A total of 34,300 recipients were located outside the United Kingdom last year – more than 76 per cent of whom were living in Ireland

Phillip Ambrose, (43), of no fixed abode, was charged with Mr Hayes’s murder before a special night-time sitting of Limerick District Court, last Saturday.

The accused man, who is in his 20s, was brought before Letterkenny District Court by detectives.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published the Irish Health Survey – Children’s Health for 2024.

The case came before Judge Elva Duffy in Naas Courthouse on Friday.

That is less than half of the notices issued in the last comparable year, 2023.

The collision happened on the R370 at Lurgan at 6:00am.

This change will come into effect for students seeking admission to undergraduate medicine degree programmes from August / September 2027.

Over €1 million will be spent this year on paying the wages of the Taoiseach's eight political and media advisers

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There were tetchy scenes before the Dáil's summer recess as Tánaiste Simon Harris and Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty clashed over cost-of-living supports

The quarterly report shows that just 32 properties were available to rent within the HAP scheme.

The deceased, named locally as Clodagh Ferguson, from Limerick City, was pronounced dead at the Clayton Hotel, Wednesday night.

Jineesh John (43), with an address at The Crescent Building, Park West, Dublin 12 has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of a woman at a location in West Dublin on May 21st, 2023.

The boy – who was known as Robbie – had been brought to the hospital for specialist care after originally receiving treatment at University Hospital Limerick where he had been rushed by ambulance.

The courts heard Garda Hegarty had admitted discreditable conduct by engaging in the act with a woman who had come into the station to give a statement relating to the arrest of her sister in March 2017.

The Health Research Board lists a range of indicators that point to a worsening problem.

Drug dealer Wayne Cooney, with an address at Glenshane Drive in Tallaght, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jordan Davis (22) on May 22nd, 2019.

The new location is over eight times larger than all other existing plan and order points in Ireland, which typically range from 70-100m².

The former garda, who is not yet being named, is also taking High Court action against his former employers.