Ms McDonald has reached out to the Social Democrats and Labour Party, but the numbers to make up a Sinn Féin-led coalition look unlikely

Judge O’Kelly said that the victim had given evidence that she felt “groomed” by Mr O’Mahony in a “slow, deliberate process"

Michael O’Reilly of Cois Maigh, Mogeely, Castlemartyr, Co Cork was convicted in May 2024 when he pleaded guilty to seven charges

Imposing sentence, Judge Orla Crowe noted that the victim was “not a patient per se” of Yunos's, rather her parents had asked him for help.

Crawford is already serving a jail sentence for conspiring to murder gangland criminal Wayne Whelan, who survived a September 2019 murder attempt but was subsequently shot dead following another attack two months later

The Electoral Commission has admitted that as many as 500,000 people could be on the electoral register by mistake

Mr Dunne was declared bankrupt in 2013, owing hundreds of millions of euro to the banks

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson claims extending the measures for another four years would be unlawful

Chloe Ferris died in Lux nightclub in Belfast in the early hours of Sunday

The killing of trespasser Keith Conlon was "a tragedy and a grievous waste of human life" but it did not happen because of any crime committed by barrister Diarmuid Phelan, his defence team argued on Tuesday

The blaze broke out in the kitchen next to Hobson's Restaurant at around 10am this morning

A man aged in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of an eight-year-old girl in New Ross, Co Wexford

At Newcastle West District Court, prosecuting Garda, Ronan Hayes, Adare Garda Station, told Judge Carol Anne Coolican, that he served the two accused with a copy of the State’s Book of Evidence

The young girl has been named locally as Malikika Al Katib

What are the options available to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael? And could a coalition be formed without them?

The six-part drama series has been commissioned by RTÉ and will air on the BBC in the UK

Charlie’s Bar in Enniskillen has created the advert following the success of its viral video in 2023

Mary Regan died in the care of Hillview Nursing home last Friday and had no next of kin

University Hospital Limerick is once again is the worst impacted with 106 people on trollies.

Fianna Fáil was the clear winner of the election, securing 48 of the Dáil’s 174 seats