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A statutory of investigation should be carried out into the crimes of convicted sex abuser Michael Shine during his time working at Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda, an independent report has said.
At least three state agencies are customers of a password company using Russian technology prompting national security concerns, an Irish Times investigation has found.
Doctors have told The Irish Times that e-scooters have become the biggest cause of traumatic brain injuries in children.
The prime suspect in the murder of the American woman Jamey Carney in Co Kerry last week, will be held by Jordanian authorities for 15 days to allow for an investigation.
The Fifa World Cup is almost over, and hasnât failed to display the twist and turns we love and expect.
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Aughinish Alumina exports making their way to the Russian military supply chain cannot be ruled out, a government report is expected to say.
The investigation into the killing of 43-year-old Jamey Carney is entering a new phase as attention shifts to the legal challenges in speaking to the main suspect, 28-year-old Ahmed Al Saqar, who fled to Jordan.
The government has failed to engage with investigations into killings during the troubles in Northern Ireland, the head of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information has told The Irish Times.
Montenegro has become closure to securing European Union membership, but barriers still remain.
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The State paid more than âŹ1 million for a single deportation flight when returning 42 adults and children from Ireland to South Africa in June.
The ârough sexâ defence didnât work for Lorcan Murphy. The 38 year old Dubliner - jailed for murder in Hungary last week - wasnât the first to try it either.
The reality of building a life in Sydney, Australia? âItâs bloody hard to afford anything,â writes Irishman Cormac McConville.
In 1941 Brian OâNolan, better known as Flann OâBrien and Myles na gCopaleen, proposed a Book Handling Agency in The Irish Times. On Sunday evening, 85 years later, Flannâs idea became reality in a Berlin bar where a crack team of literary experts was on hand to make unread books look well-read.
Irelandâs second oldest woman is remarkable not only for her age (107), but Walburga Monaghanâs son Michael says itâs her general health, too. She rarely gets ill, takes no medication and her mind is sharp enough to continue The Irish Times Simplex crossword, something she has been doing for as long as she can remember.
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The conflict between the US and Iran has escalated again after Donald Trump said he would reimpose the blockade on Iranian ports and charge a 20% tariff on any ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
GardaĂ have seized one of Irelandâs largest organised crime arms dumps in more than a decade, uncovering machine guns, pistols, and drugs linked to a Polish gang.
A new law giving women up to five days paid leave after a miscarriage before 23 weeks of pregnancy is to be brought before cabinet today.
Many families are getting into debt covering school costs, according to the Irish League of Credit Unions.
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Possession, production and sharing of extreme or violent pornography could be effectively banned in Ireland under proposals being put to cabinet by the Justice Minister Jim OâCallaghan this week.
The Department of Justice was concerned about cuts to the Garda budget for security during Irelandâs EU presidency, internal documents have revealed.
Research being led at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) could help answer one of humanityâs oldest questions and pave the way for âgreater understanding of the origins of lifeâ, according to the astronomer leading the project.
The GAA World Games begins today with hundreds of players from around the world gathering in Waterford.
Yellow weather warnings for heat issued by Met Ăireann come into effect this morning effecting countiesCork, Kerry, Limerick, Galway, Mayo.
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There has been more escalation in the exchange of fire between Iran and the United States.
The brother of Mackenzie Michalski, who was murdered by a Dublin man in Hungary in November 2024, has said he is happy the man is off the streets having been handed 14 years in prison.
Political correspondent Harry McGee explains why there is so much opposition to hare coursing in the DaĂl.
What does The Irish Times archive tell us about the perfect picnic over the years?
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Minister of State for Road Transport SeĂĄn Canney has told the Road Safety Authority (RSA) he was concerned about its âlack of visibilityâ following a series of road deaths late last year.
The regulator for utilities has imposed a âŹ31 million penalty on Uisce Ăireann for failing to meet performance targets, relating to leakages and bad debts.
The Government should recuse itself from negotiating legislation that touches on digital policy and corporate tax in Brussels during its Council of the EU presidency, given its âquestionable track recordâ and cosy relationship with tech multinationals, a group of 50 academics have has said.
Applicants to the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) scheme have raised concerns that plans to make their Personal Public Service (PPS) numbers publicly available could result in identity theft or fraud.
