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Magdalene laundry to be converted for creative businesses

The last of Limerick's Magdalene laundry buildings looks set to be converted into a facility to help art school and other graduate creatives establish businesses and enterprises, after planning approval was granted for its renovation.

Munster • 18 secs

Organised crime driving surge in laughing gas abuse - Revenue

Revenue and Customs officials have told Prime Time that nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is being brought into Ireland at scale by organised crime gangs, and used nationwide.

Prime Time • 1 hr

Archive photo of pat kenny holding a mobile phone

Ireland's first mobile phone call made 40 years ago

Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made in Ireland.

Ireland • 1 hr

Immigration fell last year, asylum applications rose: EMN

Immigration to Ireland fell sharply last year, with overall arrivals down 16% in the year to April 2025, according to the European Migration Network Ireland's annual review.

Ireland • 10 mins

On Saturday 6th December 2025 4-year-old Tadhg Farrell was visiting his grandmother and his grand-aunt Mary Holt at Castleview Park, Edenderry, Co. Offaly.

Funeral of boy killed in attack to take place tomorrow

The funeral of a four-year-old boy who was killed in an arson attack in Co Offaly at the weekend will take place tomorrow.

Leinster • 39 mins

Security gaps putting Irish economy at risk - research

Security gaps are putting Ireland's national and economic success at risk, according to new research from the Institute of International and European Affairs and Deloitte Ireland.

Business • 47 mins

Luas Green Line remains suspended following power failure

Services on Dublin's Luas Green Line remain suspended this morning while repair works continue following a power failure.

Dublin • 44 mins

Harris to attend finance meetings in Brussels

Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris will travel to Brussels for a two-day visit, which includes meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) and the Eurogroup.

Ireland • 29 mins

Photo credit: Maura Hickey. Photo caption: SETU's annual conferring ceremony for the Irish Defence Forces, October 2025. It is the largest annual military graduation from a higher education institution to take place in Ireland.

Defence Forces €1m project to aid military workforce

The Defence Forces and South East Technological University have entered a new framework that will see increased educational opportunities offered to military personnel.

Ireland • 40 mins

Man due in court on terrorism charges after Down arrest

A man is due in court on terrorism charges following a cross-border investigation into violent right-wing extremism.

Ulster • 57 mins

Gardaí have released CCTV footage of an arson attack in Edenderry, in which a young boy and his grand-aunt were killed over the weekend.

CCTV showing moment of Edenderry arson attack released

Gardaí have released CCTV footage of an arson attack in Edenderry, Co Offaly, in which a young boy and his grand-aunt were killed at the weekend.

Leinster • 2 hrs

A vigil is held in Edenderry, Co Offaly for victims of the arson attack

'Black cloud over Edenderry' since arson attack - locals

A vigil has taken place in Edenderry, Co Offaly, to remember a four-year-old boy and his grand-aunt, who were killed in an arson attack in the town at the weekend.

Leinster • 2 hrs

Kevin Bakhurst speaking to an Oireachtas committee

Lotto programme to be outsourced by RTÉ, committee told

An Oireachtas committee has heard that RTÉ is to outsource production of the Lotto programme.

Ireland • 15 mins

Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel

Iceland's public broadcaster RÚV has confirmed it will not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, becoming the fifth country to withdraw in protest at Israel's participation.

Eurovision • 13 hrs

Temu's Dublin office raided by EU regulators

Temu's European headquarters in Dublin were raided by EU regulators last week on concerns about potential Chinese state subsidies granted to the online retailer, a subsidiary of China's ecommerce giant PDD Holdings, a person familiar with the matter has said.

Business • 42 mins

stoves, griddles and fryers without food in a restaurant kitchen

Wicklow hotel shut after rodent carcass, droppings found

A hotel in Co Wicklow has been closed due to a rodent infestation, which was declared a "grave and immediate risk to public health".

Ireland • 18 hrs

Small plane makes emergency landing in Kilkenny

An investigation is under way after a small plane made an emergency landing at Carrigeen, Co Kilkenny.

Leinster • 46 mins

The spending plan will aim to speed up the modernisation of the Defence Forces, among other measures

McEntee to outline €1.7bn defence spending plan

Minister for Defence Helen McEntee will outline a €1.7 billion defence spending plan that will run until 2030.

Politics • 33 mins

Cllr asked supt to 'sort' speeding ticket, court hears

A Fine Gael councillor tabled a motion to Limerick County Council for the Government to review the position of GoSafe vans at the same time as he requested a garda superintendent to "sort" a speeding ticket for him, a jury has heard.

Courts • 12 hrs

Over 40 cases of death or serious harm referred to Fiosrú

There were 21 deaths and 21 cases of serious harm referred to the Office of the Police Ombudsman Fiosrú last year.

Ireland • 14 hrs

Man charged over cattle rustling in Co Cork

A 31-year-old man has been charged with cattle rustling after 18 cows went missing from a farm in Co Cork last month.

Courts • 18 hrs

Caredoc workers staging a lunchtime protest at Caredoc HQ in Carlow

Unions announce escalation of strike action at Caredoc

INMO and SIPTU members employed at Caredoc facilities have announced an escalation of planned strike action as part of a pay dispute.

Ireland • 10 hrs

European pine marten (Martes martes) on tree trunk in forest showing big paws with semi-retractable claws for climbing trees

90% of Ireland's habitats deemed in poor condition

A new report has found that 90% of Ireland's EU-protected habitats are in 'unfavourable' conservation status, with 51% showing deteriorating trends across their national ranges.

Environment • 1 hr

Storm Bram repair work under way as 2,500 without power

Around 2,500 homes, farms and businesses across the country remain without power after their supplies were cut off during Storm Bram.

Weather • 15 hrs

Scientist preparing embryo cultivation plates in a laboratory

Cancer-causing gene in donor's sperm used across Europe

A Danish donor whose sperm cells contained a cancer-causing gene mutation fathered at least 197 children across 14 countries in Europe, a major investigation has found.

Health • 14 hrs

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