Mr Shortall submitted to Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger that the HSE ‘s alleged position was that “under no circumstances will we carry out an assessment”.

Data published by the Central Statistics Office revealed that only 30,330 new homes were completed last year

Judge Dara Hayes said it was clear that the man’s behaviour had “a considerable impact” on the teenager. He said it represented a “serious breach of trust”.

The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted by a margin of 10 -1 on both counts at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork on Monday

Darragh O’Brien was speaking at the opening of Dublin Airport’s solar farm

O’Reilly claims that the leather holsters, made and supplied by an equine saddlery in Kildare, may have been responsible for the serious accidental self-wounding of a garda on protection duty at the residence of the Israeli Ambassador in Dublin on 11th June, 2020.

Ula Grigaityte, a senior infant pupil at Scoil Róis Primary School in Salthill, was killed after being hit by a lorry at the junction of Headford Road and Sandyvale Lawn.

At the Court of Appeal on Monday, Mr Justice McGrath noted the DPP's argument that the headline sentence of ten years was too low and should have been set at 15 years

On Monday, Mr Justice Mark Sanfey was told both sets of proceedings had been resolved and could be struck out on consent between the parties.

Global stock markets continued to plunge on Monday as the world reacted to sweeping tariffs imposed on a range of countries by the US

When Eric O'Driscoll (23) is released from prison, the court ordered that he keep the peace and not associate with six named individuals for one year, or he could face a further 12 months in prison.

On February 28th, a jury took just two hours and 53 minutes to find Broughan guilty of murdering Mr Hopkins.

An announcement by the media minister that he would block a levy on streaming services was not a solo run, the Taoiseach has said.

Mr Martin said that ultimately a trade and tariff war “would damage everybody.”

They said over 22,300 additional engineers are needed in the next decade, with just 9.8 per cent of graduates coming from engineering disciplines, half the global average.

A security for costs application is usually made when the defendants in the case apply to the court seeking to have their costs covered if they end up successfully defending the main proceedings.

The police ombudsman for Northern Ireland investigated a claim made in a manuscript allegedly authored by a former military officer.

Provisional figures were released by the Central Statistics Office on Monday.

The father of two, who had 139 previous convictions, admitted selling or supplying others with almost €5,000 worth of drugs from a vacant house near his own home in 2019.

The EU does not want to get into ‘tit-for-tat’ tariffs with the US, the Tanaiste said, as he appealed for calm and de-escalation.