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Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has said the force needed an extra €20 million last year because of additional recruits and the need to respond to significant operational demands.

The Minister for Culture has said that the Government has to "put their hands in their pockets" to fund a €100 Culture Card for 16-year-olds.

US President Donald Trump, who waged war with Iran and has yet to broker peace in Ukraine, said that ⁠he should win the Nobel Peace Prize but acknowledged doubt about his chances.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said one of its posts was targeted near the border with Israel by small-arms fire, but there were no casualties.

Two sisters who met a man a few hours before he was shot dead have told a murder trial that he got a fright when their car stopped near him on the road and told them he thought he was going to be shot.

A 32-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering three members of his family at their home in Co Louth last year.

An 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her home triggered nationwide protests in Spain has died, according to Madrid tenants' union.

An 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home triggered nationwide protests in Spain has died, a tenants' union said.

Meta chief executive and co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan paid out more than €51m for Strancally Castle in Co Waterford in August, new figures show.

Nationalist residents' groups from across Northern Ireland have warned that long standing agreements on Orange Order parades could unravel.

Employers rather than staff are capturing most of the productivity benefits from the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham needs to win over voters in a London bye-election if he is to fend off a national threat to his Labour Party from the Greens.

The father of an Irish-Israeli girl who was kidnapped by Hamas in Israel three years ago said that she is now doing better than he possibly could have dreamed of.

The father of an Irish-Israeli girl who was kidnapped by Hamas in Israel three years ago has said that she is now doing better than he possibly could have dreamed of.

Trade unions have criticised the Government's decision to pause the introduction of a living wage.

Lawyers ⁠for Christa Pike will ask a judge to order prison officials to let them inspect the syringes and other equipment used in Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her last week for a 1995 murder.

A man in his 60s has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in south Dublin in 2003.

Experts call for adults with ADHD to have monitoring as they age after finding a "markedly" increased risk of cognitive impairment.

The Nepalese government has confirmed that it is stopping the search for thousands of people who remain missing after catastrophic floods devastated the country in August.

Gardaí are investigating an overnight incident of criminal damage in Castletroy, Limerick, in which a house was vandalised by a number of young people.

School secretaries and caretakers, who are members of the Fórsa trade union, have voted overwhelmingly to accept proposals on pay, pensions and employment conditions.

The Minister for Arts Media and Culture Patrick O'Donovan has confirmed RTÉ is to receive less funding that envisaged in Budget 2027 due to his dissatisfaction with the broadcaster's progress in implementing promised reforms.

For some women in Ireland, getting a diagnosis of endometriosis can take more than a decade.

Residents at a Co Kildare nursing home were at risk of financial abuse according to HIQA, when service fees were charged by a provider without being "clearly outlined".

Student accommodation remains a major challenge for universities, despite a new Government strategy aimed at increasing supply.

Munster's new interim chief executive says he has already reached out to former players, including Peter O'Mahony, ahead of taking the role of CEO this month.

Senior Government figures have defended the spending plans announced in Budget 2027, despite sharp criticism from the State's financial watchdog and opposition politicians.

The Defence Forces is rolling out new body armour to troops for the first time in twenty years.

Murder charges have been brought in relation to a house fire in Co Offaly last year, which claimed the lives of a four-year-old boy and his grand aunt.

France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai have won the Nobel chemistry prize for solving the mystery of why only one version of some molecules' mirror-image forms appears in nature.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Helen McEntee, has said the only solution to the Drumcree parade dispute is where the Orange Order and the residents of the Garvaghy Road come to an agreement.

Just €38m of an allocation of €100m has been paid out under the Fuel Income Support Scheme (FISS), which has been extended until the end of year as part of the Budget.

Irish stars and filmmakers will be firmly in the spotlight at the BFI London Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday night with Andrew Scott's new film Elsinore.

Representatives from the Camogie Association, Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) and Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) are appearing before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport.

The Department of Justice received 34 protected disclosures from members and staff of An Garda Síochána between 2022 and 2026, the Minister for Justice has said.

Over the past year, RTÉ Investigates has followed couples trying to have a baby, documenting the emotional and financial toll of fertility treatment

The three Gaelic games bodies will this afternoon tell an Oireachtas committee that they remain "committed to achieving integration ... and we will achieve it".

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawlowski as the new Apostolic Nuncio to the Catholic Church in Ireland, following the retirement of Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor in July.

France has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at student-led demonstrations, the interior minister said, as allegations of police brutality mounted after days of sometimes violent demonstrations across the country.

Referrals to the homeless charity the Good Shepherd Centre more than doubled last year, according to its latest annual report.

Tax, childcare, housing and welfare were among the key announcements in yesterday's Budget.

Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar-winning actress who starred in classic Hollywood films including On the Waterfront and North by Northwest, has died, her publicist said on Tuesday.

Russia fired 70 ⁠missiles and also drones in one of its biggest strikes at Ukraine, targeting the Ukrainian energy sector ‌and ⁠killing at least 11 people across the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

IKEA has launched a second-hand marketplace for its own furniture and homewares as it takes on the likes of eBay and Vinted.

Almost 74,000 students will receive the results of their Junior Cycle exams today.

Follow developments as reaction to yesterday's Budget continues, with opposition parties saying it fell short of what was required to tackle the rising cost of living.

Lionel Messi described playing for Argentina as "the most wonderful thing that can happen to you" after ending his international career with a goal in a 3-0 win over Benin in Buenos Aires.

The Dáil last night passed a number of tax measures to give effect to changes announced in yesterday's Budget.

Residents of Dundalk in Maryland cite the usual big issues driving them to the polls for this year's Midterm election in November: high gas prices, crime and immigration.

Many people undergoing fertility treatment are being offered additional procedures that promise to improve their chances of having a baby