The Haven Montessori school in Bandon is to close in June after 32 years in business.

Thousands of childcare workers and parents are set to hold a protest in Dublin on February 5.

Spiralling insurance costs are the “straw that broke the camel’s back” for those in the childcare sector as creches nationwide look set to soon shut their doors for 24 hours.

To make lasting changes in 2018 you first need to change your mindset, discovers Carolyn Moore who talks to top wellness coach Pat Divilly about the importance of setting attainable goals when taking on a new weight-loss and fitness regimen.

A man who took his life while in custody after confessing to shooting dead another man told gardaí there was a “thin line” and he had “crossed it”, an inquest heard.

Homeless people with a mental illness are five times more at risk of killing other people or themselves than people in the general community with such an illness.

Two women were today ordained as priests in Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral.