Ciara Ní Bhroin

A push to switch to electric cars is part of the Government's plan to help lower carbon emissions

Is Ireland running out of road on electric car targets?

A convoy of electric cars driven by members of the Global EV Alliance (GEVA) from a number of European countries, including Ireland, will drive across the continent this weekend to Glasgow to highlight the importance of electrifying all road vehicles by 2035.

Ireland • 30 Oct 21

The average length of stay for those staying beyond 14 days is 21 days

Asylum seekers in quarantine 'longer than required'

The Irish Refugee Council has raised concerns about people arriving in Ireland to seek international protection or asylum status who are being kept in mandatory quarantine longer than the required period.

Ireland • 21 Oct 21

Additional walk-in clinics will be open throughout the weekend

HSE in bank holiday vaccine push to 'increase uptake'

The Health Service Executive has said some regions will run additional walk-in vaccine clinics this weekend.

Coronavirus • 21 Oct 21

Three households, or a group of six people, will be permitted to meet outdoors

Why the 'new normal' will be a slow adjustment for some

The easing of restrictions will have some people feeling anxious and nervous, or suffering with mental health difficulties, while others will be "chomping at the bit" to get out and socialise.

Analysis and Comment • 09 May 21

Protest in Dublin following the murder of Sarah Everard in England

What can society do to make women feel safer?

Girls grow up in a world where they are told that public spaces are dangerous for women - and that they must take steps of their own to stay safe.

Analysis and Comment • 27 Mar 21

One official said we are currently looking at a doubling in cases over a 16-day period

Behaviour will dictate spread of virus, say officials

Ireland's Covid-19 case figures are rising at a rate health officials are increasingly concerned about and unhappy with.

Coronavirus • 12 Sep 20

Issues such as being locked in cells for long hours, missing recreational and learning activities, and deteriorating physical and mental health were documented

Study of cocooning prisoners notes mental health impact

Compulsory cocooning as result of the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health difficulties of the prisoners involved, a briefing document by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons and Maynooth University has shown.

Coronavirus • 29 Jul 20

Testing of cars under the National Car Testing programme was suspended on 28 March

Too difficult to resume NCT and driving tests - Ross

The Minister for Transport Shane Ross has said because of public health guidelines around social distancing, NCT tests will not be resuming any time soon.

Coronavirus • 13 May 20

Figures from the Department of Justice show there are 5,680 applications for refugee status

Granting of refugee status delayed due to Covid-19

The International Protection Office, which is responsible for recommending whether an asylum seeker should be granted refugee status, has stopped issuing recommendations due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions, RTÉ News has learned.

Ireland • 08 May 20

Mosney Direct Provision centre in Co Meath

Ombudsman concerned over direct provision accommodation

The Ombudsman has expressed concern over the unsuitability of accommodation in the direct provision system.

Ireland • 23 Apr 20