Drug testing for members of An Garda Síochána has still not been introduced more than two and a half years after they were first announced in June 2021. The Policing Authority has been told that there is no firm timetable in place for the introduction of drug testing for gardaí …

The Minister for Integration has clashed with a coalition colleague during heated Dáil exchanges over the use of the D Hotel in Drogheda, Co Louth to house migrants. “You’re taking from us our only hotel – that’s the key point,” Fergus O’Dowd, Fine Gael TD for Louth, told the Green …

Norway has halted all helicopter traffic to its offshore oil and gas fields after a deadly crash and said it was considering grounding Sikorsky’s S-92A aircraft model while investigating the accident. A woman in her 60s died and five people were injured when the helicopter plunged into the ocean off …

Allies of deceased Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny have said that attempts to hire a hearse to take his body to his funeral in Moscow tomorrow have been thwarted by unknown individuals. Kira Yarmysh, a spokesperson for Mr Navalny, said on social media that unknown individuals had been threatening hearse …

Civic leaders in southern Lebanon have raised fears for the safety of civilians due to the use by Israel of the chemical weapon white phosphorus along the border between Israel and Lebanon. Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon say they have observed the weapon being deployed in the region and are taking …

It is five months since Storm Babet flooded the HS2 hair salon on Midleton’s Main Street but its owner Laurie O’Donnell remembers every minute of the panic caused by the speed with which the water rose that day. “By one o’clock, I opened the front door and the water was …

A 33-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his 64-year-old father at their home in Dublin. Seth Whelan is charged with the murder of Michael Whelan between 19 and 27 February 2024 at the flat they shared on Herberton Park. He is also facing three other …

A 33-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his 64-year-old father at their home in Dublin. Seth Whelan is charged with the murder of Michael Whelan between 19 and 27 February 2024 at the flat they shared on Herberton Park. He is also facing three other …

Updated / Thursday, 29 Feb 2024 17:21 Authorities yesterday successfully detonated a WWII-era bomb found on a beach in Belgium. Footage posted on social media showed a large plume of black smoke rising across an empty beach in Koksijde as a team from the Belgian military’s bomb disposal unit blew …

The UN’s human rights chief has described the situation in Gaza as “carnage” and said that war crimes had been committed by all parties in the conflict. Addressing a meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said there were “no …