At least €39m from excess domestic charges for using water will help fund Irish Water in the coming years.

Hospital experts will be able to take and retain forensic evidence of rape with the consent of a victim who is not yet ready or willing to report the attack to gardaí.

Three women are due in court in Co Donegal this morning charged in connection with a cannabis seizure earlier this week.

THE parents of schoolboy Brian Rossiter are to proceed with a High Court action against the State over their son’s death.

VIOLENCE in Irish prisons is on the increase with growing numbers of prisoners seeking protection from fellow inmates, a report from an international human rights watchdog has found.