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55 mins agoGardaí following definite line of inquiry after fatal Dublin stabbing
Gardaí are hoping that CCTV footage, forensic tests on a knife and eye-witness accounts will progress their investigation into the fatal stabbing of a father-of-two.
5 mins agolatestFianna Fáil criticise Sinn Féin for refusing to take Westminster seats for Brexit votes
Fianna Fáil has criticised Sinn Féin for refusing to take its Westminster seats for crucial Brexit votes.
8 mins agolatestDUP leader backs Nuala O’Loan’s call for return of NI Assembly
Her call comes just days before abortion is due to be decriminalised in Northern Ireland
11 mins agolatestHigh Court judge makes orders requiring residents to vacate three central Dublin properties
A High Court Judge has said he has "no option" other than to make orders that three Dublin properties he described as "firetraps" be vacated over fire safety concerns.
29 mins ago'I am not saying she was asking for it but she knew what she was doing,' defence lawyer tells Cork rape trial
The prosecution lawyer in a rape trial asked the jury if they thought that a woman who was beaten by four people and videotaped by a fifth person would then willingly have consensual sex with another young man.
36 mins agolatest'Concerning' cannabis use causing 'escalating' health problems
Escalating cannabis-related health problems among young people has coincided with the arrival of a more potent form of the illegal drug, medical experts have shown.
48 mins agolatestGarda whistleblower alleges he was being pushed out of the force by management, Disclosures Tribunal told
The Disclosures Tribunal has heard that a Garda, who was Noirín O'Sullivan's first whistleblower as commissioner, was allegedly being pushed out of the force by management.
58 mins agoMan gets four months for 'nasty' assault with hammer that left cousin with head and arm injuries
A "nasty" assault with a hammer has resulted in a young man being jailed for four months.
1 hour, 13 mins agoWoman who sued school over ball game accident 13 years ago loses case
A 22-year-old woman who tumbled over a bench fracturing her arm as she played a ball game when a schoolgirl has lost her High Court action for damages.
1 hour, 21 mins agoGlaxosmithkline tells court there is no link between swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy
Pharmaceutical company Glaxosmithkline, which supplied the Pandemrix vaccine during the threatened swine flu pandemic, has told the High Court no causal link has been established between the vaccine and the sleep disorder narcolepsy.
1 hour, 23 mins agoVaradkar still prefers May 2020 for election date
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said his preference is still to hold a general election next spring despite pressure mounting to go to the polls as a successful Brexit deal looms.
Frozen II among the standout events for this year's Cork Film Festival
A screening of the long-awaited Frozen sequel is among the standout events of this year's Cork Film Festival.
1 hour, 36 mins agoMan who told ex-partner 'I'm not afraid to kill you' during attack in front of children, gets 16 months
A father-of-five who beat up his ex-partner and threatened to kill her while his children hid in a room and called 999 has been jailed for 16 months.
1 hour, 37 mins agoVaradkar 'unclear' whether Brexit negotiations can be concluded in time for EU summit
Leo Varadkar says it's still unclear if a Brexit deal can be achieved this week.
1 hour, 55 mins agoHigh Court judge asks for second medical visitor to assess elderly woman removed from 'squalid' home
A further assessment has been ordered of the decision making capacity of an elderly woman who was taken to hospital under High Court orders last month due to concerns about "extreme self-neglect" in a "squalid" home.
2 hours, 10 mins agolatestNearly 16,000 patients removed from waiting lists after validation process
The NTPF doesn't record the reasons why, but the Irish Patients Association says the audit suggests some patients may have got sicker and have presented to an emergency department instead.
2 hours, 10 mins ago16-year-old mugged three people in 20 mins to fund €50-a-day cannabis habit
The boy was also convicted of assault causing harm after he punched and then beat a youth centre worker with a stick. It happened after he was told to get out of a centre in Crumlin in August last year.
2 hours, 24 mins agolatestLeinster House advertising Oireachtas superintendent vacancy
Leinster House is looking to fill the top job of superintendent of the Oireachtas.
2 hours, 34 mins agolatestTaoiseach to raise outcome of citizenship case with Boris Johnson
Leo Varadkar said citizenship laws are out of step with the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement that allows people to identify as British or Irish.
2 hours, 42 mins agolatestNew mothers ‘suffering in silence’ over health problems
The School of Nursing and Midwifery has launched an online resource to help mothers in need of support.
2 hours, 45 mins agolatestGovernment will do 'anything reasonable within its power' to secure Bessborough services and jobs
The Taoiseach says the government will do "anything reasonable within its power" to secure the family support services and jobs at the Bessborough family centre in Cork which is facing closure within months.
