Government minister Charlie McConalogue’s former driver has claimed he was let go from the job in a “sham” redundancy process which left him to choose between the prospect of a job in a dole office or ending 40 years’ service to the State with a severance package. The Workplace Relations …

Sweden’s NATO membership bid, submitted in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, cleared its final hurdle as Hungary’s parliament voted to ratify it today. Accession to the US-led alliance means stark changes for both Sweden’s defence and the geopolitical balance in the region. Why did Sweden decide to …

More than 1,200 people have been conferred with Irish citizenship at ceremonies in Dublin. Two ceremonies were held at the National Concert Hall today and there were emotional and joyous scenes as Ireland’s newest citizens stepped out onto the streets of the capital. “It fills my heart with pride,” Maria …

A vigil will take place tonight in Dublin city centre for a homeless woman who was found dead yesterday morning. The woman – understood to be 47 years of age – has been named locally as Ann Delaney, originally from Co Laois. She was found unresponsive outside a supermarket on …

Uzbekistan on Monday handed out sentences to 21 people linked to the deaths of 68 children who consumed a contaminated cough syrup produced in India. At least 86 children were poisoned in the Central Asian country between 2022 and 2023, of whom 68 died. Indian citizen Singh Raghvendra Pratap, the …

Donald Trump has appealed a judge’s ruling that the former US president must pay $454 million (€418 million) in penalties and interest for fraudulently exaggerating his net worth and the values of his real estate holdings to secure better loan terms. Mr Trump asked an intermediate-level state appellate court to …

A vigil will take place tonight in Dublin city centre for a homeless woman who was found dead yesterday morning. The woman – understood to be 47 years of age – has been named locally as Ann Delaney, originally from Co Laois. She was found unresponsive outside a supermarket on …

The daughter of an innocent man shot dead by the Kinahan Organised Crime Group told a man who helped the gang commit the murder, that he may not have pulled the trigger but the shooting would not have happened without him. Donna Kirwan, whose father Noel Kirwan was shot dead …

Bank of Ireland will more than triple returns to shareholders for the second successive year, the country’s largest lender said today after higher interest rates helped it to nearly double full-year profit. But its share price tumbled about 11% today as it said its net interest income is expected to …

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called on parliament to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid, with today’s vote expected to clear the final obstacle for an enlargement of the military alliance spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The vote would end more than a year of delays that left fellow NATO partners …