Putin calls for talks on eastern Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for immediate talks on statehood for eastern Ukraine as part of negotiations to try to end the conflict there. Mr Putin was quoted as saying that, what he called, the lawful interests of his people must be...

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Burton's dept 'had no strategy' to recover debt

Tánaiste Joan Burton's department has been criticised in an unpublished internal report over claims it had no strategy in place to recover millions of euro in outstanding redundancy debt. The report has been seen by RTÉ's This Week. The debts arise...

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McGuinness confident in Stormont administration

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said he is confident that the power-sharing administration at Stormont will not collapse, even though it faces immense challenges. Mr McGuinness was speaking at an event in Derry to mark the...

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Police defend handling of Ashya King case

The police officer who led the successful search for a severely-ill boy, who had been removed from a hospital in England to Spain by his parents, has defended the handling of the investigation. Three days ago, an international arrest warrant was issued...

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Two dead, dozens injured in Paris explosion

An eight-year-old child and a woman in her 80s were killed and dozens injured in an explosion that reduced half of a four-storey residential block in a Paris suburb to rubble. Rescue workers are combing the site for an estimated nine people, including...

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Woman injured in fire at Electric Picnic

A woman has been injured in a fire at Electric Picnic overnight. It is believed the fire broke out at around 5am in a tent in the Pink Moon campsite in which both a woman and man were staying. It is understood they lit a number of candles before falling...

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Irish soldiers involved in ongoing Golan operation

Irish soldiers in the Golan heights are involved in an ongoing operation to support UN outposts as a firefight has begun between Filipino UN troops and anti Syrian government forces.   The  40 Filipino troops have been surrounded by the rebel...

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Boy with brain tumour could be in Spain

A five-year-old British boy with a brain tumour who was taken from hospital by his parents without doctors' consent could now be in Spain, British police has said. The police said they had "positive information" to suggest that Ashya King and his family...

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Croke Park Classic attracts 20,000 to Dublin

Up to 20,000 Americans have travelled to Dublin to support their teams in the Croke Park Classic this afternoon.  Penn State and University of Central Florida are currently meeting for their season opener in Dublin. It is the first time they have...

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EU prepared to toughen sanctions against Russia

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said the EU is prepared to toughen sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis but also that it wanted a political deal to end the confrontation. At a news conference in Brussels with Ukrainian...

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Talks in Irish Rail dispute adjourned until Monday

Talks between both sides in the Irish Rail dispute over pay at the Labour Relations Commission have adjourned until 12pm on Monday. The two unions - the NBRU and SIPTU - and Irish Rail management spent just over three hours setting out their position...

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Terror threat to UK raised to 'severe'

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Islamic State poses a "greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before". Mr Cameron was speaking in Downing Street as the terror threat to the UK was raised from "substantial"' to...

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Man ordered to vacate mother's home

A 46-year-old man has been ordered to leave his mother's home after she took legal action claiming she was "under siege" from him and his wife. Elizabeth Stanley took legal proceedings against her son Patrick Fitzpatrick after he moved into the house...

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Russia's Ukraine action 'military intervention'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman has said Russia's actions inside Ukraine "add up to a military intervention."  It comes ahead of an EU summit that will consider fresh sanctions against Russia. "Russia is strongly urged to refrain from...

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Inquest told of difficulty accessing records

Stephen Desmond, the son of a woman who died from uterine cancer after being misdiagnosed with irritable bowel disease, has told the inquest into her death that he has had problems getting all of his mother's medical records from the Mater Hospital....

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Iarnród Éireann and NBRU accept LRC invitation

Iarnród Éireann and the National Bus and Railworkers' Union have accepted an invitation from the Labour Relations Commission to attend exploratory talks on resolving an industrial dispute. In a statement, Iarnród Éireann confirmed that management would...

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UK, French police search for boy with brain tumour

UK police said they are working with their French counterparts to find a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken away from hospital by his parents. Ashya King's parents took him from a hospital in Southampton, southern England, yesterday...

