Over 16,000 cars were seized in 10 months thanks to gardaí having access to real-time insurance data.

It added that learning more about your mental health could be a good New Year's resolution.

Grant Thornton’s chief economist, Andrew Webb described the State’s heavy reliance on corporation tax as “nerve-wracking”.

Between December 2024 and December 2025, the combined public patient waiting list increased by 79,806 to 753,770, with 117,595 now waiting over 12 months,

Stamp prices are going up: An Post says a national stamp will cost €1.85 from February 3rd, with new rates for Europe and the rest of the world.

It follows the announcement by the General Administration of Customs in China (GACC) regarding the reopening of access to the Chinese market for beef produced in Ireland.

After three deaths last year, the Government is considering compulsory helmets and stricter e-scooter rules.

In Northern Ireland, the UK Met Office had issued a series of warnings, but all have been lifted.

More than 100 people participated in a demonstration outside the US embassy, protesting against intervention in Venezuela.

Simon Harris emphasised the deal with the South American trading bloc still needs to be passed by the European Parliament.

Patrick O’Donovan also cited abuse he has been subjected to through the social media platform ‘over the last number of years’.

The major works are to address the recurring flooding issue at Waterford’s Plunkett Train Station which has been ongoing for several decades.

These issues came to a head after thousands rioted on O’Connell St in the wake of the stabbing of a five-year-old schoolgirl in the area on November 23rd, 2023.

His remains were discovered in the garden on Thursday morning, and gardaí were alerted.

The 2.56 million tickets sold by MCD Productions were down 12 per cent on the promoter’s best-ever ticket sale performance of 2.92 million in 2024.

Met Éireann said Storm Goretti will bring rain, heavy at times and will turn to sleet and snow in places on Thursday afternoon, particularly at elevation.

The initiative highlights a broad range of options that go beyond traditional night-time activity, supporting a more diverse, inclusive and vibrant city after dark.

The action follows a similar, successful legal action last year by Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and others, which secured a stay against the damaging impact of Dublin Airport’s illegal cap, and its referral to the European Court of Justice.

The site in the Wicklow mountains is also Ireland’s earliest proto-town according to Queen’s University Belfast researchers.

Peter Burke made the announcement as part of €4.7 billion investment going into the enterprise sector over the next five years

Helen McEntee also said that she was ‘extremely concerned’ about the situation in Venezuela.

Alan O'Mahony, who is stationed at Letterkenny Garda Station in Co Donegal, is to stand trial at Letterkenny Circuit Court.

‘It’s possible that they could end up withdrawing parts of the service,’ John Evans of the Irish media regulator said.

There was a €2 billion improvement in the Exchequer surplus at the end of 2025 when receipts from the Apple tax ruling were excluded.

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins paid tribute to gritting teams working on the road network.

The Taoiseach has continued his itinerary in China with engagements on transport links and educational connections

A status yellow snow-ice warning is in effect for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Connacht and Louth.

The Commission upheld an appeal against the decision of Cork County Council to approve the application by West Cork Distillers for retention permission for the change of use of a farm building to the bonded warehouses at Ballinreenlanig, Nohoval, Co Cork.

Cannabis, cocaine, Xanax tablets and amphetamines have been seized during the search of a home in Bruree in Co Limerick.

The Taoiseach’s trip to the country next week will be the first visit by an Irish leader in 14 years.

Tom Delaney, who runs Ould Crafty from a small home in Mayo, says he feels a ‘responsibility’ to keep the ancient tradition alive.

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has promised an "Irish Trump", adding that he is working to "help form an Irish national party"

Gardaí recorded 179 fatal crashes on Irish roads and public places in 2025, which resulted in 190 fatalities.

The Dublin Port Tunnel toll will increase by €1 for southbound traffic between 6am and 10am on weekday mornings.

Met Éireann said it will be a cold start to New Year's Day with widespread frost and some icy stretches.

Heap had been diagnosed with Corticobasal Syndrome, a rare neurodegenerative disease, last year.

The Fine Gael leader said he was not trying to create controversy, and nor was he dismissing the State’s “duty of care”, “but you have to have a right to housing in Ireland to be housed”.

Michelle O’Neill accused the Labour Government of making ‘false promises of a new dawn’, but ‘following Tory austerity’.

The woman was removed from the scene by air ambulance to the Mater Hospital Dublin for treatment of injuries believed to be serious.

Stacey McCabe says that her brother Shea (29) ended up in the river near the Brian Boru bridge in Cork in the early hours of December 18th after a “freak accident."

The breaches included one incident in which a hospital department that deals with sexually transmitted infections “inadvertently” sent a text message containing a patient’s personal and health data to a third party.

Figures set out in the 2024 Appropriation Account of the Department of the Taoiseach show that it paid out a total of €473,647 in statutory redundancy/severance payments that year.

As of Tuesday, December 30th, a total of 2,321 new respiratory illness cases were reported over the past week.

Over 4,600 drivers were detected for speeding offences by An Garda Síochána, with one driving 207km/hr in a 100km/hr zone.

Ms Brennan has dismissed Mr Saleh’s unfair dismissal case after finding that he was selected for redundancy by TikTok Technology Ltd “after an impartial selection process”.

The Israeli embassy in Dublin announced last year that it would close.

The Workplace Relations Committee ruled that the HSE had discriminated against Lithuanian worker, Gediminas Gvazdauskas, on grounds of nationality

Catherine Connolly is settling into life at Áras an Uachtaráin after a long tenure by predecessor Michael D Higgins

Robbie Boake toured the island of Ireland for a decade hunting suitable locations for Game of Thrones.

Ireland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July 1st to December 31st, 2026