Taoiseach tells Fianna Fáil PP that vaccination registration for 30-39 year olds will open "in the next day or two" and there are now 340,000 doses being issued per week
1 month agoSenior Government figures have warned the Delta variant of COVID19 could become the dominant strain in Ireland within weeks Ministers are meeting tomorrow to consider tighter travel restrictions with Britain
Macron: "Full respect of sovereignty in Northern Ireland cannot mean not respecting the sovereignty of 27 member states who have created a single market." The UK "took up thousands of hours of EU leaders time" on sovereignty. "We Europeans know all about UK sovereignty"
Scene in Clashmore remains sealed of this morning for the Garda Technical team to carry out a full examination A 3 month old baby girl was fatally injured by a dog at around 12:30am She taken to CUH where she was pronounced dead after 3am
Ireland: Government approves renewal of acts to combat terrorism and organised crime
Two detectives shot and wounded in Dublin gun battle
2 month agoRyanair CEO Michael O'Leary: "It appears the intent of the authorities was to remove a journalist and his travelling companion, and we believe there were also some KGB agents offloaded off the aircraft.This was a case of state-sponsored hijacking, state-sponsored piracy"
Belarus flight diversion 'aviation piracy': Irish foreign minister
Statement from @Ryanair to @VOANews on the incident involving FR4978
A child has died in a collision involving a vehicle in Longford, It happened at Ardnacassa around 2pm The boy was pronounced dead at the scene & no other injuries have been reported Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to contact them
2 month agoUSAF C-17A Globemaster III SLAM69 descending for Shannon, weird C17 in Europe using a Tactical C/S
Ireland health service shuts down all its IT systems after a "significant" ransomware attack crippled its diagnostic services, disrupting COVID19 testing and forcing hospital appointment cancellations
Ireland is at UN Security Council now having called for an emergency meeting on escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel. Thoughts are with Palestinians and Israelis who bear the brunt of this. Civilians on both sides deserve better
Firefighters are still battling a blaze in Killarney National Park this morning. An investigation is underway into the blaze which has caused extensive damage to the beauty spot
3 month agoGardaí in Louth are investigating after recovering two pipe bombs, a large amount of ammunition, and a quantity of cocaine and tablets at a property in Drogheda yesterday
Gardai have seized two pipe bombs, gun powder and a large quantity of firearms ammunition in Drogheda, Co. Louth. Cocaine and tablets were also recovered during the search of a house yesterday. Two men, one in his early 40s and another in his mid 50s have been arrested
3 month agoIreland: A viable bomb was found near the home of a part-time policeman in Dungiven, a town near the city of Londonderry in Northern Ireland, area police said in a statement on Tuesday
A man in his 30s has been arrested in relation to the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. Mr Donohoe, a serving garda, was shot dead in January 2013 during the robbery of Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, Co Louth.
Small crowd attacked police with petrol bombs when they attended scene of man shot in both legs at Meenan Drive in Derry last night
A man in his 20s has been shot in the leg in a "paramilitary style" shooting in Derry overnight. Police say the incident took place in the Meenan Drive area of the Bogside shortly after 10:30pm SDLP leader Colum Eastwood says these attacks need to stop
3 month agoInjured police officer helped away by a colleague as missile pelting continues on North Queen St Belfast
3 month agoCar now ablaze on Upper Canning St but crowd now seems dispersed as Landrovers advanced
3 month agoNorth Queen St standoff
3 month agoNot everyone has decided to stay off the streets out of respect for Prince Philip - @PoliceServiceNI under attack from bottles and missiles in the loyalist North Queen St area #belfast
3 month agoAlliance Avenue, Belfast security alert this evening
3 month agoPSNI have deployed water cannon against protesters on Belfast's Springfield Road
3 month agoA crowd of men and women have gathered at the interface gates near Lanark Way from the Springfield Road side - they don't want any violence on the streets tonight. Things relatively quiet but crowds of young people now returning to the area
3 month agoCrowds of young ones now running up Springfield Rd.
3 month agoThe Biden administration has appealed for calm in NI and voiced support for the Brexit protocol. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said: "We are concerned by the violence in Northern Ireland and we join the British, Irish and Northern Irish leaders in their calls for calm
NI Secretary Brandon Lewis said "words failed him" at the idea of adults encouraging a 13-year-old to engage in some of the violent scenes seen across the region in recent days
