Taoiseach leads tributes to Colm Murray

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has led tributes to RTÉ broadcaster Colm Murray, who has died at the age of 61. Mr Murray had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in recent years. He died at his family home in Clontarf in Dublin. The Taoiseach said Mr Murray...

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Children with eye problems facing long delays

Over 4,200 children are waiting to be seen at outpatient clinics for eye problems at the country's three main children's hospitals. Temple Street Children's University Hospital has ceased giving admission dates for eye inpatient care. At Our Lady's...

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Gardaí await results of post mortems on brothers

Post-mortem examinations on the bodies of two brothers found in the boot of a crashed car in Co Mayo are continuing this afternoon. Deputy State Pathologist Dr Khalid Jabbar is carrying out the examinations at Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar. The...

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RTÉ broadcaster Colm Murray dies aged 61

Updated: Tuesday, 30 Jul 2013 16:07 | Comments Colm is survived by his wife, Anne, daughters Kate and Patricia and his sister, Mary. Video RTÉ broadcaster Colm Murray has died following a long illness. He was 61. Colm, who was diagnosed...

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President signs abortion legislation into law

President Michael D Higgins has decided not to refer the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill to the Supreme Court and has signed it into law. A meeting of the Council of State was held yesterday at Áras an Uachtaráin to consider the bill. President...

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Letterkenny hospital had prior flooding incident

Remedial action was taken at Letterkenny General Hospital after a previous flooding incident at the new medical block prior to its opening in December 2011, it has been confirmed. At a briefing on the situation at the hospital following last Friday's...

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Council of State advice sought on abortion law

A meeting of the Council of State has been convened by President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this afternoon to consider the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill. President Higgins has until Wednesday to either sign the bill into law...

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Sean Dunne declared bankrupt in High Court

Developer Sean Dunne has been adjudicated bankrupt by the High Court in Dublin. Ulster Bank, which secured a €163 million judgment against him last year was supported by NAMA in its application for the case to proceed in his absence today. Mr Dunne...

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Court rules Michael Stone must serve 30-year term

Loyalist Michael Stone who killed three men during a gun and grenade attack at an IRA funeral in west Belfast must serve out the remainder of his minimum 30-year jail sentence. Stone, 58, opened fire at Milltown cemetery where crowds had gathered for...

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Italy mourns bus crash victims

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has described as a huge tragedy the bus crash that killed 39 people and injured ten more in the south of the country. Initial reports suggested that the coach was travelling at speed and had hit four or five cars...

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US drugmaker Perrigo to buy Elan for $8.6 billion

US generic drugmaker Perrigo has agreed to buy Dublin based drug company Elan for $8.6 billion in a deal that will hand it royalty rights from a blockbuster treatment. Elan put itself up for sale last month after rejecting three hostile bids from US...

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CRI alert over missing family cancelled

Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (5) Chada Drivers were asked to contact gardaí if they saw Mr Chada's green Ford Focus (Pic: Dylan Vaughan) Sanjeev Chada left the family home in Ballinkill, Bagnalstown yesterday evening CRI alert was carried on 110 electronic...

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Man injured in Dublin shooting

A man in his late 20s has been injured in a shooting in Dublin. The incident occurred at Russell Terrace in Kinsealy at about 11pm last night. The man was taken by ambulance to Beaumont Hospital. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening....

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Fiscal Advisory Council seek €3.1bn adjustment

The Chair of the Fiscal Advisory Council Professor John McHale has said the Government should pursue an adjustment of €3.1bn  in October's Budget. Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme, Professor McHale said not pursuing that figure was a risky...

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Pope urges Brazil's young to fight apathy

Pope Francis last night encouraged Brazil's young people, who have protested against corruption in their country, to continue their efforts to change society by fighting apathy and offering "a Christian response". The 76-year-old pope spoke to a crowd...

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12 hurt as thousands climb Croagh Patrick

St Patrick is said to have visited the mountain in the year 441 Two people are said to be in a serious condition, with one man sustaining a head injury at around 7am A second man had a heart attack near the bottom of the reek towards Murrisk Bay ...

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Muslim Brotherhood refuses to back down in Cairo

Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood stood their ground in Cairo today, saying they would not leave the streets despite "massacres" by security forces who shot dozens of them dead. Egypt's ambulance service said 72 people were killed...

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Death toll rises in Spanish train disaster

The death toll from a train crash near the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela has risen to 79 after one of the critically injured passengers died in hospital. Health officials say 22 people, including two children, remain in a critical condition....

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Spanish train driver accused of homicide

A train driver suspected of causing Spain's worst train disaster for decades is facing charges of "homicide with impunity", effectively meaning manslaughter. Investigators are looking into possible failings by 52-year-old Francisco Jose Garzon Amo after...

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Dozens of Mursi supporters shot dead in Cairo

Egyptian security forces shot dead dozens of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Mursi this morning witnesses said. It comes days after the army chief called for a popular mandate to wipe out "violence and terrorism". Men in helmets and...

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Gilmore says €3.1bn adjustment not agreed target

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said he does not see a case for doing more than is necessary to meet the Government's target of getting the deficit under 5.1% in 2014. Today's Irish Times reports that Mr Gilmore has rejected a call from European Stability...

