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Plans to strip parental rights from killers are to be pressed ahead with by the Department of Justice despite the State’s child and family agency raising concerns that the legislation was unconstitutional.

The 1970s oil price shocks toppled governments, led to recessions and precipitated dramatic shifts in monetary policy (interest rates were hiked to more than 16 per cent in the United States). We’re not at that stage... yet, writes Eoin Burke Kennedy.

Switching could save you over €10,000 if your mortgage fixed rate is coming to an end.

Tens of millions of euros worth of French red wine and rosé that vineyards cannot sell is to be distilled into ethanol and industrial alcohol, to avoid a collapse in prices for French winegrowers.

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Fear of electricity blackouts has prompted Irish authorities to set down new protocols for data centre operators.

Jet fuel supplies could be disrupted during the summer months if the war in Iran continues, aviation bosses have warned.

The Irish Air Corps is hiring civilian contractors to teach its pilots to dogfight, after losing the ability to conduct in-house combat training.

Make it easier to watch live sport in one place and you’ll do away with dodgy boxes, argues Emmet Ryan.

At a time when investors are piling money into gold, a battle to oppose a potential goldmine in the North is entering its final phase.

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Italy and Spain have blocked U.S. military aircraft en route to Iran from using their air bases causing a rift with the Trump administration.

It could take months for oil production and exports to recover after the war in the Middle East ends.

Last year saw the second warmest year on record, and more drought and higher temperatures than in recent years, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.

Bloomfield Hospital in south Dublin halted admissions after The Irish Times published an investigation into the mistreatment of patients.

A teenager charged with engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl when he was 15 has lost a challenge to the constitutionality of a law preventing him from advancing a “Romeo and Juliet” consent defence.
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There have been 13 incidents or allegations of money going missing from Garda stations between 2020 and 2025, the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee has been told.

The Church of Ireland says it’s less likely to rent out vacant rectories and curates’ houses due to rental reforms on landlords.

New figures show the value of mortgage approvals reached almost €1.2 billion in February, up 10 per cent on the same period in 2025.

Sally Hayden reports from southern Lebanon where Israeli forces have been instructed to expand the area which they control.
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The National Concert Hall is embroiled in a row over a decision by one of its officials to cancel a booking for a fundraiser by the Irish branch of an Israeli ambulance charity, which it has reversed.

It’s been revealed that more than 6,600 employers have not yet signed up to pensions auto-enrolment scheme four months after registration opened.

Many swimming pools across Ireland are aging and many have closed altogether. There are around 100 swimming pools at risk of closing in the coming years which could leaving many communities without a public facility.

Talks between Iran and the US will take place in the coming days, according to the foreign minister of Pakistan.

A quarter of children on the waiting list for mental health services were waiting more than nine months to be seen at the end of 2025.

The PSNI is running a scheme known as “kid’s courts” which will offer drivers caught outside a school a choice between three penalty points and going in to face a panel of 11-year-olds.

Denise O’Connor writes about the best practices for managing a home renovation.
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