February February 2025
Residents 'trapped' as new Dublin housing development is 'destroyed' by drug use and vandalism
“Teenagers are threatening residents, kicking apartment doors, and engaging in theft and vandalism.”
Varadkar could be witness for injunction on super junior ministers attending Cabinet, says Murphy
The PBP TD says it would be a ‘good idea’ for the former Taoiseach to appear as a witness in the case.
January January 2025
'If this was Dublin, there’d be all-out war': Readers with no power or water share their stories
Several readers expressed anger at the government.
Almost 22,000 international protection cases pending at end of 2023, despite drop in applications
There was a 90% increase in decisions made by the International Protection Office in 2023, but a threefold increase in appeals also happened that year.
The price of a pint is going up again
The price of pints of Guinness, Harp, Smithwicks and Hophouse 13 will increase next month.
Hit-and-runs made up almost 10% of serious crashes on Irish roads in last two months
It is a “serious criminal offence” to leave the scene of a road traffic collision, a Garda spokesperson said.
Sixteen hit-and-run incidents on Irish roads since November
Five people died across four of these incidents.
Last year 2024
DUP accused government of being 'scared of the provos' after IRA abduction
Veteran republican Bobby Tohill was abducted in Belfast in 2004, damaging Sinn Féin’s reputation amid peace process talks.
Ireland warned US that labelling IRA a terrorist organisation might encourage more people to join
The issue was a talking point during Bertie Ahern’s visit to Washington DC in March 2001, newly released documents show.