2 hours, 46 mins agoMan who had nearly 10,000 indecent images and videos of children gets 30 months in prison
A man who was in possession of almost 10,000 images and videos of child pornography has been jailed for 30 months.
2 hours, 49 mins agoBrexit a 'rallying cry' for dissident republicans, says senior PSNI officer
Brexit provides dissident republicans with a “rallying cry” in their bid to perpetuate the severe threat they pose to security services in the North, a senior PSNI officer has said.
2 hours, 58 mins agolatestTaoiseach: Cork man's death 'demonstrates how complex the problem of homelessness often is'
The tragic case of Timmy Hourihane, the homeless man who was beaten to death in Cork at the weekend, demonstrates the complexity of the homelessness crisis, the Taoiseach said.
2 hours, 59 mins agolatestHSA finds no evidence of bullying after park ranger took own life in workplace
The sister of a man who made allegations of workplace bullying before taking his own life said she would like to see safety measures in place for council staff.
3 hours, 4 mins agolatestNenagh RehabCare Centre required 'stronger safeguarding measures'
A centre for people with disabilities in Tipperary had to take immediate action to address serious safeguarding issues after an unannounced inspection by the State's health services watchdog.
3 hours, 9 mins agoWhistleblower denies 'rounding up people' to make complaints against garda, tribunal hears
A Garda whistleblower has told the Disclosues Tribunal that he was not “rounding” people up to make complaints against a garda he alleged was colluding with a drug-dealer.
3 hours, 44 mins agoJail for man who attacked woman and her two children during attempted carjacking after fleeing accident
Swiatoslaw Jaroszynski (aged 34) was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder at the time after he was the victim of an armed robbery in the shop where he worked.
3 hours, 55 mins agolatestCork event centre developer told to pay or enter agreement with council over €2.3m contribution
The developer of the €80m Cork event centre has been told to either pay, or enter into an agreement with Cork City Council in relation to a contribution of just over €2.3m in development charges for the project.
3 hours, 55 mins agoBoy awarded €18k after saw falls on his foot in woodwork class
A 14-year-old boy who fractured his foot after a saw fell on it while he was attending a woodwork class at school has been awarded damages of €18,000 in the Circuit Civil court.
4 hours, 6 mins agoNI farmers face bankruptcy in no-deal Brexit, MPs warned
Westminster Brexit committee also heard from a senior police officer who warned of a potential upsurge in dissident republican violence after Brexit.
4 hours, 7 mins agoWoman tells rape trial she was too drunk to be able to consent to sex
An alleged rape victim has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that she was “blind drunk” when two men had sex with her.
4 hours, 31 mins agolatestGovernment’s eyes glaze over at mention of Traveller mental health, senator says
Senator Joan Freeman is a dedicated mental health campaigner.
4 hours, 36 mins agoThree years more jail time for man 'caught with 300 times the drugs required for minimum sentence'
Stephen Sarsfield (aged 39), of New Street Gardens, Dublin 8, pleaded guilty to possessing €4,170,932 of cannabis and heroin for sale or supply at an address on Ballyfermot Drive, on July 17, 2017.
4 hours, 56 mins agolatestIreland protects privacy of citizens more than any other developed nation
Ireland protects the privacy of its citizens more than any other developed nation, a new study shows.
5 hours, 5 mins agolatestUpdate: Commission agreed with Sotheby's to sell Irish art works 'considerably below EU tender level', say RTÉ
One of Ireland’s leading art auctioneers has claimed that RTÉ has broken public procurement policy by awarding the sale of five art works to UK company Sotheby’s.
5 hours, 17 mins agolatestBill proposes to limit speed of e-scooters and restrict them to cycle lanes
E-scooters will be limited to speeds of 25km per hour under new proposals.
5 hours, 27 mins agolatestGardaí investigating armed robbery where suspect escaped on bike make an arrest
A man in his 30s has been arrested following an armed robbery in Limerick city, where a bicycle was used to escape.
5 hours, 39 mins agoLabour: Varadkar will run from domestic agenda if Brexit deal agreed and election called
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will “run as far away as possible from a domestic agenda” if a Brexit deal is agreed and he calls a snap general election.
5 hours, 46 mins agolatestGardaí appeal for witnesses as father-of-two, 31, dies following Dublin stabbing
A man in his 30s has died following a stabbing incident in Dublin.
5 hours, 57 mins agoNumber 10 declines to acknowledge midnight deadline over Brexit deal legal text
Negotiators have stepped up efforts to work out a way to break the Brexit deadlock.
