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A 61-year-man from Co Down has been charged with historical sexual offences.
29 March 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences over a bus crash that killed 45 of the 46 people on board.
29 March 2024
A manager at homelessness charity Tiglin has said demand for their services has increased dramatically.
29 March 2024
Dublin Airport operator daa has confirmed that it will not appeal the competition regulator's decision to block its purchase of the former QuickPark facility in Santry.
29 March 2024
The ship that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early on Tuesday morning was also involved in an accident in the port of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2016.
29 March 2024
Just one of the Dáil's 22 Independent TDs said they were going to vote with the Coalition when Fine Gael leader Simon Harris is nominated for Taoiseach on 9 April - however a number are still undecided.
29 March 2024
Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome yesterday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter.
29 March 2024
A war monitor said Israeli air strikes on Syria's Aleppo province have killed at least 42 people, including 36 Syrian soldiers, the deadliest toll for the army since the Israel-Hamas war began.
29 March 2024
US President Joe Biden and his democratic predecessor Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former president Bill Clinton, offering a robust defence of the White House's handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event.
29 March 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Ukraine's proposed peace plan was pointless as it was based on unacceptable notions like Russia's withdrawal from areas it has captured.
29 March 2024
The US government has awarded the state of Maryland an initial $60 million in emergency funds to clear debris and begin rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
29 March 2024
Bad manners and poor identification of black spots are contributing to crashes on the roads, according to the Public Information Officer of the Coroner's Society of Ireland.
29 March 2024
The names of all of those killed during the Troubles will be read aloud at a special service in Dublin for the final time later today.
29 March 2024
The Minister for Housing has told RTÉ's Prime Time he is confident that a Government bill aimed at curbing short-term letting will be passed before the Oireachtas summer recess, despite concerns expressed by the European Commission.
28 March 2024
The daughter of a man who may have been dead for over an hour at University Hospital Limerick before being found on the floor by staff has said she does not know if she will ever get over him dying "with no dignity".
28 March 2024
Irish former world champion boxer Amy Broadhurst looks set for a sensational switch to representing the United Kingdom in a bid to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris.
28 March 2024
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said he wants to raise the age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco products from 18 to 21.
28 March 2024
The International Court of Justice has unanimously ordered Israel to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the territory's Palestinian population and stop spreading famine.
28 March 2024
University of Limerick is entering a period of "extreme oversight" by the HEA as a result of a "shocking and alarming" overspend related to the purchase of 20 houses in 2022, Chancellor Brigid Laffan has told staff at the university at a strongly attended meeting on the college campus.
28 March 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind's downfall.
28 March 2024