Burkina Faso president resigns following protests

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has left power, according to a colonel in the presidential guard. Lieutenant-Colonel Issaac Zida made the announcement in the central Place de la Nation in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou. In a statement Mr...

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Alcohol allegation against nurse withdrawn

An allegation that a director of care at a Longford Nursing Home had attended for work while under the influence of alcohol and was unfit to practise has been withdrawn by the Nursing and Midwifery Board. On the second day of the fitness-to-practise...

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Revenue pursues workers over share option profits

Revenue is pursuing millions of euro in unpaid tax from workers in some of the biggest companies based in Ireland. RTÉ News understands the move is focusing on employees who cashed in company shares but failed to pay tax. Some staff at Google's Dublin...

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Rolf Harris loses first bid to appeal convictions

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris has lost the first round of his bid to appeal against his convictions for a string of indecent assaults. A spokesman for the Judicial Office confirmed today that a judge has refused his application for permission to...

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US judge issues Ebola quarantine order

A judge in the US state of Maine has issued a temporary order forcing a quarantine on a nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone. Kaci Hickox defied a previous order by state officials to stay at home for 21 days and took a bicycle ride yesterday....

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Italian ordered to pay €2,500 over Ebola claim

An Italian man arrested at Dublin Airport after "a sick joke" about Ebola has been ordered to pay €2,500 to charity to avoid a criminal conviction. Roberto Binaschi, 56, with an address in Milan, wrote the words "Attenzione Ebola" on the lid of...

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AIB to cut mortgage rates by up to 0.25%

AIB is to cut mortgage rates by up to 0.25% from the start of December. The standard variable and Loan to Value rate reductions will apply to mortgage from AIB, EBS and Haven and will be available to new and existing customers. The bank said the change...

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Man arrested in McConville murder investigation

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating the kidnap and murder of Belfast mother-of-ten Jean McConville. The 73-year-old man was detained in Dunmurry in greater Belfast. The abduction, killing and secret burial of Mrs McConville in 1972...

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Firing civil servants set to become easier

The Government is to streamline disciplinary procedures to make it easier to fire underperforming civil servants as part of a new three-year strategy to improve the civil service. The Civil Service Renewal Plan encompasses 25 actions aimed at making...

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Man critically injured in high-speed chase

A man is in a critical condition in hospital following a high-speed garda chase after an incident in which a woman was held at knifepoint in Longford town yesterday evening. Gardaí in Longford town are appealing for witnesses to the incident. The woman...

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Ebola claim sparks Dublin Airport security alert

A security alert was declared at Dublin Airport today following an incident on an Aer Lingus flight from Milan. It is understood a passenger on the plane claimed he had Ebola after writing it on a coffee cup. Gardaí say they are at the scene of a public...

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80 anti-water charge protests planned for Saturday

The Right2Water campaign has said there will be protests against water charges in more than 80 locations across Ireland on Saturday. Twenty of the planned protests will be in Dublin and the rest will be in towns and cities across the country. ...

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Public has 'lost confidence' in Irish Water

The head of the body representing county and city councillors has said that the board of Irish Water has lost the public's confidence. President of the Association of Irish Local Government Padraig McNally said that under the stewardship of John...

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Call for aid to avert new famine in Somalia

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned that Somalia risks returning to famine without urgent aid. His comments come as he visited the war-torn country three years since more than 250,000 people died of hunger. "Over three million Somalis are in need of humanitarian...

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Psychiatric assessment ordered in Donegal case

A judge has again ordered a psychiatric assessment on a Donegal man charged with the murders of his parents. Julian Cuddihy, 42, appeared before a special sitting of Letterkenny District Court this morning. He had been remanded in custody to Castlerea...

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Scott named first white African leader since 1994

Zambian Vice President Guy Scott was named acting head of state this morning following the death of President Michael Sata, making him Africa's first white leader since South Africa's FW de Klerk. De Klerk, who was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...

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UK's Serious Fraud Office opens Tesco probe

Tesco has confirmed that the UK Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into its accounting practices. This follows the supermarket's discovery of a £263m hole in its profit expectations. It comes after an investigation by accountants Deloitte...

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Mandate members seek better terms at Dunnes Stores

Dunnes Stores retail staff belonging to the Mandate trade union are attending a Labour Court hearing in pursuit of better employment contracts. The union recently established a campaign called 'Decency for Dunnes Workers', as it seeks certainty about...

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UNICEF finds rise in child poverty in Ireland

A new study from UNICEF on the impact of the recession on children in 41 developed countries places Ireland close to the bottom of the list. The report has ranked Ireland in 37th place in the league table measuring relative changes in child poverty....

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Lydia Foy action on legal recognition 'settled'

An action by transgender woman Lydia Foy against the State seeking a new birth certificate and legal recognition of her female gender has been effectively settled, the High Court has heard. The action was settled on the basis of what the court...

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Fears for English language school in Dublin

Students and teachers at an English language school in Dublin have expressed fears about its future. A notice has been posted on the door of Leinster College on Harcourt Street. It reads: "College will be closed from 28/10/14 till 07/11/14 due to weak...

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90% of child care cases involve unmarried parents

A report from the Child Care Law Reporting Project has found that 90% of child care cases coming before the courts in the past year involved unmarried parents. In one in four cases, a parent was from an ethnic minority, while almost a third of the children...

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Connolly avoids criminal conviction for pub attack

Dublin footballer Diarmuid Connolly has been spared a possible jail sentence and a criminal conviction for an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub two years ago. The 26-year-old All-Ireland winner had pleaded guilty to assault causing harm...

