The arrival of AIDAluna at the Port of Cork saw the 2026 cruise season get underway.

People Before Profit has said most householders have got ‘little or nothing’ from the Government’s €505 million package.

Joseph Butler had previously been charged with the murder contrary to common law of Canty (31) at the Belfry, Bridewell Lane, Mallow, Co Cork.

Eoghan Clerkin (51) was the fourth man to be charged following a probe by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) and appeared at Dublin District Court on Monday.

Contributing 40 per cent of the overall fuel mix in March, wind energy made up a significant proportion of renewable energy.

In many cases, officials believed that developers were either stretching out build times or that construction had not always started.

A judge has accepted a request from a barrister for accused Brandon Rainey to allow further time for mental health assessments of his client.

The 49-year-old, last of Braade, Kincasslagh, Co Donegal, faces six charges, including the murder of Donaldson and possession of a shotgun and ammunition with intent to endanger life at Cloghercor, Doochary, Co Donegal, between April 3rd and April 4th 2006.

James Geoghegan, an agricultural contractor from Westmeath, said last week that there was 'no issue', and claimed that the Revenue Commissioners actually owed him €89,000.

The man assaulted a member of staff and damaged property on the premises. A sum of cash was also stolen.

George Stelian Iacob Parkmore, Baltinglass, had three previous convictions

The data was compiled from 79 million card transactions carried out by AIB customers in store and online during March 2026.

They said blockades at all Irish ports have now ended, and significant work is underway to process the accumulated cargo. It will take several days before the affected ports are fully back to normal operations.

A look at what stories are making the front pages of Monday's papers.

Gardaí and members of the Public Order Unit engaged with the drivers, who agreed to disperse and left the area.

McIlroy secured a one-shot win over Scottie Scheffler at Augusta National.

A study commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency showed simple targeted behavioural “nudges” resulted in a 143 per cent increase in food waste collected in trials on over 600 apartments in Galway and Limerick.

The €505 million in additional measures comes on top of and extends some of last month’s €250 million package in response to fuel costs

Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

Further reductions of duties on fuel and a delay in a carbon tax increase were announced by Taoiseach Micheál Martin