Small commercial customers of electricity suppliers will also face increased charges over 12 months of almost €155.

The PSNI chief constable urged people to push back against the ‘poisonous nonsense’ spread by those seeking to demonstrate against the Islamic faith.

Minister Heather Humphreys said that a €20 increase for all social welfare payments would cost €1.5 billion

Commissioner Harris said the BWC system is “secure” and cannot be tampered with or altered.

Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell delivered the judgment on Thursday afternoon.

The broadcaster said less than one per cent were to the value of more than €10,000

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher answered questions about the case at the Policing Board monthly meeting.

The PSNI Chief Constable was appearing before the Policing Board.

Larne Swimming Club counts Team Ireland Olympians Daniel Wiffen, Danielle Hill and Conor Ferguson among its members.

Audi is now outselling several big-name mainstream rivals such as Nissan, Peugeot, Ford, Dacia and Renault

The company running it has said 84 per cent of people in the country have used one of the reverse vending machines.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the company’s group operations manager had suffered discrimination on the basis of his gender, contrary to the Employment Equality Act

Garda body worn cameras are set to be rolled out in Limerick after they were successfully launched in Dublin

Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, Mr O’Gorman said that the statistic came from “an online dialogue” that had originated in the United States and had now travelled here

The man has been charged with an offence contrary to the Medical Practitioners Act, 2007, and will appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice today

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO) Trolley watch figures show 279 patients were waiting in emergency departments, while 97 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital

Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman said the state has an obligation to accommodate International Protection applicants

Siptu and Fórsa agreed pay rises of 12 per cent with Aer Lingus in recent years, but the deals include a clause where they can go back to the airline if another group of workers secures a better deal

Here are the biggest news stories making headlines this Thursday

Residents of Dundrum village, Co Tipperary had sought to stop asylum seekers being accommodated in a local hotel