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RTÉ has confirmed the TV viewing figures for this year's Eurovision Song Contest and it was the most watched final since 2018.
The final last Saturday night, which saw Irish hopeful Bambie Thug finish sixth and Swiss entry Nemo crowned the winner, was watched by an average of 666,000 viewers on...
The former senior police officer responsible for investigating the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings has said he received access to never-before-seen top secret material.
Iain Livingstone is leading a number of historic investigations into the Troubles.
These include Operation Denton, an...
A public transport briefing following last year's rioting in Dublin said the cost of damage to vehicles was likely to be around €5 million and that a rethink of updates for the public during a crisis was needed.
A note prepared for the board of the National Transport Authority (NTA) said travel...
Former solicitor Michael Lynn has brought a High Court challenge against the Department of Justice's (DoJ) refusal to pay his lawyers for certain works carried out during the course of his lengthy criminal trial.
Lynn, who is currently detained at Mountjoy Prison, was imprisoned for...
A 32-year-old man who tried to kill his mother by repeatedly stabbing her while he was suffering from psychosis has been jailed for ten years.
Gearoid Coughlan, from Ballycoughlan, Inishannon, Co Cork, had earlier pleaded guilty to attempting to murder his mother on 4 June 2021 at her home in...
A judge has ruled that provisions of the UK's Illegal Migration Act should be disapplied in Northern Ireland, as they undermine human rights protections guaranteed in the region under post-Brexit arrangements.
Mr Justice Humphreys also said aspects of the Act were incompatible with the European...
Changes will be made to the way the 'Portal' installation in Dublin is operating due to the "inappropriate behaviour" of some of those who are using it, Dublin City Council has said.
The "technical solutions" will go live in the next 24 hours, the council said, adding that it will continue to...
Cabinet will consider approving a new enterprise support package tomorrow to assist retail and hospitality businesses hit hard by higher costs.
Enterprise Minister Peter Burke will fund the plan by tapping unused funds from a €257 million business support scheme.
It allowed businesses to claim...
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched a two-week quarry safety inspection campaign focussing on the management of contractors.
It will concentrate on key safety areas of concern including management and supervision of contractors while on site, employer cooperation and coordination...
A garage owner has been sent forward for trial over a seizure of close to €2m worth of cocaine at his business in Dublin.
The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) searched Shields Automotive at Parklands, Long Mile Road, Dublin 12, on 14 February last year.
During the same...
A 25-year-old man has been jailed for six years for the rape and sexual assault of a woman at her home in Cork four years ago.
The woman, who woke up to find a friend raping her in her family home in Cork, has said that in the aftermath of the attack that she walked into a church and asked God...
A man has appeared in court in Co Donegal after a pedestrian was critically injured in an alleged hit-and-run incident.
Kevin Grant appeared before a special sitting of Letterkenny District Court this evening.
Mr Grant, aged 36, of Páirc Mór, Buncrana, faces a total of eight charges arising...
Proposed legislation to increase the legal age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 is "significant", Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly will seek Cabinet approval this week for the legislation to increase the legal age by three...
A security guard who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl after she shoplifted a face mask and make-up brush from Penney's has been jailed for five years.
Abdul Rahman Mohammed, 35, from Mountjoy Square in Dublin, was found guilty of sexual assault, false imprisonment and demanding money with...
The approval by the HSE of a new treatment option for people with breast cancer at high-risk of recurrence, which could reduce the chance of their cancer returning by 30%, has been welcomed as a "significant milestone".
The drug, known as abemaciclib and manufactured by pharmaceutical company...
GAA president Jarlath Burns has said that he is "very surprised" by criticism of the GAAGO service from the Government, adding that "you would almost think there was an election coming up."
Amid criticism that Saturday's Munster Senior Hurling Championship game between Cork and All-Ireland...
The Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council has said that Ireland effectively lost a "whole year" in relation to the roll-out of sustainable electricity development last year, as there was no planning approval given for wind farms last year before September.
Marie Donnelly was speaking as...
Consumers look set to have more choice in the insurance market from today with the formal launch of a new insurer.
South Africa based OUTsurance Group will initially offer home and motor cover to the Irish market, the first new locally authorised personal insurance underwriter in this country...
European Union countries have given their final approval this morning to a law to cut carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free.
The law will enforce a 90% cut in CO2 emissions from new heavy-duty vehicles...
Rory McIlroy produced a golfing masterclass en route to securing victory at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte.
Starting the day one shot behind leader Xander Schauffele, McIlroy soon drew level with the American before romping away on the back nine to win by five shots.
McIlroy was...