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Workers on lowest wages would have to find extra €306 a month to meet average Dublin rents, research shows

More than 175 people in Ireland and abroad have come forward to inquire about providing samples to help identify babies

Gardai have sought witnesses to single vehicle collision on Sunday

Seán Tobin of Clonmel AC, Tipperary won the men’s race and Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill was the first woman across the line

Plus: high tempers in the art scene, the world’s quietest communications firm, and Michael D Higgins’s gift to the nation

‘Controlled explosion’ carried out on object, which appeared ‘discarded’

Six arrested in separate incidents for drink-driving and other offences

Kieran Smyth (66) with an address at Beechmount Avenue in Belfast, appeared before Lisburn Magistrates’ Court on Saturday

Driver tried to escape after his hair and arm were pulled as he was driving on busy motorway

The lotto operator has clashed with bookmakers by demanding a ban on betting on its draws

Derek Moore took the stand and said the opportunity to go on the trip had only arisen recently

The 66-year-old man was arrested in the Dunmurry area under the Terrorism Act

Dr Neville Wilson, of the Harbour Medical Centre, Kilcock, allegedly implemented inappropriate treatment plan

Autism a Chara, alleged to have moved €1.5m out of State, says it ‘fully complied’ with reporting requirements

Tadgh Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt were killed in the blaze last December

High-prisoner transfer could see Garda call on Defence Forces’ civil support function

Judge says ‘telling video’ of incident in the Earl Street store convinced the court that man was not the victim of racist remarks

Move could presage similar charges across the economy

Seven Irish citizens are being held by Israel after boats from the flotilla were intercepted in international waters off of Greece

Family to host fundraising event to mark anniversary of murder of campaigning journalist

The skeletal building - the south Dublin suburb’s abiding reminder of the property crash - is finally set to be completed

Colm Connolly (46) died in April, his relatives want to know what happened

He was the fifth to be detained last week over suspected petrol bomb attack

The player is the second Lotto jackpot winner of the year to date

Former hotelier David Doyle had homes in Portugal and Dublin and assets in Ireland, UK and US, probate office papers show

Seized phones showed evidence of drug supply and contained indecent images of children, says PSNI

A yellow thunderstorm warning is in place for counties Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo until 6pm on Saturday

One motorist in Co Donegal was caught driving 67 kilometres over the speed limit

Correspondence issued to 475 families and more than 1,000 single adults with legal right to remain in Ireland

One Killarney hotelier has mixed feelings about ceasing to host Ukrainians as housing for up to 16,000 war refugees is to end

Cian Lally (28) made it look like he worked more hours than he did as he ‘wanted to save for house deposit’

Alex Hotel operators secured injunction preventing interference with access to the site

Judge highlights vulnerability of victims and late guilty plea

A cohort of 193 graduates lined up at Templemore training college on Friday to begin their careers in law enforcement

EU commission has given Ireland two months to respond to notice of infringement proceedings on sea life and on plastics pollution

Sinead Kavanagh (40) accused of engaging in threatening or abusive behaviour

Cathal O’Connor (40) ‘lost all sense of reason’ during incident in a Co Sligo warehouse in March 2018, court told

Aer Lingus has cancelled or rescheduled hundreds of summer flights due to ‘mandatory maintenance of aircraft’

Seven Irish citizens are being held by Israel after boats from the flotilla were intercepted in international waters off of Greece

Children have a legal right to assessments of need for educational purposes, but many wait years

Taxes, competition from North, higher costs and red tape are pushing sector to the brink

Week ahead is likely to be cool for early May, says Met Éireann

The man has also been charged with making indecent images of children and attempting to pay for sexual services

‘Sylvan setting of our client’s rear garden will be degraded,’ objector’s representatives say

One, James Geoghegan, says Government package of supports will be running out by July

Delta Air Lines flight DL-59 departed London’s Heathrow Airport at around 10.18am bound for Boston Logan International Airport

Snell (93) died peacefully at home on Wednesday

Dr Jason van der Velde told a trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that he thought the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs of John Brennan had been breached

The former Fianna Fáil TD’s testimonial said Cathal O’Connor had an ‘impeccable record as a law-abiding citizen’

The 27-year-old was handed a six-year sentence with the final two years suspended on strict conditions

Expressions of interest sought for deal to supply trains, tracks and stations and run 19km line

Tadgh Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt were killed in the blaze last December

Use of images described as ‘disgusting’

Judge says litigation risk in the case over Co Westmeath incident so overwhelming that any offer should be accepted on behalf of Dean Quinn Garry

Two accused also face explosives and weapons charges

Case against gang lieutenant Sean McGovern pulls veil back on how the Irish drug gang planned to murder rivals in feud with the Hutch gang

Dubliner has pleaded guilty to two counts of directing organised crime during the Kinahan-Hutch feud

Week beginning Saturday, May 2nd, 2026

Dubliner has pleaded guilty to two counts of directing organised crime during the Kinahan-Hutch feud