Simon Carswell

Simon Carswell

Simon Carswell is The Irish Times’ Public Affairs Editor and former Washington correspondent

Mark Daly, Cathaoirleach of the Seanad and vice-chair of the Parliamentary Friendship Groups, with US congressman Richard Neal signing the visitor’s book before addressing the Seanad in Leinster House, Dublin. Photograph: Maxwells/PA Wire
Dispute over NI protocol appears ‘manufactured’ – Richard Neal

UK overriding Brexit deal would be act of ‘bad faith’, says Democrat US congressman

Influential US Democrat Richard Neal with Seanad Cathaoirleach Mark Daly at the GPO Witness History Museum. Mr Neal, along with colleagues, also discussed the NI protocol with the Taoiseach today. Photograph: Maxwells
US delegation and Taoiseach discuss EU-UK impasse on NI protocol

Visiting group led by US Democrat Richard Neal emphasises importance of Belfast pact

Traffic on direct routes between Irish ports and mainland Europe rose 94 per cent last year, driven largely by reduced use of the ‘landbridge’ route across Britain with continental Europe. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP
Brexit checks lead to ‘unprecedented’ surge in direct shipping with Europe

Republic-Europe shipping booms as traders avoid UK border controls, report shows

Guidelines for reasonable living expenses for insolvent people and those in mortgage arrears have been changed to include a week’s staycation based on the price of renting a caravan. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Staycation a reasonable expense while in serious debt, new guidelines say

Rise in reasonable living expenses that set repayments for struggling borrowers

The decision to block the EU delegation comes in the wake of the widespread international condemnation of the killing of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images
Irish MEPs on delegation blocked by Israel from entering Gaza

Israel accused of blocking European Parliament’s work by refusing entry to delegation chair

Kieran Sloan, store manager of Sawers, a deli that sells international gourmet foods in Belfast. Photograph: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press
‘A sledgehammer to crack a nut’: NI traders bemoan protocol problems

As politicians bicker, businesses want to cut post-Brexit ‘Alice in Wonderland’ red tape

Minister for Rural and Community Affairs Heather Humphreys quoted the programme’s character Erin Quinn from the finale of the Channel 4 series while speaking at the latest event in the Government’s Shared Island Dialogue series that promotes north-south relations. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Minister quotes Derry Girls in appeal over political stalemate in North

Humphreys tells Shared Island event final words of TV comedy ‘appropriate’ for today

Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaks to the media at the Grand Central Hotel, during his visit to Belfast Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Taoiseach condemns UK ‘get out of jail’ plan for Troubles crimes

DUP not interested in ‘sticking plaster’ approach to NI protocol, Donaldson tells Martin in Belfast

The Stormont building in Belfast, Northern Ireland. File photograph: Mark Marlow/EPA
Pessimism in Dublin over prospects of NI protocol breakthrough

UK government breaching agreement would ‘put everybody in a bad space’, Coveney says

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said the International Criminal Court had jurisdiction to consider war crimes but not to look at the crime of aggression by one country against another. File photograph: The Irish Times
Ireland to use Council of Europe presidency to push to hold Russia accountable on war

Coveney to push body on pursuing Kremlin for ‘crime of aggression’ over Ukraine war

The Department of Transport is in discussions with a number of countries about licence exchange agreements in a bid to tackle the long-term shortage of lorry drivers in the industry. Photograph: Getty Images
Government to extend €100 a week fuel costs subsidy for hauliers

Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton said 900 operators had yet to apply for scheme

UK foreign secretary Liz Truss told a US audience three years ago that the impact of a no-deal Brexit on Ireland would only ‘affect a few farmers with turnips in the back of their trucks,’ Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Wire
Truss made ‘turnips in truck’ Brexit remark about Ireland

Former UK diplomat reveals that foreign secretary made dismissive remark in 2019

British foreign secretary Liz Truss, as expected, announced plans to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland protocol Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK parliament/AFP via Getty Images
Q&A: How does the UK want to change Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal?

