It came amid ongoing tensions within the Ulster Volunteer Force.

The Alliance Party leader was pictured on a ghost train ride on Saturday after pulling out of an Ireland’s Future event.

The broadcaster was plunged into crisis in June last year after it admitted understating the fees for its star presenter.

Among the complaints is that An Bord Pleanála allegedly failed to address claims that the development would exacerbate sewage overflows at the Salthill wastewater pumping station.

The National Maternity Hospital had already been given an estimated cost of more than €340,000 for the work

The dog, understood to be a Rottweiler, was being walked on a lead by its female owner at the time

The decisions are likely to have an impact on the awaited judgment in Graham Dwyer’s appeal against his murder conviction

The decision was taken at a meeting of EU environment ministers in Luxembourg on Monday morning.

BreakingNews.ie remains one of the most popular sources of online news in Ireland

There are huge numbers of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick, with 99 patients waiting for a bed.

Dublin has been ranked in 41st place in the annual list from Mercer, ahead of Milan, Rome and Madrid.

The motorcyclist died at the scene.

Approximately 18.1 million appliances were collected for recycling in Ireland last year.

A 67-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in police custody.

Monday's front pages focus on a range of stories from Amazon raising concerns over expanding data centres in Ireland to Irish ports joining a European ports network tasked with tackling drug trafficking.

In February of this year, more than half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine worth more than €30m was seized in Ringaskiddy in Cork.

They were among 14 people aged from their late teens to their 50s charged as part of the inquiry, including 12 men and two women.

Since last September, the operation has resulted in 48 people being charged with offences

Monica Reid (26) took part in the New Zealand competition last month to pick a representative to travel to Ireland for this year's Rose of Tralee festival

Doug Beattie also hit out about personal abuse received from other unionists