1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (563+ words) A judge said “sanity has broken out” when a tenant who alleged he was threatened during an attempted eviction settled his dispute with his landlord, who denied any wrongdoing. Judge Micheál O’Connell made the comment at the High Court on…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago  (280+ words) On the day Ireland began its EU presidency promising to take action to foster “prosperity and wellbeing”, yet failing to list climate action among its top priorities, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warned that climate inaction will cost Ireland €13 billion…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago  (572+ words) A chemical company has apologised after a critical incident alarm at its site activated by accident, leaving local people fearing they were in real danger. The alarm at Barclay Chemicals in Damastown, Dublin went off just after midnight last Saturday,…...

1+ day, 12+ min ago  (211+ words) The Falls Restaurant at Sheen Falls Lodge hotel in Kenmare, Co Kerry has been added to the Michelin Guide’s recommended restaurants. Inspectors said the cooking in the restaurant is “underpinned by superb ingredients, the chefs’ technical skill and their keen…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (643+ words) In 2017, the Oireachtas enacted the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, for the first time criminalising any payment for sexual services. The 2017 Act, however, makes clear that people providing paid prostitution commit no offence at all. Thus, a man who pays…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (377+ words) A US immigration officer shot and killed a person in Maine on Monday morning, the second fatal shooting involving federal agents in less than a week. The incident occurred in Biddeford, a small city about 29km southwest of Portland. The office…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (171+ words) A man in his 40s has died following an e-scooter crash on Friday. Gardaí in Galway have issued a fresh witness appeal following the death in the city. The man was involved in a single-vehicle incident at about 8.30pm on Friday in…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (534+ words) Thousands of people attended the seventh annual transgender and intersex pride march in Dublin on Saturday, calling for better access to healthcare. The crowd chanted “Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide” as people marched from City Hall to…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (535+ words) Firefighters in Spain’s southeastern Almería province would start to beat back one ‌of the country’s deadliest wildfires on Saturday, an emergency services chief said, though more villages had been evacuated as a precaution overnight. Fanned by winds, the fire spread…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (702+ words) Two people involved in efforts to prosecute swimming coach George Gibney (77) in the 1990s have expressed their relief at his conviction this week for child sex abuse. On Monday, a jury in the Central Criminal Court found Gibney guilty of 39 counts…...