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State-backed lender asked to examine loan schemes for medical graduates and electric vehicles
Newly-qualified doctors would be expected to agree to spend set period working in State under proposal
Plan to set 13 as EU-wide minimum age for social media access to be discussed
Fianna Fáil MEP calls on European Commission to take a stronger line against social network Meta following the…
Thousands more families to receive more subsidies in childcare scheme
From today, the income thresholds used to calculate Income Assessed subsidies will increase along with the Mul…
State-backed investment account could be made available to children in future
The tax-advantage scheme is designed to encourage people to move their savings into market investments.
PICTURES: Who are the RTE Traitors Ireland Season 2 contestants and where are they from?
RTE’s hit series The Traitors Ireland returned to our screens for season 2 on Sunday night, August 30 with con…
PICTURES: Guess who we spotted out and about at Electric Picnic 2026
Crowds are ignoring the weather and embracing the atmosphere in Stradbally for Electric Picnic 2026
Sinn Féin not walking away from Stormont – Michelle O’Neill
The First Minister was also critical of recent comments by Andy Burnham after he stated that an Irish border p…
Rain and thunderstorms forecast as yellow weather warning issued
Thousands of people attending Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois, will be caught in further downpours on …
Changes to 38% tax paid on investment funds to be considered ‘in coming weeks’
Simon Harris’s long-mooted savings plan is designed to lure some of the €170bn out of regular deposit accounts
PICTURES: Spot the local and famous faces enjoying Electric Picnic 2026
Electric Picnic tree at the heart of the main arena
Ireland will be united, says former British prime minister Gordon Brown
Former Labour leader was chancellor when the Belfast Agreement was signed in 1998
What fuel excise duty cuts and drug funding decisions indicate for Budget 2027
Decisions on funding drug for Friedreich’s Ataxia and rubber-stamping cuts to excise duty a likely inducement …
No country for old people? Ireland’s declining younger population suggests it might be
Faster-than-anticipated fall in number of children under 14 raises questions about how State will pay for agei…
Gardai appeal following the discovery of a deceased female in her 20s in a park
The body of a deceased female in her 20s has been discovered in a park in Dublin
Wrong-way motorway driving could be detected by AI
Wrong-way motorway driving to face harsher penalties under new laws announced after M9 crash
Fuel supports extended by two months as Dáil vote splits Healy-Rae brothers
Reduction of 30c per litre for diesel and 25c for petrol to remain in place until October 31st
Longer prison sentences for drivers convicted of driving wrong way – Canney
It comes after five teenagers were killed in a horror crash after the car they were travelling in was driven t…
New appeal over disappearance and murder of Daniel Aruebose
The weekend marks a year since Tusla raised concerns with Gardaí about Daniel.
Woman found dead in park in south Dublin
Gardaí are appealing for information about the discovery, in the Ravensdale Park area of Kimmage.
Fianna Fáil minister ‘categorically’ disagrees with Burnham on unity poll
Niamh Smyth, Minister of State for Trade Promotion, said a poll on a ‘reunited Ireland’ is not off the table.
More than €16,000 spent on accommodation for Irish delegation at Davos summit
Bill of €7,000 for 18-night stay at swish New York hotel during UN General Assembly
EU presidency hits Wicklow next week and Burnham nixes talk of a Border poll
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Government urged to act over homelessness as numbers spiral
More than 17,500 people were in emergency accommodation in July, including 5,659 children.
Two Irish citizens including teenage boy missing after deadly flash floods in Nepal
Two Irish citizens, including an 18-year-old young man, are missing in Nepal following flash floods
New government pamphlet to be sent to Irish families to help prepare for emergencies
A pamphlet will be sent to households across Ireland to prepare them for future emergencies
Blink and you’ll miss it: Brief Dáil sitting will see fuel price rises deferred
Special sitting today will see TDs debate and vote on changes to fuel excise increases
The Gathering tourism initiative winds down after more than a decade
Plans to hold related events every five years never came to pass, with Fáilte Ireland finally pulling the plug
Andy Burnham in Belfast: Mixing up Donegal and Drogheda, but crystal clear on Border poll
Britain’s prime minister repeated his assertion that a plebiscite on Irish unity was ‘off the table’
Irish pro-Palestine group reports Central Bank governor to International Criminal Court
They allege bank’s role in regulating sale of Israeli bonds in EU contributed to ‘genocide in Gaza’
Burnham sparks political row as he says Irish unity poll ‘off the table’
The Prime Minister was making his first visit to Northern Ireland since taking office.
Further deferral of increases in fuel prices beyond November remains possible
Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday
Irish border poll ‘off the table’, says Andy Burnham
Mr Burnham said the ‘rifts’ arising from referendums take a long time to heal, referring to Brexit and the Sco…
Burnham: I will take ‘Hillsborough approach’ to dealing with Troubles legacy
The Prime Minister said the Labour Government’s Northern Ireland Troubles Bill would be brought back to Parlia…
Arrests as fake guns and 160 kilogrammes of cannabis seized
An Garda Síochána and the PSNI collaborated on the arrests.
Gardai 'concerned for well-being' of missing teenage girl known to frequent multiple areas
Gardai are seeking help in locating a missing girl known to frequent multiple areas
Fuel excise cuts to be unwound by February
Excise rates will be restored over four stages between the start of November and the end of February.
Irish Red Cross makes emergency appeal after Nepal flash floods
Two Irish nationals are among hundreds of people feared missing in Nepal.
Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan to return to duties after illness
TD previously revealed his epilepsy and said his ‘worst nightmare’ was that people would think he was drunk du…