In traditional barmbrack, certain items are added to the dough before cooking, including a ring, a coin, a piece of cloth, a stick, and a pea.

The children arrived in Ireland along with 29 family members, a spokesperson for the department said. The initial evacuation was carried out overland from Gaza to Jordan via a WHO medical evacuation convoy.

The area saw disorder last week after an alleged sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl in the area.

The amount is almost 10 per cent more than 2025’s total, with two-thirds of the increase generated by revaluations and newly liable properties.

The operating profits of €3.93 million follow operating profits of €3.96 million in 2023.

Jamie Heaslip, Sean O’Brien, Dave Kearney and Rob Kearney have minority shareholdings in four Dublin pubs, Lemon & Duke, Bridge 1859, The Blackrock and McSworleys.

Mr Kelly sought the party’s nomination at the same time as eventual candidate Heather Humphreys.

The man is currently detained under provisions of Section 12 of the Mental Health Act

Daniel Soave, 39, appeared before Judge Derek Cooney at Dublin District Court on Monday

“Look, we fucked up,” is how Michael Finucane put it.

The region is at risk of falling behind in terms of sustainable transport, a charity has warned.

Although turnover levels overall have declined, Fáilte Ireland said the outcome was still more favourable than anticipated

The ‘vast majority’ of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party supports Micheal Martin as leader, a minister has said.

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Ireland’s President has spent the night in hospital for the examination of an infection.

The assault occurred near Annesley Bridge, where gardaí and emergency services responded.

The assault took place in the early hours of Sunday, October 26th.

The posts included racist slurs and conspiracy theories about Jewish people.

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The Sinn Féin president said her party will contest the resulting by-election in the constituency

Many of those who spoiled their ballots in the presidential election had written in Maria Steen’s name instead of the eligible candidates.

John McGuinness said party members were ‘disappointed by the lack of selection process’ in the presidential election.

With an asking price of €1,200,000, no expense has been spared in achieving a luxurious and welcoming ambience with a contemporary aesthetic.

The defeated Irish presidential candidate said she and her family were subjected to ‘absolutely awful sectarian abuse’ during the campaign.

The incident occurred in north Dublin on Friday

Maureen O’Hanlon has been backing Team Hope for the past decade.

In an interview with BreakingNews.ie, MEP Barry Andrews said Irish peacekeepers would be well-positioned to take part in any Gaza mission

Catherine Connolly has been elected Ireland's 10th president on a record margin after taking 63.3 per cent of the vote

The left-wing independent candidate showed her political and physical stamina during the final months of the campaign.

The time will go back one hour on Sunday, marking the end of daylight saving time.

In his 14 years as president, Michael D Higgins has become known for his Bernese Mountain dogs and his political views.

‘My message is, use your voice in every way you can,’ Ms Connolly told the crowd gathered at Dublin Castle.

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Leaders of parties which backed the independent candidate have been congratulating her ahead of an expected decisive victory.

A male driver of one of the cars was fatally injured as a result of the collision, and his body has since been removed to the Naas mortuary, where a post-mortem will take place in due course.

The Fine Gael candidate said she had ‘no regrets’ about running for the Irish presidency.

Ms Humphreys told RTÉ: “Catherine will be a president for all of us, and she will be my president, and I really would like to wish her all the very, very best."

Coast Guard members brought a Garda and the box to the island by boat yesterday at 8.15am and collected them later in the day, just after 6pm.

The incident occurred in Co Down in the early hours of Saturday.

The two men are currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at garda stations in the Dublin region. 

Police are appealing for information about the incident in the city centre on Saturday.

The electoral commission has said there “will clearly be a need for deeper and further reflection” about why there were so many spoiled ballots in the presidential election.

It was reported to gardaí that two females had been assaulted in North Strand Road, north Dublin, on Friday.

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38-year-old Terence Crosbie had pleaded not guilty to raping an American woman at the Omni Parker House hotel in Boston last year

The race for the Áras is a two-horse race between Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys.

A number of residents were evacuated from their homes in the Ardnamonagh Parade area in the west of the city.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald had joined the team when the alleged incident took place.

Daniel Hourigan (32) and Linda O'Flynn (32) have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael Foley in Macroom last year

Pilot Michal Luczak (44) denies importing €8.4 million of cocaine into the Midlands in 2022.

Mark Keane was injured while freeing a colleague who was trapped in a machine at Johnson & Johnson Vision Care's plant in Plassey, Co Limerick.

William Butler, with an address at Seville Place, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of the child on dates between 2000 and 2002.

