Raina weighed 378g when she was born.

This is according to Tesco Ireland, who listed their top 10 items purchased on Christmas Eve.

One and a half million passengers will travel through Dublin Airport over Christmas

Friday's front pages

Translink said none of its bus or train services would operate on Friday due to industrial action, and full timetables would resume on Saturday

The Rural Independent group of TDs claim it is time for public input in how the country manages international protection applicants

Ryan Riera Danello (17) from Stoneypark in Ballymote lost his life in the collision which occurred in Ballymote, Co Sligo at around 11.40am on Wednesday morning on the Ballymote to Tubbercurry Road.

The four children were aged between 12 and 17 at the time of the offending.

The man was approaching gardaí and then proceeded to discard the firearm over a wall and run from the scene.

The system builds on the booking platform’s existing global party ban.

The relief money comes after severe flooding hit a number of areas of counties Down and Armagh in late October and early November.

The 42-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s anonymity, was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault.

This is the first time the state-funded Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has invoked its powers, granted by statute, to initiate a legal action concerning the human rights of a person or class of people

The Barne side admit handshakes occurred but deny there was any agreement to sell the property to Mr Magnier.

Peter McHale (38) and Robert O’Rourke (30) pleaded guilty in relation to burglary, demanding money with menace, false imprisonment, threats to kill and money laundering

A handwriting expert retained by her gave evidence to the court that signatures on the mortgage and other documents was not hers.

The van was recovered by gardaí a short time later, in the Shelbourne Mews area of Limerick City

Anthony Walker (52), with an address at Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8 appeared before the three-judge, non-jury court on Thursday morning.

Counsel for the Hyland family, Richard Kean SC with Esther Earley BL told the court it was their case that two tragic events unfolded.

The Minster, speaking though a spokesperson, also said that “given the global nature of the drugs trade, collaboration at an inter-agency and international level is key to tackling this issue”.

The Irish government announced on Wednesday that it was initiating an interstate legal challenge over the UK legislation.

Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed abode, was charged with the attempted murder of two female children and one male child.

The ad features a bride and her bridesmaid eating a bucket of KFC chicken 15 minutes before the wedding ceremony.

The Green Party leader said that investing in green energy capital projects was ‘a hell of a lot cheaper than relying on imported fossil fuels’

The victim, a middle-aged man, was on his way to work when he first encountered the 17-year-old boy at Liffey Street at around 7am on July 24th

James Flynn (32) conspired to steal a car that was used in a credit union robbery during which Det Garda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead

Gyan Wickremasinghe is a student at Queen’s originally from Sri Lanka, who has been studying in Belfast for five years.

Kofi Kyeremateng Kankam (53) had several allegations of professional misconduct proven against him

Dana Erlich said Palestinian civilians were hostages of Hamas and they needed to be liberated from Hamas

Dr Colm Henry said that vaccination was very effective in preventing serious illness

Earlier, more than 3,500 homes and business lost electricity in and around Arklow, Co Wicklow. 

Gardaí seized just under €500,000 worth of cannabis in two searches in Tallaght, Dublin, on Wednesday

Gardaí in Clonmel arrested one man and seized firearms and ammunition as part of a multi-agency search operation on Wednesday

A coordinated search operation in Ballymun, Dublin, led to three arrests and the seizure of scramblers, quad bikes, €2,500 in cash, and four XL Bully dogs. ]]

Thursday’s front pages.

The outage lasted around 45 minutes before user timelines began to display as normal.

The Transport Minister said Ireland was ‘smashing’ its retrofitting target.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the ‘strong’ legal advice was that the legislation breached the UN Convention on Human Rights.

Leo Varadkar said any change to the rules of the powersharing institutions could be negotiated before the next Assembly election

The sale of nicotine inhaling products will be banned for those under 18 in Ireland from Friday

Leo Varadkar was targeted by Russian comedians who posed as African diplomats

Mr Varadkar was asked about his rival’s remarks as he spoke to reporters in Dublin on Wednesday.

Gardaí said a male teenager, who had been driving the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Roderic O’Gorman said a briefing proposal was emailed to the Garda on the plan to use the disused hotel in Rosscahill to house asylum seekers.

Sinn Fein has welcomed the move by Dublin over the UK’s Legacy Act.

Mr Burke had claimed a member of the appeals panel, ASTI general secretary Kieran Christie, is a "promoter of transgenderism"

The 59-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to one count of attempted anal rape and eight counts of sexual assault in relation to six complainants

If the chicks could not be registered within a narrow window they would have to be culled, the court heard.

