Sources: BBC RTÉ
Ireland and the United Kingdom agree to replace the Northern Ireland Legacy Act with new laws that will establish investigative bodies to address killings during The Troubles. 2025-09-19
Ten people are killed, eight others are injured, and others remain trapped under rubble after an explosion at an Applegreen petrol station in the village of Creeslough, County Donegal, Ireland. 2022-10-7
A decryption key for the hospital records has been provided to the Irish Health Service Executive. The government says that it had not paid and would not pay any ransom in exchange for the purported key. The group responsible for the cyberattack continues to threaten to sell patient data. 2021-05-21
The Irish Health Service Executive shuts down its IT systems nationwide after a cyberattack involving ransomware. 2021-05-14
The German Ministry of Interior bans entry to all travellers from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, Portugal, and South Africa from tomorrow until February 17 in order to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants. In addition, travellers from Lesotho and Eswatini will also be banned beginning January 31. 2021-01-29
The village of Derrylin, close to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, is sealed off after a suspicious object is found. The object is later determined to be “nothing untoward”. 2019-03-16
Moody's credit rating agency downgrades Japan to Aa3 due to weak economic growth prospects and high levels of public debt. 2011-08-24
Ireland prepares for the release of a 400-page report into the sexual abuse of children by priests. 2011-07-13
Pope Benedict XVI is "distraught" by news alleged of child sexual abuse in Catholic dioceses in Germany, according to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, as the church also faces paedophilia scandals in Ireland, Austria, and the Netherlands, while Pope Benedict defends clerical celibacy, calling it a symbol of "full devotion" and of "giving oneself to God and to others." 2010-03-12
Ten rhinoceros horns seized in recent weeks at Shannon Airport in Ireland are said to be "rare" and "of international significance". 2010-01-22