The Drumlin-born criminal’s fate now hangs on an appeal against the decision his lawyer Jaime Campaner is expected to lodge in the coming days which will be ruled upon by more judges.

Approximately €126,000 worth of cocaine and €125,000 of cannabis herb was seized during the course of the search.

Ibec's executive director Fergal O’Brien said not enough is being invested in education, research and upskilling to future-proof the economy

The general secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation John Boyle has retracted comments he made about the Minister for Education when he suggested that she had reneged on a commitment she made earlier this year about post responsibility

The charity said the creation of a new referral mechanism for child and adolescent mental health services is a particular positive

President Michael D Higgins has led the tributes to Kim Damti, a 22-year-old Irish-Israeli woman who has been confirmed dead after an attack by Hamas at a music festival in southern Israel

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Gardaí attached to the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) seized 21kg of cannabis herb valued at an estimated €420,000

RTÉ is exploring the possibility of selling off part of its Donnybrook campus to raise revenue

Essex Police confirmed they had arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a historic rape allegation.

Kim Damti was attending a music festival near the Gaza border when gunmen arrived at the site.

The inquest heard how there was 'pandemonium' as those who'd escaped the fire tried to help people who remained inside

The board of the charity said they were disappointed that Francis Doherty had resigned.

The High Court is being asked to first determine who is the legal owner of Dublin’s former Iveagh Markets building

PepsiCo Ireland has announced a €39 million expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Little Island, Co Cork

The men are alleged to have raped and sexually assaulted the then 19-year-old woman

The cross-examination of the woman continued at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday

The Minister for Health said increased spending was ‘largely being driven by… treating more patients than we have funded them to treat’.

At a hearing on Wedensday, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the company could be fined up to €3 million or face a prison term of up to two years for breaching health and safety regulations.

The 45-year-old has been missing from her home in Youghal, Co Cork, since March 2017.