A motorcyclist has died following a single-vehicle crash in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, on Thursday morning. The crash occurred on the L1556 Ballinamore to Cloone road at around 8.40am, reports Breaking News. The motorcyclist, a man …
A total of 2,373 assaults against healthcare workers have been recorded so far this year, among them 23 sexual assaults. While none of the reported incidents to date has been classified as “major,” more than …
The Office of Public Works is to begin using the GPO as office space while plans to redevelop the landmark building get under way. The cost of regenerating the historic building on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, …
The Government has confirmed that new retirement age protections for employees will take effect from Monday, 29 June. Under the new legislation, qualifying workers will be entitled to stay in employment beyond their contractual retirement …
New research carried out for the children’s charity Barnardo’s has found that just over one-third of families went into arrears on their energy bills at some point over the past 12 months. The findings show …
A judge is to rule next week on potentially hundreds of thousands of euros in fines accrued by dismissed teacher Enoch Burke. The fines have arisen from breaches of court directions ordering him not to …
The number of people seeking international protection in Ireland fell by almost a third last year after reaching a record high in 2024, according to figures released by the Department of Justice. New figures provided …
The HSE has confirmed that the service was over budget by €400m at the end of May. Health Service Executive CEO Anne O’Connor told the Oireachtas Committee on Health that the organisation’s pay budget was …
An Oireachtas committee has recommended the decriminalisation of possession of all drugs for personal use. TDs and Senators on the Joint Committee on Drugs Use believe Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 …
Women’s Aid recorded an “utterly appalling” 33 per cent increase in disclosures of domestic abuse last year, but has warned these figures are just the “tip of the iceberg”. In its annual impact report launched …
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