Chair of the RTÉ Board Siún Ní Raghallaigh has announced she has resigned from her position In a statement, she said it is abundantly clear from statements yesterday and in particular last night’s Primetime broadcast, that she no longer has the confidence of the Media Minister, Catherine Martin, and that, …

Wicklow-based payroll tech company SD Worx has announced the creation of 40 new jobs over the next two years as part of a €2.9m investment. The company, formerly Intelligo, said it expects to grow its workforce to 115 by the end of 2025. It will be hiring for roles in …

A dedicated statutory agency established to deliver the Government’s strategy on Domestic Sexual and Gender Based Violence (DSGBV) will formerly open today. Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe, who previously worked in the HSE as the National Director of Health and Wellbeing and more recently as the National Director of Operations Planning, has …

Spanish firefighters are battling a huge fire raging through a multi storey residential block in the eastern port city of Valencia, the emergency services said. Images showed flames and vast clouds of black smoke engulfing the building, with 22 teams of firefighters battling high winds to tackle the blaze, the …

A New Mexico prosecutor has held the chief weapons handler for the Western film Rust, Hannah Gutierrez, responsible for the 2021 fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, while Gutierrez’s lawyer said she was being scapegoated for a tragedy. Gutierrez, 27, listened calmly to the prosecution’s opening statements in …

Gardaí investigating the Hutch Organised Crime Group have seized a substantial quantity of drugs in Dublin and arrested three people. MDMA, cocaine, ecstasy tablets and cannabis jellies with an estimated street value of €2m were seized after a car and a van were stopped and an apartment was searched in …

Three charities that support children with special needs have asked the Department of Education not to proceed with the implementation of a new way of allocating school special education teaching hours until what they have called “meaningful consultation” can take place with those most affected. Autism charity AsIAm, Inclusion Ireland, …

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said far too many important public capital projects are taking too long to reach completion. As a result, he has asked his Cabinet colleague Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe, to provide quarterly reports to Government and take a more hands-on approach. He said …

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said far too many important public capital projects are taking too long to reach completion. As a result, he has asked his Cabinet colleague Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe, to provide quarterly reports to Government and take a more hands-on approach. He said …

A man charged with the attempted murder of two young girls and a boy in a knife attack in Dublin in November has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court. A girl, aged five, was left in a serious condition after a stabbing on the afternoon of …