National News

Societal silence around child sexual abuse needs to be addressed, according to the support charity One in Four.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 11:01 pm

People in England are voting in a number of local and mayoral elections today.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 11:01 pm

The Cabinet Housing Committee will discuss who might lead the newly-established Housing Activation Office.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 11:00 pm

Trade unions will mark May Day today which is celebrated as International Workers' Day.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 11:00 pm

RTÉ has confirmed it has written down a figure of €3.6 million on a partly failed IT system, which was one of the projects funded from the proceeds of the sale of land at its Dublin site in 2017.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 8:22 pm

A woman jumped from a massage table in shock after a masseur in a hotel spa in Cork sexually assaulted her shortly after he asked her if she would like a "surprise" at the end of the session.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 8:10 pm

Opposition parties have tabled a series of amendments opposing the removal of juries in High Court defamation actions.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 6:32 pm

The number of Ireland-born residents in Australia has passed 100,000, according to official figures.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 5:54 pm

New RTÉ News podcast Behind the Story takes a look at Belfast rap trio Kneecap, who have been under the spotlight since their recent appearance at the major US festival Coachella.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 5:48 pm

A 41-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to two counts of cruelty contrary to the Children's Act has apologised for the cruel and volatile environment in which her daughters were raised.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 5:06 pm

Business investment in Ireland is being weighed down by the uncertainty caused by US President Donald Trump's tariffs, according to the Governor of the Central Bank.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 5:00 pm

Northern Ireland's First Minister has said the British government's decision to appeal a court ruling that a public inquiry should be held into the murder of Sean Brown was "cruel and inhumane".

Posted: April 30, 2025, 3:18 pm

The wife of missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine has appealed for information on his disappearance, saying: "We just want Michael to come home."

Posted: April 30, 2025, 2:11 pm

Dublin have been drawn in the Group of Death with the Connacht champions, the Ulster runners-up and Derry as the draw for the All-Ireland SFC group stage was made at Croke Park this afternoon

Posted: April 30, 2025, 1:38 pm

The partner of an allegedly sex-addicted businessman who sacked her as his company secretary after she confronted him about using a gay dating app and an escort website while on a family holiday has been awarded nearly €100,000 by an employment tribunal.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 1:21 pm

A retired garda sergeant has said a "thorough, formal" search of the home of Richard and Tina Satchwell took place in June 2017, after Ms Satchwell had been reported missing three months previously.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 12:05 pm

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has called a BBC programme in which he claims he was defamed an "attempted hatchet job" that was "full of inaccuracies".

Posted: April 30, 2025, 12:01 pm

The record temperature for April has been broken, according to provisional data from Met Éireann.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 11:53 am

Minister for Children, Equality and Disability Norma Foley has met the solicitor who represents the interests of 'Grace', the woman at the centre of the Farrelly Commission of Investigation report.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 8:50 am

The US and Ukraine have signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump's administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid.

Posted: April 30, 2025, 4:07 am