Taoiseach Enda Kenny is not known for his subtlety.

The HSE has launched a recruitment drive targeting Irish nurses and midwives who left Ireland to work abroad.

The decision by the Government to effectively freeze property tax to current levels will be welcomed by the hundreds of thousands of householders fearing that an increase in the value of their properties would mean they would have to dig even deeper to keep a roof over their heads.

Between attacks by seagulls, magpie massacres, and an invasion of Japanese knotweed, it looks like mother nature is enjoying a joke at mankind’s expense.

Independent TD Mick Wallace is correct in saying that the problems related to Nama have not gone away.

Standard & Poor’s, one of the financial sector’s major credit ratings agencies, has raised its ratings on a number of Irish banks due to improved profitability within the industry.

As the old adage goes, justice delayed is justice denied.

All right-thinking people will condemn the vile abuse directed at Labour Party senator Lorraine Higgins by online ‘trolls’. The latest attack includes the third online death threat the senator from Galway has received this year.

Diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba have been officially restored after more than 50 years, ending decades of enmity between the two countries.

Many older people and their families will be relieved to learn that nursing home residents under the Fair Deal scheme will not have to pay an increased contribution towards their care.