Button battery ingestion can erode through oesophagus into the aorta, leading to serious bleeding and death

Rain expected to give way to frost and ice, with thermometer hitting −4 degrees on Friday night

Abolition of juries in High Court defamation cases is most significant change in decades

GRA warns it may withdraw services around Ireland’s EU presidency and will cancel voluntary overtime on national holiday

Cabinet approved draft laws to do away with 32 million annual passenger cap on Tuesday

Met Éireann predicts frost and ice to set in at weekend with some wintry showers are possible in northern areas

Officials consider flood storage at Marlay Park and other works to reduce risk in future

Cracks appearing in the walls of buildings have caused major problems for a number of childcare providers

Changes to routes 23, 24 and 80 are in response to issues raised by residents in protests, says National Transport Authority

Plaque unveiled outside playwright’s former childhood home in a part of Dublin that inspired many of his ‘great characters’

Dublin City Council monitoring river levels as weather warnings lifted

Pedestrian in his 80s killed as three others, including driver, a woman in her 50s, treated for injuries

Three adults hospitalised following incident at junction of North Earl Street and Marlborough Street

Catherine Cross, of the National Parents Council, described the introduction of bans on young people accessing social media as ‘a blunt instrument’

Dublin to face worst of rain due in coming days as Met Éireann warns of ‘worst-case scenario’