Eleanor Burnhill

Special needs children miss school over driver shortage

A shortage of drivers at Bus Éireann is preventing some children with special needs from being able to attend school on a daily basis, more than a month into the new school year.

Ireland • 06 Oct 23

Kathleen Furlong, 84, died after she was struck by a car at the junction of Fortunestown Way and Cheeverstown Road on Friday

Man appears in court over fatal traffic collision

A 42-year-old man has appeared before Tallaght District Court in Dublin charged with dangerous driving causing death.

Courts • 11 Sep 23

Roderic O'Gorman said people moving into tented accommodation at the Electric Picnic site in Stradbally, Co Laois would only be there for a maximum of six weeks (Pic RollingNews.ie)

Refugee accommodation at EP site not optimal - O'Gorman

The Minister for Integration has said the Government recognises that tented accommodation is not the optimal approach to accommodating a recent spike in arrivals of people fleeing war in Ukraine.

Ireland • 07 Sep 23

Sarah Fitzgibbon and her daughter Poppy Shankey

Families left in limbo by lack of school bus service

Families attending Scoil Mochua in Clondalkin, Dublin, were informed on Wednesday - just a day before school was due to start back - that the bus service they rely on had been 'cancelled for the foreseeable future'.

Education • 03 Sep 23

An aerial view of the Electric Picnic festival site at Stradbally, Co Laois, this week

Govt to use EP tents for Ukrainian refugees next week

The Department of Integration says it has found an additional site for the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees in Stradbally, Co Laois.

Ireland • 01 Sep 23

Charlie Bird with his wife Claire and dog Tiger at Powerscourt, Co Wicklow, today

'I want to die at home with my family' - Charlie Bird

Former RTÉ broadcaster Charlie Bird has told how he has received hospice care in his Wicklow home in recent months as his motor neurone disease has worsened.

Ireland • 23 Aug 23

June Judd said she was woken up around midnight by the storm and saw then that the tree was still standing

Lucky escape for woman, 94, after tree falls on house

A 94-year-old woman had a lucky escape after a large tree fell on her house during Storm Betty overnight in the south Dublin suburb of Rathmines.

Dublin • 21 Aug 23

The teenager appeared before the Children's Court this morning

Teenager released on bail over tourist robbery

A teenager has been released on bail after appearing before the Children's Court in Dublin following his arrest over the robbery of an English tourist in Temple Bar on Friday night.

Dublin • 14 Aug 23

Firefighters voted to reject a Labour Court recommendation aimed at resolving the dispute

Firefighters to escalate industrial action in pay row

Retained firefighters are set to escalate their industrial action in the continuing row over pay and conditions.

Ireland • 09 Aug 23

Noel Long was given a mandatory life sentence for the murder of Nora Sheehan in 1981 (file image)

Man found guilty in State's oldest murder prosecution

The State has been successful in pursuing the oldest murder prosecution in Irish history with a jury finding a 74-year-old man guilty of murdering a woman in Cork 42 years ago.

Ireland • 04 Aug 23