The country’s most overcrowded prisons have seen a dramatic turnaround in capacity after 200 inmates were released early as part of emergency measures to ease overcrowding and prevent a Covid-19 outbreak.

Frontline garda supervisors are calling for accelerated Covid-19 testing for all gardaí to maximise policing resources and to protect members during the virus outbreak.

14% of the population is at risk of falling below the poverty line, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Gardaí say that investigations into six killings that took place in Cork since July are progressing well.

Irish prisoners were paid more than €2.5 million in pocket-money in the first ten months of last year.

The ad is one of a growing number on classified ads websites where men look for single women who need free accommodation.

Today’s Irish labour market remains strong by historical standards as we enter the next decade, but of course, sustaining the growth story will not be easy.

The Government has ruled out setting up a system of community banking for consumers on the basis that post offices and credit unions are already prevalent in areas.

Research throws light on how other countries managed the transition of their declining energy industries to meet climate change targets, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized six cars, three luxury watches, six designer handbags and almost €19,000 in cash in an operation targeting criminal associates in the Midlands.

“As you can imagine there’s a lot of frustration,” climate action minister Richard Bruton told journalists at the Lanesborough power plant in Co Longford, due to close next year, after a meeting with workers this afternoon.

Climate Action Minister Richard Bruton is travelling to the Midlands today along with Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, Heritage Minister Josepha Madigan and Minister of State for the OPW, Kevin Boxer Moran.

Bishop Francis Duffy says in particular, state investment must address the immediate needs of those whose jobs will end in 2020.

It is probably the strangest method ever devised for establishing a sea border anywhere in the world.

The bulk of closed prisons are operating at unsafe levels, raising the risk of violence, according to penal reformers.

The “greatest risk” facing Ireland is accepting high levels of homelessness and addiction “as normality”, according to a leading charity.

IDA Ireland is experiencing its highest ever level of employment in client companies with all regions experiencing growth.

Limerick IT and Athlone IT are forming a consortium to develop a new Technological University.

Ireland has 99 species of bees but one third of them are currently threatened with extinction due to a reduction in food sources (wildflowers) and safe nesting sites.

An investigation is underway to determine whether two of the country’s biggest prisons in the country had no official governor for a period of 18 months during which prisoners could have successfully challenged their detention.

Was Ethel Gavin’s transfer actually an attempt to cover up a dangerous mistake in the prison service? asks Michael Clifford

There has been a 50% increase in the number of injuries suffered by prison officers dealing with non-compliant prisoners.

An Post has again defended its decision to shut its Cork Mail Centre in Little Island, and has revealed that both Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, and Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin privately asked the company to reconsider the move on the day the closure was announced.

The orders were made in favour of C&D Pet Foods, which is located at Edgeworthstown Co Longford by Mr Justice Tony O'Connor during Friday's sitting of the High Court.

Hundreds of workers in the Midlands face being laid off due to the unlawful blockade of a pet food manufacturing plant, the High Court has heard.

More than 200 children have been waiting at least a year for an appointment with the mental health service.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has pledged that no projects will be scrapped to foot the bill for the controversial children's hospital build as he unveiled a €2.1bn HSE capital spending plan.

Michael KeeganDolan put an Irish twist on Swan Lake to reclaim a story that existed long before the famous ballet. It comes to Cork for the Safe Harbour festival, writes Alan O’Riordan.

One in 10 working-age households has no one in employment.

This resource is for every stage of parenting, says Helen O’Callaghan.

Prison officers who were charged with stopping the flow of drugs into prisons engaged in covert surveillance which may have involved illegal activity, a damning report has found.

It's over the temporary closure of a power-plant at Lanesboro, Co Longford, which Bord na Móna supplies.

There are fresh concerns about overcrowding in Irish prisons, with 45 inmates on average having slept on mattresses every night so far this year.

Áilín Quinlan meets the various health professionals giving advice on the new parent-focused HSE website, mychild.ie

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will visit Longford today to mark the completion of a €233m holiday village.

A new recording system has revealed that far greater numbers of prison officers are injured by inmates than was previously reflected in official statistics.

A teenager and an older man, who are being questioned by gardaí on suspicion of murdering a Limerick boxer in a hit and run yesterday, have been transferred to garda stations in Limerick following their arrests in the Midlands last night.

A teenager related to a leading Limerick feud family was believed to be in a black Mitsubishi Shogun SUV when it struck and killed Limerick boxer Kevin Sheehy yesterday .