Between Friday, December 20th, to Sunday, December 29th, An Garda Síochána carried out over 2,500 checkpoints.

A quarter of Irish people have admitted to wasting a whole plateful of food, while 18 per cent waste two or more.

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The ISPCC expects St Stephen's Day to be one of the busiest days of the year for Childline,

16 percent will go shopping and four percent will take a wintry dip in the sea.

Principal clinical psychologist, Dr Anne Kehoe, has advised people to make commitments to themselves over the festive period.

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Almost 800 runners, many wearing Father Christmas and elf costumes, crossed the finish line at the landmark Belfast venue.

The chief executive of Women's Aid said Christmas can be an "incredibly challenging" time for victims of domestic abuse, as it creates a kind of "pressure cooker environment".

One in nine people say they will be spending Christmas Day alone this year.

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A total of 138 prisoners have been approved for temporary release this Christmas, with the periods of release ranging from a few hours up to seven nights

Among those who braved the elements on the Christmas Eve swim in Helen’s Bay were a couple who first met at the event last year

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University Hospital Limerick had the largest number of people waiting for a bed on Christmas Eve

Director of communications of the CCPC, Gráinne Griffin, said gift receipts help avoid awkwardness.

'They're generally the topics that can cause division'.

Motorists are urged to take extra care and time to complete their journey over the Christmas period.

Circle K has announced it will provide complimentary hot drinks to all emrgency service workers on December 25th and 31st

Oisin Mulligan is also calling for a compensation to reduce the cost of healthy foods which, he believes, can cost more than ultra processed goods

Several flights were redirected after a plane made a hard landing.

The Met Office has forecast a ‘grey Christmas’ with some sunny spells and ‘extremely mild’ temperatures.

The incident triggered emergency procedures at Belfast City Airport and has forced the runway to close for the rest of the day.

A mother-of-four has described how her family stayed in emergency accommodation for 11 months before moving into a house.

Iarla Ace spent 18 weeks in hospital and underwent five surgeries after being born at 25 weeks weighing just 1lb 10oz.

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The total of 630 was a reduction on detection rates during other Slow Down Day campaigns.

The latest text message scam was described by gardaí as 'very convincing'

It was recently announced that the port will remain closed until at least January 15th, 2025.

Craig Ballentine (33), from Cookstown, was arrested in the UAE in October over an online review he posted.

Inspector Fergal O’Donovan from the Cork County Roads Policing Unit has warned drink and drug drivers that they will get caught.

Anthony O’Riordan had to be stretchered from the driveway of his sister’s house in Dalkey, Co Dublin

Just 7% of people plan to spend more and go all out this festive season.

The strong winds will peak on Saturday night into Sunday morning.

The periods of release vary from a few hours up to seven nights,

WEDNESDAY 11 December will long be remembered in Portlaoise as pupils and students from 10 local schools took to the streets to launch the first ever Walk on Wednesdays (WOW) initiative.

Over the course of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, there will be daytime highs of 11 or 12 degrees and lows of 8 to 10 degrees.

The closure has left thousands of people planning to travel through the port to Ireland for Christmas scrambling for alternative transport

Irish Ferries has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to say that it is now cancelling Holyhead/Dublin sailings to end January 15th, 2025.

Some seats on services from the UK to Ireland later this week and early next week are costing more than €600

‘It’s trendy now to appreciate the Irish things,’ one Guinness drinker in Dublin said.

Taoiseach Simon Harris said on Monday the 'seriousness' of the damage caused by Storm Darragh was becoming 'more apparent as the days go by'.

The damage done to Holyhead port during Storm Darragh is feared to be worse than originally estimated.