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Gardaí are investigating the death of a woman in unexplained circumstances at a house in south Dublin on Tuesday. An investigation has been opened following the discovery of the body of the female in her 50s in a house in Killiney. The house is located on …

Opposition TDs must keep a watchful eye on the Government during this unprecedented lockdown period, otherwise Leo Varadkar will Orbánise the entire country and suddenly it will be like Dublin on the Danube, with democracy as we know it out the window. Vigil…

Bam Ireland has announced that it has stopped work on the building of the national childrens hospital. The company said it ceased work on the project immediately after getting confirmation from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) that…

One of the more sobering revelations of the lockdown, for me, is that what the health services call social distancing is what, before now, I had considered normal life. Certainly, the adjustments have been minimal. Ive always hated shopping, long before it wa…

Another 17 patients diagnosed with coronavirus have died, the National Public Health Emergency Team reported on Tuesday evening. The patients included four women and 13 men. Eight of the deaths occurred in the east of the country, three in the south, three …

More than 650 additional beds have been secured for asylum seekers in direct provision centres to socially distance and self- isolate, the Department of Justice has said. The rooms, which are located in hotels in Dublin, Cork and Galway, will be used to prov…

Members of the same household are allowed to take physical exercise together under Government restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of the Taoiseach has confirmed. The Government clarification comes after some confusion emerged around…

Ill never be able to cope, I said. Seriously, how am I gonna get through it? Theres no way Ill manage. I was trying to get off drink and the prospect of attending an upcoming wedding filled me with fear and anxiety. How the hell will I stay off drink at a w…

We didnt think wed be back here again so soon. Ten years on from the last financial crisis, recession looms once more. But theres a difference this time round: weve navigated these waters before. Our muscle memory is strong, and there are things you can do ri…

Margaret Glaspy is no stranger to flipping the script. Growing up in California, she was a fiddle-playing virtuoso who also played trombone; she switched to guitar in her teens and became a purveyor of both tender folk songs and thumping indie-rock tunes, as …

The body of a woman in her 50s has been discovered at a house in Killiney, Co Dublin. Gardaí said they were investigating what they described as the “unexplained circumstances” surrounding the discovery of the woman’s body in Laurel Heights. The scene has b…

In this episode Colm Ó Mongáin discusses North-South approaches to tackling the virus on the island of Ireland with RTÉ Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers. We also look at North-South tensions in the Eurozone over tackling the economic impact with Europe Edit…

Seventeen more people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland and 325 new cases have been diagnosed today. There has now been 71 Covid-19 related deaths in the country, with 3,235 confirmed cases of the virus. In Northern Ireland there have been six further deat…

Critically ill patients with Covid19 in Ireland will be asked to take part in a clinical trial on how to treat the disease. The trial will test the effects of different interventions for Covid 19 patients, who are being treated in intensive care units.  The…