Father says son (12) not able to repeat sixth class has been failed by system
The father of a 12-year-old boy with autism says he has been failed by the education system that wanted to move him on to post-primary school before he believed he…
Budget 2024: ‘Squeezed-middle’ families expected to be biggest winners next week
?Families in the squeezed middle stand to gain most in Budget 2024 next week with measures set to benefit commuters and parents.
The Indo Daily: Unsolved – Who murdered the BBC’s golden girl Jill Dando?
In 1999 Jill Dando was the ‘golden girl’ of British television. The 37-year-old's murder on her front doorstep shocked the world, and despite an intensive investigation and eventual arrest and…
Explainer: What caused Rory McIlroy’s carpark row at Ryder Cup 2023?
Rory McIlroy had to be restrained by team-mate Shane Lowry as tempers boiled over after a dramatic end to the second day’s play at the Ryder Cup in Rome.
Dirty money: Law closes in on the launderers washing the Kinahan cartel’s cash
The seizure of the €157m cocaine shipment off the south coast has exposed the spoils of drug trafficking. Gardaí believe the shipment was a joint enterprise involving a number of…
Wexford tornado victims have endured a ‘disgraceful’ wait as supports not yet provided
A Wexford county councillor has branded the lack of follow-up supports for people in the Foulksmills, Clongeen and Ballycullane areas as disgraceful, 11 months on from the freak weather event.
Irish drug gangs are ‘global players’ despite country’s small size, says expert
Organised crime gangs in Ireland are major players in drug trafficking, despite the country’s small size, a European expert has said.
‘My brother Barry George was cleared of Jill Dando’s murder, but he won’t be free until the real killer is caught’
It has been less than a week since Netflix released a new documentary on the murder of Jill Dando, the popular BBC TV presenter who was shot dead in cold…
Cónal Creedon: Farewell to my button-nosed little terrier Dogeen, who lived life on her own terms
My little dog died last Monday morning. Her name was Jude, but here in the spaghetti bowl of downtown Cork city streets she was known simply as Dogeen.
The ‘great break-up’ – Women in senior roles quitting over lack of flexible work
Forget the ‘great resignation’ – now it’s the turn of the ‘great break-up’.
‘It’s not pretty’ — developer Pat Doherty to sell portrait by his friend Lucian Freud for €17m
Irish developer Pat Doherty is used to big money, so when he sells a portrait Lucian Freud painted of him for an estimated £15m (€17m) next month, it will be…
Youghal race tragedy: Triathlon Ireland rejects talks with Ironman organisers over alleged defamatory remarks
Triathlon Ireland has twice declined an offer to enter into mediation over allegedly defamatory comments it made about an Ironman event at which two swimmers died.