A bag containing a computer and two memory sticks with security plans for the Paris Olympics was stolen from a City Hall engineer, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. One of the sources, who could not disclose their identity because they are not at liberty to discuss …

Pope Francis, who has been suffering from influenza, has been taken to a hospital in Rome for a check-up, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The 87-year-old pontiff had earlier skipped a reading at weekly audience, delegating the task to an aide and telling those gathered he was still not well. …

The Finance Minister says there will be a further substantial income tax package in the next budget. Michael McGrath said there will be scope to do this because over 2.7 million people are employed – the highest number ever. He added that reducing the burden of personal taxation is part …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has criticised “completely unacceptable” errors by its Gemini AI app, after gaffes such as images of ethnically diverse World War II Nazi troops forced it to stop users from creating pictures of people. The controversy emerged within weeks of Google’s high-profile rebranding of its ChatGPT-style AI …

An investigation is under way into the death of a man following a suspected assault at his home in Dublin. Gardaí were called to a flat in a house near Herberton Park on Tuesday afternoon, where the body of the man in his 60s was discovered. He was pronounced dead …

Republic of Ireland head coach Eileen Gleeson didn’t flinch when it came to assessing her team’s performance in a 2-0 defeat to Wales at Tallaght Stadium on Tuesday night. “Look, there is no excuse,” she said after what was comfortably the worst performance of her eight-game tenure. “It wasn’t where …

A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal assault in a flat in Dublin city yesterday. The body of a man in his 60s was discovered at his home in a flat at Herberton Park. Gardaí commenced a criminal investigation and an incident room has been established at …

The European Union must urgently “wake up” to a growing security threat, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. During an address this morning to the European Parliament, Ms von der Leyen said that the union must “turbo charge” its defence capacity and “start talking” about European security …

The wife of an Irish anti-corruption advocate, who is being detained in Iraq, has called on the Irish Government to do everything in its power to ensure he comes home to Ireland as soon as possible. Yasser Eljuboori,who was born in Iraq, has been denied permission to leave Iraq and …

The breakdown of the relationship between Minister for Media Catherine Martin and former chair of the RTÉ Board Siún Ní Raghallaigh was revealed, in some detail, in Oireachtas Committee Room 2. It was Fianna Fáil deputy Christopher O’Sullivan who winkled out the first bit of information with his distinctive soft …