
UK election: ‘Has the beast of Bolsover lost his teeth?’
- UK
- December 8, 2019, 15:44
Brexit and Corbyn make unthinkable possible as Labour risks loss of old mining country

UK election: ‘I will hold my nose and vote Liberal’
- UK
- December 6, 2019, 12:30
Push for ‘head over heart’ tactical votes as Lib Dems target heavy Remain seat in Sheffield

UK election: ‘It’s a means to an end – I want Brexit done’
- UK
- December 5, 2019, 16:30
Voters in West Yorkshire ditching life-long allegiances in topsy-turvy campaign

Facebook facing up to 12 lawsuits over ‘disturbing content’
- Crime & Law
- December 5, 2019, 02:03
Cases follow claim of ‘psychological injuries’ by former content moderator Chris Gray

Case against Facebook an opportunity to improve working standards
- High Court
- December 4, 2019, 17:46
Content moderators ‘suffering injuries’ to protect internet users from harmful material

Man sues Facebook over having to watch ‘extremely disturbing content’
- High Court
- December 4, 2019, 12:00
Former content moderater claims psychological injuries from ‘graphic and violent’ posts

Building a case against Isis returnees is not straightforward
- Crime & Law
- December 3, 2019, 02:51
Proving membership of a terrorist group can be easier than proving terrorist activity

Lisa Smith’s detention extended as solicitor says she has ‘strong case’
- Crime & Law
- December 2, 2019, 02:28
Going to a particular location is not a terrorist offence, says Darragh Mackin

Self-help guru Tony Robbins sues Buzzfeed in Irish courts
- Crime & Law
- November 27, 2019, 18:23
Lawyer for US-based Robbins dismisses ‘libel tourism’ claim over defamation action

Abuse inquiry error is ‘embarrassing’ not damaging, academic says
- Social Affairs
- November 27, 2019, 03:09
Ryan report is not undermined by gross overcalculation of figure, professor claims

Direct Provision ‘not a bad system’ - UN migration head
- Social Affairs
- November 26, 2019, 13:13
Expert says concerns around housing should not be linked to migrants

Call for Irish officials to police illegal migration at French ports
- Irish News
- November 26, 2019, 01:00
Hauliers want an Irish, British and French taskforce to target break-ins to trucks

QIH directors advised online group ‘to stop company break-up’
- Irish News
- November 25, 2019, 11:31
Emails sent in 2011 show QIH managers helping pro-Quinn Facebook lobby group

Limerick woman who died in Italy named as Breffni O’Connor
- Irish News
- November 24, 2019, 19:32
Woman (30) slipped into sea at Ancona on return to yacht on which she worked as crew

Sean FitzPatrick seeks permission to build new house behind Wicklow home
- Irish News
- November 24, 2019, 17:55
Former Anglo banker and wife lodge planning application to Wicklow County Council

Q&A: What responsibilities fall on lorry drivers for their loads?
- Crime & Law
- November 22, 2019, 20:47
Drivers are responsible for the contents of their lorries and can face heavy sanctions

Number of smokers down 165,000 in five years, survey shows
- Health
- November 20, 2019, 02:56
High rate of obesity ‘a great cause of concern’, says Minister

Loyalists could attack ports over Brexit deal, warns UK union leader
- Politics
- November 19, 2019, 20:48
Len McCluskey says people could be ‘blown up’ in Northern Irish and British ports

Rights body should be able to police ‘hate speech’ ahead of elections
- Politics
- November 16, 2019, 01:26
Commission says campaign debates should not be characterised by discriminatory discourse

Border policing: Law and disorder in the land of omerta
- Crime & Law
- November 15, 2019, 16:30
Falling police numbers and a culture of mistrust makes the job difficult and perilous

Juries should be removed from defamation cases, conference told
- Crime & Law
- November 14, 2019, 20:33
Size of libel awards by juries and duration of cases has made Irish system ‘a laughing stock’

Grealish ‘should correct record’ for overstating money sent home by Nigerians in Ireland
- Politics
- November 14, 2019, 11:19
Galway West TD said €3.54bn sent from State to Nigeria over eight year period

Two men and a woman arrested over Kevin Lunney kidnap and torture
- Crime & Law
- November 14, 2019, 09:38
Lunney attacked on way from work in Quinn Industrial Holdings

Gardaí were ‘victims of intimidation’ in Cavan-Fermanagh area
- Crime & Law
- November 13, 2019, 00:07
Cyril McGuinness suspected of arson attacks on car and tractor owned by Garda members

‘Vulture fund’ takes share of Dublin home in €687,000 debt swap
- Crime & Law
- November 12, 2019, 15:19
Court approves personal insolvency case that gives fund 72% stake in Clontarf house

