2 year agoDublin Fire Brigade:Firefighters extinguishing a make shift skip fire in West Dublin fire
Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party cranks up the prospects of a prolonged political crisis following the resignation of the First Minister, warning it won't return to the power-sharing Executive unless issues related to Brexit are resolved
2 year agoDUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has warned that his party will not support the restoration of the power-sharing Executive at Stormont after elections in May, if the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol is not resolved to its satisfaction
2 year agoUS navy P8 Poseidon AE6854 heading towards the Celtic Sea
A detachment of warships of the Northern Fleet conducted an exercise to repel air attack in the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean - Russian Northern Fleet
2 year ago6 Russian warships sighted around Irish EEZ despite Russia saying only 2 vessels would be engaged in the upcoming missile test exercises
2 year agoUS Navy P8 Poseidon AE684A heading towards the Celtic Sea
No10 says the Government was not aware that the DUP was about to order the suspension of GB-NI checks. But the PM's spokesman says checks were still happening this morning
EU Commisison says preliminary info from its experts in NI indicates checks as are continuing. "The Protocol that we have signed was signed with HM's government. It's for the UK government to ensure the fulfilment of the agreement
DUP minister Edwin Poots has ordered his officials to halt Irish Sea border checks from midnight.
Russia has written a stern letter to the Irish government demanding a "prompt response" to a series of claims that Dublin may have changed its position on post-Cold War European security arrangements
Currently, the activity of Russian strategic aviation is observed. At least 3 bombers in the air with the support of 3 tankers + A-50 AWACS
2 year agoRAF P8 Poseidon STGRY01 tracking off the coast of Ireland
Russia has told Ireland the naval exercises have now been moved out outside the EEZ
The Russian Ambassador to Ireland has said that he would be willing to meet groups of fisherman to negotiate a settlement
2 year agoA live fire Russian naval exercise has been scheduled inside the Irish EEZ
2 year agoHundreds have gathered for the vigil for Ashling Murphy outside Leinster House @rtenews
Irish Chair of Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs & Defence: The EU is committed to dialogue towards removing obstacles to progress on the path to peace for all in Bosnia Herzegovina. All leaders including the leadership of Republika Srpska, are urged to cease divisive language & inflammatory rhetoric & fully commit to working together
A cyclist in his 80s has died after a crash in Ballyfermot, Dublin yesterday. His bike and a car collided on the Killeen Road shortly before lunchtime. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses
Over €700,000 worth of drugs have been seized by revenue officers at Dublin Port
2 year agoDublin Fire Brigade: Firefighters from HQ have cleared a localised flood in Irishtown. Road drains were located and cleared and the excess water quickly drained
Revenue officers seized €160,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb during a search today with gardaí in Skerries
3 year agoDavid Frost: Here's my statement after today's talks in Brussels with @MarosSefcovic on the Northern Ireland Protocol
3 year agoThe Minister for Foreign Affairs has said contracts between Irish aircraft leasing companies and the Belarusian national carrier will be hit by a fresh round of sanctions agreed by European Union foreign ministers against the Lukashenka government
3 year agoA man found with a gunshot wound to the head in Dublin last week has died. Gardaí say his death is "as yet unexplained" and a postmortem will be carried out tomorrow
Plane that crashed on Wexford beach lost engine power after appearing to suffer from fuel loss
Metro bus evening services are to resume in Belfast after they were suspended over safety concerns. Two buses have been burned out in loyalist areas in the last 10 days in attacks linked to protests against Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol
A man and woman and two young children (aged 5 and 10) have escaped injury after a shooting incident in East Belfast. Police say a single shotgun was fired through the front door of a house in the Tower Court area shortly after 10.25pm last night
A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Northern Ireland, amid discontent over the trade deal struck as part of the U.K.'s departure from the EU (via AP)
3 year agoDublin Fire Brigade: Firefighters from Tallaght and Blanchardstown fought a house fire in Lucan yesterday evening. Breathing Apparatus crews contained the fire to one room. There were no injuries. Closing a door on a fire is the most effective way to slow the spread of smoke and fire
