The coroner observed that there had been “some shortcomings” in the care of Ms Brereton and noted she had “a difficult experience with a difficult pregnancy.”

A quantity of suspected cocaine was seized during the search, pending analysis.

activist who lived-streamed himself driving his jeep into an anti-immigration protester during a demonstration in Dublin has been sentenced to 16 months in prison.

Caoimhe Busher, a probationer garda member since 2018, has been the subject of a disciplinary investigation

Pearse Doherty said it was alleged that the surgeries were conducted ‘purely for financial gain’.

Sinn Féin chief whip Padraig Mac Lochlainn said in correspondence to Ceann Chomhairle Verona Murphy on Thursday that there are “three fundamental issues” in how Tuesday’s disorder was handled.

Regin Parithapara Rajan (43) is on trial charged with the murder of his wife at the home they had moved in to in March of 2023.

Peter Kennedy was assaulted at his home on April 28th, 2020, and died from his injuries about two weeks later

The settlement against the Mercy University Hospital is without an admission of liability and the court heard a “full and robust” defence had been filed in the case.

Newly-announced artists include Kilimanjaro, Sam Austin, Juicy Romance, Clara La San, In Parallel, Khakikid, LB aka Labat, and Dublin’s own Jazzy

A total of seven premises were searched, and a number of items were seized.

The TUV leader was speaking during a debate in the Commons.

A search of a van resulted in the recovery of 1.2kg of suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €84,000.

80 jobs have been saved at the country’s biggest print producer of mail shots, brochures and magazines including the RTE Guide

William Greene jammed emergency telephone lines for nearly 130 hours in 2023

Last year, Ann Summers (Ireland) Ltd reduced the number of shops it operates here from three to two

A defence barrister told Belfast Crown Court that Julie Ann McIlwaine had been the victim of sustained domestic abuse and coercive control.

The disabled parking permit is intended to benefit people who are most directly disadvantaged by parking that does not meet their needs. 

Judge Keenan Johnson heard how gardaí were dispatched to the woman's home in Mullingar shortly after midnight and saw the victim in an emotional state and "bleeding heavily from the back of her head".

US president Donald Trump has singled out pharmaceuticals – many manufactured in Ireland – as a possible target for trade restrictions

Verona Murphy will have the backing of Government parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, as well as Government-supporting independent TDs.

Lieutenant-Colonel Shane Rockett, commander of the 125 Infantry Battalion at Camp Shamrock, said the situation is the worst he had seen.

It is Lieutenant General Seán Clancy’s last overseas trip in the role.

"We wouldn't like to be in this situation, but it is a situation where we've got to choose a side.”

The Army bomb disposal team has been called to a property in Gorey, Co Wexford, after a suspect device was discovered this morning

Imposing sentence on Thursday, Mr Justice Paul Burns noted “to say the facts of this matter are disturbing is something of an understatement”.

Mr Justice Twomey wished all parties the best for the future and adjourned the matter until next month.

The fitness-to-practise committee found that the consultant had failed to conduct an abdominal palpation

Trinity BDS said the college "has continued to act carelessly, forging new ties with Israel".

Michael Gaine was last seen in Kenmare town on March 20th last when he bought phone credit in a branch of Centra shortly before 10am.

Owner Mark Keenan says last Friday's dish of beef stew and mashed potatoes was snapped up by hungry customers at the bar,

'The Ceann Comhairle herself has acknowledged that it was Michael Lowry who was the mechanism and the channel through which she came to that position', the Sinn Féin leader said.

People will have until 5pm on Friday, May 9th, to take part in the Electoral Commission consultation and submit their views.

Test your knowledge of Irish cultural and historical symbols by taking our quiz!

Gardaí and his family are ‘extremely’ concerned for the wellbeing of Mike Gaine, 56

Thursday’s front pages

Donald Trump has said he will attempt to get US pharmaceutical companies back from Ireland

The Council granted planning permission after concluding that the scheme "would not seriously injure the amenities of the area or property in the vicinity”.

Caitlin Bardon, 24, of Dalton Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, punched a woman in front of her toddler, who has since begun mimicking the violence to punch his mother.

The Tánaiste raised the case of Private Seán Rooney in a meeting with ministers ahead of a visit to troops currently serving in Lebanon

The clerk of the Dáil concluded that the Ceann Comhairle acted according to the rules and her powers

Simon Harris is in Lebanon for a series of political engagements and to meet members of the 125th Infantry Battalion who are serving as part of a UN peacekeeping mission.

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy also ‘categorically’ rejected the opposition’s accusations of partiality.

"We can't point the finger at Rachel Redmond because her boyfriend is the killer and her brother is involved. You can't convict her by association," Dominic McGinn SC said.

Here's everything you need to know about the speaking rights row

Regin Parithapara Rajan (43) of Kerala in India is on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork charged with the murder of his wife Deepa Dinamani

The figures also show there were 38 murders in 2024, an increase of three compared to the previous year.

Gda Brendan O'Donnell was the member in charge at Newbridge Garda Station on April 29th, 2020, when Brian Ibe (23) was brought in to be questioned on suspicion of assaulting 65-year-old Peter Kennedy the previous evening.

