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Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has said he believes there are "options on the table" to be pursued before introducing any scheme to compensate dairy farmers to cull cows from their herds.
18 April 2024
Two people have been arrested after tens of thousands of euro in cash and cryptocurrency, as well as dozens of smartphones, computers and a Rolex watch were seized in a garda operation targeting suspected organised fraudsters.
18 April 2024
The Communications Workers' Union (CWU) has threatened industrial action at courier company DPD Ireland.
18 April 2024
The Health Information and Quality Authority has published its first inspection reports on international protection accommodation service centres.
18 April 2024
New reforms to allow families to record a stillbirth on a public register will help parents to celebrate their children and change societal attitudes on stillbirths, the Regional Coordinator for Féileacáin has said.
18 April 2024
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that Ireland should not "be fearful" of a debate about deepening collective defence at European level.
18 April 2024
Australian police have arrested and charged a man they allege was behind a failed drug import plot that resulted in cocaine bricks washing up on beaches along the country's east coast for months.
18 April 2024
The United Arab Emirates is still grappling with the aftermath of a record-breaking storm this week that brought much of the country to a standstill.
18 April 2024
Donald Trump's unprecedented criminal trial resumes later today in New York with the judge seeking to complete jury selection and kick off arguments in the politically explosive case early next week.
18 April 2024
Indonesian rescuers are racing to evacuate thousands of people after a volcano erupted five times, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport and issue a warning about falling debris that could cause a tsunami.
18 April 2024
European Union leaders will focus today on deepening the European Single Market in order to meet the challenges raised in recent years by the Covid-19 pandemic, the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine.
18 April 2024
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country reserved the right to protect itself after Iran's unprecedented attack, and that it alone would decide how to do so.
18 April 2024
An elephant was on the loose and wandering streets in Butte, Montana earlier this week following a circus escape.
18 April 2024
New figures show that the number of taxi licences in operation has fallen in nearly every county across the country over the past five years.
18 April 2024
The Palestinian Observer Mission to the United Nations has requested the Security Council consider its bid for full membership again but the US has indicated it will block the move.
18 April 2024
A bishop who was stabbed during a service in Australia has said he is recovering quickly and that he has forgiven his attacker as police ramp up investigations into riots triggered by the attack.
18 April 2024
Families of the 48 victims of the Stardust tragedy will gather today at Dublin District Coroner's Court as the long-running and long anticipated inquests reach their conclusion.
18 April 2024
The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has accused Minister for Justice Helen McEntee of not understanding the issues affecting rank-and-file gardaí.
17 April 2024
Tech leaders, regulators and policymakers will gather in Dublin Castle today for the Digital Ireland Conference.
17 April 2024