Taoiseach Micheál Martin met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy at Shannon Airport in the southwest of Ireland on Thursday

Evidence was heard that Ms Thompson - who was stabbed 11 times in the chest - was dealing prescription drugs from her home.

The 50-year-old man pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a date between January 2016 and August 2017 at an address in Co. Dublin when the victim was around 12 years old.

The matter was reported to gardaí late last year by a woman who alleged she had been defrauded of a significant amount of cash over several months.

The court heard that there was a verbal disagreement between two parties in the pub, which escalated, and a large group of people became involved.

Eoin Morley was murdered by the Provisional IRA in Newry in 1990.

The alleged assault occurred on February 23rd last at Garrydhu Drive, Kilmoney Road, in Carrigaline, Co Cork.

The recommendation is contained in a new cross-border report.

The Co Down woman’s family gathered at a memorial bench on the 20th anniversary of her disappearance.

According to gardaí, speeding remains one of the leading causes of road traffic collisions.

Bakuani Diavisi, 25, of Cardy Rock, Balbriggan, Co Dublin, was arrested on Wednesday and taken to Pearse Street Garda station.

The organisation said it sends a negative message of impunity around misogyny and sexual violence.

The cycle path was officially opened on Thursday morning by the Lord Mayor of Dublin

The Bangor woman went missing on February 27th, 2005, and is believed to have been murdered but her body has never been found.

Opposition leaders have renewed their calls to meet with the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste to resolve the row

12.7 per cent of overseas visitors came from the United States, with 6.4 per cent coming from Spain and Portugal.

The Irish unit of Cantor Fitzgerald, the US investment group previously run by Donald Trump’s new commerce secretary, has been fined

The two leaders will hold a meeting at around lunchtime.

A total of €17.1 million is available, aimed at providing greater access to and awareness of telecommunications in rural areas.

The hospital with the highest amount of patients on trolleys is University Hospital Limerick, with 108 people waiting for a bed.