London wants to ‘fix’ the protocol, not ‘nix’ it - but Brussels is warning against unilateral action

British prime minister Boris Johnson: ‘To have the insurance we need, we need to proceed with a legislative solution at the same time.’ Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Johnson signals unilateral action on Northern Ireland protocol

Johnson insists post-Brexit deal will not be scrapped but ‘fixed’ after visit to North

Currently, goods entering Northern Ireland must continue to follow EU regulations and standards, including strict sanitary rules on food products. Photograph: iStock
Q&A: What is the problem with the Northern Ireland protocol?

Post-Brexit red tape for EU rules have added delays and costs to the North’s businesses

Television host Dmitry Kiselyov refused to apologise for the animated graphic broadcast earlier this month showing a nuclear strike off the Irish coast erasing Ireland and Britain from the map
Russian TV host refuses to apologise for report on mock nuclear attack on Ireland

Kremlin state broadcaster says it ‘wasn’t nice for Ireland to become collateral damage’

The Sheriffs’ Association, which represents the country’s 14 sheriffs, was told by Revenue in March that normal enforcement would not resume until 2024. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Covid debt freeze will put sheriffs out of business, Minister told

Sheriffs tell McEntee that closure of their offices would lead to increased tax defaults

The HSE said there were 574 staff working in contact tracing at the end of April. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Covid-19 contact tracing staff being cut to ‘much reduced’ level

Contact tracing contractors offered limited number of jobs in other call-based roles

Boris Johnson speaks with Team England track and field team leader Kelly Sotherton during a visit to the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Taoiseach warns British on protocol as EU-UK relations plummet

Martin says ‘unilateralism flies in face’ of approach that delivered peace process

Pedestrians pass an anti-Northern Ireland protocol banner on the wall of a derelict site in Sandy Row in Belfast. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg
What is the latest row over the Northern Ireland protocol about?

The UK has threatened to override parts of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal on trade

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the “institutions set up under the Good Friday Agreement aren’t functioning. Photo by Oli Scarff - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Northern Ireland protocol has become a ‘real problem’ and must be ‘fixed’ - Boris Johnson

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says UK will have ‘no choice but to act’ if EU not flexible

Olga Cronin, the ICCL’s tech and human rights officer, said that it was ‘really worrying and really troubling’ that An Post was using delivery staff to capture data on people’s homes. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Civil liberties group concerned about use of An Post staff to collect data

ICCL shares more detail with watchdog in complaint over address database firm

Dublin-based Twitter International Unlimited Company is being sued for defamation in the Irish High Court. Photograph: Alan Betson
US Covid vaccine sceptic sues Twitter in Dublin for defamation

Fox News regular Alex Berenson claims he was defamed after tweet labelled ‘misleading’

Two Ukrainian refugee children at a chool in Bucharest, Romania last week. Photograph: EPA/Cristian Nistor
Moldova, Romania offer lessons for Ireland on refugees - report

Members of Oireachtas committee travelled to countries at frontline of Ukraine refugee crisis

Housing providers say the rise in lending costs, on top of higher construction material, labour and supply-chain costs, will undermine the viability of cost-rental housing projects. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe
Social housing projects at risk as State agency hikes lending rates

Housing bodies say higher borrowing costs will stop some new projects being built

Responding to the IMF’s concluding statement, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said the country was faced with a “new set of complex and inter-related challenges”.
IMF projects ‘strong’ Irish economic growth and lower inflation next year

US-based fund’s regular economic check-up warns of indirect risks from war in Ukraine

Book launch of Pandemonium with joint authors Hugh O’Connell and Jack Horgan-Jones at Hodges Figgis. Photograph Nick Bradshaw
Pandemic taught us how science feeds into ‘messier’ political system - Nolan

‘Careful reflection’ on new Covid-19 book will help to learn lessons, says Nphet modeller

Fr Enda Cunningham passes protesters angry over the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital to the D4 site. Fr Enda serves as chaplain to the National Maternity Hospital. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Protesters call for State to take over new maternity hospital site

Demonstration takes place outside hospital over move to religious order’s Dublin 4 site

