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Sinn Féin has said Government policy will evict thousands of families and working people into homelessness in just 48 hours time when the eviction ban is lifted.
30 March 2023
A 58-year-old farmer has been found not guilty of the murder of his elderly aunt by running her over with a teleporter following a long running dispute about land, but guilty of her manslaughter.
30 March 2023
Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen has said he is sorry if people were offended by a statement he made in the Dáil yesterday during a debate on the eviction ban.
30 March 2023
The number of private jet flights across Europe from 2020 to 2022 caused the same amount of CO2 as the entire annual emissions of Leeds city, according to new research.
30 March 2023
The former chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan, is to publish his memoir 'We Need to Talk' later this year.
30 March 2023
Inflation in Ireland, as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, is estimated to have moderated to an annual rate of 7% in March, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show.
30 March 2023
A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested in Russia on charges of spying for Washington, Russia's FSB security services has said.
30 March 2023
Pope Francis's health is improving after he was hospitalised with a respiratory infection and he has resumed working while treatment continues, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni has said in a statement.
30 March 2023
A man who became homeless more than five months ago after a relationship breakdown has said he is "going to die a homeless man" as he cannot see himself finding housing in the future.
30 March 2023
We can learn a lot about AI from viral images of Donald Trump being arrested and a fashionable Pope Francis that fooled us all
30 March 2023
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has returned from the US, greeted by hundreds of supporters at capital Brasilia's airport to welcome him back after three months.
30 March 2023
Inconsistencies in Government policy on the use of social media apps on public service devices exposes government departments to cyberattacks, an expert has claimed.
30 March 2023
Russian forces have had some success in the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian military officials said, adding that their fighters were still holding on in a months-long battle in which both sides have suffered heavy casualties.
30 March 2023
Two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky during a training mission, resulting in "several casualties," officials have said.
30 March 2023
European Union negotiators have struck a political deal on more ambitious targets to expand the use of renewable energy by 2030, an important pillar of the bloc's plans to fight climate change and end the use of Russian fossil fuels
30 March 2023
Progress is being made to transfer 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, officials in Colombia have said, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar carries a hefty price tag: $3.5 million (€3.2m).
30 March 2023
The Government has been urged by budgetary watchdog the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council to take steps now to ensure State and public sector pensions are funded into the future.
30 March 2023
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has committed to providing a free hot school meal to every school-going child by 2030.
30 March 2023
The lowest number of properties available to rent through the Housing Assistant Payment Scheme has been recorded by the Simon Communities, with just 29 HAP rentals available over a three-day period last month.
30 March 2023
Arsenal overcame Bayern Munich to reach the Champions League semi-final but Republic of Ireland supporters will have been concerned by the sight of Katie McCabe limping off the pitch in the final 10 minutes.
29 March 2023