Dyane Connor

Almost 1,800 complaints were received by the Ombudsman for Children last year including the living conditions of a 16-year-old wheelchair user who had to sleep in the sitting room and use a commode because the doors in his house were not wide enough.

Around 55 tents are pitched on a section of the Grand Canal in Dublin, just days almost 100 were cleared and barricades erected at another location beside the canal.

An 18-year-old man has appeared in court charged in connection with a fire at a building in Tallaght last week which was earmarked for international protection applicants.

A man in his 20s is in hospital with serious injuries following an overnight assault in west Dublin.

The High Court has begun hearing a dispute around insurance claims worth more than two billion euro for aircraft stuck in Russia after it invaded Ukraine.

Gardaí are continuing to question a man in his 30s over the death of a woman in Midleton, Co Cork yesterday.

Eight prisoners have been brought to hospital with suspected overdoses. The prisoners were taken from Portlaoise Prison to the Midlands Regional Hospital this afternoon.

The health of inmates at Portlaoise Prison was monitored overnight after ten prisoners were treated for suspected overdoses.

A woman in her 60s has been arrested as part of an investigation into a protest at the home of Taoiseach Simon Harris in May.

Commuters have experienced their first day of the new transport plan in Dublin city centre, with rush hour traffic flowing freely on the quays.