Ireland

• 3 hours, 38 mins ago

  HSE's Covid-19 tracing app passes 1m downloads

  Ireland’s Covid-19 tracker smartphone application Ireland’s Covid-19 tracker smartphone application is closing in on one million downloads in less than 48 hours, although the latest figures from the HSE appear to show the overall total in decline.

• 44 mins agolatest

  Stormont to consider report that UK travellers pose greatest Covid-19 risk

  Stormont ministers are to consider a report warning that travellers from the rest of the UK present the greatest risk of bringing Covid-19 into Northern Ireland.

• 2 hours, 12 mins agolatest

  The Lotto results are in...

  After the jackpot was won last Wednesday, the jackpot will roll over ahead of the weekend's draw.

• 2 hours, 36 mins agolatest

  Firearm discovered in Co Laois wasteland

  A jar of cocaine and a pistol have been dug up in waste ground on the outskirts of Portarlington, Co Laois.

• 2 hours, 52 mins agolatest

  Ex-NI Secretary will ‘hound’ the British Government over payments to victims of the Troubles

  Lord Hain said failure to implement the Northern Ireland victims payment scheme was a ‘savage denial’ of the rights of those injured

• 3 hours, 31 mins agolatest

  Fourth arrest made in William Maughan and Anastasija Varsavlanne murder probe

  A fourth arrest has been made in the investigation into the murders of a Co Meath couple five years ago.

• 3 hours, 51 mins agolatest

  If you have Covid symptoms, don't adopt 'wait-and-see' approach - get tested, health officials urge

  Health officials are urging anybody who has coronavirus symptoms to get tested for the virus.

• 3 hours, 58 mins agolatest

  Dana defamation case against INM struck out

  A defamation and malicious falsehood action against Independent News and Media plc (INM) by Dana Rosemary Scallon has been struck out by the High Court.

• 4 hours, 22 mins ago

  Distillery co-founder bids to prevent dismissal

  A co-founder and the managing director of the well-known Listoke Distillery in Co Louth is seeking an order preventing her dismissal from the company.

• 4 hours, 41 mins ago

  Trio accused of robbing phone and wallet during violent attack in Cork City

  Three men were arrested and charged with robbing a young man of a phone and wallet in a violent attack on Pouladuff Rd, Cork City, last December.

• 4 hours, 46 mins ago

  Pistol and canister of petrol found in front of car, court hears

  A loaded pistol was found on the floor in the front of an Audi car in the early hours of the morning, together with a canister of petrol.

• 4 hours, 55 mins agolatest

  Skin foundation appeals for access to eczema drug

  RTÉ radio presenter Paul Herriott does not look like someone who has struggled to bring his eczema under control.

• 5 hours, 0 mins ago

  Covid-19: Banks 'very unlikely' to relieve mortgage holders

  Irish banks are “very unlikely” to relieve up to 140,000 mortgage and business customers on payment breaks of interest charges on their loans, despite controversy over the practice.

• 5 hours, 16 mins ago

  Dubliner wins €1m jackpot in Daily Millions draw

  People who bought their tickets in the capital are being asked to double-check their numbers to see if they are the lucky winner.

• 5 hours, 19 mins ago

  Department of Education challenged over decision not to sanction Gaelcoláiste

  A challenge over a Department of Education decision not to sanction a Gaelcoláiste on a State-owned site in Dublin's Harold's Cross for the 2020/2021 academic year has opened before the High Court.

• 5 hours, 49 mins ago

  Man jailed for racist abuse of garda in Cork City

  A member of An Garda Síochána was racially abused by a man who has been jailed for two months for the outburst.

• 5 hours, 52 mins ago

  Coronavirus: No new deaths in Ireland, officials announce

  The announcement came from the National Public Health Emergency Team as they announced 11 new cases.

• 6 hours, 24 mins ago

  Some ICU nurses struggling to get holiday leave amid claims one nurse is quitting over the issue

  Exhausted nurses are being refused holiday leave due to understaffing, with intensive care nurses who battled through the Covid-19 outbreak particularly impacted.

• 6 hours, 30 mins ago

  Man who lodged €155k from UCC into his own account receives suspended sentence

  A man who lodged over €155,000 of a university's money into his own bank account has received a fully suspended sentence.