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Motorcyclist dies in Co Wexford collision

A man in his 20s died last night after his motorcycle collided with a car on the N11 in Co Wexford. The crash took place at Ferrycarrig on the Wexford to Enniscorthy road. It happened at about 8.30pm. There were no other injuries. The dead man's body...

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Man released after bank card interception probe

A man has been released without charge following questioning over the interception of bank cards from post in the Dublin area. The An Post employee had been arrested following a search in the Crumlin area of Dublin. The man in his 40s had been held...

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Clean-up at Letterkenny hospital may cost millions

A clean-up operation has been taking place at Letterkenny General Hospital in Co Donegal following extensive flooding yesterday evening. Torrential rainfall caused a stream at the back of the hospital to overflow. The Emergency Department remains closed...

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Strauss-Kahn to face pimping charges in France

Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be tried on charges of pimping, according to prosecutors in France. Prosecutors in the northern city of Lille said investigating judges had determined that Mr Strauss-Kahn, 64, who...

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Driver arrested over Spanish train crash

The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 78 people, has been arrested after the crash was allegedly caused by excessive speed. The eight-carriage train came off the tracks, hit a wall and caught fire just outside the pilgrimage...

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Installation of water meters to begin next week

Irish Water said it plans to install more than one million water meters outside homes before the end of 2016. The company said that it will put 27,000 meters in place, starting next week. The new utility company said it will start in Co Kildare and...

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Central Bank warns on easing austerity

The Central Bank has warned the Government not to ease up on austerity in the Budget. In its latest Quarterly Bulletin, it said there had been discussion about scaling back fiscal consolidation. But the Central Bank warned the Government that "this...

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Cleveland kidnap suspect agrees to plea deal

Accused Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro has agreed to plead guilty and serve life in prison without parole for the abduction and abuse of three women over about a decade. Under a plea agreement announced in court, Ohio prosecutors agreed that Castro...

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Anglo executives seek one judge for pre-trial

Lawyers for three former Anglo Irish Bank executives due to go on trial next January have asked for a single judge to "take control" of the pre-trial process amid concerns over adverse publicity. Senior Counsel Brendan Grehan told the Dublin Circuit...

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Three days of mourning after Spain train crash

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has declared three days of official mourning after 78 people died in a train crash last night. Mr Rajoy visited the scene this morning where the train derailed on the outskirts of the northern city of Santiago de...

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Surrogacy case to be given priority hearing

The Supreme Court is to give a priority hearing to an appeal by the State to a landmark ruling on surrogacy. The High Court ruled earlier this year that a genetic mother of twins born to a surrogate could be named as the legal mother on the birth certificate...

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Crumlin hospital sorry for contamination scare

Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin has apologised to 18 families who were wrongly identified as being at the centre of a contamination scare over a medical scope. In a statement this morning, the hospital said that seven new patients, separate...

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Watchdog will not investigate US firms over Prism

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has said it will not investigate US firms for transferring personal data to a US spy agency because they have signed up to EU privacy principles. The European headquarters of Apple and Facebook are...

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Tunisian opposition politician shot dead in Tunis

Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi has been shot dead outside his house in the capital Tunis. Mr Brahmi, who was in the nationalist and secular Popular Party, was a vocal critic of the Islamist-led government. He was also a member of the...

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Michael Lowry's home raided by Revenue

The home of Independent TD Michael Lowry in Holycross, Co Tipperary, has been raided by the Revenue Commissioners. It is understood the raid happened on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for Revenue Commissioners declined to comment. Mr Lowry has so...

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Al-Qaeda responsible for Abu Ghraib prison break

Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for raids on prisons in Iraq in which 500 inmates were freed. Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al-Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail after comrades launched a military-style assault to free...

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Search for Donegal man missing in Scotland

A search is under way for a Co Donegal man missing in Scotland for over a week. Barry Doherty, 25, from Carndonagh was last seen on Monday 15 July in the Glenburn area of Paisley, southwest of Glasgow. He left his home at around 11pm that day wearing...

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Property prices see first annual rise since 2008

Property prices have recorded their first annual increase since January 2008, according to the Central Statistics Office. The national increase was caused by steady growth in house prices in Dublin, which have been on the rise for six months in a row....

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Minister willing to consider online filters

Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has said he would be willing to take a look at proposals by the UK government, which aim to block children's access to sexually explicit material on the internet. The minister said he would be happy to examine...

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Seanad passes bill for abolition referendum

The Seanad has passed the bill providing for a referendum on its own abolition. The bill was passed by 33 votes to 25. The final stages of the debate heard strong criticism of the Government's proposal from Fianna Fáil and Independent Senators. ...

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Three questioned over Co Clare fatal stabbing

Gardaí are continuing to question three men in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Ennis, Co Clare, in the early hours of this morning. The victim, a 31-year-old Polish man, was at a party in the town when a row broke out at around 1am. ...

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Four-year-old boy dies in Limerick car crash

A four-year-old boy has died after a collision involving two cars in Co Limerick this afternoon. Gardaí say it happened at around 1.15pm just over 2km from Herbertstown. The boy was pronounced dead at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick....

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Bord na Móna to apply for reservoir permission

Bord na Móna has said it is ready to apply for planning permission for a new water reservoir on a 1,200-acre site near Portarlington in Co Laois. Chief Executive Gabriel D'Arcy said the reservoir could store a three-month supply of rain water to meet...

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