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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...
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...
A murder investigation is under way following a fatal attack on a man aged in his 30s in Co Kildare.
The 39-year-old man was found dead in a house in Sallins Park, Sallins just after 3am. He appears to have been stabbed.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested and is being detained at a garda...
The Minister for Social Protection has said a memo will be brought to Cabinet on Tuesday in relation to the entitlements of international protection applicants and Ukrainian refugees in Ireland.
Heather Humphreys said her department is working with the Department of Justice and the Department...
University College Dublin (UCD) has told staff and students that it has no investments in Israel and no bilateral partnerships with Israeli institutions.
In an email to students and staff, it has confirmed that it is involved in eleven EU research projects that also have Israeli partners and...
A survey by the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) has found that 84% of publicans report that no family members wish to inherit their pub.
The finding comes as the VFI's benchmarking survey also showed that 37% of publicans are considering retirement within the next two years.
The group...
The death of a man in Dublin yesterday has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).
Gardaí received a report of an incident on the Waterloo Road in Dublin 4 at around 12.35pm.
Gardai said that while they were at the scene a man fell ill.
He received medical treatment...
A second third level student encampment in support of Palestine has been established this evening, this time on the grounds of University College Dublin (UCD).
In an initiative being led by the UCD Students' Union and its BDS group, around 50 students have this evening pitched tents beside a...