Stories on the events in Syria and government coalition talks feature on the front pages of Irish newspapers.

Taoiseach Simon Harris was given a briefing on how his favourite childhood book from Roald Dahl had been sanitised since he first read it as he prepared for an interview with Ryan Tubridy

Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

A soccer coach who engaged in inappropriate and illegal sexual activity with a teenage female player has been given a six year sentence with the final two years suspended

The mother of one of three men who died in a head-on crash while travelling the wrong way down the N7 to evade gardaí has sued the Garda Commissioner and various other parties in the High Court

In a victim impact statement read to the court on his behalf, Alan Jenkins said he felt “very aggrieved” that Tusla found the allegations he had made against his uncle, Paul Craven (55) “unfounded”

A former boxer has been imprisoned for seven and a half years for an “unprovoked attack” with a guitar which left a man blind in one eye

Two Dublin men have been given suspended sentences for the unprovoked assault of a group of other men in a city pub five years ago

A murder trial jury must consider whether the State has proven it is not reasonably possible that law professor Diarmuid Phelan unintentionally hit a trespasser on his farm with a third shot from his revolver, the presiding judge has charged

Ann Marie Flanagan has stepped up her call to political parties to "urgently act on promises made to disabled people and their families" as she launched her Seanad campaign

In January 2023, the man, who suffers ill health, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with the final year suspended

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Mr Byrne and Mr Anderson were appointed receivers over the nursing home in 2017 by AIB due to Aperee's default on borrowings

Ulster Bank alleges Ms Madigan, a former cabinet minister and a qualified solicitor, and her brother Patrick Madigan, also a solicitor, failed to meet repayments on foot of three loans despite demands

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are to begin government formation talks tomorrow, after a meeting between Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin on Monday

A Garda car, buses and a Luas tram were set on fire during the riot

A two-year suspended sentence was imposed on five-time All-Star winning hurler Hayes, (26), last December, after he was convicted of two counts of violent disorder at the Icon nightclub, Limerick, on October 28th 2019

Her proceedings, against the two brothers Cosgrave group firms, Genstar Unlimited Co and JOM Investments Limited Company, were entered into the Commercial Court in June 2023

Plumes of smoke quickly engulfed a section of the shopping centre car park.

HIQA has released a new report, detailing its monitoring of children's services over the last 10 years.