Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Gerard Kane pleaded guilty to burglary at Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute, burglary at Silchester Crescent, Glenageary and handling stolen property on January 20, 2018.

The Green Party’s Grace O’Sullivan has secured the fourth seat in Ireland South, with Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune taking the fifth, so-called Brexit seat.

Ireland South will be without any representation in Europe for almost two months as a marathon €1m recount gets under way.

Ireland's two 'second-tier' MEPs will have no salary, status or function in the EU Parliament until after Brexit occurs, it has been confirmed.

Just as counting was slowly edging to the finish line in the European Parliament Dublin constituency election on Monday night, whispers of a row started to filter through the RDS.

The Irish people can no longer be bought with their own money. That’s a “take-away” from last Friday’s poll.

All four European parliament seats have been filled in Dublin but counting continues in South and Midlands-North West.

Independent Clare Daly has pledged to “rattle the cages of those in authority” after being elected to the European Parliament in the constituency of Dublin.

Just as counting was slowly edging to the finish line in the European Parliament Dublin constituency election on Monday night, whispers of a row started to filter through the RDS.

Dublin's four new MEP seats have finally been decided, after three days of counting.

Independent Clare Daly has insisted she will fight for a seat in Dublin amid suggestions a row over transfers in the European elections could go to the courts.

A row over the transfer of votes and the so-called 'cold storage' Brexit seat has brought a halt to counting in the European elections in Dublin.

Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald has been elected to the European Parliament after the 14th count for the Dublin constituency.

Ciarán Cuffe’s was on the verge of a landmark win for the Green Party in the European elections in Dublin last night after topping the poll on the first count.

Green Party candidate Ciaran Cuffe has topped the poll in the Dublin constituency.

Results of the votes here will not be announced until 10pm tonight due to a European-wide embargo.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin might be tempted to take some Charles Dickens down from the bookshelf today and start adding in his own, personalised chapter.

Green Party councillor Ciaran Cuffe is set to top the Dublin European constituency by a shock landslide after Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald suffered a surprise slump in the polls.

On Friday, Irish citizens will be asked to cast their vote for candidates who will represent them in the European Parliament, as well as at local council level and a referendum on divorce legislation.

There are two sleeps left to local and European elections on Friday.

If it weren’t for the posters people wouldn’t have a breeze that there were elections coming up, says Alison O’Connor.

"A parliament or institution is only going to be sexy if it is doing things that are relevant to people's lives. Otherwise, it's not going to be particularly attractive."

In the second day of a three-part series on the European elections, Elaine Loughlin profiles Dublin — the ‘constituency of death’.

Fianna Fáil's two candidates in Ireland South deny that the party's decision to divide the constituency has caused tension between them.

On May 24 we will be asked to cast our votes in three important elections.

The ballots are set for May's European elections.

Fine Gael have set up a dedicated group to increase the party’s presence in Northern Ireland. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced the establishment of the Northern Ireland engagement group at a meeting of the Fine Gael party last night.

Irish aid agency Goal is seeking up to 25 redundancies after a “challenging” 2016.

Goal has appointed a new General Manager.

Goal chief executive Barry Andrews has resigned from his role as a US-led probe into the charity’s operations in war-torn Syria continues.

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Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 30 years thanks to El Nino, writes Michael Clifford

Goal chief executive Barry Andrews has defended the aid agency after it emerged that the Department of Foreign Affairs is withholding almost €3m in funding from the charity.

Allegations of fraud at Goal have led to millions of euro in funding being withheld by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Government has demanded aid agency Goal clarify what caused a key US backer to suspend funding of its procurement programme in Turkey on foot of potential mismanagement concerns.