Kilkenny man Stephen Culleton is among those detained.

Stephen O'Sullivan (43) was on trial accused of giving or agreeing to give to Detective Garda David Bourke €20,000 as an inducement to reveal confidential information concerning an investigation being carried out by the Criminal Assets Bureau in relation to Stephen Bawn Motors.

The company had not been informed that he was facing criminal charges, and was initially unaware of the reason that he was absent from work.

Broadcaster Pat Kenny and Dalkey residents have blocked plans for a 104-bed nursing home near Bullock Harbour, with An Coimisiún Pleanála citing road safety concerns.

Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien secured Cabinet approval on Tuesday to draft laws that could lift or scrap the Dublin Airport passenger cap.

Information on the recall is available on the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s website.

Simon Harris said prison capacity should not be a factor in determining sentencing or granting of bail.

At University Hospital Galway, 68 people are being treated on trolleys, with 45 in the ED. 

The coalition has committed to passing a ban on goods from illegal settlements but it has been accused of slow progress on enacting legislation.

Dublin Cancer Flights and Services organiser Mary Coyle said the group cannot book flights for patients past February 25 because of the uncertainty.

The Irish Government is preparing a system where age verification for certain websites will be checked against an individual’s PPSN.

Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien said it was ‘very detailed and it is a complex’ legislation.

Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee appealed to other Irish people who were in a similar situation as Seamus Culleton to get in touch.

The detailed figures show that judge Michael Bowman was the best-paid senior counsel in the country through criminal legal aid, receiving €961,821.

Just 39 per cent of 8–12-year-olds say their parents can “check, monitor, or control” what they do online, leaving many exposed to inappropriate content or contact from strangers.

The documentary reveals 50 beds at the hospital have remained unused for more than three years after the hospital opened.

Tuesday's front pages focus on a range of stories, from Garda suspensions more than doubling last year to 38,000 crimes being committed by people on bail. 

The legislation will give the transport minister the power to revoke or amend the existing 32 million passenger cap.

Temperatures are forecast to dip below freezing with an arctic blast reported to be tracking towards Ireland.

Last October, Hryhorii Sryotenko (51), with an address in Ardfert in Co Kerry, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Viktoriia Pavlenko on January 13th, 2024.