Europe Edition

A director of the homeless charity Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH) is to ask the High Court to appoint an inspector to investigate the affairs of the charity....

Ireland's diplomatic presence in Britain has increased, with the opening today of a Consulate General in Manchester....

Promotors of last night's pilot nightclub event at the Button Factory in Dublin say they feel it was very successful....

The High Court has ruled that a planning application for an incinerator at Cork Harbour can be resubmitted to An Bord Pleanla for consideration....

A Sinn Fin minister at Stormont is seeking legal advice after the DUP forced a north-south meeting on languages to be cancelled by refusing to take part....

Electric Ireland has today announced its second price increase for residential customers this year, becoming the latest energy provider to do so....

A British television presenter hurt while playing the role of a "crash test dummy" during a science programme has been awarded 1.6 million in damages after a court action against the BBC....

The independent chairperson of Croke Park community meetings Noeline Blackwell has said that five concerts are "sanctioned, planned and are going ahead" in Croke Park next year....

After years of controversy, Japan's Princess Mako will marry this month, but she will forego traditional rites and will not take a usual payment given to royal women marrying commoners....

The State has now sold a fifth of its stake in Bank of Ireland, following a further sale of a tranche of shares in recent days....

Nine people have died in a fire at an intensive care unit in a Romanian hospital treating Covid-19 patients....

Michael Kingston, whose father was one of 50 people who died when a massive explosion on a French oil tanker occurred at Whiddy Island 42 years ago, has said they are seeking an apology from the Irish Government for "appalling failures"....

Visa restrictions could be eased for hundreds of foreign butchers, British media has reported, after industry warnings that a shortage could hit Christmas food supplies....

The overall cost of a scheme to fix issues in homes affected by mica could reach up to 3.2 billion....

The overall cost of a scheme to fix issues in homes affected by mica could reach up to 3.2 billion....

Two men have been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee....

The Chief Justice has said Ireland is at or near the bottom of the table for spending on justice, when compared with other countries with similar legal systems....

The Health Service Executive has moved to reassure people as the roll-out gets under way of the Covid-19 vaccination "additional dose" and "booster" programmes....

Scarlett Johansson and Walt Disney Studios have settled the dispute over an alleged loss of earnings for the superhero film Black Widow....

Australia will begin to reopen its borders next month 18 months after citizens were banned from travelling overseas without permission....

Australia will begin to reopen its borders next month 18 months after citizens were banned from travelling overseas without permission....

The Slintecare Implementation Advisory Council is expected to seek a meeting with the three Government party leaders next week, following the resignation of another member of the board....

If you run a business, a farm, a charity, a social enterprise or any other non-domestic water user, your organisation's charges are going to change from today. But why?...

More than half of businesses will see their cost of water increase from today, as a result of changes to the charging system....

The country's newest technological university spanning six campuses across Limerick, Clare, Tipperary and Westmeath formally opens today....

A man who alleges he was sexually assaulted by the late CEO of Inner City Helping Homeless told Oonagh Smyth he saw another side to the man many respected....

Gastroenterologist Professor Anthony O'Connor has resigned from the Slintecare Implementation Advisory Council....

Hundreds of north Dublin residents attended a meeting beside Croke Park this evening to hear proposals for five Garth Brooks concerts next year....

Hundreds of north Dublin residents attended a meeting beside Croke Park this evening to hear proposals for five Garth Brooks concerts next year....

The US Senate approved a stopgap funding bill today in a rare show of cross-party unity to avert a crippling government shutdown and keep the lights on for another two months....

The Government should develop an anti-fraud policy for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), according to a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG)....

The Comptroller and Auditor General has said that the available evidence points to "a material incidence" of payments in excess of entitlements of claimants under many welfare schemes....

Dutch and German police have busted a criminal gang who made video tutorials on how to bomb cash machines, only to blow themselves up in the process....

The Comptroller and Auditor General has found there were not enough checks carried out when people applied for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment last year....

A man whose wife died four hours after giving birth has said that the couple walked into hospital "expecting the best day of our lives and it just turned out to be completely the opposite"....

Deliveries to British pharmacies are being affected by the acute shortage of truck drivers, the Company Chemists' Association has said....

The total direct expenditure as a result of Covid-19 between February 2020 and 2021 was 17.1 billion, according to the annual report published today from the Comptroller and Auditor General....

The family of Sarah Everard has welcomed the whole life sentence given to the man who murdered her, saying: "The world is a safer place with him imprisoned"....

Up to 80 military medics will arrive in Northern Ireland in the next week to help relieve Covid pressures on hospital wards, the health minister has told MLAs....

Lava from the erupting volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands that began cascading into the ocean 36 hours ago has already covered more than 25 acres at sea, experts said today....

Patients groups have expressed concern about the decline in the rates of organ donation and transplantation last year....

NUI Galway has disabled internet access for all staff and students, following an attempted cyber attack on the university's IT systems....

The Tnaiste, Leo Varadkar, has told the Dil that the Attorney General Paul Gallagher is "finishing out" a number of legal cases which he had "taken on" before his appointment - and said that this isn't unprecedented....

Forecasts for economic growth this year have been revised significantly upwards by the Department of Finance today....

A 53-year-old woman who was suffering from a mental disorder when she stabbed a man she lived with to death has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court....

A retired senior garda is still being questioned at Irishtown Garda Station in Dublin in connection with an investigation into organised crime in the capital's north city....

A French court has handed former president Nicolas Sarkozy a one-year sentence for illegal financing of his 2012 re-election bid, dealing a fresh blow to the right-winger six months after he received a jail term for corruption....

The Minister for Defence has told the Dil that he, the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces and the Secretary General of the Department are fully committed to ensuring that all members of the forces have the right to be treated with respect, and dignity....

Most homeowners will not incur increases under the new Local Property Tax review, despite house price inflation of around 75% since the last valuation eight years ago, according to Revenue....

The number of patients in hospital today with Covid-19 is 297, according to the latest figures....