• 6 hours, 34 mins agolatest

  Mother accused of murdering her three children will face trial in Central Criminal Court

  The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has formally directed that a mother accused of murdering her three young children at their home in Dublin will face Central Criminal Court trial.

• 6 hours, 34 mins agolatest

  Road victims group says Cowen has more questions to answer

  Road traffic victims groups say the Taoiseach should instruct Barry Cowen to give full details of his driving history.

• 6 hours, 54 mins ago

  Judge says he will not trawl over 15 years of events in contempt-of-court case

  A High Court judge has warned a businessman facing a contempt of court application he will not trawl over the events of the last 15 years when the case goes to hearing in three weeks.

• 7 hours, 4 mins ago

  Coronavirus: Sinn Féin accuses banks of ‘profiteering from pandemic’

  Pearse Doherty TD was commenting on banks charging interest accrued on mortgage payment breaks during the Covid-19 outbreak.

• 7 hours, 15 mins agolatest

  Brothers who died in tragic diving accident to be buried tomorrow

  Two brothers who died in a diving accident in Co Tipperary are to be laid to rest tomorrow.

• 7 hours, 16 mins ago

  Visa change strands American couple in Cork for four months

  A two-week holiday in Ireland has become a four-month stay for an American couple due to US Covid-19 travel restrictions.

• 7 hours, 36 mins agolatest

  No summer weather on the horizon just yet, says Met Éireann

  A wet week will give way to a warm pleasant weekend but, as far as the summer goes, it is nothing to write home about, says Met Eireann.

• 7 hours, 38 mins agolatest

  Hosepipe ban to be lifted this evening, Irish Water confirms

  Irish Water says it is lifting the water conservation order following recent heavy rainfall and improving river and groundwater conditions.

• 8 hours, 0 mins ago

  Dublin man who raped and abused his young daughter is jailed for 10 years

  A man who raped and abused his young daughter has been jailed for ten years.

• 8 hours, 23 mins agolatest

  Greens 'missed an opportunity' to promote women to prominent cabinet roles, Catherine Martin says

  Catherine Martin has said her party "missed an opportunity" to promote women and heal divisions when appointing ministers.

• 8 hours, 26 mins ago

  Ireland could face European Court of Justice over lack of environmental checks on peat extraction

  The Commission said that under an EU directive from 2011, member states are required to carry out an assessment of the environmental impacts of projects likely to have a significant negative impact on the environment, which included peat extraction.

• 8 hours, 36 mins ago

  No new Covid-19 deaths recorded in Northern Ireland

  Four more cases of coronavirus were confirmed.

• 8 hours, 57 mins agolatest

  Dundrum village to bring in cyclist-friendly one-way traffic system

  The move by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council will also create more space for pedestrians.

• 9 hours, 12 mins ago

  Wealthier people have more confidence in gardaí to tackle crime

  Wealthier people have more confidence in An Garda Síochána’s ability to tackle crime than those living in poorer areas.

• 9 hours, 35 mins ago

  UCC welcomes supreme court ruling on 2009 flooding

  The Supreme Court found the ESB was guilty of negligence concerning extensive flood damage to buildings on the campus of UCC.

• 9 hours, 36 mins ago

  Three arrested after 200 teens turn up to house party that went viral

  A 17-year-old girl posted on social media she was inviting friends to her house in Leixlip.

• 9 hours, 36 mins agolatest

  Debenhams should 'do the right thing' and pay agreed redundancy, Taoiseach says

  In March, the department store announced that it intended to liquidate all operations in Ireland due to the financial impact of Covid-19.

• 9 hours, 42 mins agolatest

  No prosecutions following probe into 1988 murder of German backpacker in Northern Ireland

  Inga Maria Hauser, 18, disappeared shortly after arriving in Northern Ireland via a ferry from Scotland in April 1988.

• 9 hours, 42 mins ago

  'No repeat' of Dublin crowds at Kerry bars, say gardaí

  Gardaí carried out hundreds of checks on restaurants, bars, and hotels in Kerry's major tourist towns and, despite large numbers out and about, found “nothing like the scenes recorded in Dublin”.

• 10 hours, 1 mins agolatest

  Sinn Féin labels government housing plans 'lame' with health and housing back on the agenda

  The two main issues from February's general election are back on the agenda as Taoiseach Micheál Martin faced questions on health and housing in Wednesday's Dáil debates.

