In a statement this evening Fine Gael announced that in relation to the civil case which has been withdrawn by Ms Bailey it would undertake an internal review.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will visit hard-hit Dublin communities where three people have been shot dead in recent days in a bid to show his "revulsion" at the killings.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has insisted her position is not under threat despite her party losing almost half its local council seats and potentially two of its three MEPs in this week's elections.

A Sinn Féin MEP candidate has warned the party will be in "trouble" at the next general election unless it learns lessons "very, very quickly" from its local and European elections slump.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has admitted candidate Saoirse McHugh is looking increasingly unlikely to win a European elections seat despite "inspiring" the country with her campaign.

Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness has hit out at party TD Maria Bailey over her "swing" legal case, insisting it affected the party's support on the doorsteps in the lead up to this weekend's elections.

Fine Gael European election candidate Maria Walsh has joked that her Polly Pocket and Tamagotchi toys from the 1990s are "doing quite fine" after being heavily criticised for a nostalgia "90s kid" online video in the final hours of the European elections race.

Rural Affairs Minister Michael Ring has warned "anything could happen" in the battle for the final two seats in the Midlands North West European election when the official counts start to be announced tonight.

Sinn Féin's sitting MEP Matt Carthy believes his Midlands North West vote haul may be up to 2% lower than Friday's exit poll suggested and that he will be in a "dog fight" for the final two European seats.

Irish-owned IT solutions and managed services company, Arkphire, has named Oliver Surdival as head of cloud services as part of its continuing growth strategy.

The Department of Defence has not replaced the only psychiatrist working in the Defence Forces Medical Corps since he left the job earlier this year, leaving a void in treatment for soldiers and sailors who are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Teenager Sara McFadden has become the first visually impaired person to compete in Irish rallying.

Far too many four and five-star hotels in Ireland are under-performing and proving a disappointment to high-paying guests, according to Georgina Campbell, the woman behind the annual hospitality awards.

Detection rates for sex crimes are down by almost a fifth, a Garda watchdog has been told.

The parents of a 26-year-old Irishman who is presumed dead after disappearing in the waters of a river in Canada are enduring every family’s worst nightmare, a memorial service has been told.

Police in Canada are searching for a missing Irish man who is believed may have drowned.

Time for five-year-old Lewis Harte Walsh is precious. He has a rare muscle-wasting condition, called Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Time for five-year-old Lewis Harte Walsh is precious. He has a rare muscle-wasting condition, called Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Irish people working overseas but home for Christmas could find a job worth staying around for, according to the organisers of a national recruitment day taking place in four different locations later this week.

A former solicitor who stole €260,000 from her clients over a three-year period has been jailed for a year.

Nearly 58,500 students will receive their Leaving Certificate results today, up more than 500 since last year.

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After years of having insufficient organisational strength, a major push is on to bolster the ranks of the naval service’s reserves — the only section of the Defence Forces which will see a significant increase in numbers in coming years.

Gardaí are to bring in a new system to deal with the estimated 120,000 non-executed warrants for the arrest and imprisonment of suspects.

A series of garda blunders culminated in a man murdering his own mother at a time when he should have been behind bars, according to a damning report from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc).

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The Fine Gael party convention took place over the weekend in Enda Kenny’s home county of Mayo. Here is all the latest news from Castlebar and what lies ahead for the Fine Gael Party

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has launched a stinging attack on Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams comparing him to former Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern.

Some 45 successful candidates for promotion to senior ranks in the Garda Síochána have been officially notified.

A Tesco checkout worker, who became ill after accidentally inhaling anti-insecticide while scanning the item, has lost her claim for unfair dismissal.

As the sacred month of Ramadan begins, Louise Roseingrave speaks to a Muslim doctor who is diabetic and also being treated for cancer about the challenges fasting poses for the sick

Construction worker Martin Early broke down in tears and hugged members of his legal team in court after a jury, on the directions of a judge, acquitted him of the murder of a young, pregnant, woman almost 14 years ago.

Cannabis campaigner Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is on his way from Dáil Éireann to Brussels by virtue of a sensational win in the Midlands North-West constituency.

A Co. Mayo voter had a ‘golden moment’ today when was reunited with a precious Claddagh ring which fell into a ballot box as she was voting on Friday.

A murder probe has been launched after a 26-year-old was shot dead.

A man has died following a shooting incident at a service station in Castlebar, Co Mayo.

A man who was jailed for life for raping four of his daughters has argued on appeal that victim support should not become the “dynamic factor” in the imposition of life sentences.

A man who was jailed for life for raping four of his daughters has argued on appeal that victim support should not become the “dynamic factor” in the imposition of life sentences.