Total metered electricity consumption increased by 16 per cent over the six years covered by the statistic with data centres accounting for the 70 per cent of the increased consumption over that period. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Data centres now consuming more electricity than rural homes - CSO

Electricity used by data centres rises by almost a third in one year, new statistics show

The night-time economy charter is part of the plan for a wider zero-tolerance strategy against sexual violence. File photograph: Getty
Code should aid people identify sexual harassment – rape crisis centre

Minister planning new charter for night-time economy in bid to stamp out sexual violence

Planning regulator Niall Cussen. Photograph: Alan Betson
Planning regulator was ‘rattled’ by local authority’s legal action

Watchdog sought meeting with Minister for Housing over Cork County Council challenge

Taylor emerged victorious after a bruising 10-round fight winning on a split decision. Photograph: EPA/JASON SZENES
Katie Taylor: ‘Win borne out of courage, determination, skill and stamina’

President and Taoiseach lead tributes to fighter on biggest night for women’s boxing

The State’s data privacy watchdog has received a ‘lifetime achievement’ award under Germany’s ‘Big Brother Awards’. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
State’s data watchdog criticised with ‘Big Brother’ award

German privacy groups claim Irish regulator behind ‘sabotage’ of EU data privacy laws

People staying at the Holiday Inn Dublin Airport were told on Thursday they were being moved to self-catering accommodation in Youghal on Friday. File photograph: Darek Delmanowicz/EPA
Short-notice relocation of 60 Ukrainians from Dublin to east Cork criticised

Giving refugees less than day’s notice ‘insensitive’ given war experience, says group

Seanad leader Regina Doherty condemned the Government’s support for Moldova, which has, relative to its population, taken in more Ukrainian refugees than any other country Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Government’s help for Moldova an ‘absolute disgrace’, says FG senator

Regina Doherty tells Oireachtas committee State’s €1 million contribution is ‘buttons’

George Galloway, who served as an MP for almost 30 years, denies working for Russian media. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Former British MP plans to sue Twitter in Dublin over Russian label

George Galloway’s lawyers tell social media firm they intend to take case in High Court

Workers who were based mostly at home with a mix of office- or hub-based work and travel were most satisfied with both their job and life as a whole. Photograph: Getty Images
Job-life satisfaction highest amongst those who work remotely - CSO

New survey finds people who work mostly from home are happiest in work and life

Jay Bourke said his income had been ‘decimated’ due to restrictions imposed on bars and restaurants during the pandemic. Photograph: Collins
Restaurateur Jay Bourke declared bankrupt over €558,000 tax debt

Bourke tried to have most of his €13.7 million debts written-off in failed court arrangement

Lacken National School in Blessington had told parents in a letter that ‘teachers do not cover topics such as contraception and same-sex friendships’ in the school’s RSE programme. Photograph: Getty Images
Parents ‘appalled’ at school’s refusal to teach about ‘same-sex friendships’

Wicklow school’s religious ethos ‘censoring’ children’s questions in RSE class, says group

US secretary of state Antony Blinken (right) and secretary of defence Lloyd Austin with president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, April 24th. Photograph: State Department via The New York Times.
Irish embassy in Kyiv should reopen as ‘gesture of solidarity’

US becomes latest country to plan reopening of diplomatic operations in Ukrainian capital

Robert Watt, secretary general at the Department of Health. Photograph: Collins
Robert Watt criticised over ‘lack of engagement’ on Holohan secondment

Finance committee asks top civil servant for documents relating to TCD appointment

Gardaí outside the gates of Seán Quinn’s home outside Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, as the businessman’s home is searched on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan
Gardaí seize documents and devices from home of Seán Quinn

Businessman’s home searched in investigation of alleged criminal activity in Border region

Representative groups for employers say the additional leave entitlements come at a “very difficult time” as businesses cope with higher costs, staff shortages and increasing pay demands.
Worker leave rights will add to expenses, business lobby claims

Isme says impact of flexible work entitlements on staff costs ‘conveniently ignored’

The death has occured of James Kingston, legal adviser at the Department of Foreign Affairs and a member of its management board for the past 13 years. Photograph: Twitter/DFATIRL
Death of Department of Foreign Affairs’ legal adviser a ‘huge loss’

