News from Blanchardstown

Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, left dozens dead in northern Vietnam and widespread damage as it churned westwards, preliminary government estimates showed on Monday.

09 September 2024

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman has said his party wants parents to receive a special once-off bonus child benefit payment along with the first regular payment for their newborn.

09 September 2024

RTÉ Sport understands that a final funding programme for the long-delayed project must be confirmed before 16 September in order to meet timelines for Euro 2028.

09 September 2024

A man in his late teens has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Dublin earlier this year.

09 September 2024

A fuel tanker exploded after colliding with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in northern Nigeria's Niger State killing at least 52 people, a rescue agency has said.

09 September 2024

A veteran figure in organised crime and father of two senior members of the Kinahan organised crime group has died in hospital in Dublin.

09 September 2024

Repak's first ever recycling knowledge audit has examined the knowledge of over 2,000 people and found common misconceptions in their understanding of recycling rules and their ability to segregate waste correctly.

09 September 2024

European growth has been falling behind that of the US since the beginning of the 21st century, while a more uncertain global trading picture threatens to further undo EU growth prospects, according to an eagerly awaited report by former ECB president Mario Draghi.

09 September 2024

Wind Energy Ireland said that wind generation here hit the highest on record for the month of August.

09 September 2024

Coca-Cola is Ireland's biggest selling brand for the 20th year in a row, according to the latest brands survey from Checkout magazine and NIQ Ireland.

09 September 2024

Pope Francis has arrived in East Timor, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful with a huge mass on the third stop of a gruelling 12-day Asia-Pacific tour.

09 September 2024

Microplastic particles turned up in the vast majority of waste samples taken from Hong Kong wildlife in a Greenpeace study, the group said today, suggesting that animals still ingest plastics even if they are not feeding in urban areas.

09 September 2024

Athletes who competed for Team Ireland in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games will return home later today.

09 September 2024

Work is under way to identify the origins of three historic shipwrecks that were discovered on Portmarnock Strand in Dublin over the summer.

09 September 2024

There is enough residential zoned land across the country to build 417,000 new homes, according to a new report, but much of it is not in the locations where households are situated.

09 September 2024

Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in western Syria and wounded dozens more overnight, Syrian state media has reported, the deadliest Israeli attack reported by Syrian authorities since the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus was hit in April.

09 September 2024

Ten families have asked Northern Ireland's new legacy body to investigate incidents which led to the death or serious injury of their loved ones during the Troubles.

08 September 2024

Irish employers are least likely to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, according to new global research.

08 September 2024

Eight Scott medals have been awarded today to gardaí for bravery in the line of duty, three of them posthumously.

08 September 2024

Paralympics Ireland has described as "not acceptable" the online racist abuse directed at swimmer Deaton Registe during the 2024 Paris Games.

07 September 2024