Father of one Jason ‘Jay’ Hallahan of Prosperous, Co Kildare, died on December 22nd last following an accident at Grangeclare West in Kilmeague.

A priceless piece of lunar rock given to Ireland following a Nasa mission was lost in a fire at Dunsink Observatory, newly released records show.

Newly released files show that the cost to Northern Ireland of the bridge from Warrenpoint to Omeath would have been €241,350 (£200,000).

The confidential briefing note is part of the tranche of documents made public by the Irish National Archive.

The judge had previously told the jury in week nine of the trial that they would be accommodated as they were initially told the case would last six weeks.

Education Minister Norma Foley said the number of pupils travelling daily had risen from 117,500 in 2019 to 172,000 in the current school year.

People can check their eligibility to give blood by completing the ‘New Donor Eligibility Quiz’ on the IBTS website.

The Northern Ireland First Minister expressed her horror at the murder of seven women in the region in 2024.

The powersharing Executive at Stormont was suspended in 2003.

Carl Kerr, 36, and Claire Rees, 33, who are accused of the murder of 50-year-old Mark Dorrian were remanded in custody.

Paddy Hill was one of six men from Northern Ireland who were jailed for life in 1975 after they were wrongly accused of involvement in the Birmingham pub bombings the previous year.

The Irish Government wanted to appeal to the UK side against ‘manipulating’ every scenario for favourable election results in Northern Ireland.

Father Aidan Troy received multiple loyalist death threats in January 2003 over his role in the Holy Cross dispute in Belfast.

The Northern Ireland Economy Minister Conor Murphy has lodged his nomination papers for elections to the Seanad.

Mayor John Moran suggested that the money should be split with €3.5 billion going to Cork, €2 billion to Waterford, €1 billion to Galway, and €2 billion to Limerick.

Fighting has driven an estimated 14 million people from their homes in the north African country since conflict broke out in April 2023.

The collision happened on Blanchardstown Road North at around 5:45pm on Thursday.

108 admitted patients were waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick.

At one stage early on Monday, ambulances were waiting over 300 minutes with patients outside the emergency department where there were no beds available.

Between Friday, December 20th, to Sunday, December 29th, An Garda Síochána carried out over 2,500 checkpoints.