The Irish secretary of the National Union of Journalists, Seamus Dooley, says the political leaders in Northern Ireland now need to step up to the plate or there will be other victims in the future.

The death of a journalist doing their job should not be marked with silence and so Lyra McKee was honoured with prolonged applause and cheers.

The head of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ireland has questioned the reasons for Ryanair not inviting business reporters to attend its annual general meeting (AGM) next week.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has appealed for staff at INM to be supported to continue their work when High Court inspectors begin their investigations into the company’s affairs.

It was as bad a day in the office as Denis Naughten has had in more than six years.

Communications Minister Denis Naughten will not be forced from office by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar or Fianna Fáil, despite facing accusations of giving out “inside information” over a media deal.

The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) will investigate whether personal data was accessed in the alleged data breach at Independent News and Media (INM).

Reports that a Northern Ireland-based journalist has been subjected to a death threat from a loyalist paramilitary group has prompted condemnations across the political divide.

Women employed by RTÉ are more likely to occupy the lowest paid roles in the organisation than men and are vastly outnumbered in the highest paid categories.

Shares in Independent News and Media (INM) rallied yesterday, after a turbulent week ended with the group announcing a deal for pension scheme members.

Media groups have hailed a decision by the European Court of Human Rights which upheld an appeal by Independent Newspapers regarding a record €1.25m libel payout.

Mid-ranking gardaí are being harassed by online trolls who are circulating images of their family home, their partners, and even their children on social media.

Calls have been made on Michael Lowry to step aside from an Oireachtas committee because of his perceived links to businessman Denis O’Brien.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has said he is “not very happy” at the prospect of being “a lot poorer” due to losing a large part of his pension from Independent News and Media (INM).

A news website at the centre of plagiarism accusations went offline yesterday, less than 48 hours after its owner said the outlet was ‘here to stay’.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has urged Independent News and Media (INM) pension fund trustees to appeal the company’s plan to close its defined benefit pension scheme to the High Court.

The failure of the political establishment to address the issue of media ownership could have serious implications for public interest journalism, the Irish Secretary of the National Union of Journalists Seamus Dooley has warned.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has expressed “alarm” at the latest incident in which gardaí forced a Dublin-based photographic agency to hand over images of a protest

Gardaí are monitoring an estimated 80 members of rival feuding gangs as they brace themselves for two funerals next week.

A number of reporters attached to Independent News and Media have been told by Gardaí that their safety is at risk from organised criminals.

The body representing national newspapers in Ireland yesterday said the Irish legislative framework “breaches” European law as it fails to adequately protect “the sources and privacy of journalists”.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has warned gardaí are taking part in "sinister" acts which breach private citizens' rights after it emerged journalists' phones and computers have been tapped and subjected to covert surveillance by the force.

RTÉ welcomed the clearance from the High Court yesterday to report Dáil debates concerning billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien, saying it sent out an important message to TDs and the media.

Sweeping laws criminalising the disclosure of information by gardaí to the media should be re-examined, according to the National Union of Journalists.

The National Union of Journalists has strongly criticised the actions of the gardaí in forcing a leading Irish photographic agency to hand over images of a protest outside the Department of Justice in Dublin.

Long-serving Irish Examiner columnist Colm Rapple has passed away following a short illness.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has rejected suggestions that recent rulings “stifled” debate on extending marriage rights to gay people.

The National Union of Journalists has written to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland expressing concern at the BAI Compliance Committee’s decision to uphold a complaint against RTÉ presenter Derek Mooney for "making several statements implicitly and explicitly supporting same- sex marriage".

Secret recordings of conversations between gardaí and journalists about the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder are unlikely to be released to the reporters involved, the Data Protection Commissioner has warned.

Tributes came in from the worlds of politics and agriculture following the unexpected death of one of the country’s best-known farming journalists.

The mayor of Limerick, Cllr Gerry McLoughlin, was among the many public figures who attended the funeral yesterday of Limerick journalist Arthur Quinlan.

Workers at Independent News and Media (INM) are to be told today of planned jobs cuts and a restructuring in the Irish Independent and Evening Herald newsrooms.

Independent Newspapers has launched an investigation into the decision to publish topless photographs of Kate Middleton in the Irish Daily Star.

The future of the Irish Daily Star is in doubt after the paper printed topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday.

Denis O’Brien’s 29.9% holding in Independent News and Media does not constitute a controlling stake, according to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI).

The growing power shift at Independent News & Media took a firm hold yesterday with prominent directors — chairman James Osborne and chief financial officer Donal Buggy — being voted off the board at the group’s AGM.

The National Union of Journalists has said that it is not satisfied with aspects of an investigation by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland into an RTÉ 'Prime Time Investigates' programme.

The National Union of Journalists said yesterday it was not satisfied with aspects of the investigation process and did not accept many of the conclusions reached by investigator Anna Carragher in respect of its members, Aoife Kavanagh and Ken O’Shea.

An RTÉ reporter, who worked on the programme that was found to have libeled Fr. Kevin Reynolds, has resigned from her position at the broadcaster this evening.