The drugs were discovered during the search of two homes in the city on Friday. 

The data, released by Dublin Fire Brigade, shows that frontline emergency crews faced repeated episodes of violence and aggression while on duty in 2023 and 2024

Although not named in the MCIB report, the victim was Wassiou Ayawe Moran (19), a soccer player with Limerick FC, of Old Clare Street, Limerick city, who had bought the jet ski the previous day.

John Kirby, a business and marketing graduate, who was in his early 20s and from Sandymount, Dublin 4, was working in the US on a J1 visa for the past several months

The man in his mid-twenties, who is not being named for legal reasons, appeared at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court on Friday for arraignment

The athlete from Rush, Co Dublin, will wear noise-cancelling headphones and an ear mould to raise awareness of the challenges and supports for children and adults with deafness or hearing loss

Ruth Lawrence has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O'Connor (32).

Jim O'Callaghan said that the 201 who have received deportation orders include 37 minors.

Mark Lee has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Josip Strok at Grangeview Way in Clondalkin on April 3rd, 2024.

A man died in a road crash in Newry on Wednesday.

Fianna Fáil’s Ryan O’Meara said he had contacted the gardaí about the incident.

Kieran Quilligan (47) from Togher in Cork was last seen alive on September 1st, 2023.

It comes as statistics show a rise in pedestrian injuries on Irish roads between October and December each year. Of the 138 road fatalities so far this year, 29 were pedestrians.

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Gardaí were called to Basin Lane shortly after 7pm

In another record-breaking year for Ms Connolly's cosmetics company, Sculpted by Aimee Connolly Cosmetics Ltd, revenues surged by €10.3 million from €22.23 million to €32.62 million - or average weekly revenues of €627,409 in 2024.

There is a positive hiring outlook for 2026, with nearly 1 in 4 employers (24 per cent) in Ireland planning on increasing recruitment over the next six months, indicating growing confidence among employers following a period of heightened geopolitical and trade volatility.

The discoveries were made during searches of a home and vehicles in the Ballybane area on Thursday. 

Last June his court hearing, which ended in a mistrial was tho that Mr Crosbie, 38, from Dublin was in the American city with work colleagues as part of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations on March 14, last year.

Protests have been held at the Citywest Hotel for the past four nights, with the disorder breaking out on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Ms Deasy, was rushed to a nearby hospital where she remained in a serious condition for a number of days but she died earlier this week.

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The Irish speaker has been an elected politician for more than 25 years.

The race has boiled down to a head-to-head between Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys.

She grew up on a farm outside a village called Drum, located at the Cavan-Monaghan border.

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly has a lead over Fine Gael hopeful Heather Humphreys in the opinion polls.

An Garda Síochána made the appeal after a third night of demonstrations at a hotel housing asylum seekers

Jason Symes on Thursday gave evidence via video-link, telling Michael O'Higgins SC, prosecuting, that he first met Ms Lawrence's boyfriend, South African national Neville van der Westhuizen, in Ballyjamesduff in Co Cavan.

Further violent behaviour around asylum seeker accommodation in Dublin will be met with a ‘very forceful response’, the Minister for Justice said

Police say two men have been interviewed in a manslaughter investigation.

They pointed out that the risk associated with e-scooter use" cannot be overstated and careful thought and regulation about rider safety must be prioritised beyond current minimal provisions."

The crimes came to light when the account moved into arrears and no repayments had been made on the loans.

Dr Stack took the action against the Attorney General, Ireland, the Minister for Local Government and Heritage, the Presidential Returning Officer and Tánaiste Simon Harris.

Feliks Andrianov (55) also argued on Thursday that his actions were a "proportionate response to an unjust clamping enforcement", and that the trial judge displayed a bias towards him by making him view body cam footage of the assault.

The prosecution barrister also told the Central Criminal Court on Thursday that Josip Strok (31) was repeatedly kicked in the head, punched, stamped on and beaten with "brutal ferocity" with a pickaxe handle while moving "defensively" on the ground

First Minister Michelle O’Neill expressed disappointment while DUP leader Gavin Robinson hailed a ‘clear and welcome outcome’.

The two accused went on trial earlier this month charged with the murder of Mr Quilligan who was last seen alive on September 1st, 2023.

Daniel Hourigan (32) and Linda O'Flynn are charged with the murder of Michael Foley between January 31st and February 1st, 2024, in Macroom, Co Cork.

The Irish Cancer Society said that it is still in the dark about how the Government plans to fund cancer services from Budget 2026