Ireland are due to play Israel in a home Nations League fixture at the Aviva Stadium on October 4

Jerry McCabe was shot dead by an IRA gang during a raid on the post office in Adare, Co Limerick, in June 1996

For a full day place of 45 hours per week, costs per child will drop from €198 per week to €183.70

The Irish Thalidomide Association said 'time is not on our side' as they urge the Government to issue an apology

Tanaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris earlier said Mr Kyne’s victory in Galway West would be "a victory for centrist politics" and said it showed the "healthy state" of Fine Gael

Dr Margaret Connolly, sister of President Catherine Connolly, is among at least 12 Irish citizens on board the Global Sumud Flotilla that were detained by Israel, according to organisers

Simon Harris was speaking ahead of Cabinet considering legislation that would move RTE under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General

A report published this week by the Oireachtas Media Committee recommended against such a strict ban

It is ‘never acceptable’ to make comments on migration about a group of people based on their race, ethnicity, or religion, the Tánaiste has said. Simon Harris was reacting to comments about Africans and Muslims made by former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, which were circulated in a social media video. Mr Ahern expressed ‘worry’ about the […]

The Finance Minister said he is 'very conscious that people are hurting'

Simon Harris was reacting to comments about Africans and Muslims made by former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern which were circulated in a social media video

In his latest social media post, the veteran gangster points the finger of blame at Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanaiste Simon Harris and brands the pair "Mickey Mouse" and "Simple Simon".

A child, 11, fired a discarded loaded gun in Ballymun after it was thrown away during a Garda chase.

Simon Harris said An Garda Siochana and international policing agencies are seeing how artificial intelligence-powered fraud has "grown exponentially"

Tánaiste Simon Harris and Junior Minister at the Department of Finance Robert Troy will today seek Government approval for the Right to be Forgotten legislation for cancer patients

This would include more accessible financing for home upgrades and continued investment in retrofitting

The figures do not account for people sleeping rough or those staying in hospitals, asylum centres or domestic violence shelters

Táiniste Simon Harris has posted on social media to wish former Taoiseach Enda Kenny a happy birthday, as he turns 75. Enda Kenny served as Taoiseach from March 2011 to June 2017 (over 6 years) and was the leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to May 2017 (15 years). He became the longest-serving Fine Gael Taoiseach in April 2017 […]

There is concern within the EU that the rise of online abuse towards politicians is deterring potential candidates

Threatening physical violence against public figures is ‘not acceptable’ in a democracy, the Tánaiste has said in response to comments made by James Geoghegan, one of the leader of the fuel protests. Extra.ie reported recently that in an expletive-ridden tirade captured on video, agricultural contractor Mr Geoghegan said he would drag Simon Harris out of […]

Mr Harris said the country’s growth forecast would actually have been upgraded if Iran had not been bombed

Simon Harris has said that he wants October’s Budget to progress commitments on income tax changes

Simon Harris said that fuel prices "would have been a hell of a lot higher" were it not for recent Government intervention

Politicians from Government parties said they have been subjected to an unprecedented deluge of abuse, including death threats, in the wake of last week’s fuel protests. Gardaí are understood to have launched an inquiry into several death threats issued to politicians, and detectives were called to the house of at least one backbencher. Senior members […]

Tánaiste Simon Harris said he accepts that the volume of new builds is putting 'real pressure on infrastructure'

The biggest shock of the debate was when Michael Healy-Rae said he would be resigning as a minister of state

"No one in this country has the right to decide whether you or I can move freely," Simon Harris said

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said the protests were unacceptable, adding that no group had the right to disrupt the country.

Parents across Ireland have been warned that school bus disruption is likely when schools reopen after the Easter holidays on Monday due to ongoing fuel protests and shortages.

The Government is resuming talks today as fuel protests enter a fifth day, with road blockages sparking fears of shortages and major disruption nationwide.