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Just one of the Dáil's 22 Independent TDs said they were going to vote with the Coalition when Fine Gael leader Simon Harris is nominated for Taoiseach on 9 April - however a number are still undecided.
29 March 2024
Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome yesterday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter.
29 March 2024
Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early this morning killed 38 people, including five members of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, two security sources said.
29 March 2024
US President Joe Biden and his democratic predecessor Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former president Bill Clinton, offering a robust defence of the White House's handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event.
29 March 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Ukraine's proposed peace plan was pointless as it was based on unacceptable notions like Russia's withdrawal from areas it has captured.
29 March 2024
The US government has awarded the state of Maryland an initial $60 million in emergency funds to clear debris and begin rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
29 March 2024
Gardaí have renewed their warning to road users of the increased risk of being involved in a fatal or serious road traffic collision over bank holiday weekends.
29 March 2024
The names of all of those killed during the Troubles will be read aloud at a special service in Dublin for the final time later today.
29 March 2024
The Minister for Housing has told RTÉ's Prime Time he is confident that a Government bill aimed at curbing short-term letting will be passed before the Oireachtas summer recess, despite concerns expressed by the European Commission.
28 March 2024
At least 45 people have died after a passenger bus plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire in South Africa, the country's transport ministry has said.
28 March 2024
The daughter of a man who may have been dead for over an hour at University Hospital Limerick before being found on the floor by staff has said she does not know if she will ever get over him dying "with no dignity".
28 March 2024
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has appealed to Israel to "show humanity" and allow more aid into Gaza amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation.
28 March 2024
A High Court challenge has been taken against An Bord Pleanála's refusal to grant planning permission for a crematorium at the site of the former Tayto factory in Coolock, Dublin.
28 March 2024
The jury in the Stardust inquests has retired and will begin deliberating on a verdict next Wednesday.
28 March 2024
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said he wants to raise the age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco products from 18 to 21.
28 March 2024
Greece's parliament rejected a censure motion against the conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accused of trying to manipulate the investigation of the February 2023 train collision that killed 57 people.
28 March 2024
The International Court of Justice has unanimously ordered Israel to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the territory's Palestinian population and stop spreading famine.
28 March 2024
Four people have been arrested in connection with a suspected arson attack at a hotel earmarked for asylum seekers in Co Galway last December.
28 March 2024
University of Limerick is entering a period of "extreme oversight" by the HEA as a result of a "shocking and alarming" overspend related to the purchase of 20 houses in 2022, Chancellor Brigid Laffan has told staff at the university at a strongly attended meeting on the college campus.
28 March 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind's downfall.
28 March 2024