5 hours ago Mother and daughter remanded in custody over €1.28m cannabis seizure at Shannon Airport

Gardaí alleged that officers attached to Revenue discovered 64kgs vacuum-packed packages of cannabis with a street value of €1.28 million, in four suitcases belonging to the two accused.

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69 minutes ago Family and neighbours gather for prayers at site where couple were hit in fatal traffic collision in Blanchardstown

Balloons, candles and flowers carried by residents of Whitestown estate as they gathered at pedestrian crossing where, 24 hours earlier, Anthony and Georgina Hogg-Moore were knocked down

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5 hours ago Numbers needing hospital care with flu at ‘upper end’ of HSE predictions

Health service chief urges people to attend A&E only if very ill or in an emergency situation

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8 hours ago Houthi rebels retaliate after Israel strikes Yemen airport as WHO chief was about to board plane

Three people were killed and dozens were wounded in the Israeli airstrikes.

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6 hours ago Man who killed 35 people in car ramming attack in China sentenced to death

The fury and shock ignited around the case was evident on social media today.

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6 hours ago HSE says 742 people hospitalised with flu is 'at the upper end' of what it had predicted

The HSE has warned that it expects pressure to increase on the health system over the coming days.

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8 hours ago 'Dangerous new heights' of climate change displaced millions of people around the world in 2024

The world urgently needs to to stop relying on harmful fossil fuels and improve early warning systems, scientists have said.

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6 hours ago Surge in number of people hospitalised with flu 'at upper end of predictions', HSE warns

The HSE has warned that it expects pressure to increase on the health system over the coming days.

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8 hours ago New passport campaign launched urging people to use 'quickest and easiest' renewal site

In 2024, 92% of all passport applicants used the Passport Online system.

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8 hours ago Man remanded in custody charged with dangerous driving causing death of woman (21) in Rathkeale

Danny O’Donoghue (42) accused over incident in which Marguerita O’Rourke suffered fatal injuries in Limerick

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9 hours ago Half of the food bought for the festive season goes to waste, research shows

A quarter of Irish people have admitted to wasting a whole plateful of food, while 18 per cent waste two or more.

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11 hours ago Second person dies and man arrested after car hits group of pedestrians in Dublin

The collision happened on Blanchardstown Road North at around 5.45pm on Thursday.

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9 hours ago Mother and daughter remanded in custody after €1.28m of cannabis found in suitcases

Gardaí alleged that officers attached to Revenue discovered vacuum-packed packages of cannabis weighing 64kg.

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11 hours ago Second person dies and man arrested after car hits pedestrians in Dublin

The collision happened on Blanchardstown Road North at around 5.45pm on Thursday.

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14 hours ago Did you get a gift card or voucher for Christmas? Over a third of people let them expire

New research shows over half of people have negative experiences with gift cards.

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12 hours ago Blanchardstown crash: Second person dies and man arrested after fatal hit

Blanchardstown crash: Second person dies and man arrested after fatal hit-and-run in Dublin on St Stephen’s Day  Irish IndependentHusband and wife die in Blanchardstown hit-and-run  RTÉ NewsBlanchardstown: Woman killed after car strikes pedestrians in Dublin  BBC.com

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24 hours ago Opinion: As an Irish people pleaser, setting boundaries and saying 'no' is a right challenge

Writer and comedian Peter Flanagan says being a people pleaser is exhausting, but he’s trying to be more assertive.

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14 hours ago Tony O’Reilly, Nell McCafferty, Ian Bailey and more: 50 people who died in 2024

The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 110 people this year, from entrepreneurs to musicians to journalists. Here is a selection

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27 hours ago WHO chief and staff safe following Israeli strikes on Yemen airport moments before flight

Two people died and many more were injured, including the UN’s pilot, after the airport came under bombardment.

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20 hours ago Shoplifting: More than 8,000 arrests as gardaí focus on retail crime gangs in crackdown

Focus of operation is a number of organised crime gangs which travel the country to carry out shoplifting on a large scale

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38 hours ago Four of Ireland’s top five most admired sports people in 2024 are women

Survey shows big performances mark major milestones in a historic year for women in Irish sport

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21 hours ago Police: Shoplifter from Dublin arrested for making threats, other crimes

Police: Shoplifter from Dublin arrested for making threats, other crimes  Livermore Vine

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38 hours ago Undocumented Irish still fighting for legal status in US as Donald Trump promises new crackdown

Former congressman Bruce Morrison says Irish who overstayed holiday visa waivers lose right to a defence if new president takes aggressive approach on illegal immigration

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22 hours ago Residents ‘shocked’ after two women die in Christmas Day ‘stabbing’ in Milton Keynes

A 49-year-old man from Milton Keynes was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and is in custody.

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39 hours ago Megan Nolan: Family, career, friends or adventure? Only the truly wealthy can attempt to have a bit of everything

I’m entering mid-30s and have never particularly wanted children. But the realities of this new era in my dating life have become clear

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26 hours ago Two women and a man arrested on suspicion of murder following man’s death in Co Down

The man in his 50s was found unconscious in a residential property in the West Street area of the town in the early hours of Thursday

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39 hours ago Megan Nolan: A conversation with a man in his late 30s made clear the realities of this new era in my dating life

Family, career, friends or adventure? Only the truly wealthy can attempt to have a bit of everything

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26 hours ago Police arrest three people following launch of murder investigation in Co Down

A man was found unresponsive at a home in Co Down in the early hours of this morning.

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27 hours ago Almost 8,500 arrested in last year in major shoplifting and retail crime crackdown

Almost 8,500 arrested in last year in major shoplifting and retail crime crackdown  Dublin Live

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32 hours ago Two PSNI officers assaulted after responding to scrambler bike complaints

A police car was also damaged after officers were surrounded by large group of people in west Belfast

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33 hours ago Syria: 14 security personnel killed in attempted arrest of Sednaya prison officer

Clash broke out in Tartous province, a stronghold of the ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority

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36 hours ago Fisheries authority ask people to report illegal fishing in Donegal over Christmas period

Inland Fisheries Ireland is appealing to people to report sightings of salmon poaching, or other illegal fishing activity in Co… The post Fisheries authority ask people to report illegal fishing in Donegal over Christmas period appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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38 hours ago Gardaí must have capacity to stage child sex abuse sting operations, says expert

Measure would enable trained officers to pose as children online to ensnare potential abusers seeking to exploit minors sexually

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38 hours ago Sting operations, AI and a national database: How Irish investigators aim to tackle ‘explosion’ in online child sex abuse

Hotline.ie chief executive Mick Moran is at the forefront of efforts to unearth the origins of child sexual abuse material in Ireland and removing its subjects from harm

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