Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke has been defending plans to cut VAT for the hospitality sector

Eugene Thompson’s brother Paul was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1994.

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, Mr Martin said that Fianna Fáil will consider a candidate in the coming weeks after taking “soundings” from people within the parliamentary party.

Tomás Walsh was in France to watch the Tour de France when the incident occurred in a metro station in Paris on Monday morning.

Concerns have been raised that many private supplies are not registered, despite serving schools, nursing homes, sports clubs and self-catering accommodation.

The ongoing crisis in Gaza features on numerous Irish front pages on Wednesday morning.

They argued that the dock identification fundamentally altered the nature of the case the defence had to answer, resulting in undue prejudice against the appellant.

It is a two-storey property, set on around 4.5 acres of landscaped gardens, woodland and a meandering stream.

An Garda Síochána is appealing to people to not post or reshare social media content including footage related to this incident in order to protect the privacy of the victim involved.

The Budget Day package, set to be announced on October 7th, will be €9.4 billion.

Stelian Ciuciu (32) posed as part of a couple with another woman who was working as an escort to rent properties from unsuspecting landlords, which he then advertised to escorts for their use, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Tuesday.

Dillon Brennan (16) was born on January 30, 2009, at the hospital, which has been subject to investigation over patient safety, to Corinna Brennan, who is also his carer at their Athy, Co Kildare, home.

Overall spending across current capital will increase by 7.3 per cent for next year.

The man made no application for bail.

The State had submitted this was the "clearest statement of intent" that the jury were likely to encounter.

Judge Comerford told the jury that what they have to decide is was there an assault and is it not an assault because of a lawful excuse.

Details of the settlement between Leinster Open Sea and Swim Ireland were not disclosed in open court, but Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy was told the historic event would go ahead this year.

The location is of particular significance to unionists, as William’s victory in 1690 established Protestant dominance in Ireland and is commemorated by the Orange Order with a series of marches on July 12th each year.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the review is significant in addressing Ireland’s infrastructure needs.

The probe is examining whether the 1998 atrocity in the Co Tyrone town which killed 29 people could have been prevented.