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There was an increase in the number of social and affordable homes delivered last year, but the figures fell short of the Government's overall targets.
28 March 2024
Legislation to introduce assisted dying for terminally ill people in Scotland has been published at Holyrood with members of the Scottish Parliament behind it insisting there is "compelling evidence" to support the move.
28 March 2024
The risks posed by armed conflict, terrorism and hybrid security threats are compounded by Ireland's low level of investment in military and defence, according to the National Risk assessment.
28 March 2024
Battles and bombardment pounded Gaza after the US said Israel had agreed to reschedule talks that had been cancelled amid tensions between the allies.
28 March 2024
An organisation which helps thousands of people at risk of homelessness has launched a new 'front door' project which aims to highlight the importance of having a home.
28 March 2024
The Kremlin gave no indication that President Vladimir Putin plans to visit family members of those killed in last Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall, which killed 143 people.
28 March 2024
More than 160 young delegates from Comhairle na nÓg youth groups across Ireland met in Dáil Éireann this morning to debate the critical issue of mental health, one of the biggest topics of concern to young people in Ireland, according to organisers.
28 March 2024
Almost 900,000 counterfeit or illegal medicines were seized by authorities in Ireland last year, according to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA).
28 March 2024
Electronic devices and documents have been seized in connection with the discovery of cocaine with an estimated value of over €4m off the coast of Co Donegal last year.
28 March 2024
Athenians are choking in clouds of thick dust blown in from the Sahara along with unseasonably warm weather, weather forecasters and doctors have warned.
28 March 2024
Denise O'Sullivan returns from injury as Eileen Gleeson revealed her Republic of Ireland squad for next month's opening set of Women's Euro 2025 qualifying fixtures against France and England.
28 March 2024
Four people have been arrested in connection with a suspected arson attack at a hotel earmarked for asylum seekers in Co Galway last December.
28 March 2024
The new EU migration pact, which the Government has decided to opt in to, has been criticised by Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF).
28 March 2024
Tributes have been paid to the mother and her two daughters who died in a road traffic collision near Claremorris, Co Mayo, on Tuesday.
28 March 2024
Three people, including a boy, have been wounded in a gun attack that targeted a school bus near the city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, medics and the army there said.
28 March 2024
Chancellor of University of Limerick Brigid Laffan will address staff at the college later today as the controversy sparked by the purchase of 20 homes in a nearby housing estate continues to grow.
28 March 2024
A recruitment programme called Teach First has been used to tackle a shortage of teachers in Britain.
28 March 2024
Unions have pushed back against complaints from businesses about rising labour costs arising from a series of Government policy changes aimed at improving conditions for workers.
28 March 2024
The bodies of two men have been recovered from the water after a bridge collapsed in Baltimore when a freight ship crashed into it, officials have said.
28 March 2024
The founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, is set to be sentenced following his conviction in one of the biggest financial fraud cases in history.
28 March 2024