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Irish
Last year
2025
sextortion
Public urged not to share images after four people fall victim to 'sextortion' last weekend
Job Losses
Over 300 people losing jobs as US firm Carelon is pulling out of Ireland
Staff who work at the Limerick-based firm are to lose their jobs in three phased cohorts this year.
oireachtas media committee
RTÉ paid out €2.7m to Revenue for wrongly claiming Covid wage subsidy scheme
no change needed
Tourists told to stop jamming coins into Giant's Causeway 'for luck' over fears of damage
maureen kennelly
Arts Council director to step down this summer after hearings on €6.7m failed IT project
Courts
Worker at Lough Derg who duped unsuspecting women into sexual assaults to be sentenced next week
2030 targets
Climate target failure: Ireland faces up to 11 National Children’s Hospitals worth of fines
Plus ça change
UN says 70% chance average global warming will exceed 1.5C benchmark in next five years
Investigatesfarm inspections
Majority of councils miss farm inspection targets vital for water protection
The Journal Investigates found a significant level of non-compliance in the first year of farm slurry inspection targets set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Seven councils completed less than 50% of their target inspections
Results described as “extremely worrying” for water quality
Local authorities struggling to fill inspector positions despite government funding
High Court
Billionaire Magnier was told 'one word, John: greed' on why €15m Tipperary land deal failed
People Before Profit-Solidarity
Bill to ban 'cruel and inhumane' fox hunting in Ireland introduced to Dáil
Irish Air Corps to move to five-day week from June as Air Traffic Control crisis deepens
One well-placed security source warned it could take “years” to fix the problem.
Monaghan
Shane O'Farrell's family say they still need answers after State apologises for his death
Shane was cycling home in 2011 when he was struck by a car driven by a man who should have been in jail at the time.
national screening service
'If my mum was here she'd be fighting for this': Group demands breast cancer screening changes
Central Criminal Court
Puska seemed like he had 'problem he didn't want to share' on day of Ashling Murphy's murder, court told
French Thunder
French helicopter carrier visits Cobh ahead of major Atlantic invasion exercise
The Tonnerre paid a five day visit to Cork Harbour this week to rest up before they take part in a major amphibious assault exercise on the West coast of France.
occupied territories bill
Tánaiste has 'no objections' to Dáil sitting through summer to pass Occupied Territories bill
In the law’s biggest step forward, Cabinet greenlit the progression of the Occupied Territories Bill this morning.
Discrimination
School ordered to pay €9,000 to male student discriminated against for wearing one earring
Arklow
Ireland's first 'permanent' Pride rainbow road crossing faces erasure due to lack of maintenence
Further Education
The government has announced the free college courses on offer for the next academic year
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