Professor Brian Lenehan will be returning to his position until his contract ends next June. Photo: Collins

Lynda O’Callaghan said her sister Vanessa (36) had spent years on the streets of Cork.

The study also found that girls in all girls’ schools have the most gender equal views while boys in all boys’ schools have the least.

Soldier F is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney when members of the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in 1972.

Figures showed that 106 patients were admitted without a bed in UHL on Friday

Indian nationals had the highest median weekly earnings in 2023, earning €883.74, and Ukrainian nationals had the lowest median weekly earnings of €450.29.

Eddie Rockets has been ordered to pay €5,000 compensation to a blind Irish Paralympian after she was told that her guide dog could only sit at tables at the front of a restaurant

Dublin Bus will have 45 additional departures and night service routes on specified dates.

The Independent TD for Kerry said the meeting lasted an hour and it was “productive and positive”.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has welcomed the decision to award costs to Nikita Hand from her civil action case against MMA fighter Conor McGregor

The poll revealed that 76% of SME owners support Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael as their preferred government coalition.

Met Éireann has upgraded weather warnings to status red for six counties

Friday's front pages

Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are due to hold informal discussions on the formation of a government here while they are in Scotland

Host Patrick Kielty said he is ‘so excited’ to bring this year’s programme to the children of Ireland.

The Irish actor told British star James Corden ‘I’m working through trust, I really am’.

Speaking points prepared for CEO Michael Lohan said feedback from international clients suggested it had not changed the perception of Ireland for investors.

The jury at the inquest of Ava Barry of Aghabullogue, Co Cork, heard that the 13 year old passed away at Cork University Hospital (CUH) on May 27th, 2023.

The receiver was appointed in a row over the repayment of the loan with the film company and Mr Flatley saying that all loan repayments had been made in full by the film company.

Counsel was responding to questions raised by Ms Justice Siobhan Stack in the ongoing hearing of Prof Lenehan's action seeking that he be restored to his position

Over 16 years after innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan was shot dead in a case of mistaken identity, the notorious Limerick gangster who ordered the hit, John Dundon, has failed in a bid to overturn his murder conviction

The hospital, at the Royal Victoria site, has faced numerous delays, but it was hoped it would finally open next year

Unlike other parts of the UK, the PSNI does not issue mugshots of serious offenders after sentencing

The storm will bring strong and gusty winds on Friday across Ireland

Ms Hand was awarded almost €250,000 in damages against Mr McGregor, after a three-week civil trial last month.

Cavan General Hospital, in a letter read to the High Court, apologised for “the shortcomings in the care” of mother of four Mary Mulligan who it was claimed was not seen for six hours by an Emergency Department doctor

On Wednesday intercepted a vehicle in the Finglas area of Dublin, and conducted a coordinated search of a residence in the Donore area of Co. Meath.

Chloe Ferris died in the Lux club in the early hours of Sunday.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said she had set up meetings with Green leader Roderic O’Gorman and the Social Democrats

Three men are currently on trial accused of Sherry's murder while three others, including Jason Hennessy Snr's son Brandon Hennessy, are on trial accused of violent disorder

MMA star Mr McGregor should pay the entire cost of her civil action at the higher level, thought to be well over €1million, the High Court has been urged by Ms Hand’s counsel.

The incident happened between 11pm on Tuesday 3rd and approximately 8.15am on Wednesday.

The High Court has been hearing submissions in relation to who should pay what in terms of costs arising from the high-profile civil rape case.

Met Éireann issued status orange wind warnings for counties Kerry, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow, as Storm Darragh is set to hit

For the first time, the average rent for existing tenancies grew at a faster rate than for new tenancies

Volunteers who organise regular soup kitchens in Cork have called for better services to be provided for vulnerable people such as Vanessa O’Callaghan (36) who died in hospital yesterday after being assaulted in the city centre last weekend

Russian citizens placed under sanctions amid the war in Ukraine took advantage of the network to disguise the origin of their cash and buy property in Britain, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

Mr O’Callaghan said the Social Democrats would be asking for support for their position on key areas.

Mohammad Shaker Al Tamimi was charged at Gorey district court last night with the killing of eight-year-old Malika Al Kattib, who died after an assault at her home in New Ross on Sunday night.

Thursday's front pages focus on a range of stories from Fianna Fáil prioritising policing reform as they look to form a new government to the Kinahan crime gang having links to a Russian money-laundering network.

The woman, in her 30s, was found unresponsive in St Patrick’s Street on Sunday evening.

Dublin woman Gail Slater is to head up the antitrust division at the US Department of Justice, a key position in the incoming administration of president-elect Donald Trump

Dublin City Council said it does not want to be “too oppressive” by asking the High Court to proceed in the depths of winter to order up to 12 alleged trespassers out of a protected derelict building that was once the home and shop of 1916 Rising leader Tom Clarke

Galway man Shane Feeney will take on a gruelling 213km ultra-marathon from Dublin to Galway on December 14th for a motor neurone disease charity

Malika Noor Al Katib, eight, died after she suffered stab wounds in the early hours of Monday morning.

