First-time buyers in Co Wexford are “going to get nailed” if the county council goes ahead with proposals to increase its development contribution scheme (DCS). The scheme sees a fee charged to those ...

The world seems to spin that bit more quickly the closer you get to 40. It wasn’t all that long ago myself and Ger Brennan were togging out together and Jim Gavin was our manager. Somewhere in my ...

A derelict hotel in Co Galway will be demolished and replaced by mixed-use buildings, despite concerns raised over the potential impact of the project on the locality’s Irish-speaking community.

Nato announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe’s eastern flank yesterday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member ...

The minister gathered her papers and stormed out of the room with her entourage of officials in tow. Scrambling after them down the corridor, apologetic about what had happened in the meeting, were ...

In what is a massive blow to households, more than one million of them will be affected after two more energy companies said this week they would be raising electricity prices. Co ...

Questions regarding the use of a state of the art facility at Sligo University Hospital were raised at this month’s meeting of Sligo County Council with members calling for the HSE to carry out an ...

UK prime minister Keir Starmer would not have appointed Peter Mandelson if he had known the depth of his relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a cabinet minister has said.

At the end of Allenwood’s final senior football championship game last year, a defeat to Athy, Johnny Doyle informed a local reporter that he was “done” or words to that effect. At 46, having helped ...

Q My wife and I are hoping to trade up as our home is too small for our growing family. When we first took out our mortgage we were both working, but my wife has since given up her job to care for our ...

Cillian Murphy has shut down rumours that he will be taking on the role of Lord Voldemort in the new Harry Potter TV adaptation.

Gardaí have admitted they remain “unaware of the true identity” of a man who violently attacked a woman during a burglary at an education facility in the midlands two years after he arrived into ...