Ex-Quinn managers asked Nóirín O’Sullivan for help five years ago
- Crime & Law
- November 12, 2019, 01:00
Request for intensive policing came as escalating vandalism risked loss of life

Campaign of terror: 70 acts of vandalism and violence on Quinn Group firms
- Crime & Law
- November 11, 2019, 19:05
Timeline of events: Attacks on former Quinn Group businesses and managers began in 2011

QIH chairman warns firm could close if intimidation continues
- Crime & Law
- November 9, 2019, 03:00
Adrian Barden pleased action being taken but wants paymaster brought to justice

Who was ‘Dublin Jimmy’? Chief suspect in Lunney kidnapping a storied villain
- Crime & Law
- November 9, 2019, 02:30
Profile of career criminal’s Europe-wide smuggling scams, ATM thefts and illegal dumping

Police scour records of suspected QIH campaign kingpin
- Crime & Law
- November 9, 2019, 00:41
Cyril McGuinness, aka Dublin Jimmy, died of apparent heart attack in English police raid

Chief suspect in Kevin Lunney attack dies during police raid
- Crime & Law
- November 8, 2019, 10:45
Documentation, laptops and other evidence seized by police in Derbyshire operation

Co-ordinated cross-Border policing needed to tackle QIH attacks – ex-NI chiefs
- Crime & Law
- November 8, 2019, 02:48
Former PSNI constable says Northern Border area ‘still not normal policing environment’

Lavinia Kerwick calls for more supports for rape survivors
- Social Affairs
- November 7, 2019, 15:00
Campaigner says victims ‘would be lost’ without Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

Former minister says new North-South body could fight cross-Border crime
- Crime & Law
- November 7, 2019, 01:30
Quinn Industrial Holdings chief Liam McCaffrey says interview with his attacked colleague brought back ‘all the horror in one fell(...)

Taoiseach: Criticising illegal immigration should not be controversial
- Social Affairs
- November 6, 2019, 11:54
But Varadkar says people need to ‘to call out the scaremongering’ on housing asylum seekers

Kevin Lunney says captors worked through ‘list of brutally specific orders’
- Crime & Law
- November 5, 2019, 23:45
Assailants told businessman they had to ‘mark’ him in attack to make him remember

Kevin Lunney reveals he nearly escaped captors before torture
- Crime & Law
- November 5, 2019, 17:48
BBC interview to be broadcast just hours after meeting between QIH and Garda chief

Gay Byrne: ‘I am no different to hundreds of thousands of people who lost money’
- Culture
- November 4, 2019, 21:14
Despite sitting at the top of the ratings at RTÉ, he lost his savings twice, 20 years apart

Seán Quinn met monsignor to complain about priest
- Crime & Law
- November 3, 2019, 18:03
Cleric confirms businessman wrote to him about Cavan priest’s ‘paymaster’ homily

‘We just won’t put up with it’: Truckers on Irish Sea border delays
- Irish News
- November 2, 2019, 03:10
Lorry drivers on Scotland-Northern Ireland ferry flummoxed about customs checks plan

Schools still short of special needs assistants despite increase – union
- Education
- November 1, 2019, 01:44
Report shows rise in number of pupils with special needs in mainstream schools

PSNI examine photo of masked man reading QIH death threat
- Crime & Law
- October 31, 2019, 17:37
Man in balaclava pictured reading letter threatening to kill directors of Border firm

Water plant serving 600,000 not managing contamination, says EPA
- Irish News
- October 31, 2019, 09:29
Irish Water, council criticised for failure to install shutdown at Leixlip treatment plant

Kevin Lunney returns to QIH offices for first time since abduction
- Crime & Law
- October 31, 2019, 02:26
Varadkar promises extra security resources for Border area amid meeting with Garda chief

Border region ‘perilously close' to lawlessness, says Quinn chief
- Crime & Law
- October 31, 2019, 02:00
Chief executive says region could become ungovernable

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Threats against QIH directors ‘disgraceful’
- Irish News
- October 30, 2019, 12:51
Cavan County Council cathaoirleach says ‘we will continue to monitor the situation’

Latest death threat not a surprise, says QIH director
- Irish News
- October 30, 2019, 09:23
John McCartin says directors will not step down as that would put thousands of jobs at risk

QIH directors receive ‘last warning’ in new death threat
- Irish News
- October 29, 2019, 17:32
Local managers warned they ‘haven’t learned lesson’ from Lunney attack

Sean Quinn explored involvement in Slieve Russell Hotel
- Irish News
- October 29, 2019, 02:49
Renewed interest in Cavan hotel coincided with bid to buy back building materials firm

Deserving the world makes narcissists less stressed
- Irish News
- October 29, 2019, 02:31
People with grandiose narcissism more likely to be ‘mentally tough’, study shows

EU agrees Brexit extension until January 31st, 2020
- UK
- October 28, 2019, 08:30
Earlier departure possible should UK parliament ratify separation deal

Seán Quinn stands over TV comments about QIH executives
- Irish News
- October 25, 2019, 01:00
Liam McCaffrey ‘shocked’ at Quinn’s criticism of him, Kevin Lunney and Dara O’Reilly

Clarity needed on Brexit deal’s ‘demarcation’ lines, says Ahern
- Irish News
- October 24, 2019, 19:43
Former taoiseach says ‘talking through’ Border solution will help ease loyalist fears

Dunne and Killilea recently divorced in England, US court filings show
- Irish News
- October 24, 2019, 13:45
Killilea’s lawyer objects to disclosure of her assets and liabilities to her former husband

Humphreys and Chambers clash on claim deal’s Border solution is permanent
- Politics
- October 23, 2019, 21:41
Coveney appears to point to further intervention on devolved issues by UK parliament

Brexit: Farmers call for clarification around customs and food products
- Agribusiness & Food
- October 23, 2019, 19:04
Food industry is ‘completely integrated’ on island of Ireland, say farmers’ groups

NI firms concerned about Brexit deal disclosures on GB exports
- Business
- October 23, 2019, 15:28
Businesses seek assurances from London on ‘unfettered access’ to British internal market

QIH chief ‘shocked’ at Sean Quinn’s criticism of Lunney
- Irish News
- October 23, 2019, 02:30
McCaffrey says rather than blame others ‘for his ills’ Quinn should ‘look in the mirror’

Dublin Port canvasses views on growing cruise business
- Business
- October 22, 2019, 19:05
Consultation process opened on how port would fund €108m new terminal facilities

Priest did not name ‘paymaster’ in Lunney attack to Garda
- Irish News
- October 22, 2019, 02:56
Fr Oliver O’Reilly told detectives ‘no hard evidence’ behind the claims in his homily

Johnson shows most cunning in Blackadder Brexit plan
- Irish News
- October 19, 2019, 09:01
All sides conceded ground for a compromise deal that is short on detail and long on hope

Brexit will attract investors to Ireland, says Canadian business leader
- Business
- October 19, 2019, 05:55
Goldy Hyder says firms seeking stability want to avoid ‘short-term pain’ of UK’s exit

Explainer: How would the Brexit deal's dual customs plan work?
- Irish News
- October 18, 2019, 17:56
The nuts and bolts of Johnson's plans for Northern Ireland are fraught with difficulty

Brexit: Out-but-in customs plan has hallmarks of hastily agreed deal
- Irish News
- October 18, 2019, 01:00
Small print on operational details of complex Irish Sea border checks has yet to be written

Brexit explainer: What is in the new deal?
- Europe
- October 17, 2019, 12:44
EU and UK negotiators reach a new Brexit agreement that would avoid a hard border

Johnson won’t get Brexit deal signed off by October 31st – Alastair Campbell
- Irish News
- October 16, 2019, 19:30
Former No 10 press secretary expects extension and ‘anything can happen territory’

Organ donor list: Department and charity clash over approach
- Irish News
- October 16, 2019, 18:37
Donor group says creating an opt-out-only register is a ‘huge missed opportunity’

Emma DeSouza: ‘You can’t get on with your life’
- Irish News
- October 16, 2019, 02:15
Nationality case against UK has been ‘all consuming’, Irish woman says

Quinn Industrial Holdings condemns ‘continuing intimidation’
- Crime & Law
- October 15, 2019, 20:52
Brother of attacked executive Kevin Lunney has property vandalised in Co Fermanagh

Derry woman considers UN complaint over UK citizenship ruling
- Irish News
- October 15, 2019, 20:20
Taoiseach backs Emma DeSouza’s case: British law ‘out of step’ with NI peace treaty

Explainer: What is the Emma DeSouza case about?
- Irish News
- October 15, 2019, 12:58
Ruling means NI people are British citizens under UK law even if they identify as Irish

Brexit: Mapping how we got to the latest proposal
- UK
- October 14, 2019, 11:03
Where Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar found their pathway to a possible compromise

Selling Brexit solution will be as tricky as figuring it out
- Irish News
- October 14, 2019, 02:31
EU technocrats struggling with compromise already dismissed by some as an option

Brexit: Hopes of deal by deadline fade as DUP opposition hardens
- Irish News
- October 14, 2019, 02:22
Party’s objections to ‘double customs’ idea presents hurdle to Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson claimed he was ‘a bit of a Europhile’ at private dinner in 2013
- Books
- October 13, 2019, 14:01
Then London mayor told ex-EU commissioner his Euroscepticism was ‘a bit of fun’

Robinson backs Extinction Rebellion’s disruption of ‘business as usual’
- Irish News
- October 11, 2019, 19:51
Former president likens climate change activists to protests over apartheid and slavery

