The Taoiseach said ambassadors facilitated important lines of communications between countries.

A garda told the court that the Fitbit smartwatch no longer picks up a heartrate after 3.31pm.

A man who sexually abused a girl when she was a child and at her “most vulnerable” and “most unprotected” has been jailed for four years

A woman who was raped and sexually abused during her childhood by her father has brought a High Court challenge over her exclusion from a State compensation scheme for victims of crime

Neighbours and friends will be able to say their last goodbyes to Tina Satchwell as her funeral cortège is set to pass her former home in Fermoy, Co Cork at lunchtime on Wednesday

Yousef Palani, 23, has been sentenced to life for the murders of Aidan Moffitt, 42, and Michael Snee, 58, in Sligo last year.

Officers arrested the men, aged 28 and 35, on Tuesday morning for organised crime offences.

The Defence Forces have been forced to spend thousands of euros on flights and hotels because the government jet has broken down so often and Air Corps personnel were needed to keep an eye on repair and maintenance bills

A mystery man who has been charged with allegedly using passports in the names of two dead babies has been positively identified and has an FBI arrest record from 1970

Bernard Gloster made clear he would not cut services in order to make the books balance.

Antoinette Keegan lost two sisters and a number of close friends in the fire

A former school caretaker who sexually abused his daughter in the family home has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years

Gary Haggarty also told the trial of James Stewart Smyth at Belfast Crown Court that the UVF knew two murder victims were innocent Catholics.

An employee at Lidl’s head office in Ireland, who was fired after missing work on 69 days over a 16-month period due to sick leave, has been awarded compensation of €16,000

One of the recommendations being put forward is significant changes to laws governing penalties for possession of drugs for personal use

Rostislav Pokuta told the court that Jozef Puska ‘didn’t look like himself’ when he arrived at his home on January 12th last year.

Bernard Gloster has previously described the allocation to health of €22.5 billion as inadequate.

An electronic travel authorisation will soon be a requirement for people who do not need a visa to come to the UK

Social media platform TikTok has hit the milestone of two million monthly users in Ireland

The Central Statistics Office data also shows the median price of a home was €320,000