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- Man charged in connection with Amanda Carroll murder
A 35-year-old man has been charged in connection with the murder of mother-of-two Amanda Carroll in Dublin at the weekend. - Irish woman pleads guilty to manslaughter of fiancé
An Irish woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her fiancé David Walsh at their Sydney home in February last year. - Investment in waste water infrastructure too slow - EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency has said Ireland is not investing quickly enough to provide the infrastructure needed to treat waste water. - Third Dublin airport terminal needed by 2031 - report
A report on the future of the country's State airports will be brought to Cabinet today by Minister for Transport Shane Ross. - Brexit - The unreasonable and the unreachable
Northern Editor Tommie Gorman examines how big picture events have interrupted and threaten to eclipse and alter once healthy Irish-British relations. - Erdogan to reveal new information on Khashoggi murder
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to reveal what he has said is the "naked truth" about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. - Crawford nominated as next US Ambassador to Ireland
US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Ohio businessman Edward Crawford to be the next US Ambassador to Ireland. - Procession marks 25th anniversary of Shankill bombing
Hundreds of people have taken part in a procession along Belfast's Shankill Road to remember the victims of five atrocities during the Troubles. - US judge upholds Monsanto verdict but slashes award
A US judge has upheld a jury verdict against Bayer subsidiary Monsanto in a historic case regarding the cancer danger of some of its weed killer products, but slashed the punitive damages award. - Department to examine 30 schools over structural issues
The Department of Education has said that it will carry out "urgent structural assessments" of 30 schools built in the past ten years. - China opens Hong Kong-mainland mega sea bridge
China's President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world's longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China at a time when Beijing is tightening its grip on its semi-autonomous territories. - Man who raped woman wrote apology in blood, court hears
A 25-year-old man, who has pleaded guilty to the repeated rape of a young Spanish student in Dublin last year, wrote an apology in blood on the wall of a prison cell, the Central Criminal Court has heard. - Murder investigation into Cabra woman's death
Gardaí have upgraded their investigation into the death of Amanda Carroll, who was found dead in her home in Dublin yesterday afternoon, to a murder inquiry. - 'Potentially catastrophic' Hurricane Willa nears Mexico
Hurricane Willa, a "potentially catastrophic" category five storm, is barreling towards tourist spots on Mexico's Pacific coast, prompting authorities to warn residents in its path to exercise extreme caution. - Blasphemy referendum: Your questions answered
Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy, Chairperson of the Referendum Commission, appeared on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, to answer questions from the public on Friday's referendum on blasphemy. - Ryanair criticised over handling of incident on flight
Ryanair has been criticised for how it dealt with an alleged racist incident on one of its flights. - Unanswered question on McCourt meetings an 'oversight'
An unanswered Dáil question about meetings between a junior minister and the last remaining National Broadband Plan bidder was the result of an administrative oversight, a Government Department has said. - Britain may need 'short extension' to Brexit transition
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said there may be limited circumstances when it is in Britain's interest to agree to a short extension to the transition period after it leaves the EU. - Ní Riada writes to Higgins over use of public money
Presidential candidate Liadh Ní Riada has called on Michael D Higgins to respond to questions about his use of public money, in a letter to the incumbent this morning. - Suspended sentence for man, 86, who abused two children
An 86-year-old man has been given an eight-year suspended sentence for indecently assaulting two young children and raping one of them in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
