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Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:58:33 +0000

Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind's dramatic downfall.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:01:16 +0000

Four people have been arrested in connection with a suspected arson attack at a hotel earmarked for asylum seekers in Co Galway last December.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:01:36 +0000

University of Limerick is entering a period of "extreme oversight" by the HEA as a result of a "shocking and alarming" overspend related to the purchase of 20 houses in 2022, Chancellor Brigid Laffan has told staff at the university at a strongly attended meeting on the college campus.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:57:18 +0000

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) unanimously ordered Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies arrive without delay to the Palestinian population in Gaza.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:39:17 +0000

A High Court challenge has been brought against An Board Pleanála's refusal to grant planning permission for a crematorium at the site of the former Tayto factory in Coolock, Dublin.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:41:53 +0000

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said he wants to raise the age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco products from 18 to 21.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:07:59 +0000

The jury in the Stardust inquests has retired and will begin deliberating on a verdict next Wednesday.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:21:47 +0000

The number of people accessing emergency accommodation reached another record high last month, with 13,841 people recorded as homeless, of whom 4,170 were children.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:30:42 +0000

Inflation in Ireland has fallen significantly in recent months, but a number of cost increases will weigh on consumers from next Monday.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:48:19 +0000

Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman has said he does not accept that the new accommodation strategy for international protection applicants is direct provision under another name.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:52:35 +0000

Tributes have been paid to the mother and her two daughters who died in a road traffic collision near Claremorris, Co Mayo, on Tuesday.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:53:56 +0000

Sport Ireland has published new guidance on the inclusion of transgender and non-binary people in sport.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:15:26 +0000

Global warming could help the world's timekeepers by delaying the need for history's first "negative leap second" by three years, a study has suggested.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:48:36 +0000

There was an increase in the number of social and affordable homes delivered last year, but the figures fell short of the Government's overall targets.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:28:30 +0000

An organisation which helps thousands of people at risk of homelessness has launched a new 'front door' project which aims to highlight the importance of having a home.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:12:49 +0000

The risks posed by armed conflict, terrorism and hybrid security threats are compounded by Ireland's low level of investment in military and defence, according to the National Risk assessment.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:40:16 +0000

Colombia has ordered the expulsion of Argentine diplomats from the country citing "denigrating" comments by Argentine President Javier Milei about his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:36:33 +0000

Athenians are choking in clouds of thick dust blown in from the Sahara along with unseasonably warm weather, weather forecasters and doctors have warned.


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Almost 900,000 counterfeit or illegal medicines were seized by authorities in Ireland last year, according to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA).


Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:45:54 +0000

The bodies of two men have been recovered from the water after a bridge collapsed in Baltimore when a freight ship crashed into it, officials have said.

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