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LIVE: Man held on suspicion of murder and searches taking place in Kyran Durnin investigation

Kyran Durnin Follow live breaking updates as the investigation into the suspected murder of little Kyran Durnin - who was last seen at is Co Louth school in May 2022 - gathers pace

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Worker charged with series of sex assaults at famous Irish pilgrimage site

The 42-year-old accused man spoke only to say “guilty” when the charges were put to him during a brief appearance

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High winds and heavy rainfall to batter country again as menacing system approaches

An area of low pressure is on course to reach the country next week, bringing gusts of up to 100kph and torrential rainfall

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Garda arrested over alleged banana harassment of fellow officer with phobia

An Garda Siochana

The Irish Mirror has established that the officer is alleged to have tormented a female Garda with bananas – after learning she had a phobia of the fruit.

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Dana drops huge Irish presidency run bombshell as she warns 'nobody is perfect'

Exclusive- The Eurovision singer said scrutiny in politics has become “so personal”.

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'Guest at B&B' to woman released - How the story of suspected murder of Kyran Durnin has unfolded

A timeline on the suspected murder stretches back to Dundalk, in Co Louth, in May 2022

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'A true gentleman' - Tributes paid to dad-of-three who died during surprise trip to attend Liverpool match

Philip O’Sullivan has been remembered as ‘one of the kindest, soundest, and most genuine people one could ever meet'

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Maura Higgins Maura Higgins and Pete Wicks reunite in hotel after weeks apart - but he doesn't look happy

Maura Higgins and Pete Wicks have been pictured together for the first time since the Irish beauty left I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

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Irishman detained in Dubai for posting negative review of dog salon faces Christmas travel ban

Craig Ballentine was detained after posting a negative online review about a dog salon

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Woman accused of stealing €43 worth of potted plants from shop seeks halt to trial over absent CCTV

The applicant instructed her solicitor that she could not recollect if she was in the Costcutter shop on the date in question and asked him to request disclosure of CCTV footage and statements from any witnesses.

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'A beautiful soul'- Tributes paid to young footballer (20) killed in Gaza who spent summers in Ireland

Israel-Hamas war

Muhammad Khalifa and seven members of his family were killed when their home was targeted by an Israeli airstrike.

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Emergency services rush to scene as bus crashes with car and ploughs off road in Donegal

The crash happened shortly after 9.30am this morning

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Irish News

Euromillions EuroMillions results: Irish players urged to check tickets after 63 people win thousands

Friday night's €67.8 million EuroMillions jackpot went unclaimed, but dozens of Irish players won prizes in the thousands.

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'Hand yourself in' - Convicted murderer on run after failing to return to prison

This is the second time that convicted murderer James Meehan has been unlawfully at large in the past three years. He previously spent 14 months on the run before being returned to jail after being extradited from Ireland.

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Down forest park sealed off after body found as investigation launched

The PSNI are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the death following the grim find at Hillsborough Forest Park.

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Pat Kenny's fight to save family of badgers rekindled as plan to build nursing home by his house revived

The Newstalk broadcaster described the appeals board ruling as 'crazy, absolutely crazy - the board will be judged ultimately by what happens'. He contended that 'the board with this decision has effectively killed the badgers.'

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Galway woman who died after alleged assault remembered as 'heart and soul' of community

Searon Naughton, 55, lost her fight for life after sustaining injuries in an alleged assault at her home in Loughbaun, Aughrim, Ballinasloe on Monday evening Her husband Owen Naughton has been charged with assault causing harm.

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Politics

Social Democrats Social Democrats to engage in 'focused' Government formation talks

It follows meetings with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and the Labour Party this week and last week, which deputy party leader Cian O’Callaghan described as “exploratory”.

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Sinn Fein calls for dissolution of 'toothless' ethics watchdog SIPO

SIPO confirmed that it decided not to publish a report into allegations regarding Mr Troy until after the general, despite the fact the report was completed on October 21 2024.

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Majority of Green Party senators will not seek to retain their seats

As Pauline O’Reilly confirmed to the Irish Mirror she would not re-enter the Seanad, party leader Roderic O’Gorman paid tribute to her, Pippa Hackett, Roisin Garvey and Vincent P Martin.

