National News

The new legal requirement for motorists to provide their driver number when renewing or taking out motor insurance is in effect from today.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 11:57 pm

The Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan will attend an Organised Immigration Crime Summit in London later today, where efforts to tackle people smuggling will be discussed.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 11:38 pm

The executives of healthcare unions are to consider an agreement on staffing and recruitment, which was reached over the weekend.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 11:10 pm

A new jobseeker's payment that is linked to a person's previous earnings is due to begin.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 11:09 pm

An annual award which will support young people who have experienced the care system to access third level education has been announced.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 11:06 pm

The Minister for Housing James Browne is to allocate €436m for social housing needs this year.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 10:43 pm

A woman in her 60s has died and three others were injured following a three-vehicle collision in Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 6:00 pm

The outcome was never in doubt from a long way out as Kerry justified their hot favourite's tag to claim the Allianz League Division 1 title at Croke Park.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 5:36 pm

An impressive Ireland breezed to their first victory of the Women's Six Nations campaign in Parma, sweeping past Italy 54-12.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 4:35 pm

Two women have died and two young children were injured in a two-vehicle collision in Mallow, Co Cork.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 4:31 pm

US President Donald Trump has said he was "very angry, pissed off" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, NBC reported, marking a sharp change of tone as Washington seeks to end the war in Ukraine.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 3:47 pm

The potential threat of US tariffs is "not as stark" as the 2008 financial crash, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has said.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 2:59 pm

The American actor Richard Chamberlain, best known for his starring roles in the series Dr Kildare and the miniseries Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds, has died at the age of 90.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 1:29 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to let the leaders of Hamas leave Gaza but demanded the group abandoned its arms, as his country kept up its bombardment of the Palestinian territory.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 1:10 pm

Groundhog! Groundhog! Groundhog! When Irish peacekeepers hear those words, they know what to do: sprint to the nearest bunker and hunker down.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 9:46 am

While Ireland's maternity leave compares well to other EU countries, Irish fathers are still far behind in terms of entitlements.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 7:00 am

Cards and flowers sit on now empty shelves in a drapery shop in Co Carlow that has served its community for 100 years.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 6:14 am

The Catholic Bishop of Derry has warned parishioners that someone posing as an ordained priest who is part of a breakaway fundamentalist faction of the church is conducting illicit Masses in the diocese.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 6:13 am

The current owner of the house in which James Joyce set his famous story 'The Dead' has said if the Arts Council or the Government are interested in purchasing the property, he would be a willing seller.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 6:13 am

Myanmar faces a humanitarian crisis and the country's aid needs are increasing by the hour, Red Cross officials have said.

Posted: March 30, 2025, 3:57 am