EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has called for a public inquiry into the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean and for the EU to change its search and rescue rules following an investigation into the drowning of 600 people in June 2023. The investigation found that the EU’s coast guard agency …

Ryanair has again suspended flights to Israel’s main airport in Tel Aviv, this time in a row over charges for the use of a terminal. The airline cancelled all flights to and from Israel on October 7th in the wake of the Hamas attacks. It then resumed services on February …

The Mother-and-Baby Institutions Payment Scheme is to open on 20 March with priority being given to older applicants. After a number of delays, the first payments are expected to be made in the second quarter of the year. It comes after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s apology following the publication of the …

A senior garda officer who took a High Court action against the Garda Commissioner, the Minister for Justice and the Attorney General challenging his suspension has settled his case. Chief Superintendent Patrick Diskin was suspended for a number of years following allegations that he had engaged in inappropriate behaviour and …

Footage has been shared with RTÉ News that shows 48 empty beds at the Citywest transit hub which is used to house international protection applicants, as over 1,000 remain without any State-provided shelter. The video shows a room with 24 bunk beds completely unoccupied. RTÉ understands that scores of beds …

Brendan Ogle says the former chairman of trade union Unite “defamed” him in a speech to a delegate conference in Ireland 18 months ago claiming “lies” were being told about the union” on social media. It was after Mr Ogle’s wife, Amanda La Combre, herself a Unite official, wrote a …

Two British motorcyclists coming to the end of a holiday in Ireland were killed after their wheels touched in a collision on the M50 in Dublin two years ago, an inquest had heard. Paul Ingram (59) and Brian McFarlane (63) suffered fatal injuries in the crash which occurred on the …

A district court judge has ordered that a man charged with arson at five retail outlets in Cork city be seen by the prison psychiatric services and a report furnished to the court by next week. Judge Mary Dorgan also ordered that 23-year-old Samuel Nunes Neto, of no fixed address, …

A Belgian public prosecutor has sought a one-year prison term for a former European parliamentary assistant after he admitted hacking the Twitter account of Irish MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan. Diarmuid Hayes, 34, from Dublin, was convicted in a Belgian court of posting a Tweet from Mr Flanagan’s account that referred …

A garda investigation is under way into allegations that Tusla, the child and family agency, placed vulnerable children into unregulated emergency accommodation. Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris told the Dáil that gardaí were investigating after the agency’s “new internal compliance unit” brought the issue to light. He was responding …