National News

A joint operation is under way in Dublin to remove more than 100 tents pitched along the Grand Canal and to relocate asylum seekers to other accommodation.

Posted: May 9, 2024, 6:05 am

Amazon has announced that it will launch a new dedicated website for Ireland - Amazon.ie - in 2025.

Posted: May 9, 2024, 5:01 am

A small number of retailers have had to replace reverse vending machines used for the Deposit Return Scheme for plastic bottles and drink cans.

Posted: May 9, 2024, 5:00 am

Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, the government has said, five years after leaving an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of marine mammals.

Posted: May 9, 2024, 4:05 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow today, an event he hopes will rally patriotism as his forces advance in Ukraine.

Posted: May 9, 2024, 2:35 am

Donald Trump will refuse to accept the results if he loses the election this year, US President Joe Biden has said.

Posted: May 9, 2024, 1:00 am

US President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza while negotiations in Cairo on a ceasefire plan for the enclave were due to continue.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 11:45 pm

The 18-month-old boy who died following a road traffic incident at a Traveller accommodation site outside Ennis, Co Clare, yesterday has been named locally as Hunter Molloy.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 11:00 pm

Nearly half of all septic tanks tested in Ireland in 2023 failed inspections, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 11:00 pm

Independent TD Michael McNamara has raised the case in the Dáil of a young man from the Indian subcontinent who travelled to the United Kingdom on a valid student visa issued by the UK Government.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 8:12 pm

Ireland, Spain and a number of other EU member states are considering 21 May as the date on which they will jointly recognise the State of Palestine, RTÉ News understands.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 7:33 pm

Garda killer Aaron Brady orchestrated a campaign of witness intimidation during his 2020 trial for the murder of Adrian Donohoe, while his alleged conspirator was an "enthusiastic cheerleader" for attempts to stop those he termed "rats" from giving evidence, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 7:01 pm

EU member states have reached agreement on a plan to use billions of euros in profits from frozen Russian central bank assets to arm Ukraine and fund its post-war reconstruction.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 5:58 pm

The five-day protest camp at Trinity College Dublin over the war in Gaza has ended, after the university tonight agreed to the demands of the protesting students.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 5:36 pm

Northern Ireland Economy Minister Conor Murphy is standing down from his post on medical grounds, Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill has said.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 5:34 pm

A woman who was sexually abused by her older brother has urged victims to come forward, report it and get help.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 3:42 pm

Dublin and New York City have been linked-up in a real-time visual bridge as part of a groundbreaking art project.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 3:20 pm

Basking sharks have been spotted swimming metres away from the shore in Co Mayo.

Posted: May 8, 2024, 2:56 pm

The Chief Executive of Dublin Bus has warned that the private car is the "biggest barrier to faster and more reliable bus services".

Posted: May 8, 2024, 1:28 pm

The Taoiseach has said the moving of tents from Mount Street in Dublin city centre averted a public health emergency and it was a "good action".

Posted: May 8, 2024, 7:16 am