News from Balbriggan

The state watchdog for competition has warned schools that their back-to-school arrangements could harm competition and increase costs for families.

16 June 2025

Social Protection Minister Dara Calleary will seek Government approval to extend access to the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance to 2,300 children being cared for by foster families in receipt of the Foster Care Allowance.

16 June 2025

Essential minimum living costs increased by 1.8% in the past year with a cumulative increase of 18.8% nationally since 2020.

16 June 2025

RTÉ's global security reporter Yvonne Murray takes a look at Iran's secretive nuclear programme.

16 June 2025

Former HSE boss Paul Reid is expected to be named as the chairperson of An Coimisiún Pleanála, which will replace An Bord Pleanála.

16 June 2025

A French woman has been arrested in Iceland after her husband and daughter were found stabbed to death in their hotel room.

16 June 2025

The State is to sell off its remaining shareholding in AIB tomorrow.

16 June 2025

The two-time All-Star hurler, Anthony Nash, asked a garda "do you know who I am?" when he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after his car was found mounted in a ditch with the back of the vehicle protruding onto the road, a court has heard.

16 June 2025

Lack of space at the State's main youth detention centre resulted in two Dublin teenagers - accused of being armed with a machine gun during a burglary - being released at the weekend.

16 June 2025

A man in his 20s has died after being involved in a crash while travelling on an e-scooter in Dublin yesterday.

16 June 2025

The first phase of the Human Tissue Act 2024 is due to come into operation from tomorrow, meaning everybody will be considered an organ donor unless they opt-out or are included in a so-called "excluded group".

16 June 2025

People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Paul Murphy has been released from custody after being detained in Egypt, his party has said in a statement.

16 June 2025

A mother and her teenage daughter have appeared in court facing charges arising from rioting in Ballymena last week.

16 June 2025

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli troops have killed 20 people waiting to collect food, the latest deadly incident near a US-backed aid centre in the Palestinian territory's south.

16 June 2025

Preliminary works to enable the excavation of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, are under way.

16 June 2025

Follow live developments as Iran and Israel exchange heavy strikes for a fourth day amid concerns of a wider conflict.

16 June 2025

Iran has condemned Israel's attack on a state TV building in Tehran as a war crime, and called on the UN Security Council to take action.

16 June 2025

The suspect accused of assassinating a Minnesota politician and shooting another this weekend drove to the homes of at least four state politicians as part of a planned killing spree, federal authorities have said.

16 June 2025

Travel agents say there has been a noticeable trend of holidaymakers looking to avoid rising temperatures and extreme weather in continental Europe during the summer months.

16 June 2025

Tánaiste Simon Harris has warned that while the country is in a healthy economic space there are dark clouds on the horizon.

15 June 2025