Paul Brophy’s specialised family-owned farming business, Brophy Produce Ltd, produces 70 per cent of the country’s fresh broccoli needs.

A junior minister in the Irish Government has resigned over its handling of the fuel protests.

Stephen Crosbie (44) told the victim he would “chop him up” during the sustained attack over a €100 debt, which occurred in Peter McVerry House in Dublin last year

A motion of no confidence was also planned by Sinn Fein in response to the fuel protests last week.

Eight women and four men spent three hours deliberating at a trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork last month before finding Sean Egan (39) guilty of the manslaughter of mother of one, Sharon Crean, in December 2022.

The remarks came during the sentencing of Sifoso Mpobole (39), of Alverno Drive, Willow Park, Athlone, Co Westmeath.

The investigation by the Planning Appeals Commission is taking place at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh.

The blockades strangled fuel distribution throughout the country, with hundreds of filling stations running dry.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it was “manifestly untrue” to suggest the Government has done nothing to help people amid rising fuel prices

Despite the sale, the State is still down in the region of €30 billion in relation to Anglo and INBS, equivalent to funding the entire health service for a year

Simon Harris was speaking after his Cabinet and party colleague said he would ask the broadcasting regulator to look at media reporting.

The proceeds from the transaction will be held within the Exchequer while Simon Harris examines how they will be used.

The man is due to appear before Dublin District Court on Tuesday. 

The contract is separate to the national broadcaster’s arrangement for taxi services, on which it spends around €45,000 a month

Electricity prices in Ireland were the eighth highest in Europe in 2024

A protest is due to be held at Leinster House on Tuesday, to coincide with a confidence vote in the government.

In a statement, the organisation's chief executive Kevin McPartlan, said that although the reduction may not be at every forecourt immediately, it "should not be misunderstood as a failure to pass on the tax cut".

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard that John Walker died on September 21st, 2024 in St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin from complications which were linked to his use of carbamazepine to treat a facial nerve pain known as trigeminal neuralgia.

Action was needed urgently to address the issue and mitigate the situation, Andrew Brownlee told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.

Gardaí observed a number of Articulated Tractor Units blocking traffic on the M1 Motorway Northbound carriageway, after junction 14.