He was acquitted by the jury on charges of allegedly raping the complainant and of one count of allegedly sexually assaulting this complainant's sister.

Richard Brennan entered guilty pleas after each of the three women had given evidence before a jury and before the final woman was about to be cross-examined.

Mr Justice Brian O’Moore noted that the Director of Public Prosecutions was not opposing this appeal, and a retrial will not be sought.

Virgilio Almeida Cardoso Neto said he had no chance to stop or avoid crashing into the door of the car that had been stopped partly in the cycle lane and on Crumlin Road, Dublin.

Sentencing the man on Monday, Mr Justice Kerida Naidoo said there was a breach of trust and degradation in the offending, involving young children.

A former judge and ex ambassadors have backed Ireland’s proposed ban of trade with illegal Israeli settlements.

23-year-old Denis Morris appeared before Judge Gerard Jones at Dublin District Court on Monday.

Connolly is an independent politician who has served as a TD for the Galway West constituency since 2016.

The court heard the man was a registered sex offender and failed to notify gardaí about his change of address.

The complainant told the jury she lived with her mother, uncle and three other adult relatives when she was a child.

The rail operator dealt with hundreds of incidents of deliberate damage in 2024 with train windows smashed in and lights broken.

It comes after figures indicated that one in four pubs in Ireland have closed in the past 20 years.

The two female nurses were praised for wading into the sea to rescue the siblings who had been caught out by the rising tide.

Freya Tobin of Lynch Terrace in Newcastle was due to start first year in a local secondary school next September.

Met Éireann has warned this could lead to lightning damage.

A survey of 2,000 people found nearly four-in-five are now waiting longer to get an appointment with their GP.

The full-scale excavation of the site of St Mary’s mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway will try to identify the remains of infants who died.

He is due to appear before Dublin District Court at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday.

US President Donald Trump said he would impose even higher import taxes if either of the US trading partners decided to retaliate.

226 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 138 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.