Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigned on Thursday but stayed on as interim leader while the country's three main parties battle out coalition talks after an inconclusive election.more
Russia has sent intelligence agents to Ireland to map the precise location of the fibre-optic, ocean-bed cables that connect Europe to America, gardai suspect. This has raised concerns that Russian agents are checking the cables for weak points, with a view to tapping or even damaging them in the future.more
The prospect of taking over power in Ireland - or at least co-governance - by the leftist party Sinn Fein, which received the most support in Saturday's parliamentary elections, is postponed.more
Ireland's Fianna Fail and Fine Gael let Sinn Fein proceed with trying to form a government without them on Tuesday, a process most acknowledged would ultimately require two of the now three largest parties to work together.more
Fianna Fail will be the largest party in Ireland's parliament following last weekend's general election, but the big winner is Sinn Fein which saw a massive upswing in support.more
In Ireland, parliamentary seats are still being split after the parliament's lower house elections. The results so far confirm that the vote proved to be a success for the leftist party Sinn Fein, which is in favor of unifying the island.more
Ireland goes to the polls on Saturday (8 February), with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar touting his successful handling of Brexit, but facing pressure over housing and healthcare.more
Leo Varadkar has urged the British government to tone down "nationalist rhetoric" over Brexit, and branded Dominic Raab's memo to UK diplomats to sit separately from their EU counterparts as "petty".more
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said Brexit will dominate Irish politics for the rest of the year regardless of what happens in the General Election. more
A general election will be held in the Republic of Ireland on Saturday 8 February. Taoiseach (Irish PM) Leo Varadkar has asked President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the Dáil (Irish parliament).more
The Echo reporter Ann Murphy posed as prospective tenant when she responded to an advert on one site for a "female tenant into sharing their body twice a week for payment".more
A Polish man has passed away following a diving accident in Cork City yesterday afternoon. The alarm was raised at around 4pm when the man, who was part of a diving party, got into difficulty while diving in Drake's Pool, a sheltered section of the Owenabue River.more
The Warm for Winter charity asked Dublin residents to leave unwanted coats and jackets on the Ha'penny Bridge to help homeless people survive the winter months, which are expected to be very cold this season.more
A group of farmers protesting against low beef prices have lifted a blockade in Dublin city centre, which began on Tuesday and caused widespread traffic disruption.more
