The Government has been urged to take "emergency" steps to cut VAT rates and increase social protection payments if it wants to address the growing cost of living crisis. ...

The extent to which cycling is not a daily choice of transport for young women was exposed at an Oireachtas committee, which heard that the numbers of teenage girls who cycle d ...

The Executive Clinical Director of Kerry Mental Health services has described a report into the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) as a ''very shameful moment' ...

A man charged with the murder of a 23-year-old primary school teacher in Co Offaly earlier this month has been remanded in continuing custody for another two weeks pending form ...

The Special Criminal Court has been told that Lisa Smith espoused a very "politicised" and "harsh" approach to Islam and wanted a husband who would be "a shaheed", a martyr. ...

The first rule of Fight Club in China? Don't mention the original ending. ...

Minister for Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has said she wants the salaries of those at the top of public service to be published. ...

It has been confirmed that the Secretary General of the Department of Health, Robert Watt, is in receipt of the full salary for his job - €294,920. ...

The President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland has said he was quite distressed when he read the preliminary findings of the report into the HSE-run Child and Adolesc ...

Russian and Ukrainian delegations have met in Paris for talks in a bid to defuse soaring tensions, with France seeking to usher both sides down a "path to de-escalation". ...

Russian and Ukrainian delegations are to meet in Paris for talks today in a bid to calm tensions over Moscow's military build-up on its neighbour's frontier. ...

Cost of living increases mean that "people are in real trouble", according to Labour's Finance spokesperson Ged Nash. ...

The Minister for Finance has told the Dáil that "many families, many businesses, many workers" are facing cost of living increases which are "rising far more quickly" than befo ...

The Irish College of GPs has said that Ireland is in the midst of a GP workforce and workload crisis. ...

Young doctors are leaving medical school with €100,000 of debt which is one of the major disincentives to setting up a GP practice, an Oireachtas Committee has heard. ...

More than 800 lives may have been saved across Europe due to better air quality in the first phase of Covid-19 lockdowns, new research suggests. ...

A group organisations have joined together to ensure that the Government fulfils its commitment to ending Direct Provision. ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologised for the state's unpreparedness to deal with the impact of a severe snowstorm that brought transport in Athens to a halt ...

Outrage against the Greek government and the country's transport operators has grown after a major snowstorm stranded thousands of motorists on the country's most modern motorw ...

Members of the Irish South and West Fish Producer's Organisation are to attend a meeting in the Russian embassy in Dublin tomorrow. ...

Ukraine's Ambassador to Ireland has said that there will be no security in Europe or the world without a secure Ukraine. ...