Adams took libel case to 'put manners on the BBC'Ex-Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been awarded €100,000 in damages after a jury found that the BBC defamed him in 2016. Video: Fiachra Gallagher/Colm KeenaFri May 30 2025 - 13:24
Gardaí fear mother was held captive in Dublin ‘house of horrors’ for many yearsCourt hearing told daughter with severe difficulties needs care plan for when she ages out of childcare systemWed May 28 2025 - 17:52
Gerry Adams defamation trial: laughs from the jury, a judge’s intervention and a ‘very fine story’ about a hedgehogFormer Sinn Féin president tells judge the IRA attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher was ‘legitimate’Sat May 10 2025 - 06:00
Gerry Adams tells defamation trial he never joined the IRAJudge tells jury claims made in documentaries they are being shown may be relevant to the issue of Adams’s reputationTue May 06 2025 - 20:00
Gerry Adams vs the BBC: Dublin court recalls era when ‘the consequence for informing is death’Jury in defamation action against the BBC shown documentary from 2016 that Adams claims ‘maliciously defamed’ himSat May 03 2025 - 06:00
Richard Satchwell trial hears gardaí in Youghal became increasingly suspicious during search for Tina SatchwellDay two of trial as Satchwell denies murder of Tina Satchwell in their Co Cork home in 2017Wed Apr 30 2025 - 19:15
Interpol being misused by China to target dissidents and others, ICIJ investigation findsChinese billionaire Jack Ma was used to put pressure on Chinese businessman whose extradition was sought from FranceTue Apr 29 2025 - 05:00
Electricity grids designed so generators switch off when system loses synchronisation, expert explainsDetailed study required before coming to definitive view on what happened in Spain and Portugal on Monday, says UCC professor Mon Apr 28 2025 - 22:02
China’s intimidation of an Irish citizen in Dublin: ‘I wanted to escape. It’s scary’One Irish citizen living in Dublin receives regular calls from the police in China and believes she is being monitoredMon Apr 28 2025 - 05:00
China exerts control from a nondescript office on Dublin’s Capel Street Running an authoritarian state means constantly having to ‘maintain tentacles everywhere’, said one China watcherMon Apr 28 2025 - 05:00
‘Corrosive and dishonest’: Investigation exposes China’s oppression of its emigrants‘No such thing’ as China targeting dissidents outside its borders, says Chinese ambassador in WashingtonMon Apr 28 2025 - 05:00
Irish woman living legally in US for decades detained after visiting her father in IrelandCliona Ward (54) lives in California but is being held in a large immigration prison in Washington stateSun Apr 27 2025 - 20:22
Everyone wants to be in the loop. But what if there is no loop?In the Gospel According to Judas, the notorious traitor was in the loop and the other apostles weren’tSun Apr 27 2025 - 15:00
Michael D Higgins pays his respects to Pope Francis in Rome ahead of funeralPope Francis's funeral to be attended by heads of state from around the worldFri Apr 25 2025 - 17:30
Dublin city councillor’s Clontarf home placed on market by receiver for €2.75mDublin councillor Nial Ring's detached Victorian home was subject of several High Court actions, including one taken by his wifeWed Apr 23 2025 - 20:02
Ryan Tubridy data request could reignite crisis and holds legal and reputational risks for RTÉUse of subject access requests, which originate in EU data protection law, is rapidly growingSat Apr 19 2025 - 06:00
Ryan Tubridy and agent Noel Kelly seek RTÉ files on 2023 crisis at a cost of €100,000 to broadcasterData access requests have already cost the broadcaster more than €100,000 as it worries about potential for fresh controversySat Apr 19 2025 - 06:00
Inquiry into care of ‘Grace’ finds failings by health service and family who looked after herCommission criticises HSE and health board, but finds no evidence of abuse of woman who has intellectual disabilitiesTue Apr 15 2025 - 21:40
‘I’m from The Irish Times,’ I said. ‘This is massage parlour,’ she repliedColm Keena: My professional life has been spent wandering the city, poking into places I might not be welcomeSun Apr 06 2025 - 18:59
Waystone Fund Management fine confirmed by High CourtFund manager failed to response adquately to red flags and conflicts of interest, court toldMon Mar 31 2025 - 17:05
Former Fianna Fáil fundraiser Des Richardson lived life to full, funeral toldFormer taoiseach Bertie Ahern among those in attendance at Mass for man associated with party’s ‘Galway tent’ yearsFri Mar 28 2025 - 16:02
Who is Kevin Phelan?Businessman was key figure in Moriarty tribunal’s lengthy investigation into financial links between Michael Lowry and Denis O’BrienFri Mar 21 2025 - 06:01
Key Moriarty tribunal figure Kevin Phelan being prosecuted for pension fraud in trial at Leeds courtNorthern Irish businessman pleads not guilty to ‘conspiracy to cheat’ over scheme offered to UK policyholdersFri Mar 21 2025 - 06:00
‘A guy who was well respected around town’: The catastrophic story of Custom House Capital and Harry CassidyMore than 1,500 high-net-worth individuals saw their pension plans upended by fraudulent activity of investment firmTue Mar 18 2025 - 06:00
Burke family pays Facebook to promote its video of their Washington DC protestFamily member Josiah Burke has spent more than €45,000 since April 2019 promoting family campaigns on Facebook, data showsSun Mar 16 2025 - 10:54
