They were sent forward for sentencing to the Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday, with each man confirming their pleas when they appeared before Judge Kenneth Connolly.

Minister Patrick O’Donovan said more than three quarters of people in hospital with flu are not vaccinated.

Broadcaster Pat Kenny made the call to former Minister for Communications Jim Mitchell in Dublin on December 11th, 1985.

Connor Pollock, 38, from Ballynahinch, Co Down, appeared in court on Thursday facing three terror charges.

The proposal laid out in a notice published yesterday in the US Federal Register would apply to visitors from 42 countries, including Ireland, Britain, France, Australia and Japan, who do not need a visa to enter the United States.

Jeremiah O’Brien (55), of Yellow Brick House, Roche’s Road, Rathkeale, Limerick is alleged to have facilitated the transportation of 66 human beings, without life jackets, from an unknown desert place near Nafplio, Greece towards Italy.

The CRU says that people who switched to the best available tariff, or those who renegotiated every year for the past four years, could have saved around €2,500 on their bills.

Families in emergency accommodation have increased by 131.6 per cent since 2021 and 629.1 per cent since 2014, with 1,626 families recorded in June 2025.

Pharmacists could be charging patients €20 to dispense medication in blister packs from January, a charge previously covered by the State.

The men were arrested on Monday after the drugs, along with €47,000 of cash, were seized during searches at two separate locations in Gorey, Co. Wexford and Shankill, Co. Dublin.

A woman in her 70s is in critical condition after a late-night crash in Co Kerry. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses.

A variety of stories feature on Irish front pages on Thursday morning, including the release of CCTV footage of the fire attack on a home in Edenderry that killed a four-year-old boy and his grand-aunt.

The Luas Green Line remains out of action, with city businesses warning of lost trade as engineers work to fix a critical power fault.

The 38-year-old was arrested in Ballynahinch on Tuesday for offences under the Terrorism Act 2000.

There was a spike in work permits granted in 2024 after significant changes to permit rules that year.

Hundreds gathered at a vigil near where four-year-old Tadhg Farrell and his great aunt Mary Holt died on Saturday

There are only 1,200 units of the poitín being sold, with a price of €32 per naggin.

Austin Mangan (53) has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Maud Coffey (41) at the Horizon Building in Royal Canal Park, Ashtown, Dublin 15 on January 13th, 2023.

The accused are Andrew Walsh (62) of Derrymore, Roscrea; Raymond Heney (54) of Camas, Cashel; Noel Browne (77) of Bansha; Larry Hickey (73) of Ardmayle, Cashel and Anthony Flynn (51) of Golden Road, Cashel. All five have pleaded not guilty to offences under the Competition Act 2002.

Nicole Chambers (29) alleged the prison officer had assaulted her in a hospital cubicle.