Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on the bodies of three people who died when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck in Co Mayo yesterday afternoon. The remains of the three deceased, a woman and two young girls, were removed from the scene of …

There was a 29% reduction in the number of complaints made to the Environmental Protection Agency last year according to a new report. Some 90% of complaints received by the agency related to odour and noise, in almost equal measure. The Industrial and Waste License Enforcement Summary for 2023 also …

Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman will bring what has been described as a comprehensive accommodation strategy for international protection applicants to Cabinet this morning. The strategy aims to address the immediate crisis in international protection accommodation while undertaking longer-term system reform by moving away from a total reliance on private …

Donald Trump has been issued with a gag order, barring him from publicly commenting about witnesses and court staff ahead of his 15 April criminal trial involving hush money allegedly paid to an adult film actress. Justice Juan Merchan granted a request by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin …

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A woman has been arrested after cannabis worth €300,000 was seized by Revenue officers in Dublin. The drugs were discovered in the woman’s baggage after she disembarked a flight from Toronto, Canada in Dublin Airport. Revenue said 15kgs of herbal cannabis was vacuum-packed in the woman’s luggage and was found …

Gardai in Wicklow have issued an appeal to help reunite an urn with the word “Dad” inscribed on it back with its owner. In a post on Facebook, the gardai said the urn was handed in at Bray garda station on Sunday afternoon having been found by a member of …

EU member states have agreed to get rid of more eco-friendly requirements under the bloc’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in a new bid to pacify months-long protests by farmers – who faced off with riot police in Brussels for the third time in two months. Police said they used tear …

The level of sexually transmitted infections in Ireland increased by 31% last year, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. The largest increases were in gonorrhoea, which rose 68%, and chlamydia, which rose 25%. Overall, the STI notification rate in 2023 increased to 452 per 100,000 population from 346 the …

US tourist Stephen Termini suffered “five life-threatening injuries” when he was attacked in Dublin city centre last year, a court has heard. The artist and musician, 57, was severely hurt during an incident on the corner of Store Street and Talbot Street in the north inner city on the night …