National News

The Chief Financial Officer for RTÉ has resigned from her post, less than 18 months after taking up the position.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 9:34 pm

A packed Greek court erupted in cheers as Seán Binder from Co Kerry was found not guilty of people smuggling, belonging to a criminal organisation and money laundering, almost eight years after the charges were first brought.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 9:10 pm

Two brothers have been jailed for the sexual abuse of their niece during her childhood.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 7:05 pm

A 27-year-old Offaly man whose son was killed in a petrol bomb attack in Edenderry last month has apologised for the "significant mistakes" he has made over the years, telling a judge he now understands the impact they are having on him and his family.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 6:55 pm

A man accused of murder called his two best friends back home in Brazil on FaceTime and told them he had killed his ex-girlfriend before then turning his phone camera around to show them her body on a bed, a trial has heard.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 6:32 pm

A legal challenge to the construction of the Slane Bypass in Co Meath by former attorney general John Rogers has opened at the High Court.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 5:07 pm

The Chief Inspector of Prisoners Mark Kelly has said that he has "grave concerns" about "degrading conditions" in Cloverhill Prison while "the scourge of overcrowding" was among the "systemic issues" identified at Mountjoy men's prison.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 4:55 pm

Friends of a young family from the Philippines killed in a car crash in Co Antrim have launched a fundraising campaign to repatriate their bodies to the Philippines.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 3:49 pm

A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing another man in an unprovoked one-punch attack near his home in Whitehall in Dublin two and a half years ago.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 2:56 pm

A garda who was at the scene when George Nkencho was fatally shot, has told an inquest into his death, that the deceased was repeatedly told to drop a knife he was carrying, which appeared to make him angrier and more aggressive.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 2:15 pm

Erin King has been confirmed as the new captain of the Ireland women's rugby team ahead of the 2026 Guinness Six Nations later this year.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 2:00 pm

A group of asylum seekers has set up an encampment next to the Department of Agriculture in Dublin, as they seek an amnesty to regularise their status in Ireland.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 1:19 pm

A fisherman has died and another has been seriously injured on board a Spanish fishing vessel, off the Kerry coast.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 1:15 pm

Minister for Housing James Browne and Minister for Arts Patrick O'Donovan have confirmed that they are among ten serving ministers who have not yet entered into a repayment plan in relation to a miscalculation of pension deductions.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 12:48 pm

RTÉ has confirmed that it has returned a painting by Gerard Dillon worth €60,000 to a gallery in Dublin.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 12:21 pm

Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath is bringing new proceedings to have teacher Enoch Burke arrested and jailed for breaching court orders by trespassing at the school.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 9:42 am

A SpaceX capsule carrying a four-member crew home from orbit in an emergency return to earth necessitated by an undisclosed serious medical condition afflicting one of the astronauts splashed down safely this morning in the Pacific Ocean off California.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 8:42 am

Military personnel from France and Germany headed to Greenland as Denmark and its allies prepared for exercises to try to assure US President Donald Trump over its security as he pushes to acquire the island.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 7:30 am

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado she "presented" her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump, who has openly coveted the award that the Nobel committee says cannot be transferred.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 1:16 am

Elon Musk's platform X has announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised images of women and children.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 12:38 am