Mrs Coyle lived through two pandemics, the Irish Civil War and the War of Independence.

The annual report on penal statistics in prisons by the Council of Europe identified Ireland as one of 15 countries in Europe where prisons have more inmates than places available.

Darren Dowling (48) was found guilty of eight counts of oral rape and three counts of indecent assault that took place at a Clondalkin address between 1990 and 1993 against his cousin Alan Murphy following a Central Criminal Court trial in July 2024.

It means almost 2,800 speeding fines and associated penalty points have been revoked by gardai this year following two significant errors.

At Ennis Circuit Court on Friday, the jury heard that Mr Gilligan made a pre-prepared statement to Gardaí at Shannon Garda Station on February 19th, 2024, in response to the then-allegation that he assaulted a 12-year-old boy with a stick at the Jamaica Inn hostel on October 5th 2023.

Department of Housing figures indicate that the total number of housing commencements to date for this year was 6,325 as compared to 34,581 by June of last year.

A total of 34,300 recipients were located outside the United Kingdom last year – more than 76 per cent of whom were living in Ireland

Phillip Ambrose, (43), of no fixed abode, was charged with Mr Hayes’s murder before a special night-time sitting of Limerick District Court, last Saturday.

The accused man, who is in his 20s, was brought before Letterkenny District Court by detectives.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published the Irish Health Survey – Children’s Health for 2024.

The case came before Judge Elva Duffy in Naas Courthouse on Friday.

That is less than half of the notices issued in the last comparable year, 2023.

The collision happened on the R370 at Lurgan at 6:00am.

This change will come into effect for students seeking admission to undergraduate medicine degree programmes from August / September 2027.

Over €1 million will be spent this year on paying the wages of the Taoiseach's eight political and media advisers

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There were tetchy scenes before the Dáil's summer recess as Tánaiste Simon Harris and Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty clashed over cost-of-living supports

The quarterly report shows that just 32 properties were available to rent within the HAP scheme.

The deceased, named locally as Clodagh Ferguson, from Limerick City, was pronounced dead at the Clayton Hotel, Wednesday night.

Jineesh John (43), with an address at The Crescent Building, Park West, Dublin 12 has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of a woman at a location in West Dublin on May 21st, 2023.