Holiday itineraries, packing tips? Thereâs an AI app for that. Technology can take a lot of the guesswork out of summer breaks.
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Irish authorities granted gambling licences to six companies at the heart of a global network of black-market betting websites. Two Irish companies were also found to be processing payments for unlicensed gambling sites operating in Europe.
Irelandâs richest political party, Sinn Fein, sold merchandising worth euro more than âŹ405,000 last year, according to financial accounts filed with the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo).
Ireland remains âwell off-trackâ in cutting greenhouse gas emissions after a fall of just 2.2 per cent last year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Columnist Laura Kennedy is writing movingly today about what it feels like to return home as an emigrant, remaking a new life in a familiar setting.
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Former Olympic swimming coach George Gibney, whoâs 77 with an address in Florida, has been found guilty of sexually abusing four girls more than 50 years ago.
Authorities in France have evacuated 10,000 people because of wildfires burning out of control near the Spanish border. Fires are also raging in northern Spain, Portugal, and Greece.
With Donald Trump reigniting his feud with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ahead of the Nato summit in Ankara this week, leaders in the military alliance have much bigger questions to answer.
Personal records of children who were âboarded outâ from religious institutions will be withheld from a new public archive set up to remember the abuse of women and children in 20th-century Ireland.
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New figures show some patients are waiting as long as 13 and a half years for community healthcare appointments like dietetics, ophthalmology and psychology.
Ireland will chair EU meetings around new European Oceans legislation aimed at strengthening protection of Europeâs marine territory, undersea cables and pipelines, and improving ocean health.
GardaĂ have uncovered whatâs believed to be the most sophisticated drugs-processing operation ever discovered in Ireland involving plywood soaked in liquid cocaine.
Investigations are continuing into the death of a man in his 30âs following an incident at a pub in CountyCork on Saturday. Separately, investigations have been launched into the fatal shooting of a man in his 40âs in DĂșn Laoghaire on Sunday morning.
JD Sports has been ordered to reissue thousands of gift cards to customers worth close to âŹ250,000 after they were found to have expiry periods far shorter than allowed in Irish law.
There are growing questions over the common travel area between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland amid immigration concerns.
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Taoiseach Michéal Martin has faced questions over exports from the Aughinish Alumina plant in county Limerick to aluminium smelters supplying the Russian military.
The government will sign a new law requiring financial service providers to offer customers the right to speak to a human rather than an AI bot.
A jury in the trial of a 77-year-old man on historic sex abuse charges will continue its deliberations today.
Ireland will experience more warm weather this weekend, as the World Meteorological Organisation warns the El Niño weather phenomenon will intensify throughout the summer.
Ryanair boss tells The Irish Times holidaymakers who booked early got better deals this summer than they did a year ago, despite rising fuel costs.
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Riad Bouchaker, whoâs 52, has been found guilty of attempted murder in relation to the stabbing in Parnell Square in November 2023. Our legal affairs correspondent Mary Carolan recounts the events which left a child with life altering injuries.
After authorities in Sweden froze the assets of a company owned by Rusal, which owns the county Limerick plant Aughinish Alumina, what next for the firm linked with exports to the Russian military machine?
Irelandâs presidency of the EU has begun. What does it entail, and why does it matter?
The entrepreneur Margaret E. Ward writes that return to work mandates, effectively ending remote or hybrid working models, is led by narcissistic CEOâs.
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The Government is seeking to fast-track legislation which will allow for the establishment of a State agency to deliver the planed Dublin metro project.
The Ukrainian Government has rejected a donation from Ireland of a fleet of armoured combat vehicles to aid in the fight against Russia. The Defence Forcesâ 27 light armoured tactical vehicles (LATVs) were first acquired 20 years ago but had a poor reputation and frequently broke down.
While so many of us are going gaga for 90s culture, there are money lessons to be learned from that decade. Opting to have a â1990s summerâ could amount to financial savings as well as nostalgia.
Looking for a new show to binge watch in July? Kevin Courtney has a roundup of the best new shows streaming this month.
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Aughinish Alumina will be forced to pay up front for the costs of closing down the Co Limerick plant and repairing environmental damage in the area, under a new deal agreed with the State.
