Irish - Last year 2024
Letters from locals over Dublin city centre laneway tell of open drug use and public sex
- Letters from the public detail harrowing stories of open drug use, human excrement, stenches of urine and public sex.
- The laneway has been the focus of local concerns for years.
- One business owner said they have been dealing with issues in the laneway since the late 1980s.
Sinn Féin, Labour, PBP and SocDems call on Govt to join genocide case against Israel in ICJ
The government has been accused of making a “shameful political calculation” not to join the case out of deference to Washington and the US.
Gardaà investigating if fatally injured man took taxi home after Dublin stabbing
The man has been named locally as Kevin Walsh (34) who lived in Lucan, Dublin.
Ireland's nursing home sector 'under threat of failure' amid post-pandemic challenges - report
- One in five small, private nursing homes have closed for good, since the pandemic.
- Private patients receive 55% less subsidy funding compared to patients in the public sector.
- Models of care are being wiped out and the sector is under threat, according to one sector representative.