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No Irish among UN troops seized in Golan Heights

The United Nations has confirmed that an armed group captured 43 UN peacekeepers on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights on today, but a Defence Forces spokesperson has confirmed all Irish personnel are safe and accounted for. The UN said 81 further...

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UNSC to hold emergency talks over Ukraine crisis

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting this afternoon on the Ukraine crisis following reports that Russia has sent hundreds of troops to shore up separatists in east Ukraine. The session, requested by Lithuania, will be held at 5pm Irish...

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Study: Poorer people pay proportionately more tax

New research on the total amount of tax Irish people pay finds that, on average, 24% of gross income is taken by tax - both direct and indirect. However, it finds that because of indirect taxes such as VAT, the poorest 10% pay a bigger share of their...

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Children begin first day at primary school

More than 70,000 four and five year olds are beginning their formal education at school today and over the coming week. The country's school going population continues to grow with an estimated 8,000 additional pupils expected to attend primary schools...

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GSOC probing fatal incident involving garda car

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is investigating a fatal traffic incident in Dublin this morning involving a garda vehicle. A 75-year-old woman injured in the incident in Clondalkin has died in hospital. The woman, who was a pedestrian, was...

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Unpaid wages to be in accounts by end of day - BOI

Bank of Ireland has confirmed that all wages will be in customers' accounts by the end of today. It comes as thousands of customers reported they had not received payments this morning. Customers with AIB, Ulster Bank and Permanent TSB bank accounts...

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Fears over future of another language school

Fears are growing over the future of another English language college in Dublin after it told students that it was closing immediately for an unscheduled holiday. The college, on Merrion Square, is called English in Dublin. It is understood to have...

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New consultant pay proposals 'very good'

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said that the new consultant pay proposals are "very good by anyone's reckoning". He said the proposals had been accepted by the Health Service Executive and would allow consultants to earn €175,000 at the top of...

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Couple agree to remove belongings after eviction

An elderly couple have agreed to remove their possessions from the home they rented for fifteen years following a long running dispute with the bank appointed receiver who wants to sell the house. Violet, 61 and Martin Coyne, 73, said representatives...

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UN aid convoy enters Gaza from Egypt

A United Nations humanitarian aid convoy crossed into Gaza from Egypt today for the first time since a blockade was introduced on the territory in 2007. The World Food Programme (WFP) said the convoy, which entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing, carried...

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Prisoner charged with wife's murder found dead

Three separate investigations are under way into the circumstances surrounding the death of a prisoner in Cloverhill Prison in Dublin last night. Marius Sarzynski was found slumped in his cell by prison staff at around 10.30pm. He had been charged with...

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Nine-year-old girl shoots gun instructor in US

Police in the United States are investigating after a nine-year-old girl accidentally shot her gun instructor in Arizona. The accident happened at a shooting range while the instructor was teaching the girl how to shoot an Uzi machine gun, according...

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Ukraine says border control key to ending conflict

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said the only effective instrument for ending bloodshed in eastern Ukraine was effective border controls with Russia, halting arms supplies to the rebels and releasing prisoners of war. He was speaking in Minsk...

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Report says 1,400 children abused in UK town

Around 1,400 children were sexually exploited in one UK town over a 16-year period, according to a report. The report on events in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, between 1997 and 2013, found that in more than a third of these cases the youngsters were...

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Figures show preschools not adequately monitored

A shortage of inspectors in the Dublin area in particular is reportedly leaving pre-schools without adequate monitoring. That is according to figures obtained by Independent TD Róisín Shortall, who said the Government should be prioritising childcare...

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International rugby player arrested in Dublin

An international rugby player has been arrested in Dublin. The man, who's in his 30s, plays for a southern hemisphere country. He's wanted here in connection with an alleged assault in the city a number of years ago and a European Arrest Warrant was...

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Court approves transfer of baby to UK

The High Court has cleared the way for a seven-month-old baby, born to a woman with several psychological disorders, to be taken to the UK to ultimately be cared for by her father. The baby girl was born in Ireland in January after her mother travelled...

