The number of people accessing emergency accommodation has been increasing steadily for years and the monthly figures published by the Department of Housing have become an example of the scale of the housing crisis.

The woman is giving evidence via video-link and through two interpreters – an Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreter and a deaf relay

The coroner told the jury that there are two verdicts available to them – death by misadventure and the narrative verdict.

Her mother Siobhan said Grace was ‘loved by so many people’ and ‘only starting her life’.

53-year-old Vaidotas Gedvilas, a Lithuanian national, of Ashefield, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, carried out the three-stage attack after they had a house party and the following morning "acted like nothing happened".

The ‘Chinese Room’, is home to an exhibition of Irish silver, with the surrounding gardens, creating a fully immersive visitor experience.

The accused said he had taken ketamine, cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy and a bottle of nitrous oxide

People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger said the 'termination of pregnancy is a health procedure that is extremely time sensitive'.

The festival, which is in its fifth year running, celebrates women's contributions to Irish culture and society. 

In that time there were 662 shoplifting offences, representing an increase of 1.7 per cent compared with the same period last year.

Ireland’s media regulator is working with the European Commission to investigate X.

WRC adjudication officer, Patsy Doyle, said Juraj Adamec had been “abandoned” by his employer, who had breached the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.

Property developers warned Minister for Housing James Browne and Tánaiste Simon Harris that the Government’s proposed reforms are inconsistent with both the Irish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Met Éireann is warning that further heavy rain and showers falling on saturated ground, combined with high river levels, will lead to localised flooding, river flooding, and difficult travel conditions.

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Magdi Ba (45) stole 371 electronic items, including smartwatches, Fitbits, phones and laptops, from DID Electrical over a three-year period, which he then sold on to another shop.

Kilkenny County Council has said that the quay is now closed and “to avoid the area if possible, plan extra travel time and reduce speed

The IRC is seeking a court order requiring the CFA to reassess whether the teenager needs further life assistance and if so, to provide an adult aftercare plan under the Child Care Act 1991.

One woman told the court: “This made me become a fearful shell of myself.”

Minister Niamh Smyth was told that capability was still available on the service this week.