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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a probe of his wife. “I need to pause and think,” Mr Sanchez said in a letter shared on his …

Two Irish authors have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2024 ‘Women’s Prize for Fiction’ in the UK. Anne Enright’s latest novel ‘The Wren, The Wren’ and Claire Kilroy’s ‘Soldier, Sailor’ have both been nominated. The prize is awarded annually to the author of the best full-length novel of the year …

Irish Times journalist Kitty Holland is suing former colleague John Waters for damages of up to €75,000 for defamation of character. Ms Holland, 53, of Ranelagh, Dublin, told a judge today that an exclusive story she broke about the tragic death of Savita Halappanaver in University Hospital Galway almost 12 …

A new guide has been published aimed at tackling disinformation in the run up to the European Parliament, local authority and Limerick mayoral elections on 7 June. An Coimisiún Toghcháin, the Electoral Commission, has published a framework on online electoral process information, political advertising and deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) content. …

President Michael D Higgins says he will be completely recovered from a mild stroke within two-to-three weeks. He said there was no cognitive impairment from what was described at the time as a “transitory weakness”. However, the President said it had affected his left side including his arm and hip. …

A former creche manager has been given a suspended sentence after she admitted stealing more than €13,000 from the Dublin childcare facility where she worked. Saira Mooneeswamy, 53, with an address at Blessington Street, Dublin 7, pleaded guilty to stealing from Hyde & Seek Childcare, Shaw Street, Dublin 2, between …

The Taoiseach has acknowledged that the Government must “do more” to stem the flow of asylum seekers across the border with Northern Ireland. Simon Harris was appearing before the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan had noted the remarks of Minister …

The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed a Garda who shot a man dead in Dublin three-and-a-half years ago is not to be prosecuted. George Nkencho was shot dead by an armed garda outside the family home in Clonee, Co Dublin in December 2020. The Garda Ombudsman Commission said today …

The Special Criminal Court has been told that Aaron Brady, who murdered Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, was an enhanced prisoner in Mountjoy Prison with unique access to a laptop when he is alleged to have conspired with another inmate to prevent a witness from giving evidence at his trial. Prison …

A man convicted of stirring up hatred by taking part in singing a song which mocked the murder of Michaela McAreavey has avoided being sent to jail. Dillion Kelly was sentenced to 240 hours community service for involvement in the chanting inside an Orange Order hall about the schoolteacher’s death. …