Month: December 2017

The Taoiseach says there won’t be joint rule for Northern Ireland if no government can be installed there. Northern Ireland has been without a power sharing government since January. Leo…

Tensions are running high in Spain as Catalan separatists claim a narrow win in new assembly elections. They’ve taken 70 seats out of a possible 135 – just crossing the…

Ryanair claims it didn’t have to cancel any flights this morning despite a pilots’ strike in Germany. It says most pilots ignored the walk out sparked by a row over…

There has been a significant increase in our allowable fish catch for next year. The EU Council of fisheries ministers reached agreement on what amounts to the cod allocation for…

Bishop Dennis Brennan has written a letter for the upcoming world meeting of families which will be distributed at all masses throughout the Diocese on Christmas day. In it he…

Ryanair has written to IMPACT, setting out its plans to recognise the pilots’union. IMPACT had given the airline a midday deadline, saying that strike action could be renewed if an…

A 48 year old man who killed a dad of three at his home in North County Wexford on Christmas Eve has had his sentenced increased by a year on…

The Chair of the Oireachtas Finance Committee says the bank will continue to treat customers ‘terribly’ until a banker is arrested. John McGuinness claims the tracker scandal is proof that…

Over €3 million worth of drugs has been seized in Dublin in less than 24 hours. The latest bust was in the south inner city last night when Kevin Street…

The Minister for Defence has admitted that there’s a huge shortage of pilots in the air corps. But Paul Kehoe says he’s been reassured by the chief of staff that…

Wexford Gardai are stepping up efforts to clamp down on crime in the area. 24 armed checkpoints were set up around the Wexford Garda Division on Monday as part of…

RTE has confirmed it’s dismissed sports producer Kieran Creaven with immediate effect. The station says it’s a result of Monday’s legal proceedings in Leeds Crown Court where he pleaded guilty…

The Housing Minister has admitted he’s ‘disappointed’ by today’s figures showing a record number of homeless people at 8,800. Eoghan Murphy claims he’d been ‘anticipating’ the increase which he’s blamed…

The Oireachtas is going to give its backing to unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks into pregnancy later. Its committee reviewing the 8th Amendment has decided our laws are too…

Mental health experts say we need more research into so-called ‘murder suicides’. The inquest into the deaths of the Hawe family in Cavan yesterday returned a verdict of unlawful killing….

We’re being encouraged to use free online tools to keep track of our drinking over Christmas. Doctors say there’s a tendancy to drink more at home and top up drinks…

Housing Minister Owen Murphy has amended leglislation which will no longer require planning permission to convert properties from commercial to dwelling. The initiative is aimed at freeing up potential dwellings…

The union representing pilots at Ryanair is meeting with management for the first time in the airline’s history. IALPA called off its 24 hour strike planned for tomorrow, when Ryanair…

It’s understood plans are underway for a joint visit by the Pope and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to the North next year. Pope Francis is due in Dublin in August 2018…

A jury has found a woman and her three sons were unlawfully killed at their home outside Ballyjamesduff in Cavan. Clodagh Hawe and her three boys were killed by their…

An RTE producer confronted by so-called paedophile hunters has pleaded guilty to sex offences in the UK. 54 year old Kieran Creaven with an address in Dublin was videoed by…

The British Prime Minister says EU citizens living in the UK will have their rights enshrined in law after Brexit. Theresa May has also told MPs they will try to…

A helpline for patients of University Hospital Kerry has extended its opening hours until 10pm for the next three nights. It’s after three cases of cancer weren’t spotted in July…

An inquest has heard that a grandmother knew something terrible had happened to her daughter and grandsons when she arrived at their house in Cavan and saw a note pinned…

Health advocates are hoping it’ll be a case of ‘out of sight, out of mind’ when new alcohol rules come in. The Seanad is set to pass a long-expected bill…

Gardai are appealing for witnesses to a serious crash in County Donegal this morning. A 22 year old man who was driving a 4×4 struck a wall in Burnfoot shortly…