An elderly woman who was assaulted in Dundalk on 3 May has died. The woman, who was aged in her 80s, died in a Dublin hospital yesterday – ten days after the incident at the Glenwood Estate in Dundalk. Two other women, aged in their 40s and 70s, were injured …

The Electoral Commission is calling on people to register to vote ahead of the local and European elections next month. Monday 20 May is the last possible date for people to register to vote in time for the elections on 7 June. People can register to vote on checktheregister.ie or …

Ireland is leading a call for European Union member states to vote to adopt the controversial Nature Restoration Law at the next EU council meeting in June. A letter urging fellow ministers across the EU to approve the law, sent by Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan and Minister for …

Rescuers recovered more bodies after flash floods and cold lava flow on Indonesia’s Sumatra island over the weekend killed at least 50 people and left another 27 missing, the country’s disaster agency said. Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes …

The issue of migration will top the agenda when the Cabinet meets this morning in Dublin. Ministers will consider a memorandum which will lead to all recipients of temporary protection status receiving the same benefits – regardless of when they first entered the State – while the entitlements of International …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv in the first visit to Ukraine by a senior US official since Congress passed a long-delayed $61 billion military aid package for the country last month. The previously undisclosed trip aims to show US solidarity with Ukraine as it struggles to …

Conflict in Sudan and Gaza pushed the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, an NGO monitor has said. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said the figure was a new end-of-year high by its count, with the number of …

Extreme weather in recent years and rising production costs have put many farmers to the pins of their collars. However, some are benefitting from the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), the farm-environmental payments scheme which rewards measures taken to protect nature, and is not linked to producing crops or livestock. …

Conflict in Sudan and Gaza pushed the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, an NGO monitor said. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said the figure was a new end-of-year high by its count, with the number of people …

The issue of migration will top the agenda once again when Cabinet meets this morning in Dublin. Ministers will consider a memorandum which will lead to all recipients of temporary protection status receiving the same benefits – regardless of when they first entered the State – and the entitlements of …