Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said drug use on both sides of the border has become prevalent and has led to a 25% rise in the price of cocaine.

Simon Harris said the Government has committed to establishing a task force on scoliosis-related surgeries.

The court heard Mr Flatley who also has homes in Monaco, Italy and London used Castlehyde for two to four months a year.

He was found dead outside his home in Castlemaine, Kerry on Sunday.

Out of the 451,9000, 42.3 per cent of the visitors were from Great Britain, 11.1 per cent were from the United States, and 5.8 per cent were from Germany.

The Finance Minister said he did not think going to the polls next month would be ‘the right thing to do’.

University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by overcrowding, with 121 patients on trolleys.

Mr Justice Colton is delivering a judgment at Belfast High Court.

A post-mortem will be conducted by the Office of the State Pathologist later on Wednesday.

Laura Wickham told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that her husband Yasser Eljuboori had been travelling back to Ireland, on his Irish passport, when he was detained at the airport.

Film makers Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who were controversially arrested in 2018, have taken a case to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.

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The legislation offers a conditional amnesty to people accused of Troubles-related crimes.

Siun Ni Raghallaigh had indicated she may resign in a phone call at 2.30pm last Thursday, a committee heard.

The incident happened at around 5pm and a quantity of jewellery was reported stolen.

Officers were called to a house near Herberton Park where a man in his 60s was discovered and pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Media Minister said she did not believe that she had been intentionally misled by the former chair of the RTÉ board.

‘They claim to be patriots… yet they’re literally burning down parts of our country that they claim to love,’ Roderic O’Gorman said.

It is reported he threatened passers-by at the university, before being apprehended by Gardaí at around 2pm this afternoon.

Captain Alan Kearney had been nominated for the post of Captain of the Guard, but this was later cancelled

The planned hangar is located 820 metres northeast of T1 and the major investment by Ryanair is to create over 200 jobs for engineers and mechanics.

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns said the State’s ‘neglect’ towards disability was ‘ruining lives’.

There are currently 161,000 students using state transport.

The judge said it was clear that the woman had been 'significantly and fundamentally impacted' by the offences.

Zuwei Yang was pronounced dead at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital just before midnight despite efforts to resuscitate him.

James Dyson is understood to be the new owner of Ballynatray House in Co Waterford

Mary Lowry appeared before Clonmel Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday for sentencing.

A lawyer for Mr Brown’s family said the case for a full public inquiry is now overwhelming.

The historic piece of munition was discovered in the Point Road area on Monday.

Enoch Burke has now spent over 275 days in prison.

The Social Democrats, the Labour Party and People Before Profit have all criticised the Media Minister

Children's charity Barnardos said it was disturbing that so many parents were struggling to put food on the table for their children

Both women sued over ankle injuries sustained, on different occasions, as they got out of a bird’s nest basket swing in a community playground

Chime says people are struggling with hearing loss without support.

Shares in On the Beach jumped by 13% on Tuesday morning after the low-cost airline announced the partnership.

Stormont’s Health Minister Robin Swann said the system is in ‘very real trouble’, adding ‘every part of it is in profound distress’.

Minister for Education Norma Foley is to seek Cabinet approval for the publication of the review

Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney is meeting with potential investors in the Gulf this week during visits to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

A number of people have been hospitalised following a serious road traffic collision in Co Wexford late on Monday night

Media Minister Catherine Martin will face questions from the Oireachtas media committee today

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Almost three-quarters of respondents reported the pandemic prevented their loved one from having the death they would have wished for

Speaking in the House of Commons Mr Paisley warned: ‘Dear help the official who tries to stop me.’

The MTU annual report said the direct costs associated with the cyberattack currently stood at €3.5 million.

Jeffrey Donaldson made a plea to the DUP’s ‘detractors’ about the need to recognise that support for the union is not as strong among the young.

Flowers and candles were left at the spot where she slept and where her body was discovered.

Both men had pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The boy is being treated at Children’s Health Ireland in Dublin.

Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has been frozen by several countries.

Two men who set upon American tourists in a 'cowardly, nasty and violent' assault have been jailed

The 28-year-old man, who cannot be identified to protect his sister’s identity, pleaded guilty to rape, oral rape and sexual assault of the young girl.

The notice was issued on grounds that the number of flights scheduled by the airport exceeds the terms of a planning condition for nighttime flights

Sandra Hehir (56) will have to be of good behaviour for a period of two years after her release or she will face a further 12 months in prison

The Galway native also pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, relating to two videos of graphic content.

The maximum state pension is currently €277.30 a week for those aged 66 to 79 or €287.30 a week for those aged 80 or older.

A Rehab Group transport manager who stole €6,000 from the charity by secretly selling three trucks he claimed were scrapped has been given a nine-month suspended sentence

Bernadette Roe also revealed that she was in the car beside her partner Noel Kirwan when he was shot dead outside their home.

Corbally was caught driving the Audi by a garda who happened to see him by coincidence, the court heard.

Catholic bishops have called for a no vote in the referendums next month.

Drew Harris appealed to people to slow down, not to get distracted and to wear their seatbelts.

The single car collision happened on Monday morning shortly after 8.50am on the L2015 at New Road.

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The unprecedented move comes amid ongoing discontent on a series of issues.

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) says that it wants to highlight the growth of air travel at a time when farmers are being warned to cut their output of emissions.

A policing operation remains ongoing in Dungiven around the discovery of the device.

The Minister for Media will face an Oireachtas committee to answer questions on the resignation of RTÉ board chairwoman Siun Ni Raghallaigh.

The court heard the man was initially charged with rape, but he entered the guilty plea to sexual assault on the first day of his trial in November 2022.

A man in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the discovery of the body of a pensioner in Co Kerry

The PAC are set to meet on Tuesday to finalise a report into recent events in RTÉ.

Ann Delaney, originally from Carlow, was found in a sleeping bag close to a Tesco supermarket on Aungier Street.

Michael O’Leary predicted that Ryanair’s ticket prices will be up to 10 per cent more expensive this summer compared with the same period last year.

Monday's front pages focus on various stories from the Public Accounts Committee calling for the Comptroller and Auditor General to oversee RTÉ to the 35th road death of 2024. 

Reductions for both companies will kick in from April 1st.

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The State pathologist and local coroner were notified

The US Supreme Court is currently considering whether former president Donald Trump should be barred from Colorado's primary ballot, and a Maynooth professor's legal theory has become central to his defence

A cyclist, aged in his 60s, is in hospital with serious injuries after a collision with a car in Co Meath on Sunday afternoon

In its latest annual report, the service expressed concern about the revival of the “Lean Challenge”

RTÉ has said it has asked Facebook to investigate suspicious activity around one of its social media accounts

Forensic collision investigators were tasked with examining the scene in Rathanker, near Passage West.

Referendums are being held next month on plans to change the Constitution.

Catherine Martin is due to appear at the Oireachtas media committee on Tuesday.

The Green Party minister said the polarised conversation between farmers and climate was ‘starting to level out’.

John O’Dowd said the capital investment is ‘vital’.

RTÉ chaos is making the headlines in Sunday’s newspapers.

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Irish citizens are being asked to vote in two referendums to change the Constitution

Ireland has provided refuge to about 100,000 Ukrainians since the war.

Gardaí have arrested a man over the supply of drugs into prisons.

Siún Ní Raghallaigh told Catherine Martin in September that the remuneration committee must approve amendments to executive pay.

The row between the Minister for Media and the RTÉ board is splashed across many of Saturday’s newspaper front pages.

The State pathologist and local coroner were notified.