A post-mortem examination is expected to determine the course of the Garda investigation.

Mr Justice Tony O'Connor also said he would also consider an application from Mr Guerin's lawyers for the re-trial of his original defamation case

The court heard Declan Service (63) effectively gambled his retirement fund by using inside knowledge to offload his shares in a pharmaceutical company days before buying them again at a discounted rate

In a ruling on Wednesday, Ms Justice Siobhán Phelan said Garda Paul Baynham knows of the Garda Commissioner’s intention not to progress a disciplinary investigation while the question of criminal charges is being determined.

In an affidavit to the court she claims that last month she was, without any notice, summarily dismissed from her job, and was "escorted off" the nursing home.

A former member of the Defence Forces who carried out a “violent and degrading” rape and assault of a college student who did not know “if she would be able to get out alive” has been jailed for nine years

Five people appeared before Tullamore District Court on Wednesday charged with offences relating to the investigation into the death of Ashling Murphy

Those bereaved in Northern Ireland’s Troubles have thanked the Government for taking the action.

The Sinn Féin leader said the UK’s Legacy Act was a ‘flagrant breach of international human rights law’

Paschal Donohoe said he hoped ‘further progress’ could be made ‘across a number of weeks’.

Mr Cosgrave quit his Web Summit role after he caused controversy with tweets concerning Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7th

The jury returned guilty verdicts on 10 of the 21 charges against Lynn

Amnesty International said the move is the right thing for victims, the rule of law and upholding human rights

The 40-year-old was jailed for 13-and-a-half years by the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Mullingar

Concerns were raised that the fake correspondence could have been generated by Russian military propagandists to create panic among Ukrainians living in Ireland

The boy, who is now 16, was sentenced to 16 months in detention

Michael D Higgins also said ‘our hearts are made heavy’ by the loss of so many young lives in the Middle East conflict.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin confirmed the Government's decision on Thursday afternoon

Gardaí said the Maltese vessel had arrived in the port of Foynes from Canada

Nayyab Tariq (28) died at Mayo University Hospital in March 2020 just hours after delivering her first child

The man was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital with serious injuries and pronounced dead late on Tuesday evening

Brian Dixon (65) pleaded guilty to the charges at Dublin District Court

Mr Lynch had been performing the duties of the role on an interim basis

Manchester-based LBG Media said it was performing well in the UK and Ireland despite profits dragging in Australia

A man, aged in his 60s, has been taken to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, for treatment for serious injuries

Three wind alerts have been issued to cover the island on Thursday

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with ongoing investigations into drug-related intimidation in Dublin

Ms O’Donnell acknowledged there could be pushback, but pointed out that the statistics don’t lie

Barry Andrews has said that the councillors who made controversial comments about the accommodating of asylum seekers in Rosscahill should be subjected to the full disciplinary process

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has repeated her call for the DUP to return to the Stormont executive.

The review found that there were communications failures on the night and that garda commanders in the central control room could not communicate directly with members of the Public Order Unit

The cargo bulk carrier is flying under a southern European flag and is understood to have started its route to Foynes from a port in Canada on December 9th.

The incident happened on October 25th 2021, when a motorcycle collided with a female pedestrian.

Cllr Thomas told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that the only information he had received about such action was via the media.

A variety of stories make up the nation’s news agenda on Wednesday.

Micheál Martin said that an increase in migration was not ‘a unique Irish experience’ and had been felt across the world.

The 20,000 tonne vessel is believed to have been carrying grain

Richard Shakespeare was selected following a recruitment process conducted by the Public Appointments Service

The 38-year-old has been charged with a number of offences, including possession of class A drugs and a driving offence.

He was speaking after the burning of a disused hotel in Co Galway which had been earmarked for use by asylum seekers.

A man who transported more than €2.5 million worth of cannabis to reduce his gambling debt by €13,000 has failed in an appeal against the severity of his nine-year prison sentence

The Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader said he took ‘strong issue’ with the implication of what had been said by councillor Noel Thomas

The "spotter" in a gang who gunned down veteran criminal Eamon Kelly over a decade ago has failed in a bid to overturn his murder conviction

A man who was caught in possession of fake Slovakian identities that gardaí believe were to help Georgian immigrants illegally enter the country has been jailed for two years

The two charges against the former coach relate to allegations he indecently assaulted a boy he coached in the 1970s.

Drew Harris made the comments as he appeared before the Policing Authority for questioning over the events of November 23rd.

Marlfield House, built in the 1780s, is owned by Joshua Wilson, originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico