Sarah Burns

Sarah Burns

Sarah Burns is a reporter for The Irish Times.

‘It’s relentless’: Mother caring for disabled twin children says respite ‘critical’ for carers

Seventy-one per cent of family carers face financial difficulty, Family Carers Ireland report shows

Public believes obesity epidemic caused by individual decisions while experts disagree, study finds

Public believes individual decisions about diet and exercise have caused the epidemic, while experts point to environmental causes

Sex-for-rent demands in Ireland: ‘You can sleep with me or I’m not going to help you’

Maria’s story is a snapshot of the situations many international students, migrants and women face in Ireland’s ‘precarious’ housing market

Lidl’s claims of planning system exploitation ‘factually inaccurate’, says competitor

Owner of McInerney’s SuperValu Loughrea claims to have ‘legitimate legal argument’

‘Our hearts are broken into a million pieces,’ funeral of teen who died while swimming on Burrow Beach told

Abbie Carmody-Pepper’s brother said he was ‘so proud’ of his sister who had ‘tried to save her friend’

Dublin MetroLink: ‘Few years’ before work on rail line at ‘full tilt’, committee told

Transport Infrastructure Ireland chief ‘does not have precise timeline’ for recruiting MetroLink programme director

Dublin councillor to emigrate to Australia as she ‘can’t afford to live here any more’

Sinn Féin South Dublin councillor Niamh Fennell (26) says ‘I shouldn’t have to be struggling the way I’m struggling’

Byelections: FG’s Seán Kyne elected in Galway West, defeating Noel Thomas in nailbiting finish - as it happened

Kyne receives 19,218 votes after 4,249 transfers from Helen Ogbu, elected without reaching quota

Dublin Central: Daniel Ennis of the Social Democrats elected after ninth count

Sinn Féin’s Janice Boylan comes second, followed by Green Party’s Janet Horner and Independent candidate Gerry Hutch

Galway West count suspended with Independent Ireland’s Noel Thomas in lead

Thomas holds a784 vote lead over Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne but both men are well short of the quota

Oliver Callan receives second payment for production of RTÉ satirical show, Bakhurst says

‘Regrettable’ broadcaster’s attempt to be more open has been categorised as a scandal, says director general

Demolition of 52 partially completed Tipperary houses ‘unfathomable’, says developer

Work near Rock of Cashel expected to begin in September ‘once the nesting season has finished’, says county council

Gardaí search west Dublin park in operation targeting drug supply linked to organised crime

Contractor working in St Cuthbert’s Park, Clondalkin, ‘had to move out several times due to antisocial behaviour and intimidation’

More than 50 partially finished homes overlooking Rock of Cashel to be demolished

Decision by Tipperary County Council comes after long-running planning row between it and developer Liam Campion

Burnham approved to run in byelection; Pound heading for worst week in 18 months

British government bonds, stocks and sterling fall

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