Northern Ireland’s First Minister has stood by her criticism of Leo Varadkar after the Tánaiste branded her comments “very partisan”. Micheál Martin said Michelle O’Neill’s remarks following Mr Varadkar’s announcement he was stepping down as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael “left a lot to be desired”. In a press …

Dublin Airport operator, daa, has received a blow with the news that the competition regulator has refused it permission to buy a large disused car park near the airport which it needs to relieve parking pressure. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) said it was blocking the sale of …

The UN General Assembly has called for the development of a set of international guidelines to address the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence. The resolution, co-sponsored by dozens of countries and adopted by consensus, emphasises the necessity of guidelines “to promote safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems,” while …

Senators and TDs have come out to support an anti-racism pledge published by the Irish Network Against Racism ahead of the local and European elections. Independent Senators and TDs joined representatives from People Before Profit, the Green Party, the Labour Party, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil to sign up to …

The High Court has approved a settlement of €87,500 in the case of a young boy whose parents had to pay for a private ambulance to transport him to Dublin for surgery for acute appendicitis. The court was told four-year-old Conor Naughton endured an alleged 24-hour delay in having surgery …

Ten men have been brought before District Court sittings in Cork city and county, charged with conspiring with each other to import drugs into the State. The ten were arrested by gardaí this day last week during operations in the villages of Tragumna and Leap near Skibbereen in west Cork. …

Some Western banks have begun lobbying against EU proposals to redistribute billions in interest earned on frozen Russian assets, senior industry sources said, fearing it could lead to costly litigation. European Union leaders are discussing a plan to use up to €3 billion a year to supply arms to Ukraine …

Yesterday was ‘Leo’s Day’, we were told. Fine Gael TDs, Senators and MEPs told the me that they did not want to talk about succession, but rather the qualities and attributes of their soon-to-be former leader, Leo Varadkar. But behind the scenes, there was a well rehearsed plan falling into …

One of Sweden’s main pharmacy chains, Apotek Hjartat, has said it is limiting sales of certain skincare products to those under 15 in order to combat unhealthy beauty standards for young people. “Today there is an unhealthy and unnecessary use of advanced skincare products among young people and we want …

A team of surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, a US hospital said. The four-hour operation was carried out on Saturday on a 62-year-old man suffering from end-stage kidney disease, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) said. “The procedure marks a …