Ireland

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  2 mins ago

  Gardaí mounting high-visibility checkpoints in Cork's burglary hot-spots

  Gardaí are mounting high-visibility checkpoints and patrols in burglary hot-spots identified in Cork.

• 35 mins ago
  

  Priest adopts retired Irish greyhound in Austrian monastery

  An Irish greyhound has forsaken a sporting career in favour of one of contemplation after being adopted by a priest in an Austrian monastery.

• 1 hour, 22 mins ago
  

  Taoiseach admits carbon taxes will rise, but not by €3,000 per household

  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said ESRI predictions that households will have to pay carbon taxes amounting to €3,000 in future years were "way off the mark", but that a regime to increase such levies was needed.

• 2 hours, 13 mins ago
  

  Stormont Assembly members paid £8.5m despite suspension

  The pay of legislators is now being cut significantly.

• 2 hours, 21 mins ago
  

  High Court grants €571k summary judgement against Lord Magan over rent arrears

  Summary judgment has been granted by the High Court for €571,000 against a British life peer who once owned and later rented one of Ireland's finest Georgian mansions.

• 2 hours, 48 mins ago
  

  Mother of toddler who was 'at death's door' in January urges policy makers to legalise medicinal cannabis

  The mother of a toddler who suffers from intractable seizures is pleading with the "invisible decision makers" in the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), to legalise medicinal cannabis as a matter of urgency.

• 3 hours, 12 mins ago
  

  Here's how to shop safely online, according to the Gardaí

  An Garda Síochána have issued some safety tips for consumers shopping online in the run-up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday.