The electoral commission has said there “will clearly be a need for deeper and further reflection” about why there were so many spoiled ballots in the presidential election.

It was reported to gardaí that two females had been assaulted in North Strand Road, north Dublin, on Friday.

Counting started at 9am in the presidential election

The choice is between three candidates, one of whom withdrew from campaigning three weeks ago.

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38-year-old Terence Crosbie had pleaded not guilty to raping an American woman at the Omni Parker House hotel in Boston last year

The race for the Áras is a two-horse race between Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys.

A number of residents were evacuated from their homes in the Ardnamonagh Parade area in the west of the city.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald had joined the team when the alleged incident took place.

Daniel Hourigan (32) and Linda O'Flynn (32) have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael Foley in Macroom last year

Pilot Michal Luczak (44) denies importing €8.4 million of cocaine into the Midlands in 2022.

Mark Keane was injured while freeing a colleague who was trapped in a machine at Johnson & Johnson Vision Care's plant in Plassey, Co Limerick.

William Butler, with an address at Seville Place, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of the child on dates between 2000 and 2002.

The drugs were discovered during the search of two homes in the city on Friday. 

The data, released by Dublin Fire Brigade, shows that frontline emergency crews faced repeated episodes of violence and aggression while on duty in 2023 and 2024

Although not named in the MCIB report, the victim was Wassiou Ayawe Moran (19), a soccer player with Limerick FC, of Old Clare Street, Limerick city, who had bought the jet ski the previous day.

John Kirby, a business and marketing graduate, who was in his early 20s and from Sandymount, Dublin 4, was working in the US on a J1 visa for the past several months

The man in his mid-twenties, who is not being named for legal reasons, appeared at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court on Friday for arraignment

The athlete from Rush, Co Dublin, will wear noise-cancelling headphones and an ear mould to raise awareness of the challenges and supports for children and adults with deafness or hearing loss

Ruth Lawrence has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O'Connor (32).