Here are the stories making headlines this Friday.

The survey from Pure Telecom found women are a lot less likely to do this, at seven per cent.

Actors ran away from what appeared to be an armoured military vehicle in Glasgow.

The previous record for the largest céilí band was 384 people, and was set by The Late Late Show, at Croke Park, in Dublin, on March 15th, 2024

James Bates (42) is accused of unlawful possession of a semi-automatic gun

The court was told that Revenue was not objecting to the scheme of rescue arrangement proposed by Joe Walsh, of JW Accountants, who had been appointed as Examiner to the company.

Féile was hospitalised after she suffered serious injuries in an accident in the Beara area earlier this summer

Imam Sheikh Hussein Halawa is the father of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, who was released in 2017 after having spent four years in an Egyptian prison.

Peter Monaghan's award-winning escargots were used by the Dublin-based drinks giant in June to create a once-off special brew called Escar-Gose.

The man, claiming to be in his 30s and from Syria, has been in the country for at least a year, and was charged on Wednesday with failing to tell authorities his address under the Sex Offenders Act.

Despite the crisis of Garda resources, Garda Headquarters said drug detection across the Limerick Garda Division increased by nine per cent on last year.

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found unconscious on a boat at the exclusive Montauk Yacht Club in the early hours of Tuesday

They were referred to the National Referral Mechanism, a UK framework to identify and support victims.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said racially motivated abuse of workers should not be tolerated.

Sgt John Kelleher said that forensic analysis was ongoing in relation in the incidence of arson at the business park earlier this summer.

The consumer watchdog has said there is no evidence of price gouging in the grocery sector

US President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect from Thursday, with exporters in Ireland facing a new 15% rate applying to imports to the US.

The use of opioids has increased by around 25 per cent in Ireland

The woman, aged in her 70s, died following the blaze at a property in Aughnacloy on Wednesday evening.

The survey, carried out by home and motor insurance provider RedClick, found that 17 per cent of people do not lock all doors and windows when they are away.