Barrister James Kingston advised ministers and officials for more than 25 years

Dublin Port accounts for four-fifths of all trailers and containers handled in ports in Ireland, and in the first quarter of this year unitised trade volumes grew by 13% to 363,000. Photograph: Getty Images
Dublin Port trade rebounds but 2019 growth levels a year or two away

State’s busiest port still recovering from post-Brexit decline in freight volumes

Ted Duggan, who ran a pub and was in huge debt, talks about going through the personal insolvency arrangement process. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The stress of tackling big debts head on: ‘You don’t want to be a failure’

The State’s decade-old personal insolvency regime is slowly becoming a less adversarial arena for creditors and debtors

The five-year plan will initially see an increase of 120 places over the coming two years, starting with the next academic year in September.Photograph: iStock
Additional 200 new medicine course places to be offered by 2025

Move is aimed at easing Covid-related pressures on CAO points system for top courses

Some healthcare workers employed by the HSE may receive the payment this month or next, depending on when their regular wage payment falls, a spokesman for the Minister said. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
State to start paying €1,000 Covid-19 bonus to healthcare staff

Minister says HSE-employed staff will receive payment in ‘next available payroll’

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar speaking at the Global Ireland Summit, an annual gathering of leaders from across the public service, business, state agencies, the community, academic and civil society sectors, in Dublin Castle. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Threat of economic nationalism at home should not be discounted - Varadkar

Tánaiste tells diplomats he worries about trajectory Ireland may yet follow

Thomas Byrne told reporters Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney was in contact with his counterparts in the United Arab Emirates on an ongoing basis about the Kinahans with Daniel Kinahan, pictured, among the family members targeted by US authorities this week.
US sanctions send ‘very strong message’ to UAE about Kinahans - Minister

People working with gang in Dubai ‘need to think twice’, says Byrne

Government will consider a detailed report about turf burning after Easter at which time a decision will be made about the proposed ban. Photograph: iStock
Eamon Ryan insists ban on sale and distribution of turf will proceed

Minister’s view contradicts comments by Tánaiste, who told TDs ban would be paused

Finland’s minister for European affairs Tytti Tuppurainen in Dublin Castle on Wednesday. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Finland is ‘likely’ to apply for Nato membership, says Finnish minister

Polls show most Finns have ‘made up their mind’ on issue in wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine

‘Wanted’ poster of Christopher Kinahan jnr, Daniel Kinahan and Christopher Vincent Kinahan: Seven gang members and their companies have been placed on the US treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
US sanctions on Kinahan gang set to pressure Emirates to act

Irish drug cartel ‘frequently uses Dubai as hub for its illicit activities’, US treasury says

Ian Martin-Driver from Martleys of Portlaoise with Crewit Resourcing’s Yana Vasilevna, country manager Bulgaria; Adrian Cernat, country manager Romania; Ana Arhip, country manager Moldova; and recruitment administrator Andreea Nicora.
First Irish aid truck for refugees arrives in ‘overlooked’ Moldova

Donations from Galway for Ukrainians make it to Chisinau after a week on the road

Shawn and Olesea Kell, Natalia Danilova and her son Timofey, and her mother, Tatiana Boiko in the Kells’s apartment in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital
The war next door: Fear and loathing in Moldova

Opening their homes to Ukrainian refugees, Moldovans fear they may be next on Putin’s list

Ukrainian refugees Alina Serbenyuk and her son Anton (15), in Siret, Romania. Photograph: Simon Carswell
Romania prepares for next wave of refugees from Ukraine

Bucharest’s well-resourced response moves to second phase of integrating refugees

A man pushes his bike through debris and destroyed Russian military vehicles on a street in Bucha, Ukraine. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Russia suspended from UN human rights body over Ukraine ‘abuses’

Moscow expels two Irish diplomats in retaliation for expulsion of four Russians

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times
Two Irish diplomats expelled from Moscow

Move follows Ireland’s expulsion of four senior Russians officials from its embassy in Dublin last week

