Findings from Royal London Ireland show the estimated annual salary of a stay-at-home parent to be €57,140, up from €54,590 in 2023.

Here are the biggest stories leading Thursday’s front pages.

On average first-time buyers are spending 28% of their after-tax income servicing their mortgages and they are typically two years older than their UK counterparts

A status yellow low temperature and ice warning will remain in place for the entire country until lunchtime on Friday.

The man has yet to be identified, gardaí said.

Another person was brought to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Armed gardaí entered the station in Dublin city centre during the incident.

Micheál Martin said the European Union needs to be ‘firm’ with the US.

Fianna Fáil increased its lead over Fine Gael to 10 seats in November’s vote.

Accounts show that Shaw & Sons Ltd recorded the drop in profits after revenues increased by 2 per cent from €68.79 million to €70.5 million in the 12 months to the end of January 28th, 2024.

Around 4,000 people are still without power while 4,500 are without water, though more sub-zero conditions overnight are expected to cause more disruption.

MMA fighter Conor McGregor’s planned sprawling mansion would have a cinema, bar and two swimming pools

Faizal Akbar, 60, of Benburb Street, Dublin 7, was charged on Wednesday with 12 counts of theft of various sums and unlawful use of two false documents, including an Afghan passport, between 2008 and 2019

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) said 86 results had been withheld during 2024’s Leaving Cert cycle compared to only 39 the year before

It takes place on Sunday March 30th, 2025, with the 13.1-mile race starting on O'Connell Street and taking runners out through the north of the city, finishing back in the city centre.

Meta's decision to remove fact checkers with moderation by users is "dangerous and disingenuous", according to a group that works to counter hate and disinformation

University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 105 people waiting for beds followed by University Hospital Galway with 73 people on trollies.

A man who was arrested in connection with the murder of Adnan Asic more than two years ago has been released without charge

John George, 37, from west Belfast, had been on holiday in Alicante

The data was collected via a smart city data collection, operated by Three Data Analytics on behalf of Waterford City and County Council