Cllr Adam Teskey and Cllr Stephen Keary said the council’s plans dwarfed the government’s controversial spending of €335,000 on a bike shed at Leinster house

The man is charged with both dangerous driving and driving while under the influence of cocaine.

Foul play is not suspected in the death of Anthony Maguire, whose body was discovered at his Drogheda home on Tuesday.

In order to return a guilty verdict, the jury were told they had to be satisfied that there was an attempt to kill and that there was an intention to kill.

An extra 6,000 car park spaces will be available at Dublin Airport from next year

The HSE said the situation was 'quite stark' in the past week alone for the age 75 and over category.

Throughout last year, there were 46 cases where a person was involved in a crash during their driving test.

‘We have to see does Donald Trump essentially decide to start a trade war with us,’ one TD said.

But they said that ‘not a single’ bit of Christmas shopping had been done.

The firm that operates popular Dublin nightclub Copper Face Jacks this year recorded pre-tax profits of €2.8 million - or €53,913 on average per week

The court heard from Mr Flatley’s lawyer, Ronnie Hudson BL that on Tuesday this week the star had increased insurance cover for the mansion from €4 million to €8 million with an added premium of €90,000

Verona Murphy has been elected as the new Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, the Wexford TD is the first ever woman to hold the office

The officer is alleged to have been involved in the generation of a false threat report that was intended to support a court anonymity application

Ms Murphy is widely expected to emerge with the most votes following a deal between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael with the Independents.

Lieutenant Shane Hunt, had pleaded not guilty to two charges of disciplinary offences contrary to the Defence Act 1954 over his attempts to interfere with the application of Euan Mackay to join a cadet training programme run by the Defence Forces in 2021

The trial of Riad Bouchaker (50) , of no fixed abode, had been provisionally listed for January 13th but that date has been vacated following an application by his lawyers

The injured man remains in a critical condition in Beaumont Hospital

A total of 577 admitted patients are waiting for hospital beds this morning, according to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch

Gardaí have seized motorbikes, e-scooters, e-bikes and shotgun cartridges in an operation targeting criminal acitivity

The men accused of the murder of Karen Cummings in Banbridge, Co Down were remanded in custody