News from Arklow

Uisce Éireann detected 52 cases of pesticides that exceeded allowable amounts in drinking water last year.

25 April 2024

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has received five complaints relating to remote/flexible working since the introduction of the 'Right to Request Remote/Flexible Work' just under two months ago.

25 April 2024

There is currently no plan to open 20 specialist beds for adults with eating disorders that were planned under the HSE's 2018 programme of care

25 April 2024

Six people have been arrested and three garda cars were damaged at a protest at a site earmarked to accommodate international protection applicants in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.

25 April 2024

World wine production dropped 10% last year, the biggest fall in more than six decades, because of "extreme" climate changes, the body that monitors the trade said.

25 April 2024

An Irish citizen who was reunited with his children in Dublin last year after the death of their mother in Gaza, has said that his father and two brothers, who are also Irish citizens, have been unable to flee the war-torn enclave.

25 April 2024

The parents of 16-year-old Aoife Johnston, who died from meningitis following a lengthy wait for treatment at UHL emergency department, have said they hope no other family experiences what they have gone through, and that action is taken to address problems at the hospital.

25 April 2024

A man has appeared in court accused of taking possession of a submachine gun used in an attack at a west Dublin restaurant on Christmas Eve.

25 April 2024

A witness in the trial of a man accused of 121 sex offences against young boys has broken down in tears as he described to a jury how he was allegedly raped when he was ten or 11 years old.

25 April 2024

Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified at Donald Trump's criminal trial that he sought to silence a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Mr Trump for fear it would hurt his 2016 presidential bid.

25 April 2024

The Garda Commissioner has said he has asked officers to re-visit files regarding the Stardust disaster in which 48 people died.

25 April 2024

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he believes that legislation is necessary to "fix" the situation where people seek asylum in Ireland having previously been granted it in the UK.

25 April 2024

Gardaí have identified more than 25 Irish children who have been victims of online child abuse material in the first three months of the year, a Policing Authority meeting has been told.

25 April 2024

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape has been overturned by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case.

25 April 2024

A robot capable of mimicking human facial expressions has been developed by engineers at Columbia University in the US.

25 April 2024

Lauren Gaffney, who developed an eating disorder in her early teens and was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa while in transition year, is struggling to get the help she needs.

25 April 2024

Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Josip Strok and a serious assault on another man in Dublin last month.

25 April 2024

A verdict of medical misadventure has been returned at the inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston. The Limerick Coroner John McNamara delivered his verdict after four days of evidence at Kilmallock Courthouse.

25 April 2024

The man who was killed in a suspected hit-and-run in Co Carlow has been named as Tom Connors.

25 April 2024

Organisers behind the 'uncommitted' political movement against US president Joe Biden's staunch support for Israel's war against Hamas will join students protesting the war.

25 April 2024