RTÉ lyric FM first hit the airwaves 25 years ago today with its debut broadcast at noon on 1 May 1999. When it started it broke new ground as the only dedicated classical and arts music radio station in the country. This evening the 25th birthday celebrations will be marked …

Health unions have said that the delayed publication of a Health Service Executive (HSE) “pay and numbers” strategy is disrupting health services. The plan will cover workforce planning, the management of new posts, agency staff and overtime. Unions say that when they raise the ongoing recruitment embargo with HSE management, …

Telecoms company Magnet+ is investigating an attempted cyberattack after the company said its internal security systems detected an unauthorised access attempt on its IT services network on 8 April. It was terminated and all potentially affected systems were disconnected from the company’s network. Magnet+ said there was no impact to …

Two young people have died in a single-vehicle crash in Co Tyrone. The PSNI said a 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were killed when a blue BMW crashed on the Doogary Road near Omagh. The accident happened around 9.50pm last night. The road is part of the A5 which …

People seeking asylum being moved from tents on Mount Street are being moved to facilities where they will have “all the wrap-around services”, according to Minister For Trade, Enterprise and Employment Peter Burke . A multi-agency operation is currently under way to move people from the area around the International …

Conditions for people living in tents on Mount Street in Dublin were “unlivable”, the co-founder of the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland Lucky Khambule has said. Asylum seekers have been sleeping rough outside the International Protection Office on the city centre street after the Government stopped providing State accommodation …

The new Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), the central plank of the UK government’s Act to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles, is now in operation. The ICRIR was established by the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation Act) 2023, although it operates independently. …

Ireland is a “clear outlier” in having larger households than other European countries, the Economic and Social Research Institute has said. The research compared trends in household size between 2005 and 2021 and said Ireland was “a very clear outlier for much of the period with consistently high household size …

A multi-agency operation is under way to move people from Mount Street in Dublin, where they have been living in tents. Gardaí, the HSE and Dublin City Council are all involved. Asylum seekers have been sleeping rough outside the International Protection Office on the city centre street after the Government …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has renewed calls for Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal, as he started talks with Israel’s leadership. “Even in these very difficult times we are determined to get a ceasefire that brings the hostages home – and to get it now,” Mr Blinken said …