Bid for Dáil speaking rights by Government-supporting Independents ‘having your cake and eating it’
Backlash after Michael Lowry proposes that he and other Independents supporting next Coalition sit on Opposition benches ...
Over 100 people use supervised Merchants Quay Ireland drug-injection facility within first month
Chief executive Eddie Mullins says opening marks ‘momentous shift in policy in how we treat some of our most marginalised and ...
Ireland’s Jewish and Palestinian communities call for urgency in implementing Gaza ceasefire
Israeli cabinet’s delay in voting on the proposed deal which is due to begin on Sunday sparks concerns that it may unravel ...
Lack of long-term master plan for energy sector, Ibec CEO claims
Ireland lacks an energy master plan for the coming decades, including a detailed outline of “what a net-zero economy looks ...
Small Potatoes – Frank McNally on A History of Ireland in 100 diminutives
14 Latchiko (origin obscure but possibly from leath-tiochóg, meaning “half of a small bag”, ie scrotum). 15 Leath-bhuachail ...
Gardaí arrest sixth suspect in investigation into international drugs smuggling operation off Kerry
Detectives from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOC) arrested the suspect along with officers from the ...
Housing commencements surge to over 60,000 in 2024
Housing commencements surged to over 60,000 last year, a level not seen since the Celtic Tiger era. Commencement notices for ...
David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director, dies aged 78
David Lynch, the maverick American director who sustained a successful mainstream career while also probing the bizarre, the ...
An Bord Pleanála concedes in challenge to permission for lawyer’s Killiney home
An Bord Pleanála has conceded in a High Court challenge to its permission for a lawyer to build a 373sq m (4,014sq ft) home overlooking Vico Road and Killiney Bay in Dalkey, Dublin.