Laura Rotaru (16), Vlad Curti (17) and Ana-Maria Bozian (18) in Stephen the Great Central Park in the centre of Chisinau. Photograph: Simon Carswell
Moldovans pack bags over fears Russia might push beyond Ukraine

Moldova’s youth look to the West as population prepares for the worst from the East

From left to right: Paul McGarry, ambassador to Romania and Moldova, a translator, Moldovan border police chief Rosian Vasiloi at the Moldova-Ukraine border at Palanca along with Oireachtas EU affairs committee members Joe McHugh, Regina Doherty, John Brady and Brendan Howlin. Photograph: Simon Carswell
‘They need money’: Irish politicians call for support for Moldova’s refugee crisis

Oireachtas visitors fear for strain at border with Ukraine if Russian advances westwards

Nona Sudzilovska and three-year-old son Lev at a Moldova for Peace refugee aid warehouse in Chisinau: ‘The sky was red because of the bombing.’
Ukrainian refugees in Moldova: ‘She misses her father and her toys’

One of Europe’s poorest countries struggles to help those fleeing from attacked neighbour

Former High Court taxing master Jim Flynn
Former taxing master seeks to quash search warrant behind his arrest

Gardaí questioned Jim Flynn for two days in investigation into alleged money laundering

The maternity hospital admitted that mistakes were made and the hospital’s master, Prof Michael O’Connell, apologised over the decision to administer leftover vaccines to 16 family members of staff late on a Friday evening after staff were vaccinated in early January 2021. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
Medical Council took no regulatory action over Coombe vaccine controversy

Leftover vaccines administered to 16 family members of staff ahead of priority groups

Prof Sean Daly has been appointed as next master of the Rotunda Hospital. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Rotunda Hospital fast-tracks ratification of Prof Sean Daly as new master

TCD obstetrics professor criticises gender imbalance in interview process

Rosderra Irish Meats. It’s Co Offaly plant suffered one of the biggest Covid-19 outbreaks at any workplace in the country during the first wave of the pandemic. Photograph: Diarmuid Greene
Meat plant worker sues over Covid-19 infection

Offaly man behind first known damages claim involving virus case in a meat factory

Lisa Temple, of Sir Ivor Mall in The Chase, Brewery Road in Dublin 18 is accused of firing a taser at the bank official after staff from the Dublin County Sheriff’s office took possession of her home.
Woman charged with tasering bank official after south Dublin home repossessed

Lisa Temple is charged with firearms offence following incident outside Leopardstown property

People take part in a demonstration against the dismissal of P&O workers at the Port of Liverpool. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Eamon Ryan will support UK move to force minimum wage on ferries

Department of Transport considering British measures in response to P&O mass sacking

Dr Gabriel Scally says it is reminiscent of a paternalistic culture ‘that the oldest maternity hospital in the world has never had a woman leader’. Photograph: Tom Honan
Rotunda’s interview panel ‘outrageously old-fashioned’ – Scally

CervicalCheck report author says 9 men on 13-strong panel marks ‘deficient’ process

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the public health view was that the BA.2 Omicron variant was so transmissible it was ‘almost impossible’ to stop transmission. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Taoiseach faces criticism for dismissing mandatory mask-wearing

Immunologist says Martin sending ‘really bad message’ amid hospital overcrowding

Revenue has given an update on the level of warehoused tax debt resulting from the pandemic. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
No payments on €300m of ‘parked’ pandemic-related tax debt – Revenue

Almost 105,000 businesses have more than €3bn in Covid-19 tax debt ‘warehoused’

The Rathgar embassy has been focal point for demonstrations against Russia since its invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. Photograph Nick Bradshaw
Expulsion of Russian diplomats marks low-point in Irish relations with Moscow

Orwell Road embassy suspected of being a front for intelligence gathering since 1970s

AerCap is the leasing firm most exposed to the fallout from the Russian war, with 152 aircraft leased into Russia and Ukraine valued at €2.1 billion. Photograph: Getty Images
Russia adds five more Irish-registered aircraft to its registry

