3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (433+ words) A seized drug-smuggling cargo ship which cost the State millions to store was transferred to a company for a “nominal” fee of $1, Revenue has said. The MV Matthew was detained in September 2023 as part of an operation which led to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (286+ words) LAOIS Arts Office presented a top-class exhibition by celebrated portrait artist Salvatore of Lucan (Salvatore Fullam), who delivered a masterclass to 12 participants of the Laois Arts Adult Summer Artist Programme in Stradbally, then included their oil paintings in a striking…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (292+ words) Irish consumers rank among the most pessimistic in Europe when it comes to financial and geopolitical concerns. A report by 2026 Banking on Banks shows that 42 per cent of Irish people have less money to save each month, compared to the…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (325+ words) By David Young and Helen Corbett, Press Association The British prime minister and the Taoiseach have discussed the operation of the Common Travel Area (CTA) amid renewed focus on the cross-border movement of people after the Belfast knife attack. Keir…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (103+ words) The Enterprise Minister said it hasn't been confirmed Irish produced alumina is ending up being used by the Russian military. Peter Burke said some of the raw material is being bought by Russia but then re-sold into the European market....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (119+ words) A rescue operation is under way after a fishing boat sank in Carlingford Lough on Tuesday. The Department of Transport said the Coast Guard received a report the vessel was in trouble near Greencastle Point, Co Down, shortly after 12:30pm. One…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (485+ words) Electrified vehicles – hybrids, PHEVs and full EVs – now account for almost two-thirds of all new car sales in Ireland, with electric vehicle registrations doubling in May. Combined EV, hybrid and plug-in hybrid sales now account for 65.7 per cent of all…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (283+ words) Social Democrats candidate Daniel Ennis has topped the poll in the Dublin Central byelection, which will bring Holly Cairns' party up to 12 sitting TDs. So who is Dublin's newest TD? Ennis has been in politics for around three years and…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (169+ words) French authorities have confined more than 1,700 people — mostly British and Irish tourists — on board a cruise ship in Bordeaux following the death of one passenger and a suspected outbreak of norovirus. Carrying 1,233 passengers and about 514 crew members, the ship departed…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (352+ words) There is “no doubt” the European Union will meet Donald Trump’s July 4th tariff deadline, a minister has said. On Thursday, the US president said that goods from the EU would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to…...