Europe is being âfloodedâ by cheap vapes and e-cigarettes produced in Asia that often do not meet EU safety rules, dodge customs taxes and in some cases contain harmful and illegal substances, the head of the EUâs anti-fraud office has said.
With more than one million taxpayer âunitsâ paying tax at the higher rate of 40 per cent on their incomes and an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, the pressure is on to deliver some form of relief in this Octoberâs budget.
Meanwhile our Government parties are still dreaming of income tax cuts in forthcoming budgets, most economists are predicting various shades of financial Armageddon, writes Eoin Drea.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino says it doesnât make any additional revenue from them. Stadium fans loudly boo them and TV viewers blast them on social media, but the hydration breaks introduced in this World Cup have been the bonus money spinner of the tournament, writes Bernice Harrison today.
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Coalition leaders will consider plans to continue the reductions in excise on petrol and diesel, at least in part, beyond the July 31st deadline. However it is expected that the reductions introduced following the fuel protests in April will be tapered off over the coming months.
The State is opting to retain out-of-date aircraft navigation systems as they are less susceptible to Russian jamming attacks compared to more modern technology, according to records obtained by The Irish Times.
A marginal reduction in IT employment is probably one of the first manifestations of AI influencing the economy. John Fitzgerald writes that any future support measures need to be targeted at poorer households amid a gradual economic slowdown.
From axe-throwing to augmented darts, Una Mullally is wondering whatâs behind the rise in âcompetitive socialisingâ?
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âAs it stands right now, Ireland isnât in heatwave conditions,â says Holly OâNeill, a meteorologist from Met Ăireann, âalthough we recognise that it is unusually warm, of courseâ.
Dublin City Council (DCC) is to commission a new monument honouring the women of Irelandâs revolutionary period, as part of a broader effort to address the historic underrepresentation of women in public spaces.
Thirty years on from the murder of investigative crime journalist Veronica Guerin, her family say it is they, rather than her killers, who have suffered the true life sentences.
Itâs the USAâs 250th birthday tomorrow, Saturday 27th June. As the victor of the 20th century, it not only possessed unmatched political and economic power, but embodied admired values of constitutional government and freedom. This did not last.
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Minister for Finance Simon Harris brought a group of âfinance influencersâ who run popular Instagram accounts into the Department of Finance this week to brief them on the new State savings scheme.
Government TDs are seeking extra scrutiny of legislation scrapping the three-day waiting period for abortion services due to fears of a backlash over it being ârailroadedâ through the DĂĄil.
Irelandâs heatwave is set to peak today with temperatures on course to top 30 degrees.
Many CAO applicants change their lists of courses at this time of year for various reasons. Most are valid, of course, but Andree Harpur cautions against âthe most dangerous oneâ.
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The heatwave has caused chaos in a number of European countries. At least 40 people have drowned in France after entering seas and rivers.
The US millionaire Jason Cardiff is facing extradition to the US on allegations he defrauded customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars through the sale of products marketed for sexual performance, weight loss, and smoking cessation. He denies the charges.
Womenâs Aid received 62,275 disclosures of abuse against women and children last year, according to newly released figures.
How likely is Andy Burnham to become the UKâs next Prime Minister?
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The former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been told by a judge to expect a lengthy prison sentence after he was convicted of all 18 sex abuse counts, including the rape of a woman when she was in primary school.
The UK will get a new Prime Minister following the announcement by Kier Starmer that he is to stand down. Our political editor Pat Leahy says he improved the relationship between the UK and Ireland.
There is new legislation being proposed on dog breading to include a requirement that prospective buyers are shown a puppyâs biological mother on-site, and banning animals being handed over in car parks.
Met Ăirann has issues a yellow weather warning as a heatwave sweeps across Europe.
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Peace talks have been taking place in Switzerland between the US and Iran following the publication of an initial deal signed by Donald Trump last week.
The Government is set to approve major new rail funding as part of the Shared Island initiative which it says will improve services and cut journey times on key cross-border services.
Irelandâs waste management system is under fresh scrutiny amid concerns about plans to scrap rubbish bags in favour of wheelie bins in Dublin.
Naomi OâLeary speaks to the social media sensation Caolan Robertson who is reporting on the war in Ukraine to over a million followers.
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