News from Thurles

None of the soldiers who gave evidence to the Bloody Sunday inquiry will face perjury charges over their testimony to the tribunal.

19 April 2024

Forty-one families who sued the Hyde & Seek crèche chain in north Dublin over the alleged treatment of their children have settled their cases for €15,000 each at the High Court, bringing the total sum awarded to €615,000.

19 April 2024

FAI Director of Football Marc Canham has apologised to Republic of Ireland supporters for the delay in appointing a new manager to the men's senior team as he revealed that he does not now expect an appointment until September.

19 April 2024

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the United States for vetoing a draft resolution that would have granted Palestinians full membership of the global body.

19 April 2024

Dubai's main airport has said it is limiting the number of flights arriving for two days, as it continues to struggle to clear a backlog three days after a record storm swept the United Arab Emirates.

19 April 2024

Russian strikes on Ukraine in the early hours of this morning killed at least nine people, including three children, as Kyiv said it shot down a Russian strategic bomber for the first time.

19 April 2024

Republic of Ireland and Southampton goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu will be sidelined for 'nine to ten months' after it was confirmed that he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon.

19 April 2024

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that he hopes to meet the families of the people who died in the Stardust fire tomorrow.

19 April 2024

The Health Service Executive has announced a spring booster vaccination campaign for protection against Covid-19.

19 April 2024

While Children's Health Ireland disputes Sinn Féin's claims behind figures on hospital appointments, and the arguments about what makes a cancellation or not, there are individuals, families and children awaiting lifesaving cancer care but experiencing delays and cancellations.

19 April 2024

A motorist was detected driving at 112km/h in a 50km/h zone on the Main Street, Charleville, Co Cork during the first five hours of National Slow Down Day.

19 April 2024

Follow live updates as sources say Israel has carried out a strike on Iran, as explosions are heard near an Iranian army base.

19 April 2024

Taylor Swift has surprised her fans by releasing a secret "double album" expansion of The Tortured Poets Department.

19 April 2024

After a verdict of unlawful killing was returned at the inquests into the deaths of 48 people who died in the Stardust fire in 1981, RTÉ reporter Conor Hunt asks what next for the Stardust families and does their campaign end here?

19 April 2024

The exchanges between Israel and Iran are part of a wider escalation since the war in Gaza began last year, but the two nations' enmity stretches back decades, through a history of shadow wars and clandestine attacks by land, sea, air and cyberspace.

19 April 2024

A ram in New Zealand has been shot and killed by police after it was blamed for the deaths of an elderly couple in a farm paddock, authorities have said.

19 April 2024

Explosions echoed over an Iranian city this morning in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran has played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.

19 April 2024

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly stabbing an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney during a church service, Australian police have said, as investigations continued into a riot after the knife attack.

18 April 2024

The Irish Red Cross has renewed its appeal for members of the public to consider pledging a room in their homes for Ukrainians.

18 April 2024

Farmers who grow commercial forestry are calling for the suspension of log imports from Scotland until better safeguards are in place to prevent the spread of the spruce bark beetle to this country.

18 April 2024