Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the ‘strong’ legal advice was that the legislation breached the UN Convention on Human Rights.

Leo Varadkar said any change to the rules of the powersharing institutions could be negotiated before the next Assembly election

The sale of nicotine inhaling products will be banned for those under 18 in Ireland from Friday

Leo Varadkar was targeted by Russian comedians who posed as African diplomats

Mr Varadkar was asked about his rival’s remarks as he spoke to reporters in Dublin on Wednesday.

Gardaí said a male teenager, who had been driving the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Roderic O’Gorman said a briefing proposal was emailed to the Garda on the plan to use the disused hotel in Rosscahill to house asylum seekers.

Sinn Fein has welcomed the move by Dublin over the UK’s Legacy Act.

Mr Burke had claimed a member of the appeals panel, ASTI general secretary Kieran Christie, is a "promoter of transgenderism"

The 59-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to one count of attempted anal rape and eight counts of sexual assault in relation to six complainants

If the chicks could not be registered within a narrow window they would have to be culled, the court heard.

A post-mortem examination is expected to determine the course of the Garda investigation.

Mr Justice Tony O'Connor also said he would also consider an application from Mr Guerin's lawyers for the re-trial of his original defamation case

The court heard Declan Service (63) effectively gambled his retirement fund by using inside knowledge to offload his shares in a pharmaceutical company days before buying them again at a discounted rate

In a ruling on Wednesday, Ms Justice Siobhán Phelan said Garda Paul Baynham knows of the Garda Commissioner’s intention not to progress a disciplinary investigation while the question of criminal charges is being determined.

In an affidavit to the court she claims that last month she was, without any notice, summarily dismissed from her job, and was "escorted off" the nursing home.

A former member of the Defence Forces who carried out a “violent and degrading” rape and assault of a college student who did not know “if she would be able to get out alive” has been jailed for nine years

Five people appeared before Tullamore District Court on Wednesday charged with offences relating to the investigation into the death of Ashling Murphy

Those bereaved in Northern Ireland’s Troubles have thanked the Government for taking the action.

The Sinn Féin leader said the UK’s Legacy Act was a ‘flagrant breach of international human rights law’