The jury will retire to consider its verdict after Judge Paul Ramsey finishes delivering his charge.

The warning begins at 9 pm and ends on 9am on Friday.

Elected members also used the Oireachtas print facility to produce thousands of sympathy cards, congratulations cards, and postcards during the same period, as well as 8,700 copies of the 1916 Proclamation.

The Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography (CTCA) service was launched in the Radiology Department at the hospital in May last year.

The group performed in stadiums and arenas across Ireland over the past week.

Several individual defence solicitors acting were present, with one telling the judge when the case they were instructed in was called, “with the greatest respect to the court, I’m withdrawing my services”.

The former sports coach was 10 years into a near 19 year sentence for the sexual assault of 15 teenagers in Waterford in the 1970s and 1980s and had been suffering ill health in recent weeks.

O’Donovan declined “to get into the weeds” about the exact rate of salary for the new CEO of An Post, but said he had a very good meeting with the chairman of An Post “and there was no row whatsoever".

A row has erupted between An Post and Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan over pay for its new chief executive and key elements of its development strategy, according to The Irish Times.

The vote was passed 86 votes to 70, with no abstentions.

The inquiry examined allegations of abuse of patients with severe learning disabilities and mental health needs at the facility.

One boy was the son of a prominent Nigerian politician and the other boy was the son of a powerful businessman

The family of Stephen Ogilvie issued a statement on Wednesday about his condition

Budget 2027 will be Simon Harris’s first as Minister for Finance.

The court previously heard that Gately purchased the house in 2013 for €125,000 and spent €440,000 on refurbishments

The panel is to rule on Friday over applications by Burke to have it and its chairperson stand down from overseeing the inquiry

Donna Harper said the bereaved families have been waiting for answers for four years.

Catherine Connolly said it was a ‘very special occasion’ for her to host her first garden party.

Alex Deady (21) from Glenview, Convent Road, Doneraile, and the two young men aged 16 and 17, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Barry Daly

The Central Criminal Court in Dublin has heard multiple children and an adult were injured in the incident.