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President Catherine Connolly hails impact of event ‘beyond the court, the pitch, the pool’
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President Catherine Connolly hails impact of event ‘beyond the court, the pitch, the pool’
Linda Kelly to succeed Kieran Christie as head of union representing more than 20,000 secondary teachers
Woman and ex-husband jointly hold substantial property and company assets
Revolutionary Housing League members say action a response to destitution crisis in which people ‘dying on doorsteps’
Victims, six men and one woman, lived either in rural house or apartment in Co Donegal in ‘substandard’ conditions
Law Society’s application to strike off arose from a complaint by two clients
Dublin City Council bought 20-bedroom Avondale House on Gardiner Street in north inner city for emergency housing
Judge tells jurors case turns on whether they accept complainants’ or defendant’s account
‘He’s just going to have to face the music when he meets his maker,’ Jason Clancy says of serial sex abuser
Commission into complaints against former sports coach found a serious dereliction of duty by senior Garda officers
Hospital catered for adults with severe learning disabilities and mental health needs
Denial of right to solicitor’s advice could lead to suspects seeking to derail prosecutions, force fears
Lapwings are the biggest beneficiaries, along with meadow pipits, skylarks and amber-listed ringed plovers, almost unheard of for Dublin. But it cannot last
While younger people have benefited from strong employment, they have the lowest incomes and are less likely to own their own home
Gothic Revival-style house in Dalkey with private harbour last changed hands for €7.8m in 2018
Ordinary-level paper also had plenty of choice and some nice topics, say teachers, but ‘there was a lot of English and reading’
‘I’m surviving. I haven’t cried yet,’ one of our diarists says
Family argued CTG trace monitoring child’s heart rate was abnormal but not acted upon
Natu Daniel Rus was expected to lift boxes weighing between 30kg and 45kg, court told
Defence barrister for former DUP leader says jury of seven men and five women must ‘ignore the noise’ surrounding case
President Catherine Connolly hails impact of event ‘beyond the court, the pitch, the pool’
Accused mother sent her sister a box containing Iceland souvenirs and jewellery, Reykjavik court hears
Proceedings servers ‘encountered some hostility from some who were refusing to leave’, court hears
Prison authorities forced to house two mentally ill prisoners together due to acute overcrowding
Design and communications graphics test presents several problems, but generally manageable, say experts
More than 17,500 people, including 5,604 children, were in emergency accommodation in April, latest figures show
Aaron O’Connell (26), with an address in Navan, was also charged with failing to remain at the scene
Trinity College remains best-rated university in Ireland while UCD breaks into world’s top 100 for first time in 15 years
Board proposed annual salary of about €360,000 for David McRedmond’s successor
Commission of investigation into complaints against former sports coach found a serious dereliction of duty by senior Garda officers
Trade union says talks at Workplace Relations Commission were ‘inconclusive’
Submission of pre-sentencing character letters for people convicted of crimes is a common but more veiled practice
Hutch gang member removed fixtures and fittings from three-bedroom house at Clonsaugh, Dublin 17
Act should allow workers to bridge gap until State pension age
Postman’s death caused by cardio-respiratory arrest, pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster tells trial
A number of residents launched lawsuits against An Coimisiún Pleanála, citing impact to homes and environmental concerns
Cathy Stewart (67) deemed to have pressed accelerator rather than brake while parking outside hotel
Proposed removal of one house per week more expensive but less environmentally damaging, developer argues
As many as 30 firefighters and paramedics attend scene which forced closure of building on Wednesday
Jailed teacher says members of the public would find being asked for their names ‘intimidatory, should teachers want to attend’
Patrick Sharkey (83) given 6½ years for 132 charges of abuse spanning a quarter of a century
Blackglen Bridge structure carries traffic over motorway, linking residential and commercial areas in Sandyford
Preliminary meetings fail to find common ground, with current deal set to expire on July 1st
The Clondalkin hotel is leased to Propiteer Ibis Red Cow Operations Ltd, now in receivership
HSE issues apology and says there were failings in the standard of care received by Pádraig O’Brien-O’Donnell
Brian Mulvaney gave evidence in trial of Riad Bouchaker (52), who denies attempting to murder three children during incident
Medication used as restraint ‘left patients zombified’ amid unsafe wards and understaffing, report states
Gardaí and emergency services responded to an incident on Exchequer Street at about 4.40am on Thursday
Unsettled conditions are likely to continue throughout the latter half of next week, forecaster says
Court reserves judgment on case of Karolis Peckauskas
National group to tackle sanctions evasion efforts
The recent fire in the Wicklow Mountains National Park shows scale of the problem facing services
Parents suggest extra marks could help level the playing field for dyslexic students
Survivors of jailed abuser met Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan in wake of commission report
Expected topics appeared but candidates faced time pressure and challenging adjustments
Action could intensify next week to affect all cases, solicitors warn
High Court says children would be deprived of play area that development plan had ‘solemnly represented’ they would get
Witness says she could ‘definitively say the knife was plunged into the torso of the child’
Labour seeks moratorium and levy amid concerns over energy demand and electricity prices
Supreme Court rules ‘uplift’ fee arrangement between Revenue and solicitors not unlawful in debt collection cases