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Ending of 'double Irish' not an issue - Bruton

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton has said that ending the so-called "double Irish" has not been an issue for US companies. The minister is the first member of the Government to meet companies in the US following the changes...

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ECB may release Lenihan letter

The European Central Bank has indicated that it may shortly release the letter from the former president of the bank Jean-Claude Trichet to former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan on the eve of the Irish bailout.  In correspondence with Fine...

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Dublin City Marathon won by Kenyan runners

The 35th annual Dublin City Marathon has been won by Eliud Too from Kenya in two hours, 14 minutes and 46 seconds. Esther Macheria was the first woman passed the finish line. About 4,000 runners from 47 countries joined over...

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Nation's health set to be assessed

The first official study of the nation's health in seven years has been announced - with 10,000 households to be assessed at random starting in the coming weeks. The study led by the Department of Health will look at nutrition, alcohol and tobacco consumption,...

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Man jailed for Irishman's murder in Australia

A man who stabbed and killed a 64-year-old Irishman in Australia has been sentenced to 27 years in jail. Dermot O'Toole, originally from Dublin, was murdered in his jewellery shop in Hastings near Melbourne on 12 July 2013. Gavin Perry pleaded...

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Farmers to blockade meat factories for 24 hours

The first nationwide blockade of meat factories by farmers for almost 15 years will start at 3pm today. The 24-hour protest, which has been organised by the Irish Farmers Association, represents a significant escalation of the beef crisis caused by...

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Murder inquiry under way after Dublin shooting

A murder investigation is under way following the shooting of a man in Dublin last night. The man was shot in the upper body and face just before midnight at the rear of Killarney Court off Empress Place in the north inner-city. He died at the scene....

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Power travels to Ebola-stricken west Africa

The US Ambassador to the United Nations has travelled to west Africa on a mission to see first hand how the global response is failing to stop the deadly spread of Ebola in the region. Samantha Power, a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet, left...

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Funeral of Donegal couple on Tuesday

The bodies of Jimmy and Kathleen Cuddihy will be removed from the Chapel of Eternal Rest, Mountain Top, Letterkenny in Donegal this evening. They will be removed to the home of their son James in Carndonagh. The funeral of the couple, whose bodies...

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Ukraine votes in parliamentary elections

Ukrainians vote today in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament and strengthen President Petro Poroshenko's mandate to end separatist conflict in the east, but may fuel tension with Russia. Voting started in the first parliamentary...

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AIB, BoI and Ulster Bank pass ECB test

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said the the ECB's Comprehensive Assessment overall confirms the strength of Irish banking system. The results confirm that AIB, Bank of Ireland, Merrill Lynch International Bank and Ulster Bank are sufficiently capitalised...

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Permanent TSB fails bank stress test

Permanent TSB said it can cover over 80% of an €855m capital hole identified in European bank stress tests and is finalising plans to raise capital from private investors to fill the rest.  The other Irish banks included in the assessment - Bank...

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ECB says 25 banks fail health check of the sector

The 25 euro zone lenders that failed the European Central Bank's landmark health check of the banking sector had a capital shortfall of €25 billion at the end of last year, the ECB said.  12 of the 25 banks that failed the exercise, which...

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Man sought over sex assault in west Dublin

A man is being sought in connection with a sexual assault on a woman in her 30s in west Dublin on 18 October. The woman was attacked at around 7.30am last Saturday at Carpenterstown Park, known locally as Tir Na nÓg Park, on Diswellstown Road. The...

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Three arrests after fatal Belfast shooting

A 28-year-old man has died in hospital after being shot in west Belfast yesterday. The PSNI are investigating the shooting, which happened in an entry between Divis Street and Clonfaddan Crescent at around 5.10pm. The man was shot in...

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SF 'not part of any conspiracy' to protect abusers

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said party members are not part of any conspiracy to protect child abusers. Speaking at a party rally in Belfast, Mr Adams referred to criticism of Sinn Féin by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in the Dáil...

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Iran hangs woman despite international campaign

Iran has hanged a woman convicted of murdering a former intelligence officer she claimed had tried to sexually assault her, defying international appeals for a stay of execution. Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, who had been on death row for five years, was put...

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Ebola death toll tops 4,900 as virus spreads

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic rose to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries up to Friday, the World Health Organization said today. The virus, which reached Mali through a two-year-old girl who died on Friday, now threatens Ivory...

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Thousands gather for anti-water charges protests

Around 6,000 people have gathered at Limerick City Hall to take part in a protest march against water charges. Organised by the Anti-Austerity Alliance and the 'We won't pay campaign' the crowd chanted a number of anti-Government and anti-water charge...

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UN says 824,000 displaced by Ukrainian conflict

The conflict in Ukraine has driven more than 824,000 people from their homes, the UN refugee agency said this morning. The UNHCR warned that it had to quickly prepare aid to offset the impact of winter. At least 430,000 people had been displaced...

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Man charged with Jonny Cooper attack

A 31-year-old man has been charged in connection with a knife attack on Dublin footballer Jonny Cooper last month. The 24-year-old was treated at the Mater Hospital following a stabbing in the early hours of 20 September at Dorset Street in the city....

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First water bills to arrive at end of January

Irish Water is to issue its first bills at the end of January as the Commission for Energy Regulation has extended the validation campaign until the end of November. The CER said it has accepted the proposal from Irish Water to extend the deadline beyond...

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Furious Cameron says UK will not pay EU bill

British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned he would not pay an "unacceptable" €2.1bn bill that the European Union had unexpectedly demanded to be paid by December 1. "I am not paying that bill on the first of December," Mr Cameron told reporters...

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