Eleanor Burnhill

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MetroLink legal challenge to be heard in March

A legal challenge to the planned MetroLink in Dublin will be heard at the High Court on 18 March next year.

App • 02 Dec

MetroLink legal challenge to be heard in March

A legal challenge to the planned MetroLink in Dublin will be heard at the High Court on 18 March next year.

Courts • 01 Dec

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly speaks to press at the PCSA meeting

Drug-related intimidation 'horrendous', says commissioner

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has said some of the behaviour around drug-related intimidation in Ireland is "absolutely horrendous".

Ireland • 27 Nov

Mary T Barron, Superior General of the Missionary Sisters of OLA

Donegal nun shares 'anguish' after Nigeria kidnapping

A Donegal nun has spoken of her deep anguish and urged people around the world to pray for the release of the students and staff who were abducted from a school in Nigeria.

Ireland • 23 Nov

Mourners gathered outside a church in Co Monaghan for the funeral of Shay Duffy

Crash victims 'forever united' together, funeral hears

The names of five young people killed in a road crash in Co Louth will be now forever united together, a funeral for one of the victims has heard.

Ireland • 22 Nov

Broadcaster David Hanley in studio in 2001

President leads tributes to 'gifted writer' David Hanly

President Catherine Connolly has led tributes to former RTÉ broadcaster and "gifted writer" David Hanly.

Ireland • 21 Nov

A composite image of a coral reef frame and a woman working on a coral reef fram

Protecting coral reefs from the Maldives to Ireland

As tropical corals reach a climate tipping point, Ireland's own cold-water coral reefs, deep in the Atlantic, are only just beginning to be understood.

Climate Change • 19 Nov

A total of 158 people have been killed in road traffic collisions this year (file photo)

Road safety group concerned over rise in road deaths

A road safety group has voiced concerns around the increase in road deaths so far this year compared to the same period last year.

Ireland • 17 Nov

A sign reading 'car park closed risk of flooding'

Orange rain alert in effect for Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford

Significant flooding and hazardous travelling conditions are expected in counties Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow amid a Status Orange rain warning, which is in effect until 8am tomorrow morning.

Weather • 15 Nov

Picture shows Harvey Morrison Sherratt, who had spina bifida and scoliosis.

McDonald says Morrison waiting list report 'devastating'

The Sinn Féin leader has described as "devastating" a newspaper report that claims nine-year-old Harvey Morrison was taken off a surgery waiting list because Children's Health Ireland believed he was a palliative patient.

Ireland • 10 Nov