Sandra Hurley

New rules banning under-18s from using e-scooters should be in place by the end of August.

There are signals within the Government that the timetable for restoring excise cuts on fuel may have to be revisited.

The Government had hoped that as the deadline looms to begin restoring excise on fuel that the price shock at the pumps would have eased.

Former minister Michael Healy-Rae has described the actions of his older brother, Danny, as akin to those of a "scud missile" blaming them for leading to his resignation as a junior minister.

Irish shoppers will be hit with an additional €2 handling fee for items bought outside the EU.

Sinn Féin has said that party MP John Finucane will not be representing Daniel Kinahan in his upcoming trial.

Campaigners advocating for those affected by Friedreich's Ataxia have again appealed to the Health Service Executive (HSE) to approve the Skyclarys treatment ahead of a final decision next week.

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that diesel and petrol prices were in a very different place when the Government made the decision to gradually restore excise from 1 September.

The Tánaiste has accused social media companies of "platforming illegal activity" and said they had a lot to answer for.

There has been a "breakdown in respect for authority" and the "value of life", the Tánaiste has said, as he spoke about the crash in Co Kildare in which five teenagers were killed.