Mr Heney, of Camas, Cashel, is one of five Tipperary men being prosecuted by the Competition Authority for alleged offences relating to the provision of school transport services across five counties.

National Crime Agency chief executive Graeme Biggar revealed the extent of criminal activity as he briefed the Policing Board in Belfast.

Between 2022 and 2023, FSI identified several Nitazene (synthetic opioids) variants in small seizures of tablets and powders.

Red line services are running as normal.

An inquest into his death heard the severity of the injuries to the deceased meant he had to be identified by matching DNA samples taken from the body with those of his siblings in the Philippines.

The firm recorded the post-tax loss as revenues decreased by 3 per cent from €6.14 million to €5.961 million, while its costs totalled €6.679 million, showing an operational loss of €718,000.

The Chief Constable faced questions at the Policing Board following the publication of the Operation Kenova report into the agent Stakeknife.

The settlement against the HSE, which was reached after mediation, is without an admission of liability.

The report cautioned that "hostile actors amy may use this as an opportunity for disruption and to cause harm".

Minister of Defence, Helen McEntee said it was ‘essential’ that Ireland’s defence continued to be funded amid ’emerging’ threats.

Thomas Carroll, Brookway, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, had denied the murder of Patrick O’Mahony, at Mr O’Mahony’s home, at Ballyreamen, Castlemaine, Co Kerry, between February 24th and 25th, 2024.

They were sent forward for sentencing to the Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday, with each man confirming their pleas when they appeared before Judge Kenneth Connolly.

Minister Patrick O’Donovan said more than three quarters of people in hospital with flu are not vaccinated.

Broadcaster Pat Kenny made the call to former Minister for Communications Jim Mitchell in Dublin on December 11th, 1985.

Connor Pollock, 38, from Ballynahinch, Co Down, appeared in court on Thursday facing three terror charges.

The proposal laid out in a notice published yesterday in the US Federal Register would apply to visitors from 42 countries, including Ireland, Britain, France, Australia and Japan, who do not need a visa to enter the United States.

Jeremiah O’Brien (55), of Yellow Brick House, Roche’s Road, Rathkeale, Limerick is alleged to have facilitated the transportation of 66 human beings, without life jackets, from an unknown desert place near Nafplio, Greece towards Italy.

The CRU says that people who switched to the best available tariff, or those who renegotiated every year for the past four years, could have saved around €2,500 on their bills.

Families in emergency accommodation have increased by 131.6 per cent since 2021 and 629.1 per cent since 2014, with 1,626 families recorded in June 2025.

Pharmacists could be charging patients €20 to dispense medication in blister packs from January, a charge previously covered by the State.