59+ min ago  (475+ words) The majority of parents in Ireland say covering back to school costs is a financial burden for them, with more than one in four getting into debt because of it. The annual back to school survey by the Irish League…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (660+ words) A man on trial for murder has claimed in evidence to a jury that his then partner carried out the killing and he tried to protect her as he believed she was pregnant with his child. Daniel Hourigan (33), who is…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (635+ words) A man who was in a cannabis-induced psychosis when he stabbed his childhood friend in the back in a “bizarre” and random attack has been given a partly suspended sentence. Neal Brennan (29) of Sutton Lawn, Sutton, pleaded guilty at Dublin…...

9+ hour, 39+ min ago  (377+ words) A US immigration officer shot and killed a person in Maine on Monday morning, the second fatal shooting involving federal agents in less than a week. The incident occurred in Biddeford, a small city about 29km southwest of Portland. The office…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (400+ words) An organised crime gang led by a senior crime boss from Poland, running a “violence as a service” operation, owns an arsenal of military grade guns found in the Republic. The operation over the weekend resulted in one of the…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago  (613+ words) Intel is to invest €5 billion in its Irish operations, creating hundreds of high-tech jobs at its Leixlip campus as the company latches on to demand for next-generation chips to power artificial intelligence (AI). The investment, which is roughly 30 per cent…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago  (441+ words) A coalition of European nations has agreed to share research and industrial experience to build an anti-ballistic missile defence, moving away from a reliance on the US as Ukraine struggles against Russia’s onslaught. “We believe that the protection of Europe…...

11+ hour, 23+ min ago  (620+ words) Fiji had never beaten Ireland in a World Junior Championship match but came very close to ending that sequence here. Andrew Browne’s side just about clung on at the death, but once again it was a misshapen, error strewn display....

4+ hour, 34+ min ago  (546+ words) Several Dublin city councillors have taken a High Court challenge against the State in their bid to remove Belfast-born former Israeli president Chaim Herzog’s name from a park in south Dublin. The councillors also want to rename Diamond Park in…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago  (575+ words) Deckchairs lined the length of Hillsborough village in Co Down hours before the arrival of an Orange Order parade on Monday. “People want to get their spots early, those seats are out from 8am,” says artisan cafe owner, David Irvine. The…...