Second-level schools are facing mounting pressure to introduce individual electronic devices for students due to the new senior cycle curriculum, and although schoolbooks are now free, the financial burden has shifted to families who must …
A robber with 228 previous convictions who carried out a knife-point raid at a Dublin petrol station has received a three-year and three-month prison sentence, with the final six months suspended, reports Breaking News. Dublin …
A Brazilian man convicted of murdering his former girlfriend in an apartment in Cork has been sentenced to life imprisonment and apologised to her family for ending her life. 32-yr-old Miller Pacheco, from Formiga in …
A postmistress working alone at a remote An Post office in west Clare was allegedly “violently and viciously assaulted” by two men wielding metal bars on Wednesday afternoon. At Ennis District Court this afternoon, Sergeant …
There were 9,363 children awaiting initial contact from a Child Disability Network Team (CDNT) at the end of 2025. HSE figures show that 6,035 children have been waiting more than a year for their first …
A man who forced entry into the home of a mother and her teenage daughter, then carried out sexual and physical assaults on the mother, has received a prison sentence of six and a half …
A colossal beast is awakening over the heart of America—Winter Storm Fern, the super snow storm forecasters now warn could rival historic blizzards in sheer devastation. Born from a fractured polar vortex, this icy juggernaut …
Ireland’s headlong dash to Net Zero is exacting a brutal toll on ordinary families, with electricity prices surging 12.1% at Energia—adding €205 annually to standard tariffs—and SSE Airtricity hiking 9.5% from October 2025. Average household …
Sinn Féin’s leader has criticized the high prices of new “affordable” housing, saying they are unaffordable for the majority of buyers, reports Breaking News. This statement comes as 1,000 individuals have applied for only 99 …
Ireland’s housing emergency shows no mercy entering 2026. Experts forecast national house price growth of 6-8% this year, driven by persistent scarcity—demand far outstrips supply despite modest 2025 completions. Second-hand prices rose 6.8% in 2025, …
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