For many of the families of victims and survivors of the Stardust fire, the stigma of the controversial finding of the 1982 Keane Tribunal that the fire was "probably caused deliberately" lingered.
Two people smugglers have been sentenced to nine years each in prison for the deaths of four Moroccan migrants who drowned after they were forced to jump out of a boat near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in north Africa last year.
A 42-year-old man has appeared before Listowel District Court in Co Kerry charged with the murder of father-of-seven Thomas Dooley at a graveyard in Tralee in October 2022.
Inspections by the Health Information and Quality Authority have found overcrowding, incomplete garda vetting and human rights issues at centres providing accommodation for people seeking international protection.
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.
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.
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that Ireland fully supports the integration of capital markets at EU level, but cautioned that it should not involve the harmonisation of corporate tax or insolvency laws.
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.
The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has accused Minister for Justice Helen McEntee of not understanding the issues affecting rank-and-file gardaí.
