The Dáil has heard that several long-serving members of the Air Corps have been penalised for having made protective disclosures which flagged concerns over health and safety. Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit – Solidarity TD, said that the disclosures related to using “dangerous chemicals”, the inability of all members …

A man accused of biting off part of his brother’s finger during a family wedding celebration was today acquitted by a jury at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court. Uche Georgewill-Manjor, 42, of Garranmore, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, embraced supporters who clapped and cried after the verdict was read out in the court. …

A Wicklow pensioner has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for a violent assault on his then 97-year-old wife at their family home last year with an object believed to be his walking stick. A sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court heard that the accused, Tom Harte, had a …

Gardaí have arrested a man after an apparent attempt to abduct a 2-year-old child in Dublin city this afternoon. The incident happened outside the child’s home just after 1pm on Sheriff Street. The child’s mother went back into the house to get something but left the door open and noticed …

Gardaí have arrested a man after an apparent attempt to abduct a 2-year-old child in Dublin city this afternoon. The incident happened outside the child’s home just after 1pm on Sheriff Street. The child’s mother went back into the house to get something but left the door open and noticed …

New York prosecutors on Thursday will ask the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial to impose more fines on the former US president for violating a gag order that prohibits him from talking about witnesses and jurors. The $4,000 total penalty prosecutors are seeking would be on top …

Enoch Burke’s mother Martina has told the High Court she is not directing him to remain in Mountjoy prison. Mrs Burke was giving evidence in her son’s defamation action over an article that said he had to be moved to another prison cell because he was annoying other inmates by …

A senior European Union official warned the Georgian government that its proposed legislation on “foreign agents” was unacceptable and would be an obstacle to the country’s hopes of joining the EU if adopted in its current form. The bill, which would require organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding …

Rebuilding homes in the Gaza Strip could drag into the next century if the pace follows the trend of previous conflicts, according to a UN report. Nearly seven months of Israeli bombardment have caused billions of euros in damage, leaving many of the crowded strip’s high-rise concrete buildings reduced to …

More than €150 million has been spent on the MetroLink project, up to the end of 2023, an Oireachtas committee has heard. The Public Accounts Committee heard that to date €158m has been spent although “no significant physical work” has taken place. Hugh Creegan, deputy CEO of the National Transport …