The new Deposit Return Scheme had its best day yet over the weekend, the Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action has heard. Minister of State Ossian Smyth revealed that, on Saturday, more than 2.3 million containers were returned, in 806,000 transactions. Yesterday, 2.2m containers were returned, he said, pointing …

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke has told the High Court that a newspaper article claiming he was annoying other prisoners with his religious beliefs was “pure invention” and “completely without foundation”. Mr Burke also described his first days in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin and said fellow inmates had welcomed and supported …

The All-Ireland SFC stage draw threw up a potential group of death on Tuesday, with either Armagh or Donegal, and the winners of Galway v Mayo, pitted against Derry and Westmeath. Galway face Mayo on Sunday at Pearse Stadium in the Connacht SFC decider, and the victors will be ‘rewarded’ …

Law firm Mason Hayes and Curran has been ordered to retrain its managers on disability policies and pay €5,000 compensation to a dismissed solicitor suffering from ‘long Covid’ and depression following a ruling that it discriminated against him. The company, Ireland’s fifth-largest legal practice, with a turnover of €114 million …

The draw for the group phase of the All-Ireland football championship and the Tailteann Cup gets underway at 3pm Source link

The Government has displayed incompetence and offered a “gift to the Tories” in its approach to migration and returns to Britain, the Sinn Féin Leader has said. Mary Lou McDonald told the Dáil that nobody competent was in charge. She added that some people are seeking to sow division and …

A total of 28 candidates have been declared for the forthcoming European Parliament elections in the Midlands North West constituency. Nominations closed at noon today. Prospective candidates have until midday tomorrow to withdraw from the contest. Voting will take place on Friday 7 June in both the European and local …

An international expert panel has found that the Irish government “failed to carry out effective investigations” into attacks carried out in the Republic during the Northern Ireland conflict. An expert panel, convened by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, published its report ‘Bitter Legacy: State Impunity in the Northern Ireland …

Rescuers were searching for at least 91 people missing in heavy flooding across Kenya, the interior ministry said. At least 46 people were killed yesterday morning in a mudslide and flash floods in Mai Mahiu town in central Kenya, the ministry said in a situation report, an increase of one …

Broadcasters are being urged to take steps to minimise the potential for ‘deepfake’ content to make it on-air and mislead audiences ahead of the local, European and Limerick mayoral elections on 7 June. ‘Deepfakes’ are digitally manipulated pieces of video or audio often generated using artificial intelligence (AI). Coimisiún na …