Tougher legislation on hate crime in Ireland has come into effect. The Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 will increase prison sentences for certain crimes motivated by hatred. It comes as ...

An appeal for help in locating a man reported missing in Waterford city has been stood down following the discovery of a body, gardai have confirmed. Gardai had issued a public appeal for assistance ...

Gardaí have reminded people of Ireland's relatively low drink driving limits this Christmas and New Year as they will be out in force at checkpoints all over the country. In an update on the Garda ...

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released the most popular names chosen for babies born in Ireland last year. The most popular name in 2023 for newborn boys in Ireland was Jack and for girls it was ...

Clashganny House Restaurant in Carlow awarded best restaurant in Leinster at the recent National Restaurant Awards in Clayton Hall Dublin. Clashganny House Restaurant located in Borris, County Carlow ...

A number of missing person appeals which were issued over the Christmas period have been stood down, gardai have confirmed. Separate updates have been issued by the authorities who had sought ...

Former UUP leader David Trimble was effectively told by Tony Blair to “get lost” over the timing of a border poll, according to previously confidential reports. Under the terms of the Good Friday ...

The Christmas festivities came to a premature end for a teenage boy who was stopped while driving a tractor festooned in Christmas lights through the middle of a busy town in the west of Ireland.

A search for a missing man in Louth has been stood down after the discovery of a body. In an update on the missing person appeal for Patrick Ward from Ardee, a Garda spokesperson said: "Following the ...

Details of a threat to poison English water supplies have emerged in newly unsealed documents, which show British authorities took the plot seriously as it appeared technically feasible. The British ...

An investigation is underway after an elderly woman died in a fatal road traffic incident in County Carlow this Friday night. In an appeal for witnesses, they say the incident occurred on the N80 in ...

A husband and wife who were victims of hit and run on St Stephen's Day in Dublin have been named locally. The man, aged 40, has been named as Anthony Hogg and the woman, 39, has been named as Georgina ...