Eleanor Burnhill

123rd Infantry Battalion prepares for deployment to south Lebanon

Irish battalion trains for UNIFIL deployment to Lebanon

Three javelin weapons have been fired in the Glen of Imaal in Co Wicklow, as the 123rd Infantry Battalion prepares for deployment to south Lebanon next month as part of the UNIFIL forces there.

Leinster • 19 Oct 23

Bill Kenneally was convicted in two trials in 2016 and earlier this year of the abuse of 15 boys between 1979 and 1990

Cousin denies trying to keep Kenneally's abuse secret

Former Fianna Fáil TD and Senator, Brendan Kenneally, a cousin of convicted child abuser Bill Kenneally, has again been giving evidence at a Commission examining the response of gardaí, politicians, clergy members, health board officials and others to the reported allegations about him.

Ireland • 18 Oct 23

Polish citizens queued outside the Polish embassy in Dublin to vote in their country's election

Thousands of Polish people cast election vote in Dublin

Thousands of Polish citizens have been queuing outside their embassy on the Ailesbury Road in Dublin to vote in their country's election.

World • 15 Oct 23

James Fleming sporting a stylish bodysuit for his trip to France

All roads lead to Paris for Irish rugby fans

Rugby fans are making their way to Paris by any means possible ahead of tomorrow night's World Cup quarter-final showdown between Ireland and New Zealand.

Dublin • 13 Oct 23

Tala, who has been living in Dublin for 12 years, said she was shocked to see the destruction in the Nir Oz kibbutz where she grew up

Dublin-based Israeli describes parents' Hamas escape

An Israeli woman living in Ireland has described how her parents narrowly escaped an attack by Hamas which claimed the lives of some of their neighbours in the Nir Oz kibbutz where she grew up.

World • 09 Oct 23

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