Boris Johnson has promised to punish the Conservative MP who briefed a newspaper that Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner was putting the prime minister off his stride by crossing and uncrossing her legs in the House of Commons. Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
The Department of Health has reported 2,837 cases of Covid-19. There were 1,236 PCR-confirmed cases of the virus and 1,601 people registered a positive antigen test result through the HSE portal. As of 8am this morning, there are 477 Covid patients...
Disparities have emerged among State transport companies in relation to how soon and to which fares the Government’s new 20 percent subsidy is being applied. The reduced fares are intended to apply to customers on all subsidised public-service obligation (PSO)...
The nation’s anti-union consultants and lawyers – who have made millions of dollars fighting against union drives – have just been through some of their worst weeks ever as unions racked up wins at Amazon, Starbucks, REI, the New York...
The news was delivered in just a few cold sentences. An appeal for clemency for Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a man on death row whose case has prompted a global outcry, had failed. “Please be informed that the position...remains unchanged” wrote Singapore president’s principal private...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been told they will be fined as part of a police probe into allegations of lockdown parties held at Downing Street. A No 10 spokeswoman said: “The Prime Minister and Chancellor...
Social housing and apartments owned by investors are to be excluded from a redress scheme for fire safety and structural defects in Celtic Tiger apartments, the Irish Examiner has learned. A working group on how to recompense apartment owners for the defects...
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government will consider offering a financial reward for information on the Kinahan gang. Mr Martin said he will discuss it with his Government colleagues and keep the measure under review. It come as US authorities offered...
When Qatar won the bid to host the World Cup in 2010, the triumphant Gulf State unveiled plans to host what it promised would be the most spectacular of all World Cup tournaments and launched an ambitious construction venture...
Police have said at least five people fired weapons in a weekend shooting in Sacramento, California, that killed six people and injured a dozen others and prompted calls for lawmakers to address the scourge of gun violence in the US. Officials...