A 71-year-old woman defied a criminal gang who forced her to stop her car by pretending to be gardai.
The thugs used a blue flashing light to trick her into stopping her car in the dead of night on an isolated section of the M2 motorway.
Prejudice against gay people is a “cancer” on society that has led to the murder of an innocent man and partners being denied the right to visit their dying loved ones in hospital, according to Children’s Minister James Reilly.
Dr Reilly said the “long shadow of prejudice and discrimination” continues to impact gay children today who “feel society doesn’t accept them”.
A Senator has said he will be voting ‘No’ in the upcoming Marriage Equality referendum because he knows the effect of growing up without a father.
Senator Jim Walsh, who resigned the party whip over his opposition to the Children and Family Relationship Bill last month, told Newstalk’s Pat Kenny today how his father died when he was five years old.
New laws are needed after it emerged 10 prisoners – including a convicted drug smuggler – have been released from prison because of a legal loophole.
Three men convicted of plotting a bombing campaign in Britain also had to be set free.
A man was fatally stabbed after intervening in an incident in which a woman was assaulted.
The incident occurred at approximately 11pm last night at a house in an area called The Grove, in Pallasgreen, Co Limerick.
Two men, aged 20 and 32, have been arrested and remain in custody this morning.
It was a sombre but fitting homecoming for devoted father, motorcycle enthusiast and charity fundraiser Aidan Lynam who tragically lost his life in a crash at the weekend.
Trailed by more than 200 motorcyclists, the hearse carrying the remains of Mr Lynam travelled from Limerick and arrived in his hometown of Dublin yesterday evening.
A desperate mother has called on Leo Varadkar to do something about the “absolutely ridiculous” waiting lists for life-changing spinal surgery for children with scoliosis.
Helen Stokes is fighting to raise awareness around the debilitating illness through an online petition since her 13-year-old daughter Maria’s spinal condition has worsened.
The body representing rank and file gardaí has defended urging its members to vote in favour of same-sex marriage in the upcoming referendum,saying the stance does not contravene the requirement on it and its members to remain apolitical.
The Garda Representative Association used an editorial in its Garda Review magazine to urge members to vote Yes. It was the first time the organisation, which represents more than 10,000 gardaí, has recommended how its members should vote in any referendum or vote.
Rank-and-file gardaí have urged Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan to “speak up” for them when allegations are made in the Dáil.
The Garda management was criticised by members at the Garda Representative Association’s annual conference for not defending their honour enough in the media.
The GRA says its members are angry and frustrated that Garda management has made little effort to respond to the unrelenting “unfair criticism” they have endured over the past year.
“Carlsberg don’t do judges, but if they did…” Chairman of the Bar Council David Barniville let his voice trail off as he nodded toward Mr Justice Paul Carney.
After 24 years, Ireland’s most senior crime judge Mr Carney retired from the Supreme Court Bench yesterday.