• 10 hours, 7 mins agolatest

  Indian restaurant in Dublin forced to close after cockroaches found in kitchen

  Dera on Parnell Street was ordered to shut in June after live and dead cockroaches were found beneath a fridge.

• 10 hours, 12 mins ago

  Housing charity claims illegal evictions ongoing during Covid-19 outbreak

  'A small number' of landlords have been trying to carry out illegal evictions of tenants during the Covid-19 outbreak, according to Threshold.

• 10 hours, 41 mins ago

  Less than 60% of people entering country answering quarantine check calls

  The figures relate to both Dublin and Cork Airports and Dublin and Rosslare Ports for the month of June.

• 10 hours, 42 mins ago

  Private bus operators call for €32m support package to address Covid-19 fall-out

  The Coach Tourism and Transport Council said the funds are needed to help them deal with the "profound impact" of the Covid-19 pandemic

• 11 hours, 3 mins ago

  Less than half of people in Ireland have confidence in justice system

  Feelings of confidence were highest among people aged 18 to 29, with the age group 45-59 years having the lowest levels of confidence.

• 11 hours, 17 mins agolatest

  Louth residents terrified by rats 'size of shovels' in housing estate infestation

  The residents of Tredagh View in Drogheda have caught up to 100 rats in their estate since February and are afraid to let their children - as young as three years of age - out to play in their front gardens over where the vermin brazenly run.

• 11 hours, 26 mins ago

  'Well known' that viruses can travel and spread through the air, says professor

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has acknowledged evidence that coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.

• 11 hours, 26 mins ago

  ESB may face huge damages bill as Supreme Court finds it negligent over 2009 UCC flooding

  UCC's action over the damage is among about 400 sets of proceedings initiated against the ESB arising from the flooding.

• 11 hours, 51 mins ago

  Gardaí investigating murder of William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavanne arrest three

  William and Anastasija were reported missing from Laytown, Co Meath in April 2015.

• 11 hours, 56 mins agolatest

  Barry Cowen ‘never sat his driving test’ before drink-driving ban in 2016

  Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen read a statement in the Dail on Tuesday night apologising for his ‘grave error’.

• 11 hours, 57 mins ago

  Students’ lack of interest among main teaching barriers during lockdown – survey

  The survey of second-level teachers explored teaching and learning during the period of school closures following the outbreak of Covid-19.

• 12 hours, 8 mins ago

  Wage subsidy scheme will be 'amended and extended' by Government

  Nearly 400,000 people are availing of the wage subsidy scheme, which is due to end in late August.

• 12 hours, 56 mins agolatest

  Four men arrested following seizure of cannabis worth €40k in Cork

  Four people have been arrested after separate searches in Cork City yesterday uncovered drugs worth more than €40,000.

• 12 hours, 57 mins ago

  McDonald's breakfast menu returns to 80 outlets

  The fast-food chain also announced that seven more of its Irish outlets will be reintroducing walk-in takeaway services.

• 13 hours, 26 mins ago

  Confusion among gardaí on how to enforce laws around alcohol amid Covid-19

  94% of AGSI members say they have had difficulty enforcing coronavirus laws as restrictions have been eased.

• 13 hours, 37 mins ago

  HSE chief expects a million downloads of Covid-19 tracker app in first 24 hours

  Paul Reid has hailed the ‘most successful launch of this app anywhere in world’.

• 13 hours, 41 mins ago

  Eamon Ryan missed opportunity to promote women and unite the party, says Catherine Martin

  The appointment of three men as Ministers of State was the prerogative of Eamon Ryan as leader, Ms Martin told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.

• 15 hours, 26 mins agolatest

  Over half of hospital admissions due to eating disorders last year related to children

  More than 240 people had inpatient admissions in acute hospitals due to eating disorders last year.

• 15 hours, 56 mins agolatest

  Inquiry into IBRC could end up costing over €30m

  The Commission of Investigation into Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) has cost almost €8 million so far.

• 16 hours, 16 mins ago

  Gardaí seek relatives or friends of man found dead after going missing in 2011

  Gardaí are looking to speak to friends or relatives of a man who was found dead after he was missing for nine years.

• 16 hours, 56 mins ago

  Privacy concern over Covid tracing system

  Privacy concerns have been raised over the HSE’s new Covid tracker smartphone app after it emerged that GPS location services are a prerequisite in order for the application to function on a large percentage of phones.