Liquidators for Irish Banking Resolution Corporation (IBRC) have taken the case against Mr Fingleton, who denies the allegation of negligent mismanagement.

Irish premier Micheal Martin and Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill have also congratulated the new pontiff.

A ‘robust’ probe is being carried out into claims that weapons were being flown through Irish skies unknown to the Irish authorities.

Political leaders in Ireland have been passing on congratulations at the new Pope was elected in Rome.

The accused reported that Tina had taken approximately €26,000 from their savings from a box in the attic.

In a victim impact statement, which was read into evidence Ms Twomey (63) said that Noel Twomey came to her bedroom armed with a kettle of boiling water and a claw hammer and attacked her with both.

There were further injuries to the deceased's upper arms consistent with "grabbing or holding injuries", which the pathologist said can happen when a person is "handled around the place".

Tweed has asked the High Court to strike out a defence of truth being pleaded in the defamation case

Zofia Adamczyk was only a toddler when the door, which was allegedly unhinged, fell on her and trapped her underneath

The European-average temperature for April 2025 was 1.01 degrees above the 1991-2020 average for April, making it the sixth-warmest April on record for Europe.

Gerry Adams claims the BBC defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning the 2006 killing of Denis Donaldson

Heather Cornelius met with TDs and Senators at Leinster House about her husband’s 17-year detention.

Garda Sean Daly (42) who claimed he had been injured while participating in a garda driving programme

The Oireachtas said employee costs for their work on the election came to more than €110,000

Two men in their 60s were arrested, and are being detained at Garda stations in Clare and Limerick.

150 of the units will be social homes, with the rest going to the cost-rental scheme.

A transaction had looked doubtful in recent weeks as AIB’s shares had slumped following US president Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement.

Cliona Ward, 54, a green-card holder, who has been living legally there for around 30 years, first ran into legal trouble in March after arriving back in the US from a trip to Ireland

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The former Sinn Féin leader also told the court on Wednesday that the fact that he was suing the BBC over claims made in a 2016 Spotlight programme showed how serious he took those claims.