5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (680+ words) A fresh complaint has been lodged by a fisheries officer who has claimed he was made a “sacrificial lamb” by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) hearing in Letterkenny, Co Donegal heard that James Doherty, from Buncrana,…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (428+ words) Five summonses for not having a television licence were dismissed at Athlone District Court on Friday as the inspector did not give evidence that there was a television at the properties in question. A further summons was dismissed as a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (453+ words) No reports of inappropriate behaviour by former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson were received by a review team investigating his conduct at the Northern Ireland Assembly. The inquiry was commissioned by the Assembly in July, a month after Donaldson was convicted…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (223+ words) A District Court judge has warned social housing tenants in Co Galway they could be evicted by the local authority and their homes reallocated if they misbehave. Judge James Faughnan said there was a housing crisis, and Galway County Council…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (158+ words) An assault case against Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Jim Shannon has been ongoing for three years, a court has heard. The Strangford MP has been accused of assaulting a woman on October 1st, 2023. Shannon (71), with an address at the DUP…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (710+ words) “Aggravated” dangerous driving, including deliberately driving the wrong way down a motorway, will result in harsher penalties under legislation that the Government plans to have enacted before the end of this year. Minister of State at the Department of Transport…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (597+ words) An Irish woman based in Australia has said she was “devastated” after being told to return her daughter’s passport as it had been “approved in error” because she did not physically give birth to the child. Eimear Murray (38), originally from…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (650+ words) A doctor at Cork Prison has told an inquest into the death of a man found cold to the touch in his cell that the prison service should consider using technology which can remotely monitor the vital signs of certain…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (902+ words) The “dismay” expressed by former Mid and East Antrim Council chief Anne Donaghy that a copy of an email she wanted deleted had been “sent upstairs”, in an audio recording, points to her intention, a court has heard. However, in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (533+ words) The future of Scouting Ireland (SI) was threatened by the costs of historic abuse cases in former scouting organisations, according to Government officials. Internal records show the group faced having to sell off properties, increase fees and take on debts…...