Brexit Border plan a non-runner, say Troubles-era customs officers
- Irish News
- October 11, 2019, 01:00
Non-violent non-compliance would render Boris Johnson’s plan ‘unworkable’, says one

Brexit: Risks of stockpiling chemicals communicated to businesses
- Irish News
- October 10, 2019, 21:12
Health and Safety Authority urges businesses to review storage of hazardous substances

Cavan haulier’s first: ‘Zero carbon’ lorry delivery to Europe
- Irish News
- October 9, 2019, 01:00
Virginia firm urges State to invest in network of gas stations to help switch from diesel

Varadkar and Johnson talk by phone and reiterate desire to reach Brexit deal
- Politics
- October 8, 2019, 18:27
UK ‘take it or leave it’ approach to Brexit unacceptable, says Coveney

Budget 2020: Donohoe unveils €1.2bn package to cope with Brexit
- Economy
- October 8, 2019, 14:54
Government says UK’s exit from EU is a ‘challenge that Ireland has the measure of’

Budget 2020: ‘Brexit budget’ draws criticism over climate change and housing
- Politics
- October 8, 2019, 10:01
Donohoe announces carbon tax rise and €1.2bn package to tackle no-deal scenario

Brexit: A day in the life of an Irish Border crossing
- Irish News
- October 6, 2019, 15:00
Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan stirs confusion at Border’s busiest crossing

Explainer: What is Boris Johnson’s Brexit Border plan?
- Politics
- October 2, 2019, 18:38
UK prime minister hopes to replace backstop with his ‘two borders, four years’ proposals

Brexit: Boris Johnson outlines plans for alternative to backstop
- UK
- October 2, 2019, 15:17
British prime minister proposes creation of all-island regulatory zone for goods in Ireland

Brexit: Johnson says UK wants no checks at or near Irish border
- UK
- October 2, 2019, 11:25
PM says his proposal would allow the UK ‘whole and entire to withdraw from the EU’

Arrival of new customs cars in Dundalk alarms Border group
- Irish News
- October 1, 2019, 16:30
Community group urges Government to be open about future of Border in no-deal Brexit

Kevin Lunney ‘comfortable’ after hospital discharge, says brother
- Irish News
- September 30, 2019, 05:00
Tony Lunney praises his brother’s resilience following abduction and torture

State on watch to protect sea borders amid Brexit fears for fishing
- Irish News
- September 30, 2019, 01:49
Industry concerned about ‘flashpoints’ over access to waters if UK leaves EU without deal

The Republic must not bend on backstop, says State’s longest-serving diplomat
- Politics
- September 30, 2019, 01:45
Michael Collins on Brexit, the peace process and the quest for a UN Security Council seat

Cavan priest had ‘no option’ but to condemn Lunney attack
- Irish News
- September 30, 2019, 00:55
Fr Ollie O’Reilly says ‘dogs in the street’ know ‘paymaster’ behind assault on businessman

Cavan priest told to ‘watch yourself’ after condemning Kevin Lunney attack
- Irish News
- September 29, 2019, 09:37
Cleric advised to ‘mind my own business’ after rebuke of ‘Mafia-style group’ from pulpit

Ictu says ‘rainy day fund’ should aid low-income families with higher Brexit costs
- Irish News
- September 27, 2019, 00:50
Union says the impact of a disorderly exit on poorest households ‘not generally appreciated’

Plan for parking for 500 trucks to avoid Brexit-related traffic
- Irish News
- September 27, 2019, 00:30
Officials identify sites in Dublin for lorries to park if port becomes congested by checks

More fuel being stockpiled for State’s buses and trains for no-deal Brexit
- Irish News
- September 25, 2019, 17:40
Iarnrod Eireann adding to more than three months of fuel to ensure ‘security of supply’

What next for Boris? The options facing an under-fire UK prime minister
- Politics
- September 25, 2019, 11:47
Britain’s leader faces uncertain future and narrowing options after a brutal court ruling

Medicine shortages ‘unlikely’ but possible after no-deal Brexit
- Politics
- September 25, 2019, 02:17
Health authority warns ‘no absolute guarantees’ on critical medicines such as insulin

Q&A: what did UK Supreme Court say and what happens next?
- Irish News
- September 24, 2019, 15:27
What does the British supreme court’s ruling mean for Boris Johnson and for Brexit?

Ireland will not accept ‘halfway house’ Brexit deal, says Varadkar
- Irish News
- September 23, 2019, 16:26
Taoiseach dismisses reports the State will come under EU pressure to compromise

Some 40,000 motorists would be driving illegally after no-deal Brexit
- Irish News
- September 23, 2019, 14:59
Government warns those still driving with UK licences they could face prosecution