Legal challenge stalls Bloody Sunday arrests
Detectives investigating the Bloody Sunday killings have promised not to arrest any more former soldiers until their legal challenge against...
View ArticleFailed asylum seekers being held in prison
Watchdogs have warned Ireland’s justice chiefs about endemic problems in prisons, including high levels of violence and institutions being used...
View ArticleRetired soldier guilty of killing prostitute
A former soldier has been jailed for eight years for killing a prostitute. In July, Jimmy Devaney, 67, of Monksland, Athlone,...
View ArticleMortgage limits must stay, Central Bank says
The new mortgage lending rules are working and should not be changed, the deputy governor of the Central Bank has...
View ArticleKenny ‘thinking deeply’ on abortion law
Enda Kenny raised the case of a child who has survived past his first birthday despite being born with a...
View ArticleRent control proposals led to spike in prices
The speculation about potential rent controls led to the biggest increase in rental costs in nearly ten years, a report...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage comes with waiting list
The first Irish same-sex marriages are expected to take place this week, but some couples are facing a six-month wait...
View ArticleIreland’s worst crash sentence ‘too lenient’
A man jailed over Ireland’s worst car crash is to be resentenced before Christmas after his imprisonment was ruled too lenient....
View ArticleSurly Jamie Heaslip can learn leadership lessons from Rory Best
How do you gather your thoughts after a crushing defeat and take responsibility for the reputation of the jersey you...
View ArticleAnthony Cunningham’s fury at ‘kangaroo court’ exit
Mattie Kenny, the former Galway hurling coach, is favourite to become the county’s next manager after Anthony Cunningham finally resigned...
View ArticleCurry contains double your daily quota of fat
Atypical Indian takeaway meal has twice a person’s recommended levels of fat and high amounts of salt, according to a...
View ArticleWhat does Fianna Fail stand for? Not a lot, actually
Some years ago, during the economic crisis, I gave an interview to a German journalist who had travelled to Dublin...
View ArticleRoy Keane: As long as we avoid Saipan, we’ll be fine
Ten minutes after the final whistle had sounded, 30 seconds after the lap of honour had ended, Martin O’Neill grabbed...
View ArticleKenny under fire over abortion comments
The families of babies diagnosed with fatal foetal abnormalities have said they are dismayed that the taoiseach quoted a “one...
View ArticleStormont coalition saved by powersharing deal
A deal to salvage Northern Ireland’s powersharing administration has been reached without any commitment on how to deal with the legacy...
View ArticleWe must fight corruption, say Social Democrats
Ireland does not have an effective means of tackling corruption, according to the Social Democrats. The new party has unveiled...
View Article€2.8bn for new school buildings
The government is to spend €2.8 billion on school buildings in a bid to end the use of prefabricated buildings...
View ArticleDrink-driver killer’s sentence cut to four years
A Cork man who was four times over the drink-driving limit when he crashed his BMW into a roundabout, killing a...
View ArticleIreland gives military backing to France
Ireland is poised to increase the level of intelligence it shares with France in the wake of the Paris terror...
View ArticlePersona seeks €500m in O’Brien case
The company that lost out when the state’s second mobile licence was awarded to a consortium led by Denis O’Brien...
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