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Dana drops huge Irish presidency run bombshell as she warns 'nobody is perfect'

Exclusive- The Eurovision singer said scrutiny in politics has become “so personal”.

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Social Democrats to decide future by end of week as Independents set out Government formation stall

Government talks

The Social Democrat's leadership, including Cian O’Callaghan, Gary Gannon and Jennifer Whitmore, met Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris in separate meetings in Government Buildings on Wednesday.

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World News

Spain holidays Urgent warning issued to holidaymakers travelling to Spain amid surge in horror infection A stark warning has been issued to holidaymakers after a new infection was found to be on the rise across Europe - with tourists in Spain, Italy and France at risk

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Buckingham Palace breaks silence as staff member arrested after 'Christmas party spirals out of control'

Buckingham Palace

A Buckingham Palace employee, believed to be a housemaid, aimed a punch at the manager of a bar and smashed glasses at the Christmas party, it is reported

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World's oldest people swear by 'longevity stew' and a glass of wine to live to 100

Want to live to 100? The secret could be in a bowl of 'longevity stew', a favourite dish in one of the world's healthiest regions - which includes a little-known vegetable.

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Everything we know after woman found safe and well after dad took own life searching for daughter

Missing persons

Hannah Kobayashi was reported missing after she failed to arrive in New York City last month aboard the flight from Los Angeles, and her father Ryan took his own life while searching for her

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Christmas funfair ride 'collapses' in Birmingham leaving several injured as ambulances flood the scene

Emergency services have cordoned off Birmingham's Centenary Square after a ride reportedly collapsed at a Christmas fairground, with several ambulances and police on the scene.

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Crime

Crime Balbriggan murder LIVE updates as gardai attend scene of fatal Dublin stabbing A man in his 70s was killed in a brutal attack overnight in Balbriggan, where a 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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Inside Daniel Kinahan's seized opulent mansion as it sells for shocking bargain price at auction

The 3,410 sqft mansion at Coldwater Lakes, Saggart, Dublin, was seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau

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Kyran Durnin murder probe LIVE as searches taking place in Drogheda after new arrest

Follow live breaking updates as the investigation into the suspected murder of little Kyran Durnin - who was last seen at is Co Louth school in May 2022 - gathers pace

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Kyran Durnin: Gardai arrest man on suspicion of eight year-old boy's murder

Investigating Gardaí have also commenced searches at two locations, domestic houses, in Drogheda

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Lough Derg worker charged with series of sex assaults at famous Irish pilgrimage site

The 42-year-old accused man spoke only to say “guilty” when the charges were put to him during a brief appearance

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Health

Gambling Top psychiatrist says gambling is silent public health crisis gone out of control

In new podcast, The Gambler, Professor Colin O’Gara said gambling addiction in Ireland is a silent public health crisis affecting an estimated 130,000 people

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Is Seasonal Affective Disorder affecting you? Here are some top tips to deal with SAD

Changes in daylight hours and darker skies mean, for many people, the onset of Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD.

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Symptoms of 'flesh-eating disease' necrotising fasciitis Barry Keoghan had

Barry Keoghan discussed his experience with necrotising fasciitis - which is also known as the 'flesh-eating disease' - on the Louis Theroux Podcast

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Get your Hyrox off! Popular fitness craze is coming to Dublin's RDS in November

Fitness And Health

It's one of the fastest growing events in the world of fitness

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Woman reveals rare condition which causes her to faint when she laughs, cries or is hungover

Chelsea Coombes first realised something was wrong when she was 17 years old and felt her face drop after she laughed

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Education

Junior Certificate Junior Cert results: Grade inflation to be phased out 'bit by bit' starting next year

Nearly 73,000 students learned of their Junior Cycle performances when schools distributed 650,000 grades in 22 individual subjects yesterday.

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It's exam season - how would you get on if you sat the Leaving Cert today? Try our quiz to find out

Leaving Certificate

For many it's a rite of passage for many more it's something they dream of even years or decades later and not in a good way... try our quiz and test your Leaving Cert knowledge

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Calls for ‘urgent action’ to address sex education in Irish schools after contraception use drops

The University of Galway report sheds new light into the health behaviours of children and adolescents in Ireland

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Irish mum's joy as deaf son Eoghan, 9, has his first day at school

The mother-of-three opens up in a new RTE documentary Deaf Not Dumb about the struggle to get him into school

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Mobile phones to be banned from classrooms across the country in new government laws

EXCLUSIVE: Education Minister Norma Foley leading the charge to ban the 'scourge' that teachers say is 'destroying' school life

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Down forest park sealed off after body found as investigation launched

The PSNI are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the death following the grim find at Hillsborough Forest Park.