In her impact statement, the Sinn Féin leader noted that the “family of the perpetrator of this crime” had written to her to express solidarity with her and her family.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister said UK chancellor Rachel Reeves had adopted a ‘turbo-charged Tory approach’ in her spring statement.

Hours of talks have taken place, and on Wednesday, the court was due to hear evidence from former Web Summit director Daire Hickey.

Amid widespread disruption in the Dáil on Tuesday as the Government sought to pass new rules on speaking rights, Verona Murphy announced that the order of the business had been agreed.

He said over several years the child was brought on six or seven occasions to audiological services attached to University Hospital Waterford, but her hearing loss was not diagnosed until 2015.

Independent TD Michael Lowry also said it was not made with malicious intent.

The man in his 50s has been removed from the scene to Tallaght Hospital to be treated for injuries believed to be serious but non-life-threatening.

Ilamar Rodrigues Ribeiro (54) was arrested by investigating gardaí from the Garda Human Trafficking and Co-ordination Unit when he returned to Ireland from his native Brazil.

Eldhose Yohannan (39), originally from India but with an address at Milltown, Dromcliff, Co Sligo, initially denied the sexual assaults on the two patients on separate dates in 2022

Mr Justice Brian Cregan last week granted Niamh Farrell a short-term injunction restraining Coláiste Éanna from continuing the disciplinary process

The industrial action throughout the mental health services will take the form of a ‘work to rule’ with nurses only performing duties that are part of the core nursing role.

Last year was the worst year for motor theft in Ireland in more than a decade. 

The "introvert", in his early 30s, is awaiting sentencing in July at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court

Since this research had taken place, one in eight 25-year-olds has emigrated.

Verona Murphy is facing criticism for her handling of an acrimonious sitting on Tuesday when contentious changes to speaking rights were voted through.

Loughrea in Co Galway has been crowned Ireland’s best driving test centre

A rare sighting of a sperm whale was made in the Waterford Estuary

Blaa, the name of a soft white bread roll dusted with flour, regularly associated with Waterford, is one of the words included

349 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 157 are in hospital wards elsewhere.

Spanish have gone public with an operation against a drug trafficking gang smuggling cocaine and marihuana into Ireland from Spain which has led to 20 arrests

An operation involving the National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau as well as armed units arrested five men in the Dublin area.

Lubo Kosturik said the staff of Luvida Restaurant in Navan, Co Meath, have been "blown away" by the reaction the post has received

Police have appealed for information about the incident in the early hours of Wednesday.

Two other people were treated for smoke inhalation in the incident in Newtownards.

Michael Gaine was last seen on Thursday, with CCTV footage showing him buying phone credit in a Centra near Kenmare.

A Wicklow farmer is using alpacas as animal therapy for the elderly and people with additional needs.

Opposition leaders are to meet on Wednesday morning after the Dail was disrupted amid a row on speaking time changes.

A day of chaos in the Dáil features heavily on the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers.

The case was settled without admission of liability.

There were chaotic scenes of shouting, interruptions and allegations of misogyny on Tuesday as tension over the speaking rights row boiled over.

Simon Harris is visiting Lebanon this week against a backdrop of heightened tensions with Israel.

Michael Lowry, who is at the centre of a dispute that divided the Dáil, stuck two fingers up to members of the opposition as proceedings were adjourned amid chaotic scenes.

In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Micheál Martin said that "despite listening respectfully to the questions posed by opposition deputies, my attempts to answer were constantly and systematically interrupted and shouted down".

Planning permission granted to Derryroe Ltd in September 2020 for the planned complex at Herbert Park is due to expire in October 2025 after DCC refused to extend the duration of the permission, the developer says.

Tánaiste Simon Harris held a late-night call with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.

Regin Parithapara Rajan (43), who is from Kerala in India, has gone on trial in Cork charged with the murder of his wife Deepa Dinami at their home in Wilton in the city in July of 2023.

The Tipperary North TD has been contacted for comment after he was caught apparently giving a V-sign in a video recorded by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy.

Rachel Redmond said she didn't know convicted killer Wayne Cooney had committed 'any crime at all' when she drove him away from the scene

Deirdre Arnold, with an address at Briarfield Grove, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5, is accused of being the getaway driver for the murderer of Lisa Thompson

Brian Ibe has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Peter Kennedy

Iskilu Awolumate (28) of Hazelgrove Estate, Tallaght, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to handling the proceeds of crime at an unknown location on dates between March 2020 and January 2021.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was appealing against the severity of a nine-month custodial sentence

Christopher Murphy later violently resisted arrest at his home while his partner Malika Amraoui (35) withdrew the officer’s firearm from the holster

The scheme comprises 265 apartments and 19 four-bed houses with the apartments located across four blocks with one block rising to six storeys

Video footage shows Michael Lowry making a gesture towards the camera as the chants of ‘shame’ reverberate around the Dáil.

A sniffer dog indicated that there was something of interest in the cab of Doran's truck, which led to the discovery of eight bags of cannabis. The drugs were worth €1,020,400.

Gardaí have confirmed that one man, in his 20s, was arrested.