election will be early in the spring.

A senior Garda refused to grant an Anti-Austerity Alliance councillor a permit for house-to-house and street collections in Dublin because she believed the money would be used for illegal acts, a court has heard.

The laws to allow full civil marriage for same-sex couples have completed their journey through the Oireachtas.

A spokesperson for travellers living in South Dublin says the survivors of the Carrickmines halting site fire are happy with the location of the new emergency halting site, despite the lack of facilities.

Irish Water says 55% of households have made a payment after the second cycle of bills.

The funeral is being held in south Dublin of the five members of the Connors family, who perished in the Carrickmines fire.

A report into the death of baby Mark Molloy at Portlaoise Hospital in January 2012 has found two main care delivery issues in his death.

Gardaí in Limerick are searching for a teenage boy who has been missing for almost two weeks.

One hundred and forty new jobs are on the way to Dublin.

A report into the child detention centre at Oberstown in Dublin has found the number of times single separation was used almost doubled between October 2014 and May 2015.

The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) today announced the allocation of an additional 380 resource teacher posts to support students with special educational needs.

One lucky Cork punter has turned a €2 bet on a virtual race into a massive €13,085.42.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has defended the budget his department has been given to run the service next year.
The driver of a bus that crashed into a field in Co Waterford last night, with 29 people on board, has died.
A 23-year-old Tipperary man who had sex with an underage babysitter as he walked her home has been sentenced to four years.
The Government has announced a plan to rebuild and refurbish dozens of Garda stations around the country.
Gardaí are to prepare a file for the DPP after releasing without charge a Portuguese woman arrested at Cork Airport on Sunday on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Temporary accommodation for the families that survived the Glenamuck Road fire is to be provided at a Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council-owned car park, beside Ballyogan Works Depot.
Gardaí have arrested a man suspected of robbery after ordering him out of a taxi in Dublin, it has emerged.
The parish priest of the Connors family, five of whom perished in the Carrickmines fire, will raise the matter of prejudice against Travellers at their removal.
Gardaí investigating the murder of a man in Kildare in March have arrested six people.