18+ hour, 34+ min ago   (645+ words) A priest told the funeral of a teenager killed in a hit-and-run in Co Clare that parents and grandparents in Ireland are “full of fear” of the society their children and grandchildren are growing up in. Fr Richard Davern was…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1329+ words) It started last month with a job advertisement on the encrypted messaging app Signal. The account was called Sponge Jobb. A hitman was needed to carry out a murder somewhere in the European Union, wrote the user on August 10th. A…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (503+ words) Social media platform X is facing an investigation over suspected breaches of Ireland’s online safety code. Concerns had been raised about X’s compliance with rules on ensuring users were of a certain age and parental controls, Ireland’s media regulator Coimisiún…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (334+ words) An Garda Síochána has signed a deal with the Colombian National Police to help crack down on drug trafficking and organised crime. The agreement will formalise how the forces officially share information and co-operate on investigations into drug distribution and…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (848+ words) A man alleged to have choked and hit his wife before pouring cooking oil on her and trying to set her on fire has sworn to stay away from their home for three years. He gave the sworn undertaking to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (959+ words) Martin “The Viper” Foley, a veteran gangland criminal, took a first step in the High Court on Thursday in his bid to challenge the Criminal Assets Bureau’s (Cab’s) bid to seize and sell his Dublin home. Judge David Nolan refused…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (262+ words) A man in his 50s has drowned after going fishing in a boat off the Co Cork coast. The alarm was raised at about 7.30am when debris was spotted in the water near Blackball Head west of Castletownbere on the Beara Peninsula....

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (352+ words) Organised crime gangs across northern Europe are targeting young people through online gaming platforms to film themselves committing murders, a senior Garda figure has said. Andrew McLindon, head of communications for An Garda Síochána, said the gangs were now offering…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (501+ words) An Irish man in his 60s arrested in Avignon on Wednesday following a verbal altercation with a Jewish couple in a supermarket is to appear before a French court in October. He will face charges of glorifying crimes against humanity and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (339+ words) A woman whose husband was crushed and seriously injured by an SUV stolen by a group of teenagers last month has said she does not know when he will walk again. Jackson Singh suffered a brain bleed, a shattered pelvis,…...