Sinn Féin will table a private members motion in the Dáil later today which seeks to replace the TV licence with immediate effect and introduce an amnesty from prosecution for those who have not paid the charge. The party’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty said direct exchequer funding should pay for …

The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying will hold its final public meeting today, before its 14 members draft their final report which is due to be published on 20 March. The committee chair, deputy Michael Healy-Rae, said that representatives from the Department of Health and the HSE will be …

Fine Gael TD Paul Kehoe has announced that he will not be contesting the next general election. In an address to Wexford Fine Gael Members, Mr Kehoe said “this has been a very difficult decision to make but I feel that now is the right time for me and my …

Former US President Donald Trump has a crowded calendar this year as he seeks the Republican nomination in the presidential election while also facing four criminal trials. Here are key dates in Mr Trump’s legal and political schedule: 15 February A Georgia judge will hold a hearing to consider Mr …

Prayers were said tonight in a local church for the parents and family of Matthew Healy, the six-year-old boy who died after being found unresponsive in a car near Dunmore East area last Friday. Hundreds of people packed into the Church of St Nicholas in Faithlegg, Co Waterford, close to …

Bohemians have been given the green light to redevelop Dalymount Park after plans were ratified at a Dublin City Council meeting on Monday night. The new-look ground will have a capacity of just over 8,000 [6,240 seats and 1,794 standing], with stands to the east and west side and two …

Analysis: the day before Lent began may have involved feasting and food, but it certainly wasn’t a good day for single people The day before Lent begins is most significant in all cultures that observe the Lenten period. Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and is also known …

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Israeli special forces in Gaza launched a hostage rescue operation in the southern city of Rafah before dawn local time. Here is how the events unfolded. 1.49am Monday (11.49pm Irish time Sunday) Israeli commandos use explosives to force entry to a building in central Rafah, where Fernando Simon Marman, 60, …

Two well-known Dublin drug dealers, and ongoing targets of garda drug units, have been jailed after they were caught with heroin and cannabis seven years ago. 40-year-old Seán Mooney of Barry Park in Finglas, and 38-year-old John Brown of Barry Drive in Finglas, were jailed for a year-and-a-half and two-and-a-half …