6 hours, 12 mins agoCourt of Appeal increases prison sentence of man who raped his wife despite her appeal for clemency
The Court of Appeal has increased the prison sentence of a man who raped his wife at their home in Dublin in 2015.
6 hours, 28 mins agoFive arrested as part of an investigation into insurance fraud
Three men - aged in their 40s, 20s & late teens - and two women - aged in their 40s & late 60s - were arrested today.
6 hours, 43 mins agoFamily of man killed in Cork city tented village 'are naturally devastated'
The family of a homeless man killed in Cork city have issued a statement via the gardaí they "are naturally devastated".
6 hours, 48 mins agoNext 24 hours will make or break Brexit deal, warns Coveney
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has warned the next 24 hours will make or break any hopes of a Brexit deal by this Thursday's EU summit as fears continue to grow that an agreement will fail to be reached this week.
7 hours, 7 mins agoArrest warrant issued for man who told judge 'I want €1m to come back into this court'
A Judge has issued an arrest warrant for a man who demanded €1m to come back into court.
7 hours, 20 mins agolatestGardaí seek help locating girl, 17, missing from Navan
Gardaí are seeking help from the public in locating a missing 17-year-old girl.
7 hours, 45 mins agolatestIrish Olympian urges caution after being robbed of €2,000 in car scam
An Irish world record breaker has urged caution to car buyers after he was robbed of €2,000 in a scam in Dublin recently.
7 hours, 54 mins agoGardaí locate body of man missing from Cork
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8 hours, 8 mins ago587 patients waiting for beds in hospitals
The number is up significantly on Monday's figure, when 472 patients were waiting for beds.
8 hours, 47 mins agolatestNew Bill aims to stop gangs from using children to deal drugs
Fianna Fáil wants to introduce new laws to help protect young people.
9 hours, 29 mins agoBoris Johnson set to table fresh plans to secure Brexit deal
British prime minister Boris Johnson is set to table fresh plans to secure a Brexit deal with fears mounting that an agreement will be impossible by this week's EU summit.
9 hours, 47 mins agoBarnier tells Britain to 'turn good intentions into a legal text'
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has told Britain that it is time to "turn good intentions into a legal text" deal with just two days to go before the crunch EU summit in Brussels.
10 hours, 9 mins agoDemand for ADHD services doubles in two years
ADHD Ireland says 125 adults sought its help in 2017, that increased to 274 this year.
10 hours, 56 mins agolatestOne northbound lane of M8 reopens following surface flooding
The head of network operations at Transport Infrastructure Ireland has said that one of the northbound lanes of the M8 has reopened this morning which is “adequate for capacity.”
11 hours, 0 mins agolatestNo election until May 2020, government advisers are told
Top government advisers have been warned to dampen down talk of a November general election.
11 hours, 2 mins agoMan killed in Cork city tented village had keys to apartment but never used them
Tragic Timmy Hourihane had a long history of engagement with homeless agencies in recent years and was granted tenancy in a supported social housing unit three years ago.
11 hours, 30 mins agoCouncillors who bowed out at May's local elections to receive retirement gratuities
17 of them will get at least €70,000 each.
11 hours, 49 mins agoHomeless people in Cork living in fear after killing at tented village
Homeless people feel the streets of Cork are not safe, according to frontline workers speaking in the aftermath of the fatal assault on Timothy Hourihane.
11 hours, 51 mins agolatestBrexit deal can be negotiated in time for EU summit, insists Government
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said a ‘great deal’ of progress has been made and negotiators are working ‘very intensively’.
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The counties included in the warning include all of Munster and Connacht, as well as Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Wexford, Offaly and Westmeath.
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A homeless chef who was killed on the streets of Cork said in a moving radio interview last winter that he felt unsafe on the streets and had been hospitalised three times following assaults on his person.
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‘Dangerous element’ moved into Cork tented village in weeks before man was killed
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Two men are awaiting surgery after falling off a truck in Enniskerry in Wicklow over the weekend.
Teenager's €60k injury claim dismissed after Facebook posts show him 'somersaulting off bridges' weeks after accident
A teenager, who was “influenced into going down the path of taking a fraudulent injury claim,” had publicly divulged on Facebook posts pictures that suggested he had no apparent injuries at all, a judge has been told.
Judge tells 21-year-old convicted of fatal stabbing 'he should have listened to his mother'
A 21-year-old who stabbed another man to death should have listened to his mother and stayed at home, a judge at the Central Criminal Court said today.
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