Gardaí are investigating the circumstances of a fire that forced the evacuation of a large section of an apartment complex in Shannon this afternoon.

The parents of a third child allegedly sexually assaulted by a créche care worker did not think their daughter had been sexually assaulted when she told them she didn't like how the accused touched her.

A man in his early 20s arrested after shots were fired at Gardaí in Donegal over the weekend is due in court later this morning.

Thousands of runners who have entered a lottery to enter next year’s KBC Dublin City Marathon face an anxious wait to see if they have secured a place for the event.

A total of six people were arrested for drugs offences last week alone in Cork and gardaí are now calling on the public to report to them whenever they see suspected drug use or drug dealing on the streets.

The head of network operations at Transport Infrastructure Ireland has said that one of the northbound lanes of the M8 has reopened this morning which is “adequate for capacity.”

Tommy Barker, property editor, assesses the appetite for property in West Cork

Someone could have been killed when a disqualified driver drove through a junction in reverse on the wrong side of the road in an effort to get away from gardaí, a court heard yesterday.

There were scenes of unbridled joy as a young girl was reunited with her therapy pony.

Martina Heelan has been found safe and well.

Gardaí are appealing to those attending today's Rod Stewart concert in Páirc Uí Chaoimh to use public transport to access the stadium.

Gardaí have already taken up security duties at Shannon ahead of a possible visit by US President Donald Trump next month.

Coastal communities and fishermen can play a key role in the war against international drugs smuggling.

The road had been closed on the northbound lane between Junction 12 Firhouse and Junction 11 Tallaght.

A miniature Bronze Age axe has been recovered in Co Limerick by Gardaí and the National Museum of Ireland.

A man who convinced a child to play sexualised games of truth or dare and later coerced her into sexual intercourse has been jailed for 18 months.

“It must be part of a broader understanding to colleges that such behaviour is not acceptable."

Michael Shine (86) of Ballsbridge, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to 13 charges of indecently assaulting seven boys allegedly committed during medical examinations at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth and at two private clinics in Drogheda.

A Tipperary man who sexually assaulted his friend as she lay asleep beside him has been jailed for three years after a judge said it would “send out the wrong signal” to impose a non-custodial sentence.

‘Everyone is sticking to their guns,’ says jury foreman

Detectives are investigating if the latest gangland murder is linked to the Kinahan crime cartel.

A 70-year-old pedestrian has been pronounced dead following a collision with an articulated lorry this morning.

"He stole a piece of my soul and today I'm here to reclaim it."

Updated: A student has told the trial of a man accused of attacking her on a date after they met on Tinder that she never told him she would have sex with him.

Two sisters who were regularly raped and abused by their father have encouraged other victims to come forward.

Thirty years to the day since she lost her two children and her sister in a fire, Elizabeth Byrne is faced with new evidence showing they were murdered.

There are “substantial” managerial and cultural problems in the Garda Síochána — but efforts to address them should not “completely undermine” the capability of the organisation to fulfil its function, former justice minister Alan Shatter has said.

Three men remain in custody this morning in relation to a burglary which happened at a pub in Cavan town yesterday morning.

Gardaí in Galway are searching for the driver of a white van who ploughed through a level crossing yesterday just seconds before a train was due to pass.

Latest: Two tourists from the US have been killed in a car crash in north Cork.

The public’s faith in the management of An Garda Síochána has taken a battering, with the succession of controversies since the start of the year.

Latest: The Education Minister Richard Bruton says the Government continues to have confidence in the Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan, despite recent Garda scandals.

Two nasty break-ins at her home may have shaken Alison Spittle, but the comedian is very much back on track and mining the Midlands for laughs, writes Ellie O’Byrne

An organisation that supports sex workers held a meeting last night calling for greater levels of caution after a man suspected of violent attacks was arrested over the weekend.

Update 23/05/2017 Iris Innocent has been located safe and well.

A 49-year-old man is due to appear in court tomorrow charged in relation to the murder of Bobby Ryan.

The number of people reporting sexual assaults and rape is on the rise in Cork city, according to new figures.

A woman who appeared in the first season of RTE's First Dates Ireland is due to be sentenced today for harassing celebrity chef Dylan McGrath.

A man is turning heads in a rural Co Donegal village after buying a tank which he is using to nip down to the shop.

Gardaí in Co Galway have found a cannabis grow house with plants worth around €450,000.