Dáil proceedings have been suspended after Solidarity-People Before Profit TD Mick Barry refused to comply with an instruction from Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl rte.ie/news/politics/…

A pair of bears picked the wrong person to mess with in Japan when they approached a 50-year-old karate practitioner only to be kicked away, police and media said
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Tributes have been paid to former Ireland centre-half Charlie Hurley, who has died at the age of 87.
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The Minister for Justice has said that her department is considering whether or not to build a new prison at Thornton Hall in north county Dublin to deal with chronic overcrowding in the country's jails.

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A consultant at University Hospital Limerick has said the Emergency Department there was 'like a death trap' on the weekend that Aoife Johnston presented at the facility rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

A motorcyclist in his 30s has died in a suspected hit-and-run in Co Carlow rte.ie/news/2024/0425…

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has said he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a preliminary investigation against his wife

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Palestinian militant group Hamas has released a video of an Israeli-American man held hostage in Gaza who is seen alive and saying that the captives are living 'in hell' rte.ie/news/middle-ea…

The Minister of State with Responsibility for Nature and Heritage has said the courts are starting to take the setting of illegal fires seriously rte.ie/news/regional/…

Gustav Klimt's 'Portrait of Miss Lieser', a painting of a young woman left unfinished when the Austrian artist died, has sold at auction for €30 million despite open questions about its subject and previous ownership
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A pro-Palestinian protest movement, sparked by a crackdown on an encampment at New York's Columbia University, has spread across America’s college campuses rte.ie/news/us/2024/0…

Two people have been arrested following the discovery of €125,000 worth of controlled drugs in Co Tipperary rte.ie/news/regional/…

Venice has begun to charge day-trippers looking to enter the historic Italian city, a world-first intended to ease the pressure of mass tourism rte.ie/news/2024/0425…

Columbia University students heckle US House Speaker Mike Johnson while he visits flashpoint of nationwide student demonstrations over Israeli war in Gaza, as police confront campus protesters and make dozens of arrests in Texas and California rte.ie/news/world/202…

Ryanair announced the cancellation of over 300 flights as a result of today's strike by French air traffic control workers rte.ie/news/europe/20…

The blades of the Moulin Rouge windmill, one of the most famous landmarks in Paris, have collapsed during the night without causing any injuries, firefighters have said
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The theme for this year's Poetry Day Ireland is 'Good Sports' and organisers say they are inviting the nation 'to read, write, and share a poem on the day' rte.ie/news/regional/…

New research by Trinity College Dublin shows that mental health and well-being have declined amongst the LGBTQI+ population since 2016 rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

The Prison Officers' Association has said that problems in the prison service with overcrowding, drug abuse, attacks on prison officers and drug trafficking are getting worse rte.ie/news/ireland/2…