In his closing address, Mr Sean Guerin SC submitted that a person can use reasonable force to defend themselves and doesn't have to "take the beating coming"

Adam Doyle (31) of Bremore Pastures Green, Balbriggan, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm to Evan Somers on Dublin’s Dame Street on April 10th, 2022

Malika Noor Al Katib died after she suffered stab wounds at her home in New Ross, Co Wexford.

Leader Mary Lou McDonald said it is ‘still very much game on’

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said Fianna Fáil's negotiating team will be chaired by outgoing Minister for Finance Jack Chambers

The incident took place around 8pm on Sunday, December 1st, on Patrick's Street outside the former Savoy Cinema

Convicted rapist Michael Murray will serve another 18 months in custody for hoax bomb threat phone calls directed at Government Buildings last year

Corporation tax receipts amounted to €35 billion for the year to date - that is €13 billion more than the same period last year.

The majority of renewable electricity generated last month came from windfarms, which accounted for just under 29 per cent of all electricity used in Ireland.

Stephen Seery, 22, also attacked a female garda with a punch and a kick in the face when she posed as the girl and went to meet him, Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court was told

Met Éireann has warned of the potential for difficult travelling conditions, falling branches and localised debris

Bus Éireann said the safety of its staff is of "paramount importance," and they cancelled a number of West Cork services due to the weather warning

Micheál Martin said his party had now mandated him to begin negotiations with others to form a government that ‘can last the full term’

It is alleged that over each 12-month period, she engaged "in converting/transferring/handling/acquiring/possessing/using property that is the proceeds of criminal conduct"

Davy Beck, Ryan Henderson and Melanie Jones have all previously served as temporary ACCs in the force

The show, Say Nothing, portrays the murder and secret burial of Jean McConville by the IRA in 1972.

Detectives said they seized cannabis with an estimated street value of around £200,000 (€241,455) in Ballygawley on Tuesday

Mr O'Donoghue told Newstalk that discussions were also underway to run more late-night Luas services throughout the year.

Gardaí continue to investigate all of the circumstances surrounding the death of Malika who was a student at New Ross Educate Together Primary School.

The man, who is aged in his 30s, cannot be named at this stage of the court proceedings

There are 432 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 153 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Gardaí executed a search under warrant at approximately 9:30pm at a domestic residence in Carrigaline.

The Refugee Council has asked IPAS if they have a cold weather initiative and if they can get a copy of such a policy.

Mr Collins said it was unfortunate that anti Traveller sentiment was not a rarity.

Almost 2.3 million passengers passed through the terminals in Dublin, up three per cent on the same month last year.

Justice minister Helen McEntee will outline the enhancements to the searchable database which was first launched last year.

The potential breach was identified in 2023 by Gardaí attached to the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau.

A range of political stories feature on the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers.

The 28-year-old, who was pregnant, went missing in Killala, Co Mayo, on December 4th.

Josephine ‘Jo Jo’ Dullard went missing on November 9 1995 while on her way home to Callan in Co Kilkenny, after socialising in Dublin.

Eileen Gleeson's side lost 2-1 to Wales at the Aviva Stadium in their play-off final second-leg

Labour committed to repealing and replacing the Legacy Act but have kept the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin also said it was unlikely that a new government would be formed before Christmas.

Ms McDonald has reached out to the Social Democrats and Labour Party, but the numbers to make up a Sinn Féin-led coalition look unlikely

Judge O’Kelly said that the victim had given evidence that she felt “groomed” by Mr O’Mahony in a “slow, deliberate process"

Michael O’Reilly of Cois Maigh, Mogeely, Castlemartyr, Co Cork was convicted in May 2024 when he pleaded guilty to seven charges

Imposing sentence, Judge Orla Crowe noted that the victim was “not a patient per se” of Yunos's, rather her parents had asked him for help.

Crawford is already serving a jail sentence for conspiring to murder gangland criminal Wayne Whelan, who survived a September 2019 murder attempt but was subsequently shot dead following another attack two months later

The Electoral Commission has admitted that as many as 500,000 people could be on the electoral register by mistake

Mr Dunne was declared bankrupt in 2013, owing hundreds of millions of euro to the banks

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson claims extending the measures for another four years would be unlawful

Chloe Ferris died in Lux nightclub in Belfast in the early hours of Sunday

The killing of trespasser Keith Conlon was "a tragedy and a grievous waste of human life" but it did not happen because of any crime committed by barrister Diarmuid Phelan, his defence team argued on Tuesday

The blaze broke out in the kitchen next to Hobson's Restaurant at around 10am this morning

A man aged in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of an eight-year-old girl in New Ross, Co Wexford

At Newcastle West District Court, prosecuting Garda, Ronan Hayes, Adare Garda Station, told Judge Carol Anne Coolican, that he served the two accused with a copy of the State’s Book of Evidence

The young girl has been named locally as Malikika Al Katib

What are the options available to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael? And could a coalition be formed without them?

The six-part drama series has been commissioned by RTÉ and will air on the BBC in the UK

Charlie’s Bar in Enniskillen has created the advert following the success of its viral video in 2023