'I'm after killin' someone' - Hit and run driver's text after crashing into student at Limerick bus stop

Joe Drennan, from Co Laois, had been innocently waiting at a bus stop when Kieran Fogarty ploughed into him after he lost control of the BMW, on October 13, 2023.

Galway woman who died after alleged assault remembered as 'heart and soul' of community

Searon Naughton, 55, lost her fight for life after sustaining injuries in an alleged assault at her home in Loughbaun, Aughrim, Ballinasloe on Monday evening Her husband Owen Naughton has been charged with assault causing harm.

Heartbroken relatives of missing Kyran Durnin say: 'He used to come to our house - it stopped overnight'

Relatives of the child - who is feared murdered - have not seen him in years

Euromillions EuroMillions results: Irish players urged to check tickets after 63 people win thousands Friday night's €67.8 million EuroMillions jackpot went unclaimed, but dozens of Irish players won prizes in the thousands.

'Hand yourself in' - Convicted murderer on run after failing to return to prison

This is the second time that convicted murderer James Meehan has been unlawfully at large in the past three years. He previously spent 14 months on the run before being returned to jail after being extradited from Ireland.

Down forest park sealed off after body found as investigation launched

The PSNI are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the death following the grim find at Hillsborough Forest Park.

Pat Kenny's fight to save family of badgers rekindled as plan to build nursing home by his house revived

The Newstalk broadcaster described the appeals board ruling as 'crazy, absolutely crazy - the board will be judged ultimately by what happens'. He contended that 'the board with this decision has effectively killed the badgers.'

Galway woman who died after alleged assault remembered as 'heart and soul' of community

Searon Naughton, 55, lost her fight for life after sustaining injuries in an alleged assault at her home in Loughbaun, Aughrim, Ballinasloe on Monday evening Her husband Owen Naughton has been charged with assault causing harm.

Love/Hate Love/Hate actor died of overdose in Mountjoy - but wasn't heroin user: 'You left this earth too soon' Daniel “Dano” Doyle (31) – who had appeared as an extra in Love/Hate – was found unresponsive in his cell in Mountjoy six and a half years ago

Down forest park sealed off after body found as investigation launched

The PSNI are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the death following the grim find at Hillsborough Forest Park.

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'I'm after killin' someone' - Hit and run driver's text after crashing into student at Limerick bus stop

Joe Drennan, from Co Laois, had been innocently waiting at a bus stop when Kieran Fogarty ploughed into him after he lost control of the BMW, on October 13, 2023.

Galway woman who died after alleged assault remembered as 'heart and soul' of community

Searon Naughton, 55, lost her fight for life after sustaining injuries in an alleged assault at her home in Loughbaun, Aughrim, Ballinasloe on Monday evening Her husband Owen Naughton has been charged with assault causing harm.

Euromillions EuroMillions results: Irish players urged to check tickets after 63 people win thousands Friday night's €67.8 million EuroMillions jackpot went unclaimed, but dozens of Irish players won prizes in the thousands.

'Hand yourself in' - Convicted murderer on run after failing to return to prison

This is the second time that convicted murderer James Meehan has been unlawfully at large in the past three years. He previously spent 14 months on the run before being returned to jail after being extradited from Ireland.

World Cup schedule released as Ireland fixtures confirmed by FIFA

Republic of Ireland national football team

Heimir Hallgrímsson’s men have been drawn in Group F against Portugal/Denmark, Hungary and Armenia.

Down forest park sealed off after body found as investigation launched

The PSNI are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the death following the grim find at Hillsborough Forest Park.

Pat Kenny's fight to save family of badgers rekindled as plan to build nursing home by his house revived

The Newstalk broadcaster described the appeals board ruling as 'crazy, absolutely crazy - the board will be judged ultimately by what happens'. He contended that 'the board with this decision has effectively killed the badgers.'