News from Ashbourne

A woman has denied a suggestion that her mother was not present during a holiday in which she is alleged to have sexually assaulted her when she was four.

30 June 2025

30 June 2025

A garda who impersonated a female colleague online and encouraged strangers to come to her house to rape her and her young daughters, will be sentenced next month.

30 June 2025

The jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial has begun its deliberations, after hearing dueling narratives from prosecutors and defence lawyers last week about whether the music mogul forced his former girlfriends to take part in drug-fueled sexual performances.

30 June 2025

A driver in the Defence Forces has appeared before a military court over his alleged repeated failure to stop a coach to allow troops to go to the toilet on a trip between Finner Camp in Co Donegal and Dublin six years ago.

30 June 2025

A woman in her 50s has been charged with the murder of a man in Co Down on Saturday.

30 June 2025

An assault charge against barrister and law professor Diarmuid Rossa Phelan has been struck out by a judge, who said the 56-year-old would not get a fair trial.

30 June 2025

A Norwegian lottery company has apologised to 47,000 people who were mistakenly told they had won huge sums in a lottery, with the firm blaming a currency conversion error.

30 June 2025

A GP practice in Co Clare has avoided closure after a doctor agreed not to retire and to take over the service in Lisdoonvarna.

30 June 2025

A 25-year-old man has been jailed for six years and three months for the manslaughter of Dylan McCarthy who died after he was assaulted outside a Co Kildare pub nearly three years ago.

30 June 2025

Stena Line is withdrawing its three-day Rosslare to Cherbourg ferry service from the end of September.

30 June 2025

Intel has informed the Government that up to 195 staff could face compulsory redundancy at its plant in Leixlip, Co Kildare.

30 June 2025

The son of an Irish man will make his debut at Wimbledon tomorrow, describing it as "every player's dream".

30 June 2025

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said this year's budget can still be used to help students and their families, but that there will be no cost-of-living package in advance of Christmas.

30 June 2025

British police have launched a criminal investigation into Belfast rap trio Kneecap and Bob Vylan's performances at Glastonbury music festival over the weekend.

30 June 2025

The UK, France and Germany have condemned what they describe as threats against the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and called on Iran to guarantee the safety of the watchdog's staff on its territory.

30 June 2025

Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people across Gaza in some of the heaviest attacks in weeks as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by US President Donald Trump.

30 June 2025

A punishing heatwave has gripped southern Europe, prompting authorities to issue health and wildfire warnings as temperatures are expected to soar again.

30 June 2025

Police investigating the murder of a pregnant woman in Co Down have arrested a second person.

30 June 2025

Revised medical guidelines on fitness to drive now mean more people are permitted to drive with a variety of conditions than in the past, according to the Director of the National Office for Traffic Medicine.

30 June 2025