A couple whose baby was aborted at the National Maternity Hospital after it was wrongly diagnosed as having a fatal foetal abnormality have claimed that an "illegal abortion" was carried out, a TD has told the Dáil.

Concerns have been raised about the potential €8.5m cost of building a new presidential library in the hometown of a former holder of the office, Mary Robinson.

THERE’S a big hole out there where establishment parties used to be, and there will be some fun in filling it.

Up to 700 people have turned out in Co Meath to protest over cutbacks at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan.