The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs has said two Irish passengers on the MV Hondius are ‘safe and well’.

The letter is part of a campaign called Stop the Game organised by the group Irish Sport for Palestine.

The former teacher said he was not trespassing when he returned to Wilson’s Hospital School.

The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill was designed to repeal and replace the controversial Legacy Act introduced by the previous Conservative government.

Colum Eastwood criticised the use of footage from Bloody Sunday in a video posted online by the Conservative leader.

Seven of the 22 Irish participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla have been ‘kidnapped’, its organisers have said.

The Dáil heard how an 11-year-old picked up and shot a discarded gun in Dublin on Tuesday.

A report has found fragmented systems mean there are gaps in accessing assistive technology in Ireland.

The party’s deputy leader spoke to RTÉ after backbenchers criticised the Government’s handling of fuel protests.

Forensic excavations have uncovered a total of 69 sets of infant remains at the site of the former mother and baby home.

A number of protests against the rising cost of fuel started across the country on Tuesday.

Roads and fuel depots across Ireland have been blockaded since Tuesday morning by demonstrations against the rising cost of fuel.

Tax revenues receipts were released for the first quarter of 2026 on Tuesday

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Actress Pauline McLynn joined an anti-fox hunting protest outside Leinster House on Wednesday.

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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said she has called a meeting with the chief executive of BAM to be held at the hospital on Friday

Enoch Burke said his move to the Roscommon Prison from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin breached an earlier court order

Demonstrators outside Leinster House said the housing crisis is having a disproportionate impact on Irish speaking areas.

The Taoiseach said he did not want to see ‘price gouging’ because of the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Simon Harris said he is concerned about the impact on financial markets, oil and gas prices and economic uncertainty.

Jon Boutcher said the number of officers in the PSNI from a Catholic background ‘isn’t good enough’.

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs has reiterated advice to Irish citizens in the Middle East to ‘stay sheltered’.

The Minister for Defence told a joint committee that, despite reports, Ireland has not made security agreements with other countries.

The Mayor of Limerick, John Moran, has said his role needs clarity after criticising councillors

Opposition party leaders pushed the Taoiseach over whether or not a 2016 plan to relocate the hospital will go ahead.

Tourists have been told to contact travel agents after the Government changed its travel advice

A rundown of the stories dominating the front pages on Friday morning

Richard Boyd Barrett said a couple and their two young children with special needs are set to lose their home next week.

Margaret Loftus said she has been ‘assured’ a review will take place into misogyny within the gardaí.

Jim O’Callaghan said if people disobey deportation orders ‘we politely and peacefully force them to leave’.

An Irish Holocaust survivor has warned the atrocity could ‘easily’ happen again, as a survey finds 9% of young people believe it was a myth.

Irish politicians and leaders react to the provisional approval of the EU-Mercosur deal.

The Guinness business said it will make four permanent beers from the site in Covent Garden but this will not include the famous Irish stout.

Battles over the cost of bike sheds returned to the Dail on Tuesday with the Micheal Martin and Mary Lou McDonald caught up in a heated exchange

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