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In a new analysis of household energy prices, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities says it expects further price reduction from suppliers in the coming months.
However, the regulator says a return to retail prices levels like those in 2021 is unlikely as wholesale energy prices are...
International English language student representatives have told an Oireachtas committee hearing that the number of hours that students are allowed to work should be increased from 20 to 30 per week in order to combat exploitation by some employers.
Fiachra Ó Luain of the English Language...
A 45-year-old man who threatened to share intimate images and videos of a woman with whom he had a short relationship has been jailed for ten months.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the anonymity of the victim, told gardaí he was annoyed and was drinking when he sent a voice message to...
Ireland's consistent failure to deliver "critical" climate action plans on time has "undermined the whole EU-wide process" of climate action, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action was told that the country's poor performance "has frustrated...
The Cabinet has agreed to ban the sale of tobacco products for those aged under 21.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said he hopes to progress legislation quickly to give it legal effect.
He explained that the Government did not take the approach of the UK Government, which seeks to...
Stormont First Minister Michelle O'Neill has apologised for attending the funeral of a veteran republican at the height of the pandemic in Northern Ireland.
Ms O'Neill was giving evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry in Belfast.
In June 2020, she and other members of the party leadership went to...
The gap between the highest and lowest mortgage rates in the Irish market has widened with the highest rate now double the lowest, new figures show.
Mortgages rates here range from 3.45% to 7.15%.
In the last six weeks, there have been rate decreases from six lenders as the impact of reduced...
For the first time since its launch in February, the Deposit Return Scheme for plastic bottle and drinks cans has seen over three million items returned in one day.
That is according to Re-turn, which operates the scheme.
The new high was achieved last Sunday and it brings the total number of...
The Taoiseach has said yesterday's High Court judgment in Belfast relating to Rwanda flights is being studied carefully by the Government.
A judge ruled that provisions of the UK's Illegal Migration Act should be disapplied in Northern Ireland, as they undermine human rights protections...
Some €120m of outstanding tax debt dating back to the Covid 19 pandemic has been deemed uncollectable by the Revenue Commissioners, according to the Minister for Finance Michael McGrath.
The written-off tax income relates to companies that became insolvent or bankrupt.
Speaking in Brussels, Mr...
The Minister for Finance Michael McGrath has hinted that the Government could provide financial support to micro-chip giant Intel amid reports that the company is to set up a new plant in Ireland.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Intel was in advanced negotiations with Apollo Global...
Ballyduff Drama Group, directed by Ger Canning, were crowned RTÉ All Ireland Drama champions at the Gala Awards ceremony in Athlone's Radisson Blu Hotel last night.
They scooped the top prize for their performance of 'The Ferryman' by Jez Butterworth as the curtain came down on this year's...
Extreme weather in recent years and rising production costs have put many farmers to the pins of their collars.
However, some are benefitting from the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), the farm-environmental payments scheme, which rewards measures taken to protect nature, and is...
An elderly woman who was assaulted in Dundalk on 3 May has died.
Patricia 'Pat' Muckian, who was aged in her 80s, died in a Dublin hospital yesterday - ten days after the incident at the Glenwood Estate in Dundalk.
Two other women, aged in their 40s and 70s, were injured in the same incident...
Ireland is leading a call for European Union member states to vote to adopt the controversial Nature Restoration Law at the next EU council meeting in June.
A letter urging fellow ministers across the EU to approve the law, sent by Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan and Minister for Nature...
There are now 48 tents along a section of the Grand Canal in Dublin sheltering unaccommodated asylum seekers, an increase from last Thursday when there were 26.
The tents are along the north side of the canal between Baggot Street and Leeson Street.
The first tents were pitched on this stretch...
The Electoral Commission is calling on people to register to vote ahead of the local and European elections next month.
Monday 20 May is the last possible date for people to register to vote in time for the elections on 7 June.
People can register to vote on checktheregister.ie or by filling...
Ukrainian refugees who came to Ireland in 2022 and 2023, and who are in State-provided accommodation, will have their payments cut from €232 a week to €38.80, under a memo going to Cabinet.
Ministers will consider a memorandum which will lead to all recipients of temporary protection status...
A total of 473 legal proceedings have been taken against the Health Service Executive (HSE) arising from the 2021 cyberattack.
Figures obtained by RTÉ News show that in addition, there were 140 pre-action letters issued to the HSE.
The proceedings relate to data protection claims.
The State...
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The Students' Union at Trinity College has told the university that it does not intend to pay a bill of €214,000 that was levied on the union for what the college’s Financial Services Division says were losses it incurred as a result of protests backed by the Students’...