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Israel and Hamas reportedly agree permanent truce

Palestinian officials have said a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel has been reached under Egyptian mediation and that a formal announcement of an agreement was imminent. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, where a spokesman for Prime Minister...

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Drowning linked to ice bucket challenge

Monday 25 August 2014 16.32 In Scotland, the death of a teenager who drowned in a quarry is being linked to the "ice bucket challenge" craze. Cameron Lancaster, 18, died after disappearing under the water at Preston Hill Quarry in Inverkeithing,...

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Travel disruption with rail strike in second day

Monday 25 August 2014 16.10 Tens of thousands of rail passengers are having to make alternative travel arrangements as a strike at Iarnród Éireann continues for a second day. The company has implemented pay cuts of between 1.7% and 6%, following...

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Funeral of teen shot by police in US to take place

Monday 25 August 2014 16.07 The funeral of a black teenager who was shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, earlier this month takes place today. Michael Brown's father appealed for calm at a rally yesterday following weeks of...

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French government dissolved amid row over economy

Monday 25 August 2014 16.13 France has been thrown into fresh crisis after President Francois Hollande told his prime minister to form a new government. This followed a much-criticised show of insubordination by the country's firebrand economy minister....

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High tax is 'disincentive' to work - Harris

Monday 25 August 2014 16.26 Minister of State at the Department of Finance Simon Harris has said he hopes consideration is given to widening the country's tax bands in the next Budget. Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, Mr Harris said that many people...

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Hundreds attend State funeral of Albert Reynolds

Monday 25 August 2014 16.11 Hundreds of politicians, business figures and dignitaries attended the funeral mass of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds. Extended family, friends and supporters paid their respects at the requiem mass at the Sacred Heart...

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Israeli PM warns about attacks in Hamas areas

Sunday 24 August 2014 14.33 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Gaza residents to leave any site where Palestinian militants were operating, saying the locations could be attacked.              This...

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Iran's foreign minister visits Iraq for talks

Sunday 24 August 2014 10.51 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif began a two-day visit to Iraq. Iraq is fighting a Sunni Muslim insurgency led by Islamic State jihadists. It said he was to meet his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari as well...

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€350,000 raised in Ireland's ice bucket challenge

Sunday 24 August 2014 12.47 The Ice Bucket Challenge has generated more than €350,000 for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. The online trend involves raising funds for IMNDA by dumping buckets of ice and freezing water onto participants....

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Earthquake hits northern California

Sunday 24 August 2014 14.49 A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted northern California early this morning, knocking out power and causing some damage to roads in Napa and Sonoma counties. There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or...

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Disruption as train strike takes place nationwide

Sunday 24 August 2014 14.56 Thousands of rail travellers are experiencing disruption today and will again tomorrow due to a strike at Iarnród Éireann. No rail services apart from the Luas in Dublin will run - due to a two-day stoppage in a row over...

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Islamic State militants storm Syrian airbase

Sunday 24 August 2014 15.44 Islamic State militants have stormed an air base in northeast Syria, capturing parts of it from government forces after days of fighting over the strategic location, a monitoring group said.       ...

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Body of Albert Reynolds lies in repose

Saturday 23 August 2014 16.39 The body of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds is lying in repose in Dublin's Mansion House. His remains will repose in the Oak Room before removal to the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook later in the evening....

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Man sustains serious injuries in Galway crash

Saturday 23 August 2014 11.51 A man has sustained serious injuries following a crash in Co Galway. The accident occurred at around 7pm yesterday. The driver lost control of the car and crashed into a wall. He was taken to University Hospital Galway....

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Two remanded in custody over container death

Saturday 23 August 2014 14.05 Two men from Northern Ireland have been remanded in custody in connection with the death of a man found in a container at Tilbury Docks. Stephen McLaughlin, 34, and Timothy Murphy, 33, are accused of conspiring to facilitate...

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Merkel says 'cannot rule out' new Russia sanctions

Saturday 23 August 2014 14.13 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she could not rule out new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, following talks with President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev. She said: "We cannot rule out thinking...

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