Israeli man spat at when confronted by two women in Dún Laoghaire bar, online footage showsGardaí investigating incident described by local mayor as ‘hateful and juvenile’Sat Mar 15 2025 - 17:13
Fallon & Byrne co-founder Fiona McHugh had the great gift of optimism, husband tells funeral Mass in DublinFormer newspaper editor and retail businesswoman died in Dublin on WednesdaySat Mar 15 2025 - 14:07
‘I begged my parents to take me out of the school but they wouldn’t': Survivors on their abuse at the hands of JesuitsFormer pupils speak about abuse at Belvedere College in Dublin and Coláiste Iognáil in GalwaySat Mar 15 2025 - 06:00
Clanwilliam Group signs sale agreement against backdrop of US court hearings over Lindberg fraudUS court documents from 2023 refer to expected $415 million in proceeds from Clanwilliam saleFri Mar 14 2025 - 05:00
Dublin solicitor accused of helping couple hide cash during bankruptcy to take court challengeAnthony Joyce’s counsel called for process to stop and said his good name was being ‘traduced’Thu Mar 13 2025 - 06:00
Hong Kong group owns more than €58m in Irish propertiesGroup controlled by Dublin-based Yong Wu is part of wave of Chinese investment in property in the capitalTue Mar 11 2025 - 06:00
Chinese investors sink large sums into north Dublin propertyGroup buying properties in Dublin 1 and 3 is providing services to high net-worth Chinese, says LinkedIn profileMon Mar 10 2025 - 06:00
US investor awaiting sentence in $2bn fraud case no longer a shareholder, says Clanwilliam GroupFormer billionaire Greg Lindberg misused insurance funds for range of purposes including paying women to donate eggs, according to US courtsTue Mar 04 2025 - 06:02
Trump likely to make life harder for undocumented Irish in US, Simon Harris toldBriefing paper for then incoming minister on US president strategy heavily redacted Sun Mar 02 2025 - 17:06
Kerry man jailed for 12 years over largest crystal meth seizure in State’s historyCourt hears Nathan McDonnell has been assaulted in prison and fears for his own safety and that of his familyFri Feb 28 2025 - 11:57
Man charged in relation to South Anne Street assault makes no application for bailFourth man has been charged in relation to February 15th incident where Quham Babatunde was fatally woundedTue Feb 25 2025 - 15:42
Jesuits to move special primary school in Ballsbridge to grounds of Gonzaga College in RanelaghSale of building on Northumberland Road will go towards cost of new premisesSun Feb 23 2025 - 06:00
Law Society complains about changes to service provided by Land Registry Land Registry has told solicitors' representative committee it is ‘not an advisory body’Sat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
Enoch Burke case shows how system struggles when parties refuse to consent to legal norms Court considering order that would mean part of teacher’s salary being used to pay court fines he is refusing to payFri Feb 21 2025 - 19:00
Inquest into death of cyclist Gabriele Glodenyte adjourned due to delayed forensic reportLeading road racer (24) died after being hit by a car at Grallagh in north Co Dublin in May 2023 Thu Feb 20 2025 - 12:40
Legal notices served on 13 illegal dodgybox operators, according to anti-piracy group Thousands of illegal streams had been shut off affecting users of pirated subscription TV servicesMon Feb 17 2025 - 17:04
Government urged to raise Uyghurs with visiting Chinese foreign minister Uyghur and Hong Kong groups say people in Ireland should not have to ‘live in fear’Mon Feb 17 2025 - 08:57
‘I thought I was the only one‘: Woman feels validated after Fr Shaun Curran named among 15 Jesuits credibly accused of abuseFormer Belvedere College teacher has largest number of recorded complaints against him, according to Jesuit documentSat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
Former Belvedere pupil says Jesuit teacher Jack Leonard ‘took pleasure’ in violenceDiocese of Raphoe notes that alleged child sex abuser Fr Diarmuid Ó Péicín had ministry there in the 1980sThu Feb 13 2025 - 21:10
Fifteen named Jesuits accused of child sex abuse were moved to new roles by orderPublication follows earlier naming of others which led to victims coming forwardThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Who are the 15 Jesuits named today who are the subject of child sex abuse complaints?Priests at top Irish schools were moved to other schools, sent to Irish parishes and abroad following child sex abuse complaintsWed Feb 12 2025 - 16:54
Bewley’s on Grafton Street among premises served with food safety ordersLismore Golf Club restaurant also named in latest batch of enforcement ordersTue Feb 11 2025 - 13:25
Nurse suspended over Botox treatments in Donegal clinicUK registered nurse used medicines issued for patients in StrabaneMon Feb 10 2025 - 12:38
Derelict Dublin: 10 empty southside buildings in a city with a housing crisisIncluding a 200-year-old College Street building, the site of a Kildare Street hotel and the former home of the City Arts CentreSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Derelict Dublin: 10 unused northside buildings in a city gripped by a housing crisis Including the former Coláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square, the former Guineys department store on Talbot Street, and a ‘shrine’ to Bram StokerSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