Twenty jets now hold dual Irish and Russian listing in breach of international rules

The Irish Ferries ship WB Yeats. The cheaper labour model operated by Irish Ferries has allowed it to gain a competitive advantage over P&O on the English Channel route. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
British legislative plans against P&O could impact Irish Ferries

UK transport secretary proposes new law to ensure minimum wage for ferry crews

An Aeroflot aircraft taxis at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo international airport. Fourteen Irish-registered aircraft leased to a subsidiary of Aeroflot, have been added to Russia’s domestic register in breach of international aviation rules. Photograph: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images
At least 15 Irish-registered aircraft added to Russia’s jet registry

Irish firms terminate leases with Russian airlines ahead of EU sanctions deadline on Monday

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee: she said any decision to commence a ‘cold case’ investigation rested with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris rather than her
Minister has ‘no powers’ to intervene in Garda cold case investigation into 1984 death

McEntee tells Pat Nugent’s family that an outside agency cannot examine chef’s mysterious death

Pre-pandemic, the Revenue issued more than 72,000 warrants in 2019, collecting €270m in unpaid taxes for the State.
Tax-collecting sheriffs face uncertainty over Covid-19 work pause

Pandemic ‘warehousing’ of tax debt has left country’s 14 sheriffs with depleted incomes

Bono and U2 are supporting the “Stand Up for Ukraine” fundraising campaign. File photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty
Zelenskiy thanks Bono and U2 for supporting campaign for Ukrainian refugees

April 9th online rally to push ‘Stand Up for Ukraine’ campaign for displaced Ukrainians

The women was one of 22 residents who died at Dealgan House during a severe outbreak in the first wave of the pandemic. Photograph: iStock
Co Louth nursing home being sued over Covid-19 death

Woman takes case against Dealgan House over death of mother in first pandemic wave

Inspectors expressed concerns about the level of staffing saying that it was “difficult” to assess whether the staffing levels were adequate. Photograph: iStock
Quarter of nursing homes inspected in breach of multiple regulations - watchdog

Poor staffing levels and segregation found at Roscommon home battling Covid outbreak

Hospitals have been advised to cancel elective procedures and focus on critical work, such as cancer care and emergency departments. Photograph: Alan Betson
Covid-19: No new restrictions says Taoiseach as 23,125 new cases reported

Health advice unchanged but calls for public to consider behaviour with regard to masks

Dr Colm Henry, chief clinical officer HSE: ‘Just because the [mask] mandate was removed at the end of February doesn’t mean people don’t have to wear them.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Covid: Record daily number of hospital admissions set in past 24 hours

Health system under ‘severe pressure’ due to surge in cases, says HSE chief clinical officer

Paul Reid has called on those who have not received a booster to do so now. Photograph: PA
Covid-19: New advice group to replace Nphet ‘imminent’ with nearly 1,400 cases in hospital

More than 21,000 cases of virus reported today and nine further deaths in past week

Ukrainian refugees Ivan and Maria Matvichuk who arrived from Nikolaev on Saturday. Photograph: Tom Honan
Councils asked to find vacant buildings to help house Ukrainian refugees

Current supply of accommodation for those fleeing Russian invasion may soon run short

A number of Irish-registered aircraft leased to Russian airlines have been re-registered in Russia in breach of an international aviation treaty, the Irish Aviation Authority has confirmed.
Irish aircraft among planes re-registered in Russia - regulator

Aviation authority says dual registration ‘strictly forbidden’ under international rules

Restaurateur Jay Bourke is seeking to finance a debt write-off deal. Photograph: Collins
Jay Bourke looks for alternative cash to finance €12m debt write-off plan

Restaurateur seeks new finance as hoped-for windfall from investment in broker fades

Dmytro Shchedrin, first secretary at the Ukrainian Embassy (third from left) visited Rosslare port to see the aid that is leaving the port on trucks for Ukraine. Photograph: Patrick Browne
Lorry drivers transporting €1 million worth of aid from Rosslare to Ukraine

Hauliers carrying donated food and medical supplies on four-day humanitarian trip

Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski posing with colleagues at the Kyiv Intercontinental Hotel. Photograph: Fox News/AFP via Getty
Dublin inquest to be held into killing of Irish cameraman in Ukraine

Gardaí liaising with French war crimes investigation into Pierre Zakrzewski’s death

Pierre Zakrzewksi with niece Clara (left), wife Michelle, mother Marie-Ange, sister Karola and her baby Grayson, and nephew Braedyn. Photograph: Zakrzewksi Family
‘Telling the truth’ was Irish war-reporter’s calling, says Pierre Zakrzewksi’s family

Dubliner’s family remember his ‘no-nonsense’ approach to reporting from war zones

A motorcyclist was killed shortly after 4pm on the northbound lanes of the N18 (above) not far from Limerick city, between the junctions at Bunratty and Sixmilebridge. The N18 northbound in the area is expected to remain closed until the early hours of Tuesday. Photograph: Google Street View
Motorcyclist in his late 30s killed in daytime crash

Collision took place shortly after 4pm on northbound lanes of N18 dual carriageway

Russian president Vladimir Putin and deputy prime minister Dmitry Grigorenko at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
Irish aircraft lessors face billions in write-offs as planes re-registered in Russia

Putin signs law in apparent retaliation for EU sanctions, with Irish lessors hit hardest

A new report into illegal adoptions concludes that the State was aware of the practice of illegal birth registration for decades before any serious action was taken to investigate.
New report calls for State inquiry into illegal adoptions

Illegal registrations saw birth certs falsified to register child as being born to adoptive parents

The record €4.1 million fine against Davy led to the departure of senior managers and employees and the sale of the firm to Bank of Ireland. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
€4.1m Davy fine ‘potentially problematic’ for criminal investigation, enforcer warned

Fine for breaching market rules may complicate initiating investigation, ODCE said

Howth RNLI urged kayakers to carry a handheld VHF radio or a mobile phone in a waterproof pouch with them in case they find themselves into trouble while out on the sea. File image: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Kayakers rescued off Dublin coast in poor weather conditions

Howth RNLI launches both its lifeboats as kayakers struggle in strong winds and high seas

Irish companies are among those worst affected by the Ukraine crisis, with Dublin-based firms owning aircraft worth between €3.5 billion and €4.5 billion leased to Russian firms
Dublin aircraft lessor terminates leases with Russian airlines

SMBC Aviation Capital is the second-worst affected Irish lessor to Ukraine crisis

Retired High Court judge John Cooke was appointed in June 2017 to investigate the 2014 sale of Nama’s £1.24 billion (€1.4 billion) portfolio to US distressed-debt firm Cerberus. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Investigation into Nama loan sale extended for another three months

Sale of State agency’s Northern Ireland loans has been under investigation since 2017

The bonds were purchased by a consortium comprising 16 members of Davy staff, including and a number of senior executives. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Garda review of Davy bond deal upgraded to criminal investigation

Probe into controversial deal that led to €4.1 million fine said to be ‘highly complex’

Fuel prices on display at a Circle K service station on Glasnevin Avenue in Dublin. on Wednesday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Hauliers to get €100 a week State payout due to fuel price crisis

Government agrees temporary measure to support haulage industry through fuel hikes

The welcome room at the new processing facility for Ukrainian refugees which has been set up at the Old Central Terminal building at Dublin Airport. Photograph: Brian Lawless/ PA Wire
Ukraine refugee crisis: The different approaches taken by Ireland and the UK

State has opened the door to Ukrainians while the UK talks ‘security concerns’

The law has the potential to trigger the largest mass default in the aircraft leasing industry. Photograph: Getty
New Russian law raises doubts over recovery of Irish-owned aircraft

Kremlin can decide whether to return airplanes to foreign lessors

Medical students Seàna Valentine, Glen Shire, Christiana Olaide-Kolapo, Dominika Antczak and Timi Ogunjimi were forced to leave Ukraine and are now in ‘academic limbo’. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Irish medical students forced to leave Ukraine can continue studies in State – Harris

Minister says students